Development of Ideas

Original Idea

• Starts off with an establishing shot of the houses of parliament and a silhouette staring at it
• Cuts to an extreme close up shot of the mans glasses and in the reflection we can see big ben
• Cuts to a black screen. The credits come up.. *directed by ...* etc.
• The ambient diegetic sound of a whirring of a video tape, and then cuts to a VCR recording of the man speaking into the camera, saying things such as "By the time you have all watched this, I would have killed the prime minister."
• Cuts to the man drinking vodka in his bathroom and a close-up of a box of pills indicates he is on medication, not mentally stable etc.
• Bright lighting juxtaposing with his gloomy, miserable expression.
• Establishing shot of the school and it quickly cuts to the staff room, you hear the diegetic sound of the chatter of the other teachers whilst you see a teacher assemble a gun together and clean it, which foreshadows what is to come.
• Long shot of him walking down the corridor with the sound of his heavy breathing.
• Applause heard in the background, inferring the prime minister has just been welcomed to the stage.
• Over the shoulder shot of the man entering the assembly.
• Quick close up of prime minister and the screen blacks out as the title comes up.

We all liked this idea very much, however we thought that it was a very demanding task to fit all of this into a time space of around two minutes, and that it revealed far to much and would spoil the plot for the whole audience. As a result we decided to come up with a new idea; on the same story line, but as a group we have made improvements on it.

Second Idea

• Begins with TV interview with interviewer and the prime minister, the prime minister is saying why he's going to schools to give talks about government.
• Zooms out, slightly. Tv turns off.
• Close up of assasinator, angry facial expression, dark lighting, dressed in a suit or shirt and tie
• Cuts, to over the shoulder shot of him walking down the hallway
• Sound of heavy breathing and sound of shoes.
• Diagetic sound of audience's applause and welcoming prime minister
• Assasinator opens doors of where the speech is being held
• Cuts to black screen, titles come up
• Non diegetic slow music and diegetic sound of a gun being loaded.

I personally think that the second idea is much better as a whole, it does not reveal to much to the viewer but still informes them that the film is indeed a thriller. This idea also has far more tension which is a key element in a thriller film.