Planning: Opening scene narration - Miss Begum

Introduction:

From the idea me and my group have pieced together the start would be the introduction of this character, possible antagonist sat on a chair with the spotlight clear on them just showing him as a good clown then reverted back to him as a bad clown and so forth. Then the middle of that scene will be him noticing a young one or girl to use as his sidekick and then persuading them to join him, then the last scene will be them getting ready to leave and then the finale is them walking away, a shortened version of the narration, but with more detail this is the opening narration.

Scene Narration:

At the start the camera will be focused on an empty chair with spot lighting used to show the audience that this specific chair plays a key role in the opening scene, then the audience will be introduced to this antagonist or character of which the audience will be shown his bad side then his good side and so forth.

The clown will then look at the camera using manual focus just to add that extra effect on the opening scene and the audience, during this scene the camera will show the clown taking part in activities linking to what a clown will normally be doing such as riding a tricycle or shuffling cards or trying to juggle then switch to his bad side to him cleaning a blunt weapon, checking himself in the mirror and holding a body bag or a sack to show he is planning something.

The first part of the middle scenes will be an establishing shot used to show the audience the clear location of this park and a young teen by themselves maybe listening to music and on their phones chilling or shown as a distressed youth possibly a rebel after running away from home, which will allow for a reaction shot from the clown as they notice this young person. A panning shot will be used to show the antagonist enter the park and greet this young child and then persuade them to join him with open arms. Not too much dialogue will be shown in this scene, maybe the young person feeling a bit worried for their safety but then realize they are “not wanted anyway so who cares what happens”. This scene will then be followed by the young person following this antagonist off into the distance with the camera panning from them sitting on the bench to being set on the ground to visibly show their cold icy footsteps walking away into the distance.

The second part of the middle scene will be of this young person in the process of being turned to the antagonist’s sidekick through the process of training and not the cliché ritual that seems common in mediocre films these days like ‘The Conjuring’. The young person will then be seen putting on a clown mask as an indication they have finished their transformation to this humble and newborn antagonist the original antagonist wants them to be.

The last scene for this opening will be the main antagonist clown donning his mask with an extreme close up of his eyes but not revealing his face to show emotion as he prepares for his next mysterious outing with his new trusty sidekick, he will then briefly say, “Are You Ready?” with the camera then switching to an extreme close up of his new sidekicks eyes replying “Yes” then donning the mask also.

Then the camera will be set up to show these two new antagonists walking away from a scene with red liquid splattered over them to indicate they have done their deed and to show that they are covered in blood to the audience (but obviously not going to cover them in real blood). While they walk away the camera will go the back of them when they are walking allowing for the young person to turn their head and smile at the camera in a daunting manner as if to show off, then the camera will fade to black quickly to cut off the scene there.

Conclusion:

This opening scene is good as it shows in detail various common conventions from other thrillers and reintroduces elements of the horror genre into this as to kind of steer away from typical thrillers and lead into its own pathway. Also deciding this narration with the group was drawn using ideas from our initial ideas and that seen in other thrillers to piece together an amateur masterpiece.