Treatment

Our task was to make a thriller opening sequencing consisting of a maximum of 2 minutes. The main plot of our film will be an action thriller and therefore will be concentrating on one main character rather than a group. We decided a few plotlines from criminals to underground rappers but had finally decided on a ninja based opening sequence.

Our opening sequence will introduce a ninja who is on a mission to defeat the boss of a ninja organisation or someone of high authority as the villain had killed his brother. This information will be presented to the viewers by literature at the beginning of the opening to inform the viewers what has happened and to make them aware of what is about to happen. The sequence is going to revolve around the main ninja training in order to defeat the boss as well as a graveyard scene consisting of the ‘brother’s’ grave.  This will represent sorrow and resentfulness, which connects to contrast.

Our group decided on this storyline from watching a retro Chinese film, which contained ninjas and karate classes training. We decided to use this element in our storyline, as it was different and unique from other action thriller movies. We also printed of multiple questionnaires about general knowledge of films and specifically thriller films; this gave use more knowledge about what viewers wanted and what made them intrigued to watch more.

The main locations that we need are a graveyard and a dark setting, preferably a dark room with multiple dim lighting such as the lighting room within our school. We also may need a street to show the ninja walking in the sunshine to create contrast from the dark setting, which is going to be the main concept of the film.

We may need to also create an effect on our footage such as tinting or low saturation to make the footage unique and interesting. The graveyard that we are using will create a sorrowful mood for the viewers as it is representing the loss of the ninja’s brother and shows the love between the characters.

Our film will conform for being classed as an action thriller opening sequence as it has intense, adrenaline music in sync with the ninja’s training. This is creating a sound motif as well as making the viewers more intrigued to see what happens in the next scene. It also has a black and white effect to represent a retro time period and also makes the footage gloomier.

To conclude, our footage will hopefully start off with a literature rising up from the bottom like Star Wars or Blade Runner and consisting of powerful language informing the viewers the main storyline. This will shortly cut to the production companies, which lead to the ninja training in sync with the music. A graveyard scene will also be shown to represent sorrow and loss and will finally lead to the ninja walking in the sunshine to end. This creates sunshine from the dark settings and shows happiness.