Costume, Hair and Makeup
We will have one of our characters, Tyler, wear a bright red coat. The connotations of using red include danger, we want to have Tyler foreshadow the jeopardy she will cause.We will have our protagonists wear fairly casual clothes so that they are more relateable - as they are teenagers, we will have them wear jeans, boots, and a jacket, showing our film is set in current times. Our character Tyler will also wear a scarf to add personality to her character. We will have our characters wear no makeup as we feel this would make them easier to relate to, even the antagonist! We also feel that if our protagonists didn't wear makeup, they would appear more innocent and pure.
Positioning of Characters/Objects Within a Frame
Positioning is a key element that can represent relationships of characters without having either character say a word. We will use an establishing shot of characters Tyler and Charlie, so that we will be able to see that they are friends, as they stand close together. You will be able to tell when they have a disagreement as the distance between them grows - only to be made smaller again once they reach a compromise.Facial Expressions and Body Language
In our film, we will feature a couple of close ups in order to showcase our actors' expressions within our piece. It will be noticeable when our character Tyler opens the barn, and notices Charlie's discomfort. A close up will catch her menacing expression, as she asks Charlie, "You're really scared, aren't you?" This will be followed by a close up to show the utter fear on Charlie's face as she says, "You go first..."We will also use a close up to show Charlie's expression later on in the opening, when she hears a scream. Again, this allows the audience to see the terror on her face.
Lighting and Colour
To fit with thriller genre conventions, we want to use low key lighting for most of our opening. The difficulty with filming in low light however, is the quality of film may be minimised. We will use a flood light or torch to highlight our characters or key props and reach a compromise with lighting and quality of film. I will edit some scenes and manually change the lighting so it matches with the thriller conventions and will be mostly low key lit throughout.I will also edit the colour of our opening as often, thrillers are unsaturated and cold. In order to make sure our film opening fits that convention, I will desaturate our piece and colour correct it to a colder feeling piece.
Setting and Props
Our opening is based at a local farm - specifically, we will use one of their barns. The setting doesn't necessarily conform to thriller conventions as it's located in a rural area rather than urban - nonetheless, the barn is big, dark and old. These three adjectives do fit thriller conventions, and the audience will be left feeling as curious as our characters when being introduced to the location, due to having conflicting challenging and conforming conventions. Inside the barn, there are old bits and bobs all over the place, a collection of doors, ladders, an old fridge. The general atmosphere is odd, uncertain, which again will be more effective in scaring our audience.We will use two key props in our film: a mobile phone and a puzzle box. The use of a mobile phone will make our characters more relateable to our teenage target audience - who stereotypically use technology a lot. By having the phone linked with the antagonist, it will make the film more emotionally evoking for our audience. We will also use a puzzle box to fit with thriller conventions, as this will add an enigmatic quality to our film.
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