Synopsis:

In this lesson Mr. Barton asked us to think out what would commonly happen in a thriller and write a synopsis of what will could happen:
A typical Thriller synopsis-

A typical thriller synopsis would include many of the common details we see in a thriller.

These would be...

Sound- A mood needs to be created very early on to establish the genre of a thriller. Otherwise the audience will get confused. From the very begging of a thriller, even from the title sequence we need to create this mood. The title sequence is where a lot of information is given to the audience and if the sound does not match the information we are try to get across then the audience may not pick up on some important details. For example, there’s a murder in which a man in a long black coat and top hat shoots and kills a person. If the music in the back group was upbeat and happy the audience will grow distracted by the music, where as if the music was dark and mysterious the audience’s mood will change setting them up for getting into and watching the rest of the movie. The sound in a typical thriller would be slow, mysterious and eary. Thrillers tend to use a lot of classical music.

Characters- There are a number of typical thriller characters and characteristics. One of which being the professional like characters. They are usually crooked murders ect who always appear squeaky clean at first glance. They will often wear a black coat. Odd More-than-meets-the –eye behaviour is also most common in Thrillers.

Story- There are many sub-genre’s to a thriller. The most typical being the low key murderer who wants revenge, or maybe the lovely-looking-gentile-man with ulterior motives, the trigger happy poker player or the use of conspiracies in politics. There is nearly always violence and there is a common use of guns and knives as well as fire.

If i were making a typical thriller i would set most of the scenes around a isolated place such as an untouched country land and farm house. I would film at night time as the unseen and the darkness adds to mystery.  I would need sound effects like gun shots and at the beginning there would be slow music.

   AT the start you would see a man walking across this county land minding his own business, the music in the background would be calm and slow. Then a car, expensive looking with blacked out windows pulls up by the side of him. This is when the music gets dark and dangerous. And big bouncer-like man steps out of the back seat and punches the man straight to the ground. The music carries on but there is not picture, its black to symbolise the unconscious man. The man then comes ground to be found in a different place all together. He is in a room. Military looking which only the bare minimum of furniture. A man walks in and explains that they need him, he does not define what for. For the next few weeks he is ordered to train, in strange subjects like mathematics in which he has always be a genius, sports, law, I.T and technology and Fire arms. He tries to break out of the camp a few times but he’s efforts were fruitless and there are a few bruises to prove this. This mystery remains as to why he is here, what they need him for, why they are training him, until...     


Connie.