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F O R DE L U S I O

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A L I SH A S

A LT H I LL , R

E G A N V, L

I BB Y S

M A R T ,

I GO R Z

A D R U Z Y N S K I / C

L A S S 6F

OVERVIEWSub genre: The sub genre of our film will be a physiological thriller as after

extensive research into thriller sub genres we decided that this would be the best one to do as it can have a very large impact on the audience

plot of sequence: two friends will be messing around in a wood taking pictures of each other to gain memories of their trips out. One friend blacks out and drops the camera. After this the camera turns on and the person on the floor is pictured and the supposed “person” taking the picture takes a picture of his shoes iswell after this shot the camera cuts again. following this he wakes up to find that his friend is missing and that he has blood on his hands he cannot fully reconstruct what has happened so he begins to search for his friend. The next scene consists of the first friend developing photos they took on the day and trying to find something that helps him find his missing friend and why he had blood on his hands, while he is doing this he hears the door opening in the dark room and he turns around to find that nothing is behind him.

Themes: some of the themes we as a group thought of are, hallucinations, delusions and mental illness although the last theme could be offensive some people we would not make it very clear or apparent to the audience that there is actually something wrong with the character, we would only give subtle clues that could suggest something like psychosis for example.

Representations:

LOCATIONSInterior: we will be filming one scene of our opening in the

photography dark room in the college this is where flashbacks will trigger. This will also be where Benjie suffers a hallucination. This is also where Benjie will be developing the photos from the day in the woods where Lucy went missing.

Exterior: The exterior location will be Reigate priory woods which is a 10 minute walk from the college. We will be filming in the daylight so we will have to desaturate colours in the shots to create a more thrilling mood.

Permissions: we will need permission to film in the dark room from the photography department. But we do not need permission to film in the woods as it is a public area

STRUCTUREAct 1

Act 2

Act 3

Key dramatic Moment? What? When?

REPRESENTATION: CHARACTERCharacter 1: This is the main character that appears throughout most of

the film opening, his name is Benjie Teller and he is 16 years old there is something that is wrong with him but no one seems to know what it is. He only has a few friends but none of them are really close to him. He only has one very close friend that he actually opens up to.

Character 2: This is the girl that Benjie is very close with and the friend that goes missing. Her name is Lucy Mitchell and she is 16 years old. She is much more comfortable around people than Benjie and has a more elaborate social life than but she chooses to be friends with him because she thinks that he is an honest person and honest people do not form a large part of her social group.

Character 3: It is unclear if this character is a delusion in Benjie's head or in fact a real person this is the “person” that pics up the camera and takes pictures of Benjie on the floor and of his shoes

HOW?Genre conventions?

Attracting target Audience?

Mood/Atmosphere creation?

HOW? MISE EN SCENESetting – time and place

Props – prop requests?

Lighting

Costume/makeup

Performance and proxemics

HOW? CAMERAWORKGenre conventions?

POV?

Particular key shots?

Variety?

SOUNDDiegetic? Dialogue/voiceover script

Non- Diegetic?

POST PRODUCTIONAny ideas about editing, sound, sfx, titles?

INFLUENCES FROM RESEARCHWhich films and opening sequences have influenced you and

why?