Our chosen thriller opening

We chose the idea of the magestrates court, when the murderer is on trial for the sin he commited. The reason we chose this is because from my research i found out that people want suspense build via non-diegetic sounds aswell as diegetic, so there would be various chances for us to achieve this in this environment. Also the use of a protagonist character is present (the murder) and at the same time he is the villan, we also have to hero. The judge who sentences him to a jail sentence. But it's also left down to the audiences digerestion to who they think is the hero, they might think that the lawyer who represented him is because he lost the case for the murderer.

So the use of a protagonist and a hero and villan are some typical thriller conventions. Also the use of quick editing is used frequently in blockbuster of this genre. So when the murderer is in the waiting room the use of editing till flash forward to the decsion made, and straight back into his face deep in thought. The mise-en-scene of this will be good as we wil use the actual court in Bourne with the judges gown and wig from the law teacher at school, and the hammer from the local auction rooms. As we have this sorted the lighting will be needed for exact precision, as we will be filming throughout the day the sun will shine through windows at different stages.

The narrative will be made clear as the opening progresses as hints will be given, also via the mise-en-scene and the dialog the audience will be able easily follow the idea. Also I used intertextuality of "the run away jury", this is a film which is based around a jury who escape their juties. So this could be directly linked with part of that story, at the start when they are still in a court hearing.