Things Are Coming Along Nicely

There have been a few developments since the last time I actually talked about our project. I'm pretty sure we have our actresses selected. Unfortunately, I couldn't play a teenage girl, so we had to find two young ladies to feature in our film opening. They're CJ's friends, but they still have decent enough talent for what we're trying to do. It's not like we can go out there and get a Hollywood actor to star in our project. These two should do just fine with what we need them to do.

We also have a much greater understanding of what our opening is going to cover. It's going to start with a scene where we get to know our main character, Britney. She's a rich teenage girl who is incredibly obsessed with social media and her popularity. We're going to learn all about her and her life through a narration. Britney is a serial killer, but that isn't made clear until later. We're going to be working our credits into this scene and then end it with Britney being blocked by her "friend' on social media. We'll likely use a dolly zoom on Britney's screaming face and then cut to black. This is where the title of our unnamed movie will go. This scene should be 30-45 seconds at most.

The next scene should be the rest of the opening, but we are talking about including a third scene. It will be Tiffany, Britney's friend, being stalked through her house and eventually killed. Britney is the one who murders her, but that won't be known until the very end. The scene will start with Tiffany getting ready to go to bed when a window breaks in the background. She then gets some sort of text from Britney asking if She's okay; Britney just saw her window break. Yes, that idea came from Scream. (Skip to 1:10 for the inspiration)

 The rest of the scene will be Tiffany freaking out as she hears someone getting closer to her. She won't know what to do and will be texting Britney for help/advice. Britney will be responding from inside the house and will use the notification sounds from Tiffany's phone to track down her victim. We felt this was a pretty good way to incorporate social media into the plot, one of our goals from the beginning of the project. The scene will then end with Tiffany getting bludgeoned by some sort of make up supplies, maybe a hairdryer. Britney still won't be shown, but something that links back to Britney will be. We were thinking some sort of bracelet that she was seen wearing in the opening scene. This is ideally where our two minutes are up and the opening ends, but CJ wanted to discuss adding a third scene. We'll see how that goes. Remember when I titled a post "Who Needs an Outline?" Turns out we actually did need an outline. I kind of knew this when I wrote that post, but now we actually have one! We should start filming late next week and finish it over spring break. Here's hoping things go according to plans.

References:

Craven, W. (Director). (1996). Scream [Video file]. United States: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Retrieved March 18, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWxSBbBX4fs&ab_channel=Movieclips

Scream (1996). (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2018, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/