Molly Smith

PROPOSAL SHEET FOR YOUR SHORT FILM…..

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SHORT FILM

Name

Working title for film…Get High Productions

Idea or themeRed riding hood, fantasy, mystery, drug use, manipulation.

Outline of narrative [storyline]

A girl meets up with a guy who she hasn’t known for long and they meet up at a local park. The girl notices the guy wearing a wolf t-shirt and says it’s a strange t-shirt to be wearing. The guy responds by saying it used to be a nickname for him. The girl then says she is petrified of wolves. The conversation goes on and then the guy puts his hand in his pocket and brings out a sealable bag filled with this funny looking dust. The guy says it’s the new drug on the market called ‘fairy dust’ and is supposed to make you really happy and make you have a good time. The girl hesitates but takes it anyway and soon later her vision gets distorted and she wakes up at dusk/night in the middle of the forest. As she wakes, she sees herself wearing a red outfit and believes she is little red riding hood. The guy is hiding in the bushes nearby and from his view she is still wearing the same clothes as before, however, the drug makes you believe you are part of a fairy tale. The girl picks up her basket (bag) and looks frightened. She gets up and begins to walk briskly away to get to her ‘grandma’s house’. As she briskly walks she hears noises to sticks breaking and thinks it’s a wolf so she begins to run. As she runs she thinks the wolf is chasing her and she ends up falling over. When laying down she screams and the next thing you know is the girl laying on the floor with massive cuts on her and as she

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lays, dying, her vision changes due to the drug wearing off and she comes back to reality realising she isn’t actually little red riding hood.

Style and genre influencesE.g. drama / comedyBlack and white / colourReal life / animationNaturalistic / abstract

Genre: mystery, fantasyColour pictureReal life/ not animationThe beginning is naturalistic, but the middle and end are abstract.

Locations Forest and a park

Casting

Props/costumes/make-up- Red riding hood costume + basket: as the girl thinks

she is red riding hood.- Wolf t-shirt: for the beginning of the film when the

girl mentions the guy’s shirt.- Wolf mask/ outfit to dress up as the wolf.- Make up, i.e. red lipstick for the girl to wear when

she thinks she is little red riding hood.- Old school uniform: because at the end of the film

the audience see the girl on the floor with her coat undone and her uniform showing.

- Sweets (dust) to be fairy dust.

Equipment/resources - Tripod- Panasonic camera- SD card- Computer with editing software