1. INVIDIOUS
Leah Hope
Charlie Dowling
Nicole Quartey-Papafio

2. GENRE
A thriller is a genre of film which revolves around anticipation and
suspense. Thrillers are meant to keep the audience alert and on the
edge of their seats and this is done through elements such as
music, mis-en-scene, costumes and cinematography. The thriller film
emphasises the danger the protagonist faces throughout and the mystery
of the antagonist. There are different sub genres of thrillers, such
as action thrillers, crime thrillers, psychological thrillers and
mystery thrillers.
Although there are many different sub genres they all have key
features that identify them as thrillers such as red herrings and
cliff hangers. The genre of our opening sequence INVIDIOUS is both a
crime thriller and a mystery thriller.

3. GENRE
Although there are many different sub genres they all have key
features that identify them as thrillers such as red herrings and
cliff hangers. The genre of our opening sequence INVIDIOUS is both a
crime thriller and a mystery thriller.
Crime thriller is a subgenre of thrillers which uses both action and
psychological aspects to build tension and suspense. The plot of crime
thrillers are usually set around a serial killer, murderer or robbery.
They also focus on both the protagonist and the antagonist which is a
unique aspect of crime thrillers.
Mystery thrillers focus on the works of the detective or private
investigator to look at the circumstances of the crime or mystery.
Using things like evidence, interviews and observations they uncover
the mystery of the crimes. The audience follow the investigator as
well as the antagonist which keeps them on the edge of their seat in
suspense.

4. INFLUENCES
Identity is a mystery thriller about a murder investigation. One way
in which it influenced us was the titles. We liked the black red and
white colour theme as the red and black signified the unknown and gave
it a mysterious feel. The white is also overpowered by the dark black
background and the piercing red titles which shows the innocence and
vulnerability of the protagonist. We used this theme in our titles and
our main title.
We also liked the mystery thriller elements of the film, where the
story is told through the detective investigating the crime. We used
this in our opening sequence where we have the detective looking
through all of the evidence which is cross cut with the main scenes of
the crime. We also used the newspapers very similarly to Identity to
help tell the story and show the outcome of the crime.
Se7en is another mystery thriller which influenced our opening sequence. In
the opening sequence of Se7en there are montages of pictures of the
victims. We particularly liked this element of the opening sequence and
decided to do a similar thing to ours. We used montages of mug shots of the
suspects and the evidence photos of the victims.
We also liked the mysterious screeching sounds in the non diagetic sound
as it created an eerie atmosphere and added to the mystery element. We used
this sound in our opening sequence just before our main title comes on. It
helps us along with the very short cross cut clips to build up to a climax.
We also liked the transitions of the titles, the way they faded in creating
a mysterious effect. We added this to our titles to help add to the
atmosphere and also to represent the girl disappearing.

5. INFLUENCES
Disturbia is another mystery thriller which influenced our thriller
opening sequence. In this film there are scenes which have been filmed
in black and white and cross cut with scenes in normal colour. The
colour changes showed a distinct difference between what the
protagonist saw through his binoculars and what was actually happening
in the scene.
We used a similar effect to show the clear difference between the
shots of the crime, and the shots of the detective looking through the
evidence. We think this worked really well as it made the shots of the
crime look more mysterious and with full colour on the investigation
it highlighted the main pieces of evidence.
We also liked the font of the titles in the Disturbia opening
sequence, as they looked like an investigators typing and we though
this would help create the mystery element of our thriller.
When A Stranger Calls is another thriller which influenced us with our
thriller opening sequence, INVIDIOUS. In this opening sequence the sound is
built to a distinct climax using a screech mixed with a screaming noise. We
added this into our opening sequence to build it to an anticlimax just
before the films main title INVIDIOUS. This also helps us to build tension
and suspense in our opening sequence.
There is also a lot of foley sounds such as footsteps and the doors
slamming in the house in this opening sequence. When A Stranger Calls
influenced us to use foley sounds in our opening sequence, we used foley
footsteps and PUT SOMETHING HERERE to add suspense to our thriller. There
is also a lighting effect added onto the front cover of the film. We
particuarly liked this as it made you focus on the important things in this
shot. We used this in our opening sequence.

6. SE7EN OPENING
SEQUENCE
We got inspiration from this opening sequence because it uses a similar style of
editing to that of what we wanted to use in our project. It uses quick editing
and jumps between shots which is the technique we wanted to use as it helps to
create tension and suspense. It also has similar themes in the opening sequence
so it was easy to use for inspiration for camera shots/angles and other
cinematography techniques.

7. DIFFERENT SHOTS FROM OUR
OPENING SEQUENCE

8. CHARACTER
REPRESENTATIONS
These characters are similar because they are both the films protagonist in the
form of a police detective. In these pictures especially, both characters can be
seen looking over evidence of their respective crimes. They are wearing similar
attire; as they are wearing formal clothing which represents their sense of
authority.

9. CHARACTER
REPRESENTATIONS
Our protagonist is very similar to the one in When A Stranger Calls. Both are
victimised by a stalker typed serial killer. They are both shown wearing very
pastel coloured clothes, which portrays their innocence and vulnerability. We
also tried to do similar camera angles to capture their fear, for example the
ones shown above. They are both turned around looking for something, this
emphasises their fear and also creates some suspense.

10. DISTRIBUTION-Production
Our production company and its logo were
designed in the way it is because we thought a
film slate would be appropriate because it is
an independent film production company. The
idea behind the name is that CLN is a
abbreviation of our group members
names, Charlie, Leah and Nicole. We animated
the text in the production logo so that it
draws the attention of the audience to the
actual name of the company.
Our film would have potentially been funded by
this production company because it is a low
budget film so it would only need an
independent production company to rather than a
big company such as Universal.
Se7en may have been distributed in a similar way to which
we believe ours would be as they fall under the same sub
genre and are very similar films. They may have been
marketed and distributed similarly to the same target
audience.

11. DISTRIBUTION
A film distribution company is responsible for the marketing of a
film. The distributer will set the release date of the film and the
method that determines how the film is available to the public e.g.
DVD or cinema release.

12. CERTIFICATE
We have decided that using the BBFC’s guidelines on film
classification, that our film is going to be a certificate 15. This is
because our film will have themes that are not suitable for people under
the age of 15. The genre of our film; a crime/mystery thriller, is the
main reason that the themes presented in the film will not be suitable for
people under 15.
One of the films we used for
inspiration, se7en which is
also a crime thriller, has a
certificate of 18. We feel
that our film will not be as
graphic in content as se7en so
don’t feel it necessary to
give ours an 18 rating.

13. AUDIENCE
The title’s in the film Se7en, are similar to ours as they are
both small and not in the centre of the screen, this is so the
audience is drawn to the title and adds mystery to the opening
sequence. (write about music, I don’t know what ours sounds
like)

14. WHAT WE LEARNT
This is the programme we used to
make the music for our opening
sequence.
This programme, LiveType is what we used to
Produce all the titles.
This is the editing software Adobe
premier elements that we used to edit
all our footage together.

15. WHAT WE LEARNT
Since we have done our preliminary task we have learnt a
lot of very useful skills that helped us greatly when we
did our final thriller opening scene. The skills we picked
up include a much greater knowledge around the editing
programme
as well
as learning how to make the music on GarageBand which we
had to learn how to use from the start. While making our
production logo we used the programme Photoshop which
required us to learn the skills necessary to do so. We also
learnt a number of filming techniques such as the 180
degree rule, and match on action, as well as a number of
others.