Idea Development

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Now was the time to plan what type of film opening I want to make. Initially, I wanted to make a film opening that would fall in to 'romantic comedy' which would consist of quirky characters along with a heartwarming love story. I also wanted to add some jokes in it, But As I started writing a comedy script, I realized just because my younger brother laughs at my jokes does not mean I am extremely funny and I would write a great comedy script. So Brain really was like Thank you, Next? 

Then I thought of making an action film opening that would involve cars. I had a whole image in my mind including the characters, location, shots and even sounds that would be at the background. I think my idea was pretty cool and I got really excited before realizing I didn't have the budget for it actually. As someone one said, "When hope shatters, it leaves behind the fragments of a dream." This emotional and broke teenager decided to think of another idea now.

As I was trying to sleep at 3am, thinking about very random stuff which was not letting me sleep, My imagination took an unexpected turn.

And I thought of making a thriller, murder mystery type of a film opening that would involve blood. This time it was important to think of something that would be possible to film keeping in mind the resources I have and my budget. I wrote everything down and made a mind map to see if this idea was worth being my final idea.

In this thriller narrative, I thought of adding two characters, a husband who has multiple personality disorder and his wife. His identities control his behavior several times and forces him to do things he does not intend to do. But this idea was for the whole film, and our task was just to make the opening so I thought of showing flashbacks of the man's life to show his married life before.

The couple had a strong feeling of affection and concern towards each other. The couple loved each other unconditionally and was living a happy life before that one day when he wakes up to his dead wife covered in blood. The story is a murder mystery to find out if someone murdered her or was it a suicide. 

The unexpected twists that were constantly coming to my mind, made the opening more interesting and I decided to now stick with this idea.

I even wrote down the shots that were coming to my mind with what sound would I use in them to create effect.

I finalized my film opening: 

Movie Title: CONVICTED (which literally means finding someone guilty of a crime so in this case I used it to analyze on the murder/suicide showed at the end)

Production name: IHK productions - (IHK is the abbreviation of my name Iqra Hassan Khan)

Genre: Thriller, Mystery

Log line- A common man’s life transformed after a disturbing incident that took place in his house. A series of shocking twists revealed as the movie moves forward.