A couple class periods ago, Sofi and I sat down and came up with topic for our film opening as we have figured out that our genre for the project will be crime thriller.
We created a story that revolves around a stalker and a kidnapping. However, we didn't want it to be like any ordinary kidnapping movie… we wanted to make ours a bit different. There will be three characters in the film opening: the stalker/kidnapper, the girl being kidnapped, and the girl’s mother. However, rather than the stalker/kidnapper be the typical Caucasian, adult, male, we decided to make the character an obsessive, young adult,female. We want to make our film stand out from other kidnapping films, while still following most of their genre conventions. We decided to choose kidnapping as our film openings topic through our investigations of crime thrillers, when we came across The Call and Kidnap.
On the photos below, you will be able to see the step by step story line of our film opening (excuse my handwriting):
One of our favorite scenes in particular is 25-27. We decided to show the victims fist banging on the wall and then cut to the mom banging on a stapler putting up a missing person flyer. This scene is very powerful because it shows the connection between the mother and daughter. We also decided to end with this scene to allude to the audience that there is more to come, and that the story is not just about a girl being trapped. Rather its more about the mothers journey to find her. Just as in The Call, it was about the 911 operators journey to find the missing girl.
Now that we have our story line set we are able to actually go to work. We are very excited to bring our ideas to life within the next 7 weeks ! If you are wondering what kind of shots we will use to bring this to life… stay tuned for my next post!
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