Title ideas

Idea 1-

Our first idea was to text out each persons names and their role to show the effectiveness of the phone in our thriller opening. However we thought this might be a bit too complex as it may be difficult to read the writing on the screen of the phone due to lighting.

Idea 2-

Our second idea was to write our names on the bloody cloth, again keeping within the theme of the opening. This seemed like a good idea because as the girl is walking along and is looking at the bloody cloth it gives the impression that the audience is as well. It is quite a simple idea but could look very effective.

Idea 3-

The third idea was to write our names on planks of wood- linking in with the shed, and we would hold them up (using stills to make it quite jumpy, and easy for us to zoom in and out). This idea works well because it has the creepy effect that we are looking to put across to our viewers.

Idea 4-

Our final idea is similar to idea 3, but rather than using would we would use paper, and then let it fly away. This idea may be hard to do if the weather isn't good, so it may not put across the effect we are imagining to be so perfect.

Ideas for a company logo

Idea 1

Storyboard

The Pitch

We got a very good response to our pitch and also received some helpful feedback, such as ways to improve them and which is best to progress with. Originally our favourite idea was idea 1 but with the feedback we got, although it was a loved idea, we found that location would be a big problem and it comes across in a way that isn't easily progressive. We decided to go with idea 3 and found that the feedback from the class gave very good negative and positive points for us to think about and improve on.

The Lovely Bones

In 1973, 14 year-old Susie Salmon takes her usual short-cut home from school, through a cornfield in Norristown, Pennsylvania. It just so happens that George Harvey, a 36 year-old neighbour, of which lives alone and builds dolls houses for a living, persuades her to have a look at an underground den he has recently dug in the cornfield. Once she enters, he rapes and murders her, followed by dismembering her body and putting the remains in a safe that he dumps in a sink-hole. Susie's spirit flees towards her personal heaven.

Susie's family refuse to believe that she is dead, until her elbow is found by a neighbours dog. The police question Mr. Harvey and find him strange but with no reason to be a suspect. 

Later on, the detective assigned to the case has to drop the news to the Salmon family that the police have exhausted all leads and they are ending the investigation. Susie's sister Lindsey has been suspicious of Mr. Harvey all along and on a desperate attempt to prove his guilty conscience she breaks into his house to look for evidence. She finds a diagram of the underground den, but just as she starts to get somewhere she is forced to leave as she hears Mr. Harvey returning. Although Lindsey's shocking discovery, the police do not arrest him, leaving him to flee from Norristown.   

Evidence is later discovered that links him to Susie's murder, as well as several other girls. Meanwhile in heaven, Susie meets the other innocent victims and sees Mr. Harvey's traumatic childhood.

Susie's mother, Abigail can't deal with everything that has happened and leaves Susie's father Jack. She moves away and takes a job at a winery in California. Eight years later Lindsey and her boyfriend, Sam decide to get engaged after finishing college and move in together- They find an old lodge in an abandoned woods and decide to fix it up. After the celebrations are over Jack and Susie's beloved brother, Buckley have an argument which causes Jack to suffer a heart attack. The news reaches California and prompts Abigail to return, but the reunion is tempered with bitterness towards her from Buckley because of her leaving them for most of his childhood.

As this is going on, Mr. Harvey returns to Norristown, which is more developed- and goes back to explore his old neighbourhood. 

Eventually, after many events that Susie has watched over, and been a part of- She moves to a larger part of heaven. Lindsey and Sam go on to have a daughter named, Abigail Suzanne. While stalking a girl in New Hampshire, Mr. Harvey is hit on the shoulder by an icicle and plunges to his death down a steep, snow-covered cliff, and gets what he deserves. A nice couple from Norristown find Susie's charm bracelet, without knowing the significance of it.

At the end of the Story, Susie closes it up by wishing the reader ''a long and happy life''.

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Orphan

Orphan is a 15 rated film due to being full of disturbing scenes that may unsettle a younger viewer. It is a psychological thriller, with lots of mystery, horror, suspense and drama. The story line is of a couple, Kate Coleman (Vera Farmiga) and her husband John (Peter Sarsgaard) have experienced a strain in their marriage since their third child was announced as stillborn. They come to a decision to adopt a 9 year-old Estonian girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), from their local orphanage, who turns out not being as sweet and innocent as she seems. Kate and John's deaf-mute daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) takes a shine to Esther almost straight away, their son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is a lot more conscious towards her.

The film itself is cleverly disguised to show a happy family in one light, and in another- the family from hell. The lighting has many perspectives as there are many scenes that are so similar yet so different.

As the film progresses Kate notices there may be something up with Esther, due to her having such advanced knowledge on sex for her age. After an incident in the playground where Esther seriously injures a girl that has been bullying her Kate's worry increases. It becomes worse after Esther overhears a conversation between Sister Abigail and Kate, saying that bad things always happen when Esther is around. As Sister Abigail is leaving in her car Esther pushes Max into the road, causing Sister Abigail to swerve, when she goes to see that Max is okay Esther appears behind her and brutally murders her in front of Max with a hammer. She then convinces Max to help hide the weapon and the body.

John does not believe Kate that there is something wrong with Esther, so Kate goes on a hunt to see what she can find. She stumbles across Esther's Bible, as she looks inside she discovers that it is from the Saarne Institute in Estonia, which she later finds out is a mental institute. She e-mails them a picture of Esther to see if they can dig up any information on her.

The plot unravels and each character finds out that there is something seriously wrong with Esther one by one, but it doesn't become clear exactly what it is until the end...

I would recommend this film as it is filled with twists that leave you on the edge of your seat and wanting more. I recommended this film to a member of my group and she found it helpful for ideas to our thriller opening and also a good watch for herself.