Choosing an idea.

We went through several stages and ideas to come up with our initial idea, the idea we settled upon is one that follows two characters in different locations, this will be a dual narrative and finish with both characters meeting briefly at the end.

The narrative will be split, The antagonist will be seen firstly in one main location, the planning room, there will be shots of him looking through a plan on a board, he then proceeds to look at a watch, this will connote to the audience that something is going to happen and tension will be created. He will then proceed to walk through a dark alley and around a village following the other character. The second character will be seen getting ready and then walking around a village. At the end of these narratives they will meet and girl will get abducted.

Our characters will be fitting of their archetype, the antagonist will be dressed in dark clothing and his face will not be seen, this will create a large sense of mystery and keep the audience thinking and guessing throughout the opening. Our antagonist should meeting the physical archetype as well, he will be tall and bulky to show power and dominance. Our other character will be a young girl aged between 16-18, she will be a vulnerable character and dressed in stereotypical teenage girl clothes so she can relate with the audience. She will fit the stereotypical victim within our chosen genre.

The camera angles used will be POV shots and over the shoulder shots for our antagonist, this will create mystery as well as establishing the character in a certain position or location. 

We will have props within the planning room, there will be a desk, a planning board and a watch, this watch will signify time and the build up to the abduction, there will be a constant ticking of a clock which will get louder throughout the film to portray suspense. The watch will act as a motif within the film.

Other ideas we had included the woman being followed and just having noises behind her, make the audience feel like she is being watched, however we felt introducing some elements of the antagonist created more of a tense atmosphere. Another idea we had was a chase scene brought on after a younger male, who would fit into a archetype, running away from a scene after witnessing a robbery. However we felt this would not perfectly fit the thriller icons that viewers expect to see.