Description of our storyline

Our thriller production will start with a close up of the protagonist’s feet stumbling towards the camera, a lot like the opening shot in our preliminary task. The next shot will use a steadicam and follow the protagonists. In this shot you will only see the protagonist’s legs as he walks along. This shot is key as it builds mystery to why we do not see the protagonist’s full body. We have decided to use a steadicam here as we have to use a variety of shots as our specification says we need to.

The next shot will be a match on action of our protagonist walking around a street corner. In the back ground against the wall the protagonist walks past will be several posters that the protagonist doesn’t see but the audience should. This then builds tension as only key words, such as pandemic, millions flee or Infection spreads, will be visible. As the protagonist walks along a phone box will ring. There is a sudden jump cut to the phone box and the sound of the phone ringing is all you can hear. Each time the phone rings the camera gets closer and the ringing gets louder.

The next shot is from inside the phone box as the protagonist walks towards it. In the back ground of this shot is a person or object slouched against a wall with paper and the posters from the previous shot around it. Again the protagonist doesn’t realise it but the audience should. There is another match on action shot of the protagonist answering the phone but there is no one there.

The protagonist then leaves the phone box and starts to walk towards the object against the wall, picking up one of the pieces of paper on the floor, before they read it the phone rings again. The protagonist goes to answer the phone again but the phone stops just before they pick up.

There is then a point of view shot of the protagonist reading the piece of paper and this is where the protagonists realises they could be the only person alive. The next shot is a low angle 360 degree shot of the protagonist. The camera will spin three or four times around them and will be sped up and a different sound track will be used to show the realisation and isolation of the protagonist. The final shot is a point of view shot of something running around a corner and then seeing the protagonist in the middle of the road. The shot continues to run towards the protagonist and the protagonist doesn’t turn round until the last minute. The image then fades to black and a soundtrack of heavy breathing will play and the titles will then appear.

By Joseph Mulhare