Misfits; Series 2 episode 1
Although Misfits isn't a thriller we could still use it as an influence for our thriller opening.
In this specific scene they have used various close ups of the knotted hands, his face covered by the bag and his chest area to create a convincing "strangling". I thought we could perhaps use these ideas if its too hard to kill somebody with a plastic bag alone, we could consider the idea of the girls hands being tied together. Perhaps she could wake up, after having been knocked out, tied up in a room where she is then strangled. However this idea would make it difficult for us to include the thugs.
I took various different photos where I thought would be an interesting location for our thriller opening, for my intitial ideas.
This is a high angle shot of a hallway in my house, because of the many possible routes you are able to see, including two doors it gives a slight feeling of being in a labyrinth.
I asked my mum to pose for me, whilst I stayed in the same position. It created a quite generic shot, with the shadow and claustrophobia.
This is the same shot however it is taken from a low angle
This was an attempt at noir styled lighting however I feel it is too dark and it is difficult to establish what is what.
This is an almost birds eye view shot of my bathroom, I really like the use of light and how it would contrast with the characters dark personalities and the dark incidents
This is a really poor quality image (click on it to see the original size) of a concept board for another thriller idea I had. This specific idea would be a psychological thriller due to the use of character; in psychological thrillers characters are not reliant on physical strength, but are reliant on their mental abilties. Psychological thriller change the generic thriller formula to an extent of emphasizing the characters as much as the plot. Psychological thrillers create the suspense needed for it to be considered a thriller by playing games, munipulating others or trying to destroy others mental state.
