My coursework group consists of myself, Charley Packham, Odelia Yu and Robbie Lardi.
At our first meeting, we brainstormed as a group and came up with the starting point of a Psychological Thriller.
We decided it would be best if each of us came up with one initial idea to bring to the next meeting. I liked the idea of the opening sequence consisting of hallucinations, and was inspired by Black Swan, a film I had recently watched at the cinema.
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| Rivalry between Nina and Lily in Black Swan |
Here is my initial idea:
The film:
- Psychological Thriller
- Protagonist: An overacheiving teenage schoolgirl who strives to be the best at everything she does
- She ends up killing her rival in a classroom after the protagonist decides she is too much of a threat to her getting into the college she wants to go to, as the college will only take one person from their school
The opening sequence:
- A scene from near the end of the film
- Set in a locked classroom
- The protagonist is sitting at a desk at the back of the room having just killed her rival (the audience does not know this)
- She hallucinates various people appearing in the room and taunging her - e.g. her mother telling her she is a disappointment, her teacher telling her she has failed everything, her rival boasting
- Her hallucinations are interrupted by a knock on the door, then a ratlling of the handle and someone calling the protagonist's name
- Cut to black
