After our first group meeting we decided upon the genre of a pschological thriller. I came up with the idea for 'Deep' starring a teenage female protagonist haunted by flashbacks of her kidnapping. Taken inspiration from Memento (Nolan, 2000), our main character, Sara, has to piece bits of her memory together in order to uncover the identity of the kidnappers and the reason for her capture which is hinted as something to do with her wealthy father. The opening sequence would start in a luxurious house with an outdoor swimming pool. There would be lots of girls having fun at a pool party; music blaring, drinks flowing and lots of chatter and laughter. Our protagonist is dropped off at the house by her Mum which we think is odd since Sara seems old enough (around 18 or 19) to look after herself. Her mum tells her to 'be safe' and to give her a ring later. She leaves the car and approaches the house and knocks on the door. The girl whose party it is opens the doors and looks surprised to see her. "Oh my gosh! Hi! Are you...? I didn't think you were going to come?" to which Sara replies "Well, can't hide forever". The hostess ushers her through to the garden passing people looking concerned and whispering about her. One of Sara's close friend Roxy beckons her over to the pool and she approaches nervously. She dips one toe in the water but is startled by another friend yelling her name. She turns to the side and is greeted by a camera flash but the scene cuts quickly to a flashback of Sara by a river on a rundown estate, tie up and bruised with a heavy floodlight shining on her face, an interrogative set up. We see a man in a hooded figure asking her if she knows her fathers whereabouts to which she says no. He gets angry and drags her by her hair across the ground and into the river where the splash cuts abruptly transporting us to the present day as Sara watches a girl bomb into the pool. She snatches her foot away from the water and wraps a towel over her and walks towards the girls on the patio.
Although the sequence is doable (I have access to the locations necessary and a willing actress in my friend Imogen) it is a lot to organise and quite complex for a 2 minute sequence. Our teacher advised us to stick to one location and have a chronological sequence as opposed to flashbacks etc as these are complicated and difficult to illustrate in a short amount of time.
We are a very tight knit group and have had brainstorming sessions, bouncing ideas off of eachother so we have decided to come up with an idea as a group and formulate this into a proposal for our next lesson.
