Research for Our Film Opening...

As a group we've been discussing some ideas of what we could do for our 2 minute film opening. So far the main idea is to base it on a man who has an obsession with a young girl; a stalker thriller. We've even had some ideas of different camera shots/effects/locations/props/etc.
For example, shots of the girl getting ready to go out and meet friends; extreme close up of her eyes whilst she's applying mascara, then fade into an extreme close up of stalker's eyes, then back to hers. Also, after she leaves her house; point of view shot from stalker's perspective following her down the street, she hears something snap under his feet behind her, as she turns around the camera ducks to hide behind a bush/tree/etc.
These are just very early ideas but we now have to do lots of research into previous stalker thriller films in order to get our 2 minute film accurate. One example is 'One Hour Photo' directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams in a very unusual role in comparison to his other work (...Mrs. Doubtfire!!).
He plays a lonely man who has an obsession with an apparently perfect family. He begins to take pictures of them and eventually exposes them as not so perfect by terrorising them.
The trailer for the film sums it up;



Although this film does not involve a man stalking a young girl, it contains themes that we would need to include in our film, which is why it is helpful for us to research such films.