Group meeting/step one analysis

We had our group meeting to bring together and discuss aspects of our 2 minute opening clip, we decided as a group to combine Dees idea of a horror genre with my idea for a thriller, which is a rather easy genre mix considering the similar traits ad staples of both of the genres meeting a similar outcome, we mind mapped different variables we could use consisting of shot types, music cues, light effects and editing tools.

I came up with the idea of having a time lapse of light, showing a day and night scale in real time, just at sped up pace (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofmi03d1U0s this is an example of a time lapse) this can be used for a dramatic effect in the piece especially when combined with a tense, perhaps even emotional music (much like the video linked) will make this scene a very effective one.

A key part of the scene in where horror is considered, is augmenting everyday items and places to feel uncomfortable. We chose a radio due to the static feedback radios can give off, this provides a perfect audio cue as by it's self radio static is rather eerie. We got this idea from the movie 'The Ring' in where a girl would climb out of the TV to claim her victims, putting a twist on everyday items like this causes a slight uncomfortable feeling in terms of the audience. I decided to look around for some old radios (the older the better) and have come up with some positive results.

We as a group now have the foundations for our idea putting them into action is the next step of our plan, just a couple more tweaks to the scenes and shots we have desired plus a script leads us to our main task being started, we hope to start the filming as soon as humanly possible. (below are pictures of our discussion)