Thriller Opening Idea 1

Our first thriller opening idea is set in a church and churchyard. It will be in black and white and will have some quite, eerie music playing in the background, to create tension as we found through our questionnaire results that this is what people prefer at the beginning of a thriller. This idea will also use just one main character as this from our research we found is what most viewers before, and it will also help the viewer to connect more with the main character before the film begins and gets into depth. This idea is a Religious Thriller, and will be quite mysterious in the way that it gives nothing away to the viewer, that will give away what has happened or what’s going to happen, we have chosen to do it this was as when we sent out our questionnaire we found that most people prefer the beginning of a thriller to be mysterious rather than it giving away everything about the story. The scene will start off with an establishing shot of the church and churchyard, and will show time passing by showing the clouds moving across the sky, this will create some tension and the suspense builds for the scene to begin. The shot will then cut to a mid/long shot of a man running through the graveyard into the church, as he runs the shot will jump to the gravestones or statues in the graveyard to give the idea that he is being watched, even judged. The man will then burst into the church and crash down onto his hands and knees, holding some prayer beads and almost begging for forgiveness. This will create mystery and tension as the audience will still not know why he is doing any of this. As he is doing this, footsteps will begin to be heard quietly in the background then slowly getting louder, they will then stop, and the man will abruptly open his yes and look at the camera to create a very dramatic effect. As his eyes open the shot will turn to black and the title of the film will show up. The scene will then end.

This idea relates to the conventions of the thriller genre as tension and mystery is created, the music used will be very conventional of a thriller genre. It will also have dark scenery and a main event at the beginning that will introduce the main characters, and will keep the audience on the edge of their seats due to the fact that the main story line is not revealed.