Developing my idea for the thriller
I decided to go further with my mirror idea, and created a story based around dreams and reflections. this idea will be in the genre of a psychological thriller.
MOVIE IDEA: "Dream a little dream of me"
A young woman suddenly begins to get multiple dreams of her inevitable death, in a futile attempt to make
sense of them; she discovers that they’re actually visions.
my idea for an opening sequence starts in a large abandoned room, with
furniture covered in dust-proof sheets. The protagonist is exploring the room,
uncovering sheets and discovering what’s underneath. She finds an old vinyl player
and puts the needle on. We hear the song “walking after midnight” or “dream a
little dream of me”, she continues to explore the room and sees a tall but thin
object towards the back of the room. She walks over and takes off the dust sheet. It’s an
antique full-length mirror. She inspects herself in the mirror until the music
suddenly crackles out and stops. She turns to see, the needle has been knocked
off the vinyl. She looks back and she has a different reflection of herself drenched in blood and holding a knife. She looks frantic and starts panicking.
She suddenly wakes up, sweating and panicked.
Ideas with shots:
- Start with a low angle CU of the sheet being drifted over the camera, as the girl is taking it off the furniture.
- Tilt up to a mid shot of the girl. ELS of the abandoned room, to show the proportion of its size. The room has a slight blue tint to show that it’s a dream sequence.
- Over the shoulder, profile mid shot of the girl uncovering the vinyl. Profile CU of her face
- ECU of her hand placing the needle on the vinyl and starts playing.
- over the shoulder shot of her uncovering the mirror,
- ECU of her waking up
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