Our inspiration for the voice-over came primarily from 'No Country for Old Men'. This film captures the rustic, neutral setting that we wanted to convey in our piece, and the voice-over combined with shots of the barren wasteland reinforce this. Whilst watching this opening it became clear that we all admired the way in which such a simple opening captured the audience's attention so well. No gimmicks are used, not even music, just a sombre tone and a powerful monologue. As our location, Cannock Chase, is not as aesthetically striking as the vast American plains shows in 'No Country' we decided that music in the background would benefit us. It could also aid us in helping set the unthreatening tone we required in the first few moments of our film, to create a greater contrast with the chase scene and the dark music used in it.
In our voiceover, we wanted to give an introduction to the town and set the scene a little bit. We knew that we wanted to give an impression of a small, rural town, unremarkable except for frequent disappearances.
Narrator: I've lived in this town my whole life, which is surprising because people don’t usually last that long. No-one stays. This town makes a nice stop for travellers who, true to their name, travel on. This town is dead. Nothing seems to go on here except...people disappear. You get used to it after a while. Most of them are never found. Beyond the town is Morse Woods and I figure that if you were going to be found, you'd be found in there. The few people who do stay here are hard-working, honest and religious. Even so, they've seen their fair share of murder.
*first scene of our thriller opening plays, ends with the victim lying dead on the ground*
Like I said...their fair share of murder.
In our voiceover, we wanted to give an introduction to the town and set the scene a little bit. We knew that we wanted to give an impression of a small, rural town, unremarkable except for frequent disappearances.
Narrator: I've lived in this town my whole life, which is surprising because people don’t usually last that long. No-one stays. This town makes a nice stop for travellers who, true to their name, travel on. This town is dead. Nothing seems to go on here except...people disappear. You get used to it after a while. Most of them are never found. Beyond the town is Morse Woods and I figure that if you were going to be found, you'd be found in there. The few people who do stay here are hard-working, honest and religious. Even so, they've seen their fair share of murder.
*first scene of our thriller opening plays, ends with the victim lying dead on the ground*
Like I said...their fair share of murder.
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