Character Profiles

Name: Margaret Pringle

Character: "Mum"

Occupation: Nursery Nurse

Age: 39

Starsign: Pices

Interests/hobbies: Reading, socialising

Name: Brendon Pringle

Character: "little brother"

Occupation: Student

Age: 13

Star Sign: Libra

Interests/ hobbies: Football

Name: Stephanie Billington

Character: "Schizophrenic Teenager"

Occupation: Student

Age: 16

Star sign: Leo

Interests/Hobbies: Photography

The Pitch

Idea 1- (thriller)
Teenage Girl.
Schizophrenic.
Kills her family when her other personality has awoken, but wakes up in her house the next morning not knowing what she has done.
Runs away but gets caught and sent to a mental institutuion.
Newspaper articles establish to the audience what has happened to the girl.

Idea 2- (horror)
Middle aged man.
Just left the army, and beleives his mission is to kill all the people that are "messing up" the counrty, Eg. tramps, prostitutes, drug users etc.
He dresses in his army uniform when he kills and hides the bodies under the floor boards in his house.

Idea 3 - (rom- com)
Couple are getting married in a church.
When the priest says "does anyone object?" A man runs in screaming "noooo"
Instead of the women running to him, it is the man, revealing to everyone he is homosexual.

I have decided to choose idea 1. I chose this because it is the most realistic and i believe i could get it done in the time i have. It allows me explore a more psychological theme and will enable me to experiment with different editing techniques as i can reflect the main characters mind through my editing. It will also enable me to use a range of camera angles as it is being shot in a house and then outside.

Casting

The character of the "schizophrenic tennager" will be played by Stephanie Billington. She herself is a tennage girl therefore making it more realistic. Props this character may use include fake blood, a knife and a phone.

The character of the "mum" will be played by Margaret Pringle. She herself is a mum and in her thirties again making it more realistic. She will use no props.

The character of the "little brother" will be played by Brendon Pringle. He is 13 years old therefore fits the criteria of "little brother" . Props this character may use include fake blood.

Role allocations

As i am working on my own i will adopt each role. Director, Editor, Writer and Camera person. I prefer this as i have only myself to rely on, therefore nobody can let me down.

Filming Schedule

Preliminary task

In the Preliminary task we filmed a short sequence involing an object being passed to another person, to practice the concepts of match on action and the 180 degree rule. I found this very useful as it introduced me to the camera and the equipment you can use with it. During this task we also discovered how to edit whilst filming.

Genres of all film releases- Table 1

In 2007, comedy was the top grossing genre in the UK earning £206.6 million. This proves that comedies are overal more popular than thrillers. However, only 28 thriller films were released while 127 comedies were relased. This suggests that is 127 thrillers were made it would make more money at box gross office.
The table shows horror had 24 releases, which is similar to Romance and thriller. Due to its 18 certificates, its audiences are narrowist. Horrors made £28.8 million at box office, less than what thrillers made but more than romance.
Only 4.1% of films released are romance. whereas 23.1% of films released is adventure, suggesting adventure is more popular. It also makes more money at box office. making 5.0 million hile Romance only makes 1.7 million.

Halloween

Mise en scene
1963 Halloween

Title sequence- colours such as orange, yellow, red- these colours could signify death.

Pumpkin- traditional Halloween prop.

- it disapears when directors name appears,

draws attention to the name.

Black Background- so coulours stand out? signifys death and darkness.

"Boy" and "Girl"- Teenagers, babysitters? They look like a cuple.

Suburban area- quiet. large gardens, white houses. Not a place you would expect to find a murder.

Small boy- clowns outfit- hidden identity. Maybe with the mask it creates another character. Split personality?

Camera Angles

Zoom in of house- subjective point of view (empty vision)

Forward tracking- become more involed, you can see things through their eyes.

Pans on a vertical axis, looking in the window, pans right to left.

Camera tilts from the floor to the top of the house- seeing it through the characters eyes. Almost as if you are their eyes.

Close up of knife- signifying its danger.

Hand held when in the house- sense of uneasiness, still doesnt reveal identity.

Throughout the sequence the camera is at an adult height, certain things are blurred such as his arm n hands, - makes people beleive it is an adult.

In fact it is a small boy- medium close up of him at the end, which than pans out using a crane shot.

Editing/ Sound

Incidental music during the titles- piano, builds up and gets louder as the camera zooms in on the pumpkin- builds tension.

Diegetic sound- children singing- reflects innocence? something the murderer doesn't have. He isn't like other children.

Piercing sounds- out of tune- could reflect his state of mind ( non diegetic sound)

Clock- diegetic sound, could suggest her time is up.

Seamless editing- fluid. not noticable.

Blurred when the boy reaches for the knife- reflecting his state of mind, he may not understand what he is doing? Also could be a way into fooling the audience into thinking it is an adult.

Cuts when perspective is changed.

Cuts to the top of the house - Wolf noise- reinforcing the time of year, Halloween.