Treatment

Soft sunlight and a deep rumble seep across the shards of gravel. Blunt thuds creep down the gravelly road towards a house. An unknown man, void of colour, followed the thuds, adorning a jet black blazer that cascades down from his shoulders. Cut to a woman putting crimson lipstick on in the reflection of a sharp knife. The man stands in front of a large house as he holds his phone to his ear as he spoke to a female voice.
"Now do me a favour. Mordecai; fetch me that bag and don't get caught" she purred.
Mr Mordecai gave a grunt and put his phone away. Precarious and cautious, the man slithered towards the monolithic house's door, unsheathing a sword-like lock pick.With a few twists and jolts, he got in. Mordecai crawled around the house and located the bag in minutes. He managed to recover the bag and slipped out the house like a ghost, leaving no evidence behind. Mordecai however had his own ghost behind him. Emerging out of what seemed like no where a beautiful woman materialised behind Mordecai. Sudden gunshot sounds at the same time as a cut to black.

Influenced by "L.A Noir" and "Double Indemnity", the opening uses low-key lighting to establish characters as sinful, morally ambiguous and dangerous characters who don't follow the social norm.
The costumes have been heavily influenced by the colours used in "Sin City". For example, we are planning on using a similar costume the female wore in the opening as it is red which is a seductive and powerful colour. We use props to portray our femme fatale as dangerous, seductive and strong. The knife, lipstick and phone are all symbolic of the different aspects of Serena.
Our location has been influenced by "The Third Man" as the house we are planning to film at is an old house with a barred staircase in order to show German Expressionism. We use a variety of shots such as tilt shots and shot reverse shot in order to display a wide variety of shots.

Prezi Thriller Planning

(Edited) Character Planning

Main Character (1) - Mr Mordecai

Personality:

• Nationality: English, Northern accent
• Age: 28
• Aspects: Determined, headstrong, brave.
• Inspired by "Casino Royale's" presentation of Bond. Presented as morally ambiguous. 

Costume:

• Black/dull colours- Black colours have connotations of the criminal underground as the colours are used in conjunction with film noir aspects (such as long trench coats used in "The Third Man")
• Grey/ black trench coat. A long trench coat that reaches knees of Mordecai would be ideal as it would reflect Mordecai as Mordecai is reclusive. By using the coat to hide Mordecai we can use the coat to reflect Mordecai's selfish nature.
• Fedora-  inspired by "The Third Man's" costume. 

Possessions: 

• Phone - Used to contact Serena before robbing the house.
• Lock Picks- Lock picks have connotations of thievery and require skill to use. This presents Mordecai as an experience thief who has broken into numerous houses.
• Bag- This is going to be used as a McGuffin. The contents of the bag will be unknown to the audience which will create an enigma. The enigma, which is a film noir convention, will reflect Mordecai's enigmatic personality, 

Mordecai is one of the main characters of our opening. Mordecai is a masterful thief who only cares for himself. Being enlisted by Serena personally Mordecai struck up a deal to earn even more from his burglaries. Mordecai betrayed Serena's trust behind her back by planning to take the bag for himself however, unbeknownst to Mordecai, Serena knew about his plan and she catches him to turn him into jail.

Main Character (2) -  Serena 

Personality: 

• Nationality: English, strong English accent
• Age: 24
• Aspects: Seductive, strong, intelligent and beautiful. Serena is manipulative and uses others to do her bidding.
• Sees men as tools. Uses her henchmen to do her labour work. The real brains behind an operation.

Costume:

• Well-dressed- Shows her formality and how she runs the business. 
• Dress/skirt- Has connotations of femininity which will portray Serena as our femme fatale. 
• Big heels/ heel boots- High heels will place Serena in a position of power due to her increased height.

Possessions:

• Knife- Used as a mirror to put lipstick on. The knife has connotations of danger which reflects her dangerous nature. The mirror also shows the two sides of Serena: her feminine side she she shows first and her manipulative side no one sees.
• Phone
• Red lipstick- Has connotations of femininity to reinforce the 'femme fatale' and seductiveness of Serena.

Our film is named after her to show her strength. She is manipulative, seductive and toxic. She sees others as nothing but tools and instead of doing something herself she uses her various minions to them for her. She's an intelligent character and rakes in money through her underground empire. Using various thieves to bring her money whilst she offers them protection from her brutes.

Extras - Henchmen 

Personality:

• Nationality: English
• Age: 26
• Aspects: Strong, unintelligent, quiet
• Serena's "minions" that have fallen for Serena's looks. 

Costume: 

• Long black coats to fit the "Film Noir" style.
• Black trousers

Possessions:

• Guns
• Knives
• Bag

Unimportant characters. Serena's minions are used to capture for his betrayal of her trust.