1. Psychological Thriller Opening Sequence Assignment 16:
Group Presentation (Draft 3 Final
Part A Group work is Grey Draft)
Paula D Mickella S Cerise C
Red Green Blue

2. Part B
Part B
(Paula) 1st Idea For Opening Sequence
• Starts with the mother of the main
character having a go at her, asking what • WWW
does she plan to do with her future.
• It was a good concept and we had a ideal plan
• Girl storms to her room and writes in her of how it was going to be filmed.
diary all the anger, depression and
loneliness she is experiencing and breaks • But we resulted in not using this idea for the
down. opening sequence.
• She phones her friend to tell her she needs
someone to talk to as she is feeling very • EBI
down, However she has a argument with
her friend and her friend tells her to just • This was a good idea but it didn’t quite match
leave her alone. our genre.
• She runs home and as she steps out in the • It was more of a drama sequence, but it could
road she gets knocked over. have been better if we had more of a
“psychological” concept
• Introduce the film title at the end of
opening sequence to let the audience calm
down after seeing the accident.

3. Part B (Mickella) 2nd Idea For Opening Sequence
• Starts off with main character on her way to
school. WWW
There is a lot of suspense and mystery which are
• She arrives at the school and sees her best conventions of psychological thrillers.
friend they have a conversation together The storyline was very interesting and it would have
and everything seems normal. kept the audience entertained
• A car drives up in slow motion towards them
and the scene turns black and white. EBI
It would have been better if there was more
• Then the car purposely runs over the main action, it was almost too basic.
character and drives off. Because of how this opening sequence is set it would
have been a low grade because it wouldn’t have had
• The best friend starts smiling at laughing a range of shots.
and the scene ends.

4. Part B (Cerise) 3rd Idea For Opening Sequence
• Girl is working on her laptop in her WWW
house alone - Good concept of the genre, it also has
• She receives a letter through the elements of the basic conventions of a
letter box thriller.
• The letter contains little bits of - Having a doll as a character.
paper that spell out “Knock - Having the girl alone sets the
Knock” atmosphere.
• Then gets a knock on the door but
when she goes to open no one is
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there
If we add more confusion and put more
• She Opens the door And Finds A
elements of psychological.
Creepy Doll Sitting On Her
Doorstep

5. Chosen Genre :Psychological
Part C
What our genre is all about?
Thriller
We choose this genre because its doesn’t only make the
audience jump like other thrillers it has a sense of
mystery that the human mind needs to solve.
Example of Hard candy of chat
Psychological
conversation
Thrillers cause
frustration Mind
Games
Psychological thriller
is a sub genre of
Thriller it often
involves the elements
of mystery, suspense
with a few mind
games.

6. Examples Of Some Psychological
Part C
Thrillers
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7. Part C
Conventions Of A Psychological
Thriller
Tension Mystery
Suspense Secrets
Violence Conflict
Mickella Swaby

8. Part C Psychological Thriller
They Are A Sub-Genre of Horror And Thrillers
Psychological – Elements that are related to the mind or processes
of the mind
Thriller- A book, film or play showing crime, mystery, or espionage
in an atmosphere of excitement and suspense.
Devices and Techniques;
Stream of consciousness
First-person narrative
Back-story

9. Part D Our Inspirations

10. Part D
Films we got inspired by and why
(Funny Games)
A range of
shots they
I like the concept of
used would
playing games to
suit with
make protagonists
our
feel threatened in
sequence.
their own home.
Mentally and It relates to our
physically torturing the opening sequence
innocent for pleasure. Psychological thrillers don’t because it all happens
always end in harmony. in the comfort of
somebody’s home.

11. Part D
Funny Games (Print Screens)
Protagonists – Vulnerable family
moving into a new house.
Mum, Dad and Son (Nuclear
Family)
(Little boy’s
behaviour) Hostile
scared behaviour
(close up shot)
showing emotion
of fear or disturbed
Antagonists – Unknown
neighbours, young men who
want to have fun. Possibly
looking for trouble
I liked the characterisation between 2 groups. So you know who the “baddies” are.

12. Films we got inspired by and why
Part D
(Hard Candy)
●It met the
I like the range of
conventions of
Mystery shots that was
, Suspense due to used especially the
though out the ones that show
whole movie I was emotion and
at the edge of my reaction.
seat not knowing
what was going to
happen next.
The
representation
of the characters
A lot of mind games where was interesting
portrayed in this just focusing of 2
film, which we want to people. Shows
show in our sequence. I like the settings of the mental like
film. In very isolated behaviour.
lonely areas.

13. Part D
Hard Candy (Print Screens)
Secrets Mind Games
Suspense Torture
Interaction of 2
characters (long
A fear of doubt shot)
(close up)
showing her
emotion Low angle close up
showing the intensity
of his footsteps.
Extreme close up is
used to focus on
something
important.

14. Part D Child’s Play (Chucky)
Even Though The Comes Under
Film Itself Is Old The Genre Of
The Plot Is Still Thriller/Horror
Entertaining To
Watch
The Concept Of
Has The Basic A Children's Toy
Conventions Of A Coming To Life
Horror And And Is Playing
Thriller; An
Murder, Knifes, D Evil, Murdering
eath Villain

15. Part D Children’s Doll-Voodoo Doll-
Possession-Evil-Devil
Chucky Changes expression to
become a more frightening character
The Character of chucky
Chucky Showing
then proves to be evil when
Normal Child-Friendly
he attacks the woman
Facial Expression
Woman Goes To Destroy
The Doll By Burning Him In
The Fire.

16. Chosen Themes
Part F

17. Part E
Our chosen theme
is…
What is revenge?
To inflict punishment in return for (injury or
insult).
The act of retaliating for wrongs or injury
received.
to inflict equivalent injury or damage for (injury
received)
Part E
We used “REVENGE” as a theme because it
is a act caused by the antagonist to inflict
damage, fear and pain to the protagonist.
This happens to Nia in the opening
sequence when certain things occur to
make her life a living hell and hard to cope.

18. Part F
Research On Revenge
• I watched a range of movies
such as “Dead Silence” and
"Law abiding citizen” they
all had the aspect of revenge
I watched how they got their
“revenge” and all of them
was a Painful MURDER with
lots of mind games
associated
Girl gets
murdered
Clips from dead silence because she
the old man is tortured& laughed &
killed (revenge) for his Mocked the doll
past behaviour (Dead silence)

19. Part F Research On Revenge Continued
Man (Clyde)
reveals his
identity on the
man who killed
and raped his
daughter and
wife
The murderer tries to
shoot him not
knowing when he
pulls the trigger the
gun will numbed his
body which Clyde
had planned as a part
of his torture
Clyde then tortures the
man then kills him but
cutting him into pieces
(48 pieces)

20. Part F
I watched the“ Pursuit of Happiness”
Suffering
this has elements of suffering in it.
Man gets kicked out of his
house and is now homeless
Man and his young son sleep in the
train station no blanket , no pillow , No
hope (Suffering)