Now that I've researched and established my genre, it's time to figure out the plot!! Like I've probably said before, I've been thinking about this idea for a second now. And after talking with my group members, I feel pretty set on what we want to do.
We landed on a psychological horror film opening with some fantasy genre aspects. Since it's psychological horror, the scariness needs to come from mental or personal aspects, rather than it simply being character vs. monster. We want to explore themes of karma and morality, and how that can lead someone into a spiral. This can be explored through unorthodox forms of punishment, which is the main element of our plot. While there's been many different movies where people switch bodies (think Freaky Friday (2003)), what gives ours more tension and eeriness is the fact that our protagonist, a serial killer, will have to wake up in the body of one of his past victims and relive the days of their murder, BUT from the victim's perspective. This means the serial killer will not only live as his victims for a day, but he will also have to face himself as he feels his own wrath/actions. This becomes a challenge to his empathy, morals, and his overall state of mind.
How will we convey all this in 2 minutes? That's actually a great question. As of right now, we are still figuring out the best approach when it comes to tackling all this exposition in such a short timeframe, but our group feels the best way to do it is to establish overall background info and context, and end the "excerpt" with a suggestive tone, almost like leaving the audience in suspense, wondering what will happen next. We can do this by showing him waking up in the different body, but not explaining it. A fun idea which might work is that we show the victim, doing daily morning activities but with small flashbacks to foreshadow the murder; although we don't want to reveal that its the killer in the body until the end of the 2 minute clip. Like tricking the audience into thinking it's a normal morning routine but then there's a fun mirror transition to show that the visions being shown from before are actually from the POV of the serial killer, not the victim, and he's actually in the victim's body that whole time. That misdirection and playing with the audience also fits the psychological horror genre due to the confusion it evokes.
I actually found some really cool inspiration from the film Last Night In Soho ( 2021) for how we can play with the characters and the mirror:
We want to figure out the best way to make our opening complicated enough to where it's interesting and a intriguing storyline, but still simple enough to where the viewers can understand what's happening by just watching those 2 minutes. It's an ambitious task, definitely, but I have a lot of faith in our group and I know we will make it work!
Alright that's all I have for now,
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