2. Concept
The concept of the film is that a women named Jodie
decides to break off her long relationship with her
super attached boyfriend. He is known for his
psychotic behaviour and makes it his goal to get her
back for leaving him. As a result he decides to kidnap
her for her actions and get her back. The Genre we
are aiming for is a Horror/Thriller. This can easily be
conveyed through the three key roles of any good
production; these are the Directing (Good casting
and location), the camerawork (Shots, which convey
meaning) and Editing (Speed of the sequence,
Colour correction and sound incorporation).
3. Logline
Jodie has just left her stressful line of work as an
assistant teacher. She has constant anxiety and
stress due to her over attached ex-boyfriend and
random texts from anonymous numbers. So she
has finally left work when she received another
anonymous text. Little does she know this will be
the last text she ever has. She opens the text and
it says “You shouldn't have done that to me!!!”.
This is where the non-diegetic score soundtrack
kicks in and slow motion shots are used to
convey a very long tense scene.
4. Narrative
Equilibrium – Jodie has just left work and is on her way to her car
Disequilibrium – As Jodie is leaving work she receives a random text from an
anonymous number. This is when the disequilibrium begins as everything is
about to go wrong for her. She stops and reads the text message but then
decides to ignore it and walk off. All off a sudden Chucky is creeping up
behind her she turns around and he pistol whips her… She blacks out.
In our film we didn‟t include the recognition to the problem. This is because
Jodie doesn‟t fear that Chucky Is serious about the text messages and she
believes he is sane but overly attached. However in the back of her subconscious mind she knows the texts are coming from chucky so she
chooses to ignore them.
As well as this, in our opening sequence we did add the element of Barthes
„Enigma‟ code. This is because the audience doesn‟t know what the text
messages are about and who they‟re coming from. Therefore it leaves
them in suspense and eager to find out what‟s going on.
5. Cast
As a group we sat down and began the casting
process. Initially we had many different actors in
mind who we believed would do well in the
production. We did want to include more then 2
actors however this seemed to be difficult as we
couldn‟t find an actor who was able to play the
role of an old beggar. However after careful
consideration we chose to cast Penny Ives, as
her innocent and friendly looks allowed us to
easily portray her as the protagonist who has
done nothing wrong other then break up with
the wrong person.
7. Target Audience
Initially we are aiming this production to people
who can relate to having harsh break ups and
relationships. This ranges from people of the age
of 15 to 26. This is because that‟s usually when
the childish relationships tends to end and
people settle down in a mature manner. Both
gender groups are being targeted.
Socio Economic groups: C1, C2, D, E.
8. Inspired by
We were
inspired by this
film due its
signature non
diegetic score
music and very
intense buildups this film has.
As well as this it
is a classing of
the genre we
are aiming for.
This was the first
film that inspired
us. The opening
sequence was
perfect as it
included a very
intense scene
between two
girls when they
suddenly receive
an anonymous
call. This was the
main idea we
went for.
9. Distribution
As a group we believe that our film would be one
of those exclusive films that will be on T.V Rather
than the cinemas or DVD. We feel that it is better
suited for this as the audience is pretty slim due
to the fact that not many people enjoy this sort
of psychotic horror film. As a result we quickly
understood that it would be better suited for T.V
and Channels such as Film 4.
