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Originally our chosen genre had been horror; Tobi and I devised a horror story about supernatural possession which involved murder and revenge. However, faced with the reality of our lack of budget and the infeasibility of the plot we discarded it.
Safia came up with a supernatural thriller plot which involved the protagonist being hunted by a murderer through her dreams. We discussed and considered this idea but all decided that it would be too difficult to produce in any effective way.
Another idea we seriously considered as a group was a plot about the murder of the protagonist’s boyfriend, which would also be in line with the thriller genre. In the plot, the victim is murdered by an insane stalker who has been obsessing about the protagonist; the murderer dramatically leaves a rose with each of his victims, which the audience learns through the narrative, are numerous. The story was to be titled ‘Rose for the Dead’ and I had even written a script. However, after further group discussions, we decided the plot-line was too melodramatic and unrealistic. We decided to concentrate on a more subtle way of building tension and, in this way, stay in-line with the codes and conventions of the thriller genre. Therefore we developed the idea of ‘Rebecca’, a story which visually subverts stereotypical gender roles and builds tension through the use of fast-paced editing, interesting cinematography, engaging mise-en-scene and subtle sound. We developed this story as a group and enjoyed devising an intriguing opening sequence which, we hope, will create enigma and evoke interest within our audience.
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