Group Narrative - Miss Georgiou

Group Narrative Media

The purpose of a narrative is to discover ideas about the plot within the film and to be able to engage the audience for the up and coming scenes. In my group we discussed the disadvantages and advantages of each others narratives and sat around a table working respectively and constructively with each other.

One of the narratives discussed within the group was about a masked killer who ends up killing a young woman who is in the kitchen listening to music with her earphones in. The camera would be constantly handheld giving us an idea what it's like to be in the killers shoes. The advantages to this was that it is very conventional to a thriller genre. The masked villains show the hidden identity of the villain which creates the purpose of the handheld camera as you cannot see who it is which would create more tension and suspense in the clip. Another advantage was that there the convention of the young girl getting killed would make the thriller more realistic as in many thrillers the female victim is usually killed or murdered. 

The disadvantages of one of the members narratives is that there is only two characters in the plot. This could make the scene less scary due to the first character actually being killed in the first few scenes. This means that the thriller won't be as interesting with only the killer left in the plot. Another disadvantage is that it is cleshay to a thriller. It shows all the conventions of a thriller but is too simple. This could make problems for the thriller as the audience will be expecting what is going to happen therefore not creating tension or suspense which is needed in a thriller film to make the audience more engaged with the film.

The second narrative discussed was about a young girl walking her dog in a forest. There is an old radio playing in the background which doesn't match the events about to happen. The killer is in the background stalking the young girl ready to murder her. This thriller would take place at nighttime which she said would give it an eerie feel to it. The advantages to this thriller is that it is suspense building so it would create a relationship with the audience as it makes them feel more on edge and gets them thinking about what is going to happen next and when. The scenery is conventional to a thriller as it is in a forest which makes the eerie scary feeling within the audience. The good use of camera angles she described such as high-angle and handheld make the thriller for engaging for the audience as we get to see the whole scene and the point of view of the killer. This emphasises everything making it more dramatic giving it that tension and suspense we need to see everything at different points of views. 

The disadvantages of her narrative is that it could be too conventional and cleshay to a thriller, therefore making the audience less interested as they may feel as if they have seen it before in another thriller. Another disadvantage could be finding a forest at night could give an element of danger towards the making of the film, which could put the makers of the thriller in a bad situation, causing harm to them, because of it being at night-time. 

When discussing my narrative it was about a young girl discovering her schitofrenia is apart of a game where a masked villain makes her, her sister and mother go through a series of gruesome tasks for their freedom. It also includes paranormal activity making them a whole lot harder. The advantages discussed by my group were that there were many characters giving the plot a lot of different scenarios giving more tension and suspense as their are lots of different plots within in. Another advantage is that it will create the suspense and gore I need in order to make he audience feel scared and worried about the gruesome plots to come. My story line is very conventional to a thriller and is also unique therefore giving it that edge to all the other thriller films out there at the moment.

The disadvantages in my thriller was that it could possibly be hard to put together due to the difficulty of the plot and the iconography and editing being used. Another disadvantage is that due to it being a complicated plot the audience may not understand what is going on a times making it very confusing for them. Finally the budget could be a negative as due to the iconography some things may have to be cut due to the budget.

In our group we have decided to go with Freddie's narrative as we believe it will be the most realistic and simple one to film. It has a good plot and when discussinjg his narrative as a group in further and more detail we have come to a conclusion that his narrative with a few ideas from myself and charlotte will be our idea for the thriller trailer.
Our group narrative includes a young female conventional to a thriller cooking whilst the killer is ouside waiting for his moment to kill her. It includes the stereo-typical boyfriend and the masked villian. We have made it conventional to a thriller so that the audience will expect certain things but will take dramatic twists. This makes the thriller trailer more interesting and suspense building making them want to watch the thriller itself.