The Plot Thickens

My Plot: Red Room

Welcome my people! Sorry I haven’t posted recently I’ve been spending some vacation time in LA (much needed), but I’m back now and ready to continue sharing my journey with all of you lovelies J

Since I have gone through my creative process, researched a great amount about horror and psychological thriller genre conventions, and gone into depth about the surface, deep, and dark web, it is now time for me to delve into how I want my film opening to go.

I will be making a storyboard and writing about how I want the plot of my film opening to go. This posting will be strictly my writing down my intro story.

1.     The film opening will begin with a black screen where the only audible thing the consumer will be able to hear is the sounds of footsteps and things that would be said on a set like, “We’re live in 10!” or “Is hair and makeup done?” Something to that extent to make the viewer feel like they are on a movie set of sorts.

2.     The film opening will start with an extreme close up of a video camera or computer screen camera that will flash on green as to initiate that it is recording.

3.     Then the camera with cut to a mid/wide shot of a woman sitting strapped in a metal chair in what seems to be a garage or warehouse type of place, with only artificial light illuminating the room from above. (I’m still questioning overall the lighting at this point but I am leaning more towards high key probably for most of the scenes)

4.     Then there will be a POV shot from the woman’s perspective and she’ll look around the room in a bit of a frantic manor (kind of freaking out), and I want all POV shots to be almost jerky in a way to create an even more intense feeling of confusion and commotion for the viewer. I will focus and blur the picture as some points as well possibly.

5.     Then the viewer will see close ups of the only main things I’d like to emphasize in the room, which would be a speaker, a surveillance camera, a vinyl record player (this is still in question for I hope I can get approval for a song but at the moment I continue trying to contact labels with no response, so this prop would be nice to have in my scene but it won’t be detrimental without)

6.     There will be a shot of the woman from the perspective of someone watching her on a computer screen to reinforce the fact that she is being broadcasted live.

7.     Then, the speaker will briefly explain to her the situation she sees herself  (that she’s the new star of this Red Room) in and will invite the viewers to participate and engage with whoever is talking in the speaker over a live group chat and an area where the viewer can pay for services using digital money using Bitcoins. Throughout this little speech there will be multiple close ups of the woman’s face, focus pulls between the girl and the speaker from an OVS (over the shoulder shot) and the computer video camera, and I’ll include quick pans or tilts from high and low angels to create a sense of even more chaos and confusion (sticking with psychological thriller genre conventions).

8.     Then after the speaker stops, the girl will really begin to panic and struggle in her restraints as the camera slowly zooms out from her and seamlessly transitions to the camera pulling out from another computer screen where a random person is sitting watching the live-stream of the Red Room. Then a popup will appear on the person’s screen asking him/her what fate of the woman they request, and they’ll pick one of then and right before the person clicks submit the screen will go black to the movie’s title.

     I want this film opening to feel very intense yet very simple yet very intriguing to the viewer ya know!? Obviously it may be hard to picture how this is going to go over writing but trust me I have this extreme vision in my mind of mixing almost a SAW movie opening with an intense psychological thriller horror movie scene from The Strangers (2008) while adding a more digital aspect to it. 

(Scene from the movie The Strangers [2008] that really inspired me)

THIS IS GOING TO BE SO COOL! AHHHHH! I’m so excited!

Soon I get to start the really fun part which will be filming, and I’m very close to getting to that point. Now, my goal is to go location scouting to find the most appropriate venue for where to film my opening, and then I need to find an actress who will play the main protagonist of this scene of the movie. I already have an idea for both of these next tasks ahead so I will keep all of you guys updated!

Love you all!

X’s & O’s,

-A