An Idea is Forming

After some thought I have sort of found a basis for what my opening will be about. I'm starting off with a concept. I'm using something that scares me and i'm going to form that into a story. But first I'll start off with what I have.

So here I have a picture from the kitchen in my house. To me when you're here late at night at 2am getting something to eat there comes this feeling of venerability. And it all comes from the windows. I think the scariest part about that feeling is the feeling that what if someone can see me but I cant see them. That's why people are afraid of the dark aren't they. Because they are scared of what could be in it. I want to use that fear of the unknown in a setting like this or in this place exactly. 

Here I will take a lot of inspiration from the opening of scream.

This shot taken from the opening of scream to me shows how all of this venerability could be really scary in execution. In the victims house there are windows everywhere, doors that you can see though. There is an uncomforting amount of exposure of the victim. Then once we know in the scene that someone was watching her the whole time it hits even harder because we know that they could see her clearly the whole time and she was oblivious to it all. 

For my story maybe it could be some person in their house at night. All alone, until there are a few disturbances and maybe some hints to something creeping around their house. And I really want to put emphasis on the fact that the victim should not be able to clearly understand the situation and the danger that they are in. Get some of that good dramatic irony in there.

Link to opening of Scream.