Planning continues

Also when planning our own production we watched movies to help inspire our own work, including Blue Velvet. It starts off with scenes that include the song 'Blue Velvet' which creates an odd atmosphere, as it starts slow and eery. There is a theme of blue throughout the first scene which continues the theme of 'Blue Velvet' clearly the film has some sort of relevance with the title. It uses an enigma which is the aspect of a thriller used within the opening, as you start asking yourself questions about the opening leading into the film. Including also a contrast between the sinister death of the bugs then the beauty of the green fields around him. All these features are something that can be used within a thriller, and gives some thought for my own individual thriller opening.




Decisions on location, characters and props need to be made as filming will proceed in the next few weeks.

We had decided on a plot, with a babysitter scenario involving a strange phone conversation followed with a scary woman appearing outside, to create an air of mystery and intensity. Deciding temporarily on this idea we made a script


Dialogue Script

Phone- Scene 1

(Girl picks up phone, reads witheld)

GIRL: Hello?

WOMAN: Hi, is everything alright?

GIRL: Yeah, fine- everythings fine

WOMAN:(sounds abrupt) and the children

GIRL: ye.....

(line goes dead)


Scene with old woman

(Woman stands staring)

GIRL: Are you alright?

(woman continues to stare)

GIRL: err..hello?

(Woman slowly walks away)


Phone- Scene 2

(Babyistter rings parents)

PHONE: caller has not been recognised.

We then decided not to use this idea, as casting an old woman would take longer than filming, and with time management this would not suit as it would be longer than 2 minutes (max. opening time) in the opening scene.