Opening Sceneration- Miss Miller

Opening Scene Narration

This is our final finished product for our filming and includes our ideas combined to make a better version of our individual ideas together.

Our plot is as followed: a woman who is coming home from work at 7pm and is driving. She then parks up in a underground car park and gets an odd feeling of being watched , she ignores it and gets on with locking her car and walks away. Unsuspecting to her she has a follower who as we can see has a knife in his hand and when she finally notices he is much closer. She starts to run immediately for her house which is on the other side of a forested area and goes for a shortcut straight through. Over some time of running the killer is finally gaining on her. She stumbles and the killer is finally able to grab her and then the screen goes black with just silence.

Our first frame is a woman in a car driving through a forest on a empty road. The only light source is from lamp posts and this creates shadows on the side of the road, this is very conventional to the start of a thriller. The sounds in this scene are the car engine and the noises of the forest such as wind and trees swaying.The shots used in this scene are the establishing shot, panning and point of view shot.There is no dialogue in this scene apart from a small amount of talk from a radio station. The screen also shows some of the background such as a person walking and a dog barking in the distance.

The second is the car driving into the car park after it has driven on the road.The light again is from a lamp post but one that is far away so the car is in shadows.The noise in the scene is the engine and noises from the forest which surrounds the car park.The camera shots used in the scene are middle shot, high shot from far way and a pov from the killers perspective . This also has a person walking on the road with a person walking on the side of the road.

The third frame is when the woman gets out of the car and closes the door.The light is the same as before but the sound becomes more tense and it is obvious that something is going to happen. The other sound are the slam of the door and the wind which is happening around them.The camera shot used are a low shot which creates the sense of vulnerability, middle shot and a long shot. There is a car alarm in the background but not close enough to see the car.

Our fourth frame was the beginning of the chase scene where the woman first see's the killer. The sound in this scene is dramatic sound and everything goes silent. This created dramatic suspense and is very conventional to thrillers and can be seen in films such as Shutter Island. The light in the scene goes darker than before but is just due to time and the increased shadows creates even more suspense. The lighter area created by the lamp post creates an even more eerie scene. This scene has a very uncomfortable feeling and we can see it in the woman's movements.

The fifth frame is when the chase scene start and she starts to run. She sees the man advancing and starts to quickly walk then breaks into a run this is done rapidly over a short amount of time. The noise of this scene is the noise of her shoes on concrete and the killers heavy shoes. The rest of the scene is silent for dramatic effect this is seen in many other films. The camera angles in this are pov which makes the dramatic effects more personnel. Another camera angle is the tracking shot which is used for the chase scene as they are all moving.

The sixth frame is when the woman runs through the forest area to the other side which is safe but is struggling to make it against the killers fast walking. The sound is the rustling of the leaves and the wind rocking the trees in the background.The light is the moonlight coming through the trees and the faint glow of a lamp post in the distance. The camera angles are pov, tracking and a long shot all of these make the scene feel more real for the audience and improve the scene. This scene is very tense as the audience can see that she will probably not make it.

Frame eight is when finally the killer is catching her up she is sobbing and he is very close behind her now.The sound is the rustling of the leaves and the wind rocking the trees in the background.The light is the moonlight coming through the trees and the faint glow of a lamp post in the distance which makes for an odd glow. The camera angles are pov, tracking and a long shot all of these make the scene feel more real for the audience and improve the scene. This scene is full of anxiety as the audience wants the woman to escape but she will not at the rate she is running.

Frame nine is when the killer finally catches her and she is struggling to get away.The light is the moonlight coming through the trees and it is very dark now representing how hopeless she is. The camera angles are pov, tracking, close up and a low shot.These make the scene have many different camera angles and give lots of camera angles to how horrific it is. This scene is very anxious as the audience now knows the woman is caught but we do not know what will happen to her after.

Frame ten is simply when a blindfold is put over her and we can hear nothing but her sobbing and her heartbeat. Then silence for a few seconds then the laughing of the killer. This scene is very disturbing for the audience and makes it quite unpleasant as the bond between the characters has been built and now they car about her.

Finally frame eleven shows the killer leaning over the woman in silence and the camera goes into a low shot looking up at the bell tower and trees. Now we want to know what has happened finally to the woman and now the audience is interested in what will happen.

There are many ways that our own storyboard is conventional. It being set in a forest and car park are very conventional places and give the idea of isolation towards the audience. Other things such as the killer not being directly viewed gives a sense of him being inhuman and this makes him more scary.A last way is the way that the victim is portrayed as a vulnerable characters from the start which is typical as no victim is ever strong.

Things we may add  for it to become more conventional:

A scream from the victim may help the scene become more conventional as it is easy to use and shows pain and panic which is what we want from our victim. This would also shock the audience more and make it more uneasy for them to watch.

We possibly may extend the last bit as the ending is very predictable maybe if she escaped the wood but ran into the killer it may be a better ending. This would also be more conventional as in thriller things normally do not go the way expected and it may be better to have a twist.

Also making the time the victim does not know she is being followed could be longer. This could relate to the audience as everyone has had the feeling of being followed which can make the experience of watching it more unsettling. Also in many other thriller films victims do not immedietly see the killer.