In our thriller opening we have decided to have a blonde young character. Blonde and young both symbolise innocence. Innocence will allow the audience to connect with our character having a emotional relationship with the character. Especially during the murder/chase scene. And tense scenes where you can see close ups and facial expressions.
We will also have by passers as characters to add realistic was to our thriller. To increase the impact of the film and to shock the audience even more to imagine if they were the characters walking past. Would they help or just stare at the teenager who is Hearing voices.
Hero will possibly be the parents
We will possibly have parents to play the characters parents to involve a different view and perspective on the situation and to again add reality to the film. To make the film not appear fictional.
No villain?
The reason for this is because the victim will be playing both the characters as the voices will be in the victims head and those voices will drive the victim to kill themselves. This will be quite unique to a thriller genre, which will attract the audience even more. Therefore, the audience will be more surprised and shocked by the narrative. But all they typical conventions will still be in there for e.g. A chase scene.
To conclude, The opening scene won't have that many characters. However, It will still output all the good things a thriller should do to the audience 'shock,surprise, suspense'
You have given brief recounts of the characters used within your sequence; however, you need to elaborate on your reasons for using these characters, explaining why they are conventional, create certain emotions etc.
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1) Explain WHY for all your points made; why can the audience build a relationship because of this convention? Why are these characters etc. conventional?
2) Relate all points back to the audience; explain how and why the audience are able to build a relationship with the victim and how can they relate to the situation (audience will build a relationship with the character at start, how will this impact them when the character commits suicide?).
3) Explain how the use of your specific characters will make your sequence more interesting etc.
4) Expand on your summary explaining why you character(s) are covnentional and how you think they will help engage the audience further