Individual Narrative Ideas - Miss Georgiou

Individual Narrative Ideas

A narrative is important in any genre as it is the main foundations of the film. The narrative is the story line so without it the audience wouldn't understand the purposes of the film. It is important to have a narrative in a thriller sequence because the audience need to feel scared but also understand the story. However not too much should be revealed in the opening sequence as this will give to much away and the audience will realise the storyline straight away. The opening sequence needs to include an enigma to hold the audiences attention.

Narrative: The narrative I've come up with is the theme of cannibalism. This is when people eat other people. I think this is an unusual narrative an the idea is quite mysterious and disturbing. I think this would surprise people which is an element of thriller. Two characters are walking in the forest when they discover something isn't right and they are not alone. They could be walking their dog and when it runs off and goes missing they have to split up to look for it by themselves. This could be where something starts to go wrong and things start to become suspicious.

My idea of a good setting for my short thriller sequence is in the forest at night time. I think this would be a good setting because it is automatically associated with frightening themes at night time. The iconograpy that we could use would be masks. This could be to show a hidden identity and make the murderer seem more mysterious and unknown. The use of masks makes sure that the audience cant build a relationship with the characters and it makes them anticipate what they may be like and what their intentions are. A good use of iconography would be weapons to use in my short thriller sequence. These weapons could include things such as a knife, a gun or perhaps a bat. This is because it is conventional to the thriller genre because the antagonist usually uses weapons to assist their attacks but also because it makes the audience feel more frightened and it creates suspense to what the weapons will be used for which always leads to death, pain or brutality.
I think the weather should be cold, muggy and dull. This is because it is conventional to the thriller genre as it immediately gives a negative and cold feel to it, it makes the audience feel as if something bad is about to happen. and it gives them a sense of foreboding.

The target audience for my thriller production will be mainly teens and young adults as I believe that this is the main age group that watch and enjoy thrillers. I think this is because they enjoy the adrenalin that comes with it and they also like that they can be made to feel scared and jump at scary parts of the film. I also think that if the target audience is too low they may get too frightened and not enjoy the film or if the target audience is too high they may find the production a bit silly and boring.

I will share my ideas with my group by explaining why I think we should try and include them in our piece but also why it would be suitable and how it would effect our target audience. After this I will try and compromise with my partners ideas and come up with a narrative all together which includes as many ideas that the group come up with.