Group Narrative

Groups Members:
Jenna Van Bergen

Ruby de-Gallerie

Sam Pearl

Sam's idea: 

The beginning may start with an obscured chase scene with the male chasing the female. She may hide and think the male has disappeared but he appears behind her and abducts her and takes her to a room that is abandoned/alone. The man goes downstairs to make a cup of tea. The girl is unconscious and wakes up in the room that has pictures of her all over the walls. She can then hear him walking back up the stairs and each footstep is more and more defined. Then then the door may fly open and it will end.

ADVANTAGES: Easy to obtain.

DISADVANTAGES: Too cliche.

Ruby's idea:

The beginning of my thriller will start with two girls walking there dog in a forest in a small town, however hours before a murderer has just escaped from prison and was last spotted by the forest the girls are walking their dogs. whilst on the walk the murderer comes up and takes the girls to a deserted house basement and torches the girls. The murderer leaves the basement and the girls are left. one of the girls has a key in her pocket which she uses to cut through the thin rope slightly to eventually pull it apart. Both girls struggle toward the front door where the murderer is close by. one girl manages to run out of the door but the other one is too weak. As the girl is running away she hears the gunshot of her friend being killed.

ADVANTAGES: Easy to carry out.

DISADVANTAGES: Unlikey features.

My idea:

Grandmother sitting her granddaughter down and telling the story of her mothers disappearance as she begins to wonder what happened to her when she was 8. A traumatic experience that was never understood as a child and her curiosity kicks in as she starts to question. A video of her mother happily playing with their pet at the crime scene as a young girl herself. Flashback of one mid-evening dog walk the grandmother and mother in their well known fields, a strange appearance of a farmers tractor parked randomly. To avoid they enter the woody section and noises from unknown locations causes confusion and the mother is taken from behind, as her mother tries desperately to get her back but it unable to. Police are called and she is never found.

ADVANTAGES: Detailed, expanded story line.

DISADVANTAGES: We wont be able to include all elements e.g tractor within her ideas.

Group Idea

Mother sitting down gazing into a photo of her daughter. This is followed by a flashback of the mothers memories; the events that occurred on the day of her daughter disappearance. The flashback consists of her daughter in white clothing, walking their dog in the fields down the road from their house. She comes across clothing with blood on it, with a knife beside. Deciding to redirect her route, she enters the dark forest. The fact that she goes from high light to low light  forebodes that something bad is to come from this decision. Sounds are heard from an unknown direction and she panics, the dog is released and Ruby, the daughter begins to run, then stops to phone her mum. During this occurrence she is taken from behind and is dragged through the forest. The mother picks up the phone call and hears screaming. Immediately she goes to find Ruby. Ruby is shown to be dead and the villain, wearing dark clothing turns off the torch that she let go of when being dragged. This portrays to the audience that he is covering up the evidence. This is the final shot that puts an end the thriller as it creates an enigma. The fact that the victim and villain are in conventional clothing colours gives a clear differentiation of who is who. The variety of shots used to show the representation of the character match their role; victim is often shown a a high angle to make her seem small and vulnerable. The villain when passing through the trees is shown at a low angle, so that it makes him seem like the dominating character. The location is isolated therefore making it conventional as the victim can not be heard.

This narrative builds a relationship with my target audience as it connects to the conventions of the age category 15 thriller. The fact that the victim and villain are in conventional clothing colours gives a clear differentiation of who is who. The variety of shots used to show the representation of the character match their role; victim is often shown at a high angle to make her seem small and vulnerable. The villain when passing through the trees is shown at a low angle, so that it makes him seem like the dominating character. The location is isolated therefore making it conventional as the victim can not be heard.