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The Vindication

Thriller treatment (kyle Preston)

Thriller treatment

my initial idea for my thriller opening was to be a hostage situation, starting with the ending of the film in the opening.

it starts with the victim alone in an isolated room and him wondering where he is and what he is doing there, and more importantly how the victim got there in the first place, after this section of the victim wondering where they are it returns to the opening of the film this consists of the victim being followed down an ally way by a mysterious stalker who doesn't reveal there identity at all, altho a glimpse of the stalker will be shown but not enough to make a positive identity i will further explain later on. The stalker begins to follow the victim down the ally way in a peculiar manner soon after, this following gives way to a chase scene involving the victim getting taken to the ground which is where we get our glimpse of the stalker, but still not enough to make a positive identification.

This scene gives way to the opening shot of the victim being held against his will in a dark room, which the location of this place is not revealed to the audience, to give it an enigmatic feel to the opening sequence

Title ideas:

The stalker

Th1rt3en

Detriment

Sound Track

the soundtrack for our film was created by kyle Preston, it consists of various sound effects and synthesized instruments and orchestral instruments, the program that was used was protools 8, a studio grade recording and sequencing software for creating music.

The software uses uses VST Plugins for the for all the effects and instruments the main plugins i have used in this software is the Xpand module which came with the original package and a third party plug-in which i bought later on "East West Quantum leap symphony orchestra" which provides orchestral sounds and percussion instruments.

The central theme to the music was an eerie feeling towards the listener, this was created through ambient and effected sounds to make them sound otherworldly and out off place.

The orchestral samples that are used, are to give an element of suspense with the high strings timbre, this is to build up to the later scene of the victim being brutally injured, to a climax of suspense, then a sudden drop of tension to the last scene.

The music was written and created by Kyle Preston

movie Opening Plot Outline

Our opening begins with Kyle (Actor & group member) on the floor of a dark enclosed space. He is locked in here and this idea is presented by the paltry space and lack of sufficient lighting. He looks around the room to show how he does not know where he is and/or why he is there. 

As the video begins to rewind we find ourselves 24 hours earlier. At this point we once again see Kyle, though this time, from a point of view shot (POV) and it seems as though he is being followed, or stalked. The stalker increasingly gets closer and we witness the clashing or the stalker, and the stalked. This tumultuous confusion ends up with another POV shot, though this time, from the eyes of Kyle. We realize now that this is how Kyle became entrapped in the initial room, and for those whom do not link these two happenstances we refrain back to the original room. 

Shooting schedule

tuesday 5th of January.

filming equipment: video camera and tripod.

Location: dark enclosed area.

Actor's: kyle Preston.

filming: Curtis Jones.

tuesday 12th of January.

filming equipment: video camera and tripod.

Location: Ally way in Wem town.

actor's: Curtis Jones and Kyle Preston.

Filming completed.