PLANNING - Initial Ideas

Since we started researching in to Thriller openings we've been pretty sure that we want to go the theme of somebody being held hostage in a room incorporating the themes of dark violence and distress

Here is a mood board of our initial thoughts and visions for our idea:

The outline of our thriller opening:

A horror themed opening focusing on two scenes which are continuously cross cut between one and other. One of these scenes being of a mysterious figure of a man walking up a long path towards a massive castle like building. The other will be of a woman trapped and tied up in a dangerous dark and dingy basement looking room which is actually inside this deceiving mansion.

The pace of the opening will build up as the editing becomes faster, we will incorporate some flashbacks of how the girl ended up where she is near to the peak of the action. Suspense will be built up through the editing, mis-en-scene, camera work, sound and over all pace of the opening to the moment when the mysterious man is revealed and he enters the room where he is holding the girl hostage.