Storyline Idea

Storyline Idea


Film about a psychopathic serial killer. Film shows a day in the life of the serial killer.
The day in the life of a serial killer consists of him getting up and going shopping. On his way to work after going shopping, he witnesses a mugging. It triggers the psychopathic side of him, but he ignores it and goes to work. Whilst he's a work he spends his time trying to find the mugger. Once he finds the muggers identity, he tracks him down and attempts to murder him. In self defence the mugger swipes a knife at the serial killer, but the wound doesn't seem to be fatal. The serial killer than murders the mugger, disposes of the body and returns home. He then passes out and falls asleep.

The next day he goes out on a jog and sees people staring at him. When he returns home, he finds a paramedic leaving his house with a body. He pulls back the sheet hiding the body, revealing his corpse. It turns out that the serial killer is dead and the people who were watching him on his jog were his victims.



Opening 2 Minutes Idea

Time-lapse / montage of what the serial killer does in his day-to-day routine. Shows him waking up, getting ready, going to work, murdering someone and returning home.

Similar to Dexter / Sopranos title sequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHcn0YvBp0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7dQWM0-Gc

Genre - Thrillers

Genre - Thriller

Examples:

• Se7en - 1995 - Two detectives search for a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins.

• Shutter Island - 2010 - A detective investigates a murderer who escaped on an island for the clinically insane.

• Limitless - 2011 - A writer discovers a drug that unlocks the full use of the brain which gives him super-human-like abilities. 

• Memento - 2000 - A man hunts down the killer of his wife by using notes because he has short-term memory loss.

• Inception - A heist film where thieves can enter a person's dreams.

Conventions and Paradigms of Thrillers:

Thriller films use excitement and suspense as a means of entertaining the viewers. They aim to keep the audience alert and feel on edge. 
The excitement often occurs when the main character is placed in a difficult, tense situation. 

The genre also relies heavily on the use of sound to emphasise what is happening on screen. It often builds up until it reaches a crescendo to help amplify the suspense. This clip helps to illustrate this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHfoz9Be7U


Thriller films also use conventional characters. A protagonist and antagonist are used in many thriller films and the protagonist often has to overcome a problem. 

Other conventional features of thriller films include plot twists. An unexpected and unpredictable storyline helps keep the audience on edge. Examples of this include se7en and Memento. 

History of Thrillers 

Thrillers have been a major film genre for almost 90 years - one of the most memorable was the German film 'M' which told the story of the child killer. 

Alfred Hitchcock was one of the most influential figures in the thriller genre. His films helped to shape how modern thrillers are made today with films such as vertigo and psycho.

In the modern day, thrillers such as jaws and se7en use special effects to create gore - again it makes the film more uncomfortable for the viewer to watch.

Examples of Thriller Scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1giVzxyoclE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ96V6sh9nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmY6A6YW-qQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW23RsUTb2Y

Genre: Horror :-)!!

Examples:

• Saw 1-7
• Let the Right One In
• The Ring
• The Grudge
• Drag me to hell
• 28 days later
• Attack The Block
• The Shining
• Psycho
• Paranormal Activity
• The Cabin In the Woods
• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
• Zombieland
• The Exorcist
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• Halloween
• Shaun Of The Dead
• Alien
• Night of the Living Dead
• Sleepy Hollow
• Sweeney Todd
• Jaws
• Let me In
• The sixth sense
• The haunting
• Dark Shadows

Attack The Block
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc

Sweeney Todd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hgrfZVlJA

The Ring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuH5FaUpFm4

Dark Shadows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpWvkFlyl4M

Genre: Horror :-) livv

The genre horror aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm and dread into the audience. These films of ten are unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fer and nightmares.  The are usually based on an evil force, person or event. Many Horror films include mythical creatures such as vampires, werewolf's and zombies. most Horror films have lots of violence and gore in them. Some horror films can also fall into other genres as well such as Fantasy, Thriller and Sci-Fi.
EXAMPLES:

• Saw 1-7

• UNDERWORLD 1-4

• Nightmare elm street

• Friday the 13th

• Grudge

• Night of the living dead

• Psycho

• Paranormal Activity

• The Exorcist

• Halloween

• Nosferatu

• The Shining

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

• The Blair Witch Project

• Alien

• The Ring

• Frankenstein

• The Omen

• Drag me to hell

• Sweeney Todd

• Let Me In

• Dark Shadows

• Sleepy Hollow

A Nightmare on Elm Street:

Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades in the fingers, stalks a group of teenagers and kills them in their dreams resulting in there death in reality.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYoEtEI_go

Saw

Two men are held hostage by a psychopath, who is set on teaching his victims the value of life by putting them into demented life or death games.

Trailer:

Friday the 13th - While trying to re-open a summer camp, a group of camp counselors are mysteriously murdered by a machete swinging slasher.

hi james