For our thriller opening, it will be set in a dark forest specifically when the sun sets. I think this is a good time to set our thriller opening because when there is dark setting, it sets the mood of tension straight away and that was my target. The reasons why I chose to set our thriller opening to be in a dark forest because it immediately denotes to the audience about the setting which have an effect on them of giving them reasons to think that something bad is going to happen because stereotypically, something dreadful happens in a dark forest.
Section 1
In this section, there would be a point of view shot of Pixie running and an Ariel shot of her feet running. The purpose of a point of view shot is for the audience to see Pixies point of view of while she is running and for the audience to be in Pixie’s position. While Pixie is running, she would be saying her dialogue. There would be diegetic sound of Pixie breathing heavily. I think this is effective because it denotes that she is already in trouble and this allows the audience to feel tense. In addition, Pixie breathing heavily creates even more tension because it shows that she is scared.
Section 2
The Credits will come on at this section. Whilst the credits are playing, there will be no sound at all. This is effective because it creates even more tension when there is no sound so this affects the audience by leaving them to be curious.
As group, we was looking at the different types of fotns we could use for our thriller opening. However, as a group we decided that this is the font type we would want to use but not in that firey cloud effect. This is an example of what our typography will look like in our thriller opening. However, I think the colour red is sutiable, but i will prefer to use the colour purple as it is one step above the colour red and the colour red symoblises danger so therefore, purple connotes that it is even more dangerous
Pixie is still running in the woods all scared. This creates even more tension because her breathing becomes even heavier and this affects the audience because the audience may think that she might pass out. On my questionnaire, most people voted for ‘Edge of Seat’. So by Pixie doing her heavy breathing, the audience may be at their ‘Edge of Seat’. 
Then the typography will appear again. Like before, no sound will be played while any credit is being played on the screen.
In this section, the audience is now going to see the mysterious man Rick. We are going to present Rick in the film through an Arc Shot and Mid-Shot. This is effective because the audience will be able to identify Rick’s body however his face will not be revealed as much. This is good because the audience will feel tense because they will not be able to see Rick’s face so therefore he would be left anonymous. While the Arc shot occurs, their will be diegetic sound of Pixie breathing heavily. This is effective because it duplicates the tension. The diegetic sound of her breathing heavily adds on another layer of tension because the audience will be able to hear hwe breathe and this will make the audience feel even more tense. 
As above, when the credits are being played, there will be no diegetic sound and the typography will be played in silence and in section 6, this will be the last time the credits will appear.
Section 7
In this section, the two characters would be presented through an over the shoulder shot. This is good because the two characters will still be in the frame and we still want Rick to be anonymous. Furthermore, the props in the Mise En Scene will be shown which are the trees and crunching leaves. After the over the shoulder shot, the camera will be following Pixie while she is running. This is effective because the audience will be able to follow Pixie as well and this would make them feel like they are following Pixie too.
Section 8
In this section, Pixie’s dialogue is longer. This is effective because the audience will hear more from Pixie and if the audience hears more from Pixie they can get more information about this character. While Pixie is saying her dialogue, there would be diegetic sound of the leaves and her breathing. The leaves are a symbolic code of Pixie which connotes her going to being crushed by Rick. The leaves will be presented through a close up shot. This is effective because audience will see the importance of the leaves and that the leaves symbolises Pixie.
Section 9
In this section, the frame would be black and while the frame is black, there woul be non-diegetic sound of Pixie screams. This is effective because the climax of the tension has come to an end. Furthermore, having a black screen will have an effect on the audience because the audience will be curious about Pixie and where she has disappeared too and why she has screamed. The non-diegetic sound of Pixie breathing will create even more tension because the audience will want to know if she is dead or alive.
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