Treatment of my thriller opening

My Thriller Opening

Sound Track –

The sound track I am going to use is the sound of something dripping, the dripping will be every second and will have about 50% re-verb to give it an echo to it. This soundtrack will remain until the fade to red scene. At this point the natural track of the car and person will be played with a phone conversation over the top.

Title sequence for“Row 51”

Blurred cinema is shown in the background while the title is displayed


Video –

Scene 1-

The first scene will begin with just blank, the first credits will begin to come up and stop when the black backing begins to fade. The sound track will be playing at this point

Scene 2 –

There will be a Fade transition into a video of a pool where a drip keeps falling into it causing ripples (this will be with a black background); these drips will hit the water at the same time as the soundtrack. M/C

Scene 3-

The pool will fade using a fade to black transition, and then the next set of credits will appear using a fade transition.

Scene 4 –

In this scene we use another fade transition, the credits will stop and the black will fade to a video of someone walking down an alley. L/S


Scene 5 –

Using a Fade transition, the video of someone walking down the alley fades into a close up of a one of the droplets. The camera follows the droplet until it hits the water. E/C

Scene 6 –

The camera moves to a bird’s eye view of where the droplet has hit and then shows the ripples moving out. The title of the film overlays the video of the ripples. “Every Last Drop!” appearing one word at a time. M/S

Scene 7 –

Now in this scene the images begin to flicker: static, person walking down alley (different shots). At this point the only other sound you will hear apart from the dripping it the static noise (white noise, in moderation)

Scene 8 –

The Flickering slows and stops then it fades to black the final credits is displayed.

Scene 9 –

The title fades and the droplets continue for about 3 more drops. The final 4th drop is then dropped and it is red. C/U

Scene 10 –

The camera cuts to an image looking through the glass bows where the droplets have been falling, and the 4th droplet hits the water then spreads in the water like blood. C/U

Scene 11 –

Fade to RED transition

Scene 12 -

Red turns to side of car as it pans out, Sound of a phone ringing begins

Scene 13 -

Cuts to a shot of a phone ringing

Scene 14 -

Cuts back to a shot in the car, Ringing stops

Scene 15 -

Shot of Car Key being turned, phone discourse starts

Scene 16 -

Car drives off

Scene 17 -

Cuts to a door swinging open and a case on the other side

Scene 18 -

Shot of car driving down the road

Scene 19 -

Cuts to a shot down the side of the car

Scene 20 -

Car pulls up and a person gets out with a case

Scene 21 -

Phone call cuts off, and cuts to a picture of the man walking down a country lane

Scene 22 -

Cuts to scene of person walking up to a gate

Scene 23 -

Man picks up a not and reads it, Person's voice from the phone reading it

Scene 24 -

Cuts to the man digging a hole with the case next to him

Scene 25 -

Man throws the case into the hole and begins burring it

Scene 26 -

Cuts to the man throwing the spade into the ground

Scene 27 -

As soon as the spade hits the ground it cuts to a news report.

Thriller Title Sequence Analysis

The film I have chosen is called 'SUR LE SEUIL' this translates into English as 'Evils Words'

At first you notice that the background is flickering and jumping ll over the place, this makes the viewer feel uneasy because they cannot focus on a specific detail because it keeps moving.

Through out this opening you can hear the sound of metal clags and drum this is non-diegetic sound.


The next thing that can be seen is the Titles begin appearing and just like the background you can just read them but they're flickering like the background. Then we hear the first diegetic sound, this being the knifes swiping each other. This sound adds to the viewers curiosity, as they are wondering whats happening.


After the flickering continues for a couple of seconds a spot of red appears on screen and it begins flickering lick every thing else on screen. The viewers are now trying to connect thing and may presume the red is blood. Then there is more diegetic sound of someone screaming and now viewers are wondering does this have something to do with the sound of knifes and the red.


Just to make sure viewers have made the connection between the red spots and the sounds a background video fades in showing people screaming and cowering in a corner. The viewer now knows something has happened to these people and its going to play a part in the film.


The red spot continue flickering on the screen and start growing, this may be associated with blood splatters.The opening finishes by continuing the flickering but introducing scratches and more graphic scenes of screaming, blood and people running.

After looking at this thriller opening I am considering using mostly diegetic sound apart from a phone call that the viewer can hear. I feel that there is to much movement within the titles and is does not give the viewer much time to read them. I think that during the creation of my thriller i will over lay the title onto a video instead of just a black background. And finally I am going to increase the amount of footage by actually showing a part of the story line instead of just showing flickering images.