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When deciding on ideas for our thriller we originally thought of a stalking storyline, however, we decided to change this due to its stereotypical aspects. After discussion and watching other thrillers, we chose this story line, as we believe it has key elements of a thriller.
To begin our thriller, we decided to create a welcoming atmosphere for our audience. This will enable us to single-handily build the tension and overall increase their fear, rather than going straight into an ambiguous scene in which the climax has already occurred. We decided we would do this by starting the scene in an innocent girl's room, this is usually quite stereotypical of a cheesy thriller opening, however, after inspiration from popular thriller movies (such as 'The Call' and 'Taken'), we decided this is the best way to build the climax. Additionally, we are going to have the girl on the phone to one of her friends, who will later guide her safety. In the next scene, we chose a long shot or close-up shot of an intruder standing outside of the window of the homeowner's house. We will cut from the intruder looking into the girl's kitchen to a behind shot of the intruder looking in. We want to incorporate this use of camera shots as it suggests to the audience that he is going to break into the house and therefore, something bad will occur. Next, the intruder will attempt to break in. We will use a close-up shot of the intruder attempting to open the back door. This will be made clear with the use of diegetic sound of the doors rumbling. The scene will then switch to an extreme close-up of the young girl's concerned face. She will tell her friend on the phone that she will return momentarily whilst she investigates the noise. A long shot will then be used to show the young girl at the top of her stairs, this long shot will exemplify her empty surroundings so that the audience is once again reminded that she is alone. Once she is aware of a break-in, non diagetic sound will be employed to build tension as it reflects her panicking. The victim will inform her friend on the phone that she is now not alone in the house and she is told to hide under her bed. The intruder then begins to search for the girl, mid-shots of the man walking past personal expensive possessions in the house shows the reader that he is not there to steal and is instead there to find the girl and kill her. This is important as it provides tension for the thriller as the audience knows there is no escape for the girl.
To begin our thriller, we decided to create a welcoming atmosphere for our audience. This will enable us to single-handily build the tension and overall increase their fear, rather than going straight into an ambiguous scene in which the climax has already occurred. We decided we would do this by starting the scene in an innocent girl's room, this is usually quite stereotypical of a cheesy thriller opening, however, after inspiration from popular thriller movies (such as 'The Call' and 'Taken'), we decided this is the best way to build the climax. Additionally, we are going to have the girl on the phone to one of her friends, who will later guide her safety. In the next scene, we chose a long shot or close-up shot of an intruder standing outside of the window of the homeowner's house. We will cut from the intruder looking into the girl's kitchen to a behind shot of the intruder looking in. We want to incorporate this use of camera shots as it suggests to the audience that he is going to break into the house and therefore, something bad will occur. Next, the intruder will attempt to break in. We will use a close-up shot of the intruder attempting to open the back door. This will be made clear with the use of diegetic sound of the doors rumbling. The scene will then switch to an extreme close-up of the young girl's concerned face. She will tell her friend on the phone that she will return momentarily whilst she investigates the noise. A long shot will then be used to show the young girl at the top of her stairs, this long shot will exemplify her empty surroundings so that the audience is once again reminded that she is alone. Once she is aware of a break-in, non diagetic sound will be employed to build tension as it reflects her panicking. The victim will inform her friend on the phone that she is now not alone in the house and she is told to hide under her bed. The intruder then begins to search for the girl, mid-shots of the man walking past personal expensive possessions in the house shows the reader that he is not there to steal and is instead there to find the girl and kill her. This is important as it provides tension for the thriller as the audience knows there is no escape for the girl. 
The scene will then cut to the intruder looking through wardrobes, closets and other rooms of the house to find the girl. His determination to find the girl builds tension as it increases his anger and makes it seem as if the girl is in more and more danger the longer he has to wait to find her. To trick the intruder, the victims' friend on the phone is going to tell our character to put a ladder outside of the window in order to make the intruder think she has already escaped. As the intruder goes to leave we wanted the girl's phone to read, or perhaps a diegetic sound of the girl making a noise whilst trying to get back under the bed. The girl starts to think she is safe until she is dragged from under the bed. An extreme close-up of the girl's face will be used to express her fear and exemplify her fate.
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