17th January 2017

THRILLER COURSEWORK: Planning Phase 10

The Aim:

This film gives an account of a suspect’s reminiscence of a haunting chase that sparked a major and horrific crime scene. The time of the present employs the suspect within an interrogation room, giving a rather subtle but dangerous manner. The switch to the past through montages of flashbacks paints an idea of a victim being chased by a figure- before meeting his fate. Scenes of contrast between the cold and calculative mannerism and composition of the suspect, to the hectic and intense pace of the crime, is obviously acknowledged.

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FADE IN:

INT. EVN.

In the heart of an innocent school, lies a big mess of what happens to be a crime scene.

DISSOLVE:

INT. CRIME SCENE. EVENING.

PLAY: [Beethoven’s Symphony 9 Movement 1]

• Gradually crescendo before tutti hit

A wide shot of plain black that zooms out gradually- within the same shot- we slowly make sense of an extreme close-up of an motionless eye.

The camera then gradually zooms out and turns within 90 degrees clockwise to position and establish the lifeless and bloodied face lying identical underneath a pool of blood, on the concrete and uneven floor.

As the camera takes all the time in the world to establish this horrific scene, the lighting becomes significantly violent and the orchestra reaches its verge of climax as Beethoven becomes revived from the dead.

Violins screeching and musical notes- of what are now noises and harsh hits- intertwined within a potion of misfortune that shapes the audience into a sense of being trapped. The unchanging shot stays true to its consistency.

STOP: [Beethoven’s Symphony 9 Movement 1]

IMMEDIATELY--

“BANG!”

A horrific face appears- black out- again, the face- black out.

Following the aftermath of the climatic conclusion, there are a group of shots that provide a montage of interrogation sequences and the flashbacks of the victim’s POV, before fate takes him into the tragic crime scene, that we saw at the beginning..

After the montage, only the plain room can be seen. Here, the suspect has already sat across the table- and with the same type of zoom from the beginning- but in reverse- the suspect’s familiar face gets focused in a slow build-up, before we see his dry cheeks open up a sinister grin.

FADE OUT