Section 9 - Production Schedule.

Section 8 - Storyboard

 

Section 7 - Recce and Location sheet.

Section 6: Shooting script and Character outlines

CHARACTER OUTLINE.
Main characters-

Isabelle-(small, skinny, pale, light-ish hair) 14 year old girl, she has had a troubled childhood which causes her to be very nasty and rather full of herself. Believes she has a lot of friends and that people like her. She is a bit of a bully (takes things to far and causes a girl to kill herself as it gets to much) then goes all crazy and thinks she is being followed by her and she becomes paranoid. Loses her mind…

Mum- Angie (woman, tall, blonde and pale) 40 year old, divorced and rather lonely tries to do best by her daughter. Works all hours to give her daughter everything but feels she isn’t respected. But is a push over for letting her daughter treat her like that. Works so much she doesn’t see her daughter much and blames herself for her daughters’ behaviour.

Girl who killed herself Amy- also 14, was a very bubbly girl really nice, was being bullied by Is just because she thought she could. She finds it all too much to handle and becomes very stressed and just gives in and kills herself. Is thinks that Amy stalkers her


SHOT LIST.
1. Establishing ahot of the house from the road, capturing entire house and some sky.
2. Close up shot of the front door showing bits of the house and a shot of isabelle.
3. shot of isabelle sitting at her computer typing, medium close up focusing on facial expressions       showing that she is distressed.
4. close up shot of just her face showing her emotions.
5. The words that she is typing on the computer then appear on the screen and the audience begin to understand the emotions of isabelle.
6. Shot of her reacting to noises behind her from view of the computer screen.
7. Another close up shot of her focusing on her facial expressions and emiotions
8. shot of her getting up from the chair
9. shot of her from the side medium shot, of her walking towards the door.
10. Shot of her opening the door and looking down the hallway, medium long shot
11. long shot of isabelle standing in the doorway
12. point of view shot of her looking to see what is out on the hall.
13.point of view shot of possible attacker/stalker watching her look around
14 point of view shot as isabelle has a final look to see if anyone is there
15.Shot of her turning around and returning to her bedroom medium long shot
16. shot of her slamming door and locking it from the other side of the door (dont actually see her lock the door)
17. close up shot of the door when it is shut
18. extreme close up of door focusing on handle
19. extreme close up of door and handle moving slightly
20. over the shoulder shot of girl looking in mirror with door handle moving behind her.
21.girl approaches door with catuion
22. isabelle opens door and runs downstairs scared and nervous.
23.she runs down stairs medium long shot
24. she goes to the front door and begins to weap
25. she then slides down the door and sits on the floor with her head in her hands
26. Close up shot of her eye as she is leaning against the door.

Section 5: Treatment

Opening treatment

Synopsis

A chilling tale of revenge, this story follows a troubled young girl on her path of remorse. 14 year old Isabelle deals with the consequences of her past.

Treatment

The opening scene begins with a close up shot of Isabelle sitting at a computer screen. The words that she is typing then come up on the lens of the camera as this is happening the diegetic sound of the keyboard is heard, along with her deep loud breaths showing that she it stressed and something is on her mind. Then the camera angle changes, it is from the view of the computer screen which shows her reaction to noises in the background, which shows anxiousness and audience know that something isn’t right, she then gets up to see if anything is there, opens the door and looks around to the left and right as the camera changes to her eye line as she checks the hallway, then the next shot is from the eyes of a possible intruder watching her look around and then return to the room, then as she shuts the door the audience see the camera go towards the door and the handle begins to turn even though there is no hand present, moves to shot of her in a mirror with the door handle moving behind her, she then runs downstairs to escape this and swiftly locks the door, and to show her relief slides down to the floor and places her head in her hands, a few seconds later there is a loud bang at  the door and it cuts to credits.

Middle section treatment

After the credits have been it turns out it was Isabelle’s mother at the door who dropped the shopping on the door which was the loud bang previously, when her mother Anggie sees her she noticed that there is something wrong with her and that she is distressed and worried. Isabelle is too scared to tell her mother what is wrong which develops into a small argument between the two, and Isabelle becomes very fragile and on the verge of a breakdown, she then decides that she needs to take a break from the stress of her household, consequently she grabs her coat and runs out of the front door with tears streaming down her face and her make up running down her cheeks, she heads for a small park area which she likes to go with her friends and tries to call her friend to meet her there however she cannot get any signal on her mobile phone. She then begins walking to see if she can get signal on her phone as she doesn’t want to be alone at this fragile point of her life as she is walking she realises she has entered the nearby forest and keeps going deeper and deeper so that she can make the call, she is oblivious to the fact she is alone in the forest at this late time of night.

When she the phone finally begins to ring she can hear interference like a quiet whispering voice telling her to stop and she should have stopped the audience suspect this is something that has happened in her past and may explain the various noises and creepy happenings earlier on.

Section 4: Audience Research.

Media Questionnaire-

1.       What gender are you:

Male                Female

                       

2.       How old are you?

3.       What is you favourite sub-genre? (i.e. Crime/disaster/medical)

4.       Do you prefer the Hero to be male or female?

         Male                Female

                                                                 

5.       What is your favourite kind of thriller?

Criminal           stalker        police       other.

                                                                                                                                                       
6.       What is you favourite colour and why?

7.       Name one thriller you have seen and enjoyed?

8.       Do you prefer modern or classic thrillers?

9.       Would you rather watch and why?

12            15          18

 10.   How often do you watch thrillers?

11.   Would you rather see…

Blood and guts           clever mind games

      

12.   Would you rather…

Adult actor’s           child actor’s              both

13.   Do special effects make thrillers more interesting?

14.   Would you prefer a?

Happy ending            bad/sad ending          adrenaline rush

              

15.   What type of narrative do you like? (i.e. plot twists/ romance)

16.    Would you rather the plot was explained or challenge the audience?

17.   Would you rather a well known actor or actress plays the lead roll?

18.   What do you expect a thriller to do to you/ make you feel?

Excited?            Scared?              Nervous?                

19.   If you had a choice to set a thriller anywhere, where would it be?

 House              Forest            Outdoors           Other

                                                                                                                                           

20.   Do you prefer music with lyrics or to be more instrumental?

21.   Do you think a thriller has to involve death to be interesting?

22.   What is your worst fear and why?

23.   Do you prefer the Villain to be male or female?

Male                Female

Results from questionnaire.

Question 1.

What gender are you?

Male- 13

Female- 17

Looking at my graph I can clearly see that more females have answered my questionnaire than males meaning that it would be biased towards females and what they would rather see.

Question 2.

How old are you?

15-18= 28

19-25= 0

26-30= 0

31-35= 0

36-39= 0

40+= 2

Looking at my graph I can see that my film would be biased toward the younger age group as that is the age most people answered at, but that has worked out well as that was the target age for my audience.

Question 4.

What is your preferred main character?

Male- 17

Female- 13

Looking at my results I can see that out of the people who answered that most people would rather see a male play the main character, however it was a close call.

Question 5.

What is your favourite kind of thriller?

Criminal- 16

Stalker- 8

Police- 3

Other- 5

When looking at my results I see that most of my participants would rather watch a crime-based drama. So when I make my thriller I need to make sure it contains an element of crime.  

Question 8.

Do you prefer modern or classic thrillers?

Modern- 17

Classic- 13

I can see that my results are rather close so I need to make sure I make it more modern but add a bit of a classical element to appeal to a wider audience.

Question 10-

Would you rather watch..?

12- 0

15- 25

18-5

Most of the people I asked would rather watch a 15, which is good for me because I am only 16 and wouldn’t want to incorporate the 18 elements as it won’t be keeping within the age range and target audience.

 

Question 12.

Would you prefer..?

Blood and guts- 16

Clever mind games- 14

Again my results are very close so I must make sure a add an element of both to please my audience.

Question 13.

Would you rather..?

Adult actors- 14

Child actors- 6

Both- 10

I think when making my film I would use both so that way I please the wide audience and then it won’t be biased towards one decision.

Question 15.

Would you rather see..?

Happy ending-5

Sad/bad ending- 15

Adrenaline rush- 10

Looking at my results more people want to see a bad or sad ending so I will be following that but also adding some elements of an adrenaline rush to please more people.

Question 17.

Would you rather the plot was explained or to challenge the audience?

Explained- 11

Challenge- 19

I can see that most of the people I asked would rather the plot challenged them and wasn’t explained. However I think I will mix these two so I have a wider audience range.

Question 18.

Would you like to see a well known actor/actress play the lead?

Yes- 16

No- 14

For my film, I will be using a everyday guy/ girl so they wont be well known, however this shouldn’t effect the film.

Question 19.

What do you expect a thriller to do/ make you feel afterwards?

Excite- 7

Scare- 13

Nervous- 10

I think my results a pretty close so I will use this to my advantage and add all 3 into my film.

Question 20.

If you had a choice, would you set a thriller?

House- 13

Forest- 9

Outside- 6

Other- 3

Most people had chosen to set it in a house which works well as that is what are group are hoping to do.

Question 21.

Do you prefer music to have lyrics or be instrumental?

Lyrics- 13

Instrumental- 17

Again most people decided on the instrumental option which I think we will do because it sounds more creep and hopefully will create tension in my opening.

Question 22.

Does a thriller have to involve death to be interesting?

Yes-17

No-13

This works out well for our group as we wish our thriller to be based around a death.

Question 23.

Do you prefer your villain to be male or female?

Male-19

Female- 11

I think for our thriller maybe choosing the male for the lead will give us a wider audience.

Section 3: Brainstorm of Content and Classification of Film.

Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 should watch these films as it includes;

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely  to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification



IDEAS FOR FILM.

• Dark night
• Door handle moves without someone touching it
• Girl is the vctim
• Thinks she is seeing somethhing but she isnt.
• Wierd Atmosphere
• Mystery
• Bangs and creeps around house
• Hearing stuff
• Heavy Breathing
• Girl in house by herself.
• Isabelle - Name
• Bullied a girl at school, girl commits suice then isabelle think shes coming for revenge.
• Running
• Feelings - Scared, Nervous, Confused.