Inspirations - Miss Georgiou

Intro:


We need inspiration before we can create something because it makes you passionate about the things that your planning, helping you to create something detailed and well structured. We can take inspiration from films that you enjoy as it gives you more to think and write about. I've taken my inspiration by a clip from Strangers, a clip that we viewed as a class which is about a female victim in her house, with intruders trying to enter, carrying weapons banging on the doors of the house.

I chose this film as an inspiration for the opening sequence of my thriller film. The reason for this is because of how conventional this clip is to the thriller genre. I want to try to include each one of these conventions in order for mine to be successful. 

This sequence contains a weapon (knife), which is conventional to a thriller as it represents murder and blood. I think that it creates suspense a lot more than a gun would as a weapon as the victims don't suffer through the pain that they would get from being stabbed than shot. It create effects as it builds tension upon the audience as it makes us build sympathy for the victim. This is the reason why we want to use a knife as a weapon in our thriller sequence. 

An antagonist is key to include in a thriller, if the antagonist is not seen throughout the sequence, the audience find it difficult to build a relationship with the victims as we don't know who or what the antagonist looks like. In this sequence of the strangers, the antagonist is seen for a split second as he is banging on the victims door, this is conventional as it builds tension for the audience as we wonder when the antagonist is going to re-appear. We have taken this as inspiration for our sequence as we have decided that the antagonist will only be seen for a short amount of time, and thats when he is killing the victim. 

This sequence contains a female victim. I think the reason for this is that she is vulnerable and scared, this as an audience makes us worry or her as were scared for her life. As you start to see the victim panic, you can tell that she has no hope if the antagonist was to approach her. I have taken this as inspiration and will include 2 young, female victims in my thriller sequence, this is because i feel in these situations, women come across as more scared and vulnerable then a male would. A female victim is conventional to the thriller genre so I felt that its important in oder for my sequence to be successful to make sure it's as conventional as possible.

It also contains non diegetic music such as the noise of her screaming in panic as the antagonist is banging on the door. This is conventional as it tells the audience how scared and vulnerable the victim is, it makes the sequence seem more realistic as if the victim was scared for her life. I have taken this as inspiration and will convert it into my sequence as il include non diegetic sound of the victim screaming as she is watching her best friend getting stabbed to death. 

Diegetic sound is also used as the radio starts playing and repeating itself, this is conventional to the thriller genre as it creates suspense as the music sounds quite eerie and not upbeat at all. I will take this as inspiration and use it in my thriller sequence, the music coming from the radio will be heard as the two victims are driving in the car and break down, this gives the audience a sense that something bad is likely to happen.

The setting which is in the house is quite dark and looks as if it is in a quiet, remote place. I know that my sequence will be filmed in the forest which is a similar setting to this one as it is dark, quiet and an unlikely place to find anyone or anything at night. This is also conventional to the thriller genre because of it being dark, it makes you unsure of when and where the antagonist is going to appear and the waiting builds tension. It is also unlikely for someone to be murdered in a light, busy place so this is the reason using a remote setting is very important