Individual narrative ideas - Miss Georgiou

Narrative is this most important part of a film because it is what the whole film is based on. The film is built around the narrative linking in with it and showing it in the most effective way. with out a narrative the film would be confusing and unprofessional.

My idea for a thriller narrative is about a group of friends on the way back from a house party late at night, they come to a circular opening made from trees in the forest and then one of them get taken by the antagonist so their friends try and find them. They get a text from the him with an address and saying that this is where their friend is. when they go to house it is a big, old three story house which looks scary from the outside. When they enter the front door a voice over starts saying "welcome to the circle" and say rules about the game. They try and find there friend and search all over the house. In each room theres is a chalk circle drawn with different murder elements inside them. At the end they find their friend but are confused about what to do next. The voice over starts again saying that now they have their friend they need to go back to original circle, none of them know what this is and go back through each room in the house trying to find it but one by one they get killed. The last friend ends up running away, and lands himself in the forest opening from the beginning of the film. he looks up in panic and sees the circular opening from the trees. then gets a text form the Antagonist saying they have found the original circle and therefore have won the game.
   The opening sequence for this narrative would be of the friends walking through the forest, when there friend goes missing and getting the text from the antagonist, the focus would go back and forth from the characters and pictures of the chalk circles and weapons, that could possible be used. The credits would be written in text font like the phone to show some of the narrative about the antagonist sending them messages. The rules could be being read out so that the audience are aware straight away that there is some sort of game involved.
   The conventions of this narrative would be the victims and weapons used in each room as the friends are searching the house. The lighting would be low key to create more mystery and suspense, and the characters are going to be normal teenagers having fun, to show there vulnerability and innocence. All of these assets are good to have within a thriller film to make it more effective, the audience know how to react to these things as they are expected to be seen in the genre, the conventions are important to have as they build to narrative to make it more effective and intense. They target audience would be ages 15 + I have chosen this age because there will not be a lot of violence but it will scary and not appropriate for any younger ages, the will be blood and gore involved which could disturb younger people.

I will share this information with my groups but explain he game which characters are in and what they have to do. I will explain that the game is called 'The Circle' and how the antagonist captures one of the friends. I will explain my ideas to the group and how the opening sequence could be planned out without giving to much information away about the film, but allowing some understanding of the narrative to be invovled.