Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Film Proposal For The Main Task

Working Title:
‘An Hour After Midnight'

Production: 

Opening title sequence

Genre:

(Psychological) thriller

Duration: 

1 minute 35 seconds

Target Audience:

15-25 (adolescents and young adults)

Director:

Tia Weeks

Editor: 

Rachel Fillon-Payoux

Outline:

JENNA (protagonist) is sleeping in the bed of her house, and begins to dream. The dream involves JENNA waking up in in an unfamiliar location - a forest - and decides to look around. JENNA is unknowingly being followed by a SHADOW (antagonist). When JENNA has a hostile/violent confrontation with the SHADOW, she falls and wakes up, still in her bed. On waking up, JENNA and the audience become aware that the SHADOW of her dream, has left a fresh mark on her arm.

Cast:

SHADOW - Ellie D'Sylva
JENNA - Chloe Corner

Characters:

SHADOW - a demon attached to the protagonist
JENNA - a young girl who has fallen victim to an evil, pursuing demon

Setting:
The first half includes a shot of the protagonists house but is set in a forest. The second half is set in the bedroom of the protagonists house.

Visual Elements: 

  • lighting
  • camera movement
  • editing
  • setting
  • actors
  • props 
  • costume

Audio Elements:
  • synchronous sound (diegetic)
  • vocals
  • sound effects

Equipment:
  • Canon camera
  • SD card
  • mobile phone
  • tripod
  • computer

Props:
  • contact Lenses
  • cape
  • night Dress
  • alarm Clock
  • Bed
  • make-up


Rationale:
This idea was chosen because the majority of our group members enjoy watching the wide range of intricately developed thriller movie plots and sub-genres. We felt that this genre would be the most flexible to experiment with for our production as thriller-based opening title sequences can be structured in various different ways. Also, by presenting our sequence in the form of a dream and featuring an elusive and unknown entity, it adds a fantastical tone - making the audience question their judgement of reality and fantasy - setting us apart from conventional psychological thrillers and the majority of students who would not have likely incorporated another genre into their productions.

Budget: There was no budget planned for this production. All equipment is borrowed. There are no costing effects and actors are volunteers. Two props (eye contacts) cost £8.00 and (cape) £3.00. The total cost is £11.00.

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