Today we met to discuss as a group our initial ideas for our product. We agreed that we were interested in producing a psychological thriller/horror. Before deciding on a storyline, we first came up with various elements that we wanted in include within our piece. I suggested that we could use ‘Blair Witch Project style’ camerawork within our piece as I discovered through my analysis of the opening scene that this style was extremely effective in bringing the audience closer to the action and making them feel more involved. We discussed this as a group and some members felt that it would be hard to create this effect without our piece looking messy. Eventually we agreed that if we used this shooting style sparingly-perhaps only once within the piece- that it could be effective.
When we decided on our storyline I suggested that when the victim is killed at the end of our opening sequence, that we should allude to the death rather than show it explicitly to create a more sinister tone. Another member of the group did not agree with this however, so I suggested that we did not show the actual murder, but cut back to the victim dead so the audience is fully aware of what has happened without actually witnessing the murder. This will be something to discuss in a following meeting.
Another member of the group suggested that our film opening should start with an establishing shot of the crime scene and that the rest of the film should flashback from this point. We agreed as a group that this would be particularly effective and I personally felt that it was a good way to build dramatic tension from the outset of the film, much like The Blair Witch Project and indeed many plays including Romeo and Juliet and Blood Brothers.
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