Account of giving presentation for possible thriller idea

To get the three thrillers that will be produced each person from the class had to come up with an idea and how it would look and work roughly. My Idea was based on voyarism. It its based at Ewhurst Place, one of thye schools boarding houses, which looks old and could give a scary haunted look. It also has a basment with stairs leading up to one of the rooms. I decided that it would be that a man would be living in the basment of the house spying on its occupents. the room with the stairs going to the basment is the little boys room and the mum sleeps in a room further down the corridor. There is no farther which means that the chold and mother are seen as more vunrable with out an adult male in the house. The man in the basment is actually the farther of the son and is trying to back at his divorced wife by killing her and the son. He eventually comes up the stairs and grabs the son who screams and the mum comes runing into the room to find the man holding a knife to her sons neck. He gives her instructions to sit on the bed while he ties the boy up and outs him the corner of the room. He then repeatedly stabs the woman killing her and then he kills the son.

Account of first production group meeting

LAURA'S IDEA WAS PICKED AND I WAS PUT INTO A GROUP WITH LAURA AND BRETT. WE DISCUSSED HER ORIGINAL IDEA AND BUILT A STORY AROUND THE EVENTS. REFLECTIONS IS A STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL NAMED ELIZABETH (18) WHO HAS ENDED UP IN A PSYCHIATRIC WARD OF A HOSPITAL AND REVOLVES AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP OF HER AND HER PSYCHIATRIST, DR HEMINGWAY (50S). WE BELIEVE HE IS TRYING TO SAVE HER FROM HER LIFE OF SELF ABUSE. WHICH SHE BELIEVES IS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF MIRRORS, WHICH INSTRUCT HER TO SELF MUTILATE.THE SCENE REVOLVES AROUND A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DR HEMINGWAY AND ELIZABETH CONTAINING FLASHBACKS OF INCIDENT WITHIN HER PAST UNDER THE CONTROL OF MIRRORS. WE LEARN THAT THE VOICE OF THE REFLECTION IS THE VOICE OF DR HEMINGWAY, WHO WE BELIEVE TO BE HELPING HER.ONE EVENING ELIZABETH HEAR THE VOICE OF WHAT SHE BELIEVES TO BE THE MIRRORS ORDERING HER TO FINALLY KILL HERSELF, SHE FOLLOWS HER INSTRUCTIONS AND WALKS TOWARD THE BATHROOM IN WHICH SHE WALKS TO A MIRROR… WHEN SUDDENLY DR HEMINGWAY WALKS TOWARD HER AND BRUTALLY KILLS HER. THIS SYNOPSIS IS A WORKING PROGRESS AND WE HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE CHANGES TO THE PLOT.

What is a Thriller?

Thriller (to thrill), the orginal meaning 'to pierce'.

To pierce the comfort zone and imagination of the audience aswell as the skin of the character on screen. THE MAIN AIM OF A THRILLER IS TO draw FEAR to the audience AND MAKE THE VIEWER FEEL AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE. THRILLERS RELy ON THE INTRICACY OF THE PLOT TO CREATE FEAR, APPREHENSION AND SUSPENSE AMOUNGST THE AUDIENCE. IT DOES THIS BY PLAYING ON the EVERYDAY FEARS, MAKING US RELATE WITH IT'S CONTENT. THIS IS DONE BY DRAWING ON OUR OWN FEARS and OUR OWN PHOBIAS. THESE FEARS CAN BE VOYEURISTIC, SEXUAL OR VIOLENT.

A THRILLER CREATES TENSION BY RAISING ENIGMA CODES AND THROUGH THE SENSE OF DELAY, CAPTURE'S THE AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION. MOST THRILLERS HAVE UNIVERSAL THEMES, SUCH AS LOVE, DEATH OR MONEY. A SENSE OF DELAY WORKS WELL IN THRILLER as IT CREATES TENSION AND A CLIMAX OR AN ANTICLIMAX. THRILLERS ARE SADOMASOCHISTIC- MEANING THE AUDIENCE TAKES PLEASURE OUT OF SEEING PEOPLE IN PAIN, in SUFFERING OR MISFORTUNE. OUR PLEASURE IS DERIVED FROM THE DISCOMFORT OF OTHERS, HOWEVER THE AUDIENCE CAN ALSO HAVE A SENSE OF PITY FOR THE VICTIM.