Mind Maping Ideas

I have been thinking of 4 main ideas that could possibly be used in the opening sequence of the thriller.

Description of main ideas that I have thought about, they are:

Idea 1: A stalker that follows a person from his house, to the meeting place that the stalker told the person to be by phone. The person realises that he has been set up, by the location of the meeting and the other person not showing up. Props needed:

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  Phone

Actors:

1 visual actor, 1 voice actor (for phone conversation).

Costume(s): Normal clothing (smart casual)

Location:

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  A house




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  Forest/ woods for the meeting place




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  Time: Nighttime

Conclusion of idea

Cons: The idea is not unique, it has been done a lot before. Also the idea has some dialogue and if the dialogue is not of a high quality it would not be believable. It does not match any of the thrillers I have researched.

Pros: The idea is simple to film, and the locations is not very hard to find and props do not have to be done or simple to find.

Idea 2: (Main idea)

The idea will be in the style of The Stepfather and Se7en, two different styles linked together the idea of normal life interrupted (Stepfather) with the low key shadow effect to add mystery (Se7en). The credits will be included in the scene with in the shadows created. The plot of the story is a male character waking up, he is tied up in a room. The shot will be blurring as he is not fully awake. Another character is entering a room with a knife sharpener, he is dressed formally. The room will have white wash walls and one table with what appears to be a knife and blood all over the table. When the other person enters the room the person tied up wakes up more and looks round with heavy breathing. The other person starts walking towards the tied up man the camera zooms in to the characters sunglasses reflection and the shot switches to a shot of a person waking up as the person was having a nightmare. He checks the time and gets up he goes straight to the kitchen and turns on the kettle and as soon as he flips down the switch he hears the door band a few time and runs straight to the door and looks through the peep hole and he sees a person and the title shows up. and fades to black.

Props:

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  Rope or chains




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  Knife




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  Knife sharpener




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  Pool of blood




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  Clock radio




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  Kettle

Costumes:

Victim

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  When he is in the room you will not see much clothing but the clothes you see are the slaves of a shirt.




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  When he is waking up from his bed he is wearing nightmare (pyjamas)

The other person:

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  Formal wear black suit, white shirt and black tie. - showing the type of suit syle of Resoviour Dogs




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  Sunglasses - adding mystery of his identity

Conclution:

I think that this idea is the most different to anything I've seen, the idea is not a horror but a thriller with a phychological feel like his mind is playing tricks. I think I will expand this idea and think about the shots when doing the storyboarding.