Daniel Winn, Dane Buckley, Kieran Lukas, Jon-jo Murtagh

Horror Thriller – First ideas

Setting/Location

o Woods – evening, not too dark

o Abandoned house

o Field

Plot

o Someone being followed

o Murder

o Hiding from something

Narrative

o Screenplay/screenwriting

Characters/representations

o The protagonist – represented as

weak/vulnerable/nervous/scared

o The antagonist – represented as shady/suspicious

Sound

o Diegetic – trees blowing in the wind/potentially birds

o Sound effect – snapping of twig on ground when someone stands

on it – close up shot

o Discordant – uncomfortable music in the background – makes the

viewer feel tension/helps build tension and suspense

Camera shots/types

o Close up – on twig on ground, someone walks over and snaps it –

shallow focus

o Establishing shot – show setting

o Mid-shot – Show expression of the character that is targeted

o Low angle – low angle on the antagonist to show the power of the

character

o Tilt shot – looking at a footpath, protagonist walks past camera

looking behind as he does so – shows the nervousness of the

character

o Ellipsis – antagonist walks towards camera from long distance,

cuts to not far away from the camera, then cuts to the character

walking past the character – shortens time

Iconography

o Low lighting

o Tension building music

Daniel Winn, Dane Buckley, Kieran Lukas, Jon-jo Murtagh