Research: Narrative Ideas (Miss Hawkins/Ms Heath)

My Narrative Idea

An innocent little girl who begins to see shadows and figures in her home, she tells her parents and they don't believe her until they themselves start to see these moving dark figures in and around there house. Strange things start to happen to them until one day the figures start to get a bit too real as the situation escalates.

Group Members Ideas

Yasmin's idea: A very ill father who was kicked out of his home just after the birth of his first child, the then becomes overly obsessive of his child.

Relande's idea: This is basically about a child who lost his father before he was born, slowly growing up with special powers, as the child gets older the better he is of controlling his powers and he then walks in his fathers footstep as a crime fighter.

Group Narrative

We all came together looking at each others idea's and the group decided to use my narrative as it is conventional to a thriller/horror film due to the mystery theme and the sense of suspense amongst the audience. We all were also very confident that we could make a good thriller trailer out of my narrative idea which is why we all decided to use it.

Film influences

Paranormal Activity

This film was one of the main influences in creating my narrative plot due to both it and my narrative being similar. For example, in paranormal if you've watched it, you would of notice that the young girl starts to have experiences with these figures, which is very similar to my thriller as the same thing happens. In addition, all the paranormal activities in my thriller happen in the house which is the same as Paranormal Activity.

Sinister

Sinister is also another film my narrative is based off as we tried to replicate some of the montage scenes in sinister and place it in our own narrative. The main character of sinister is the father which is very similar to my narrative as the father is the main character which is the person who has the most encounters with the mystery shadow. In addition, the lighting used in the hole sinister movie was very low key which allowed it to remind my audience of the genre of the film and what to expect. In my thriller trailer, you will start to notice the scenes get darker and darker as this will allow tension and suspense to build and also allow the audience to sense trouble and danger.

Conclusion

Looking at everyone's narrative has allowed me to spot out the strengths and weaknesses then apply it to my own narrative to make it easier to follow for the audience while being convention and effective.

The research and information i have gathered from my film influences has also allowed me to pick out idea's in which i could use on my own thriller in the bid to make it as conventional as possible.