Week 2 Update

This week my group and I started creating the plot of our film and how we can fit it into the 2 minute film opening project. We want to show to the setting for the film and show the main character through many different camera angles. This is what we have so far: The main setting for our thriller is an abandoned prison and the film opening will focus mainly on developing that setting. The plot is about an old run down woman who lives alone at the prison and seems normal at first glance, although, she really doesn’t live alone. In order to build up suspense we won’t show the woman’s face until the very last shot of the opening.

            

             When the sun begins to set and she goes back into the prison after gardening and feeding the birds on her long walks, normal activities an older woman would do, we are going to show the creepy side of her, in which she is holding people captive in the jail cells to keep her company. We will show this by throwing a piece of food into a cell and showing a skinny arm and hand reach out slowly to grab it from the floor. Directly after this, the woman’s face will be shown for the first time. The song Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra will be playing as diagetic sound throughout the entire opening to help build up suspense.

            

             Since we have a lot to show in the short 2 minute time period we have decided as a group to show the credits spread out while the opening is playing. The title will appear quickly right at the end, after the woman’s face is shown.

              We will continue to talk through the plot of the story, but that will be the main scheme of it. We plan to start on the storyboard this weekend and go visit the prison to give us a better understanding of our setting and story.

 "Strangers in The Night - Frank Sinatra." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.