Our Idea for Opening Sequence (thriller).

Night Terrors.

SETTING; local streets, alleyway, dark and damp, very few people about.
TIME; night.
CHARACTER(S); a girl aged between 15-19 walking home from work, she has headphones on and its completely unaware of her suroundings.
DIALOGUE; none.
BACKING TRACK/MUSIC; rock music/ dark and atmospherical (Of Mice And Men / Paramore)

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__  = ANGLE OR SHOT.         ___ = SOUND OR DIALOGUE.         = CAMERA MOVEMENT.

(ESTABLISHING SHOT)The streets are dark and damp as the streetlights slowly flicker on, one by one; streets almost deserted and left to be consumed by the shadows. (ZOOMS INTO A MIDSHOT)(TRACK) A woman, headphones on, deafening her from everything else, walks down the street. Before turning the corner, she pulls out her phone from her coat pocket. (HIGH ANGLE SHOT, CLOSE-UP)(STATIC)The text reads; "I'LL BE HOME SOON. MARY x" (LONG SHOT, FLAT ANGLE)(PAN)She puts her phone back in her pocket and starts to walk down the alleyway.
(CLOSE-UP SHOT, HIGH ANGLE)(STEADY CAM)She takes out her ipod and turns the music up to its maximum volume. (BACKING TRACK OF THE MUSIC SHE IS LISTENING TO)She continues to walk down the alleyway. (LONG SHOT, HIGH ANGLE)(STATIC)
(LONG SHOT, FLAT ANGLE)(STEADY CAM)Behind her, a dark figure emerges from the shadows, and the girl is obliviant to this. Girl continues walking, hands in pockets listening to her music. (MUSIC STILL PLAYING OVER FOOTAGE)Eventually the girl stops dead, sensing someone behind her. (EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF HER EYES, FLAT ANGLE)(STATIC)(MUSIC DIES DOWN UNTIL ITS ONLY BARELY HEARD MUFFLED, FROM HER HEADPHONES)
(LONG SHOT, FLAT ANGLE)(BACKWARDS CREEP)The girl turn round slowly and peers behind her. (BIRDS-EYE-VIEW SHOWS SHE IS ALONE)
(MID SHOT, HIGH ANGLE)(PAN)She keeps walking, assuming it was just her imagination, and then halts to a stop again.
(EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF HER EYES, FLAT ANGLE)(STEADY CAM, WOBBLING A LITTLE)(MUSIC HAS DIED OUT COMPLETELY, HER HARSH BREATH IS ALL THATS TO BE HEARD)
(CLOSE-UP OF THE BACK OF THE GIRLS HEAD AND HALF OF THE MASK INFRONT OF HER, LOW ANGLE)(STATIC)She spins around again, and comes face to face with a featureless mask. (SCREAM)
(LONG SHOT, HIGH ANGLE)(TILT DOWN)Girl wakes up suddenly with a scream, and looks around frantically - only to find that she's in her classroom.
(MID SHOT, FLAT ANGLE)(PANS ACROSS TO SEE THE LINE OF STUDENTS LOOKING BACK AT HER)Everyone is looking at her, shocked and confused.
(EXTREME CLOSE UP OF HER EYES)(ZOOMS OUT)(LONG SHOT)
THE END.

Treatment Pitch - Thriller feedback.

After our treatment pitch, it was clear that we wasn't ready to move forward in our project, and this was for multiple reasons. Firstly, we didn't plan our treatment pitch very well - resulting in contradicting features, secondly, we lacked enough research of the genre, and therefore knew a limited amount about what to do and how to stick to the conventions. Thirdly, our idea seemed more like a horror, as we'd simply assumed that the conventions were similar, and lastly, our idea was too stereotypical and was something that everyone would expect - this would make our idea seem ammiture.
So, our group was facing two options; either we stock up on research and strengthen/change our idea, or we change our genre completely and start from scratch.
Finally, after our group sat down and discussed what the best possible option was, and at last we decided to start fresh and chose a new genre to work on. One, this time, that we were more familiar and comfortable to work with.
We then appointed each person in our group to a certain genre (not including thriller or horror) and set the task of researching the given genre, to then present to the group.
The genre I was appointed to was romantic comedy (rom-com) and I'll research it, with a few idea's of my own to then present to the rest of my group.
After each of us have presented our genre, as a group - we'll decide which one was best, and we'll expand on it.
Our treatment pitch was definitely beneficial to our group, as everything that we didn't do for our Thriller research, we'll be sure to include and expand on our new chosen genre.

Treatment Pitch - Thriller.