Treatment

Treatment for Thriller opening

The scene opens with a pan across a dark room but we cannot see who is in it yet. The scene then shows a girl walking through a wooded area and there are diegetic sounds of the girl's surroundings (e.g her walking down the steps or the trees rustling) to make it seem to real and allow the audience to emphasise. The shots of the girl walking vary from extreme long shot, to medium to close up to show how near the unknown antagonist is getting towards the girl. In between these shots the scene will cut to someone in trapped in the dark room that is shown in the beginning and it appears that she person is being recorded, however there face is not shown. Near the end of  the scene, the woman will stop and just as she is about to turn around it will cut to black. Then, the scene will finally show the face of the person locked in the room and reveal it to be the woman that has been followed. At the end, we will see the hands of the antagonist clicking the camera. There will be some non-diegetic sound of someone breathing which will presumably be the antagonist and this will make the audience feel a little uncomfortable as this sound feels a little intrusive of personal space.