My Short Film Constraints that explains every single detail about my short film. From what I have and what I have to add in order to enhance my idea and creativity.

1. PsyKo
Director: Varshini

2. Content Outline
My story is based on real life events and
YouTube pranks that I came across during
my research. There are two friends named
KLAUS and DAMON who decides to terrorise
the people within their neighbourhood for
fun. However, they came to find out that they
weren’t the only people and that there is
something or someone else lurking in the
dark. This whole ‘prank’ idea turns in a whole
chaos and the massacre starts to spread. Yet,
we still don’t know who and what leads this
vendetta…
Through this proposal I will be expressing and
informing the essential elements that I would
include and require. These elements are:
• Target Audience
• Resources
• Personnel Requirements; Team, Cast & Crew,
Specialists, Product Schedule and Budget.

3. TARGET AUDIENCE
Horror and Thriller are mainly preferred by teens and adults, but if I had to be precise the
film would be mainly aimed toward ages between 16-45. The reason why I have chosen this
particular age group is because the are easily compelled towards horror and thriller based
movies and will be willing to try anything new. Allowing me to play with different ideas and
alter the conventions.

4. RESOURC
ES
PROPS: Knife, Rod, Electric Hedge Trimmer, Axe, Acid (Water), Rope, Camera.
COSTUME: Clown Costume
I would be using the school’s
equipment for my short film, as I don’t
have the budget to buy any
equipment’s. This is good in a way as I
don’t have to spend any excess money
but it would also mean that I would
have to adjust with the quality that is
available.

5. Personnel
RequirementsI am filming a low budget short film, meaning that the number of members in my crew
is constrained.
Cast & Crew:
- Director: Writer and Producer.
- Director of Photography.
- Make Up/ Hair Artist.
- Special Effects Crew.
- Sound Recordists.
I would require a team that would help with the production which is vital when making
a film
- Transport; in order to get my cast and crew to the location and prevent from any
delay taking place and any change of schedule.
- Production assistant; The runner and responsible of the cast and crew. They really
make a difference when making a film as they take care of all the small details we
may miss or forget about.

6. SPECIALISTS
The key specialists that I would mainly require for my short film are Director of Photography, Sound Recordists, and Make-
Up/Hair artist. When making a horror film you would acquire good shots and specific shots in order to create that special
atmosphere within the audience in the cinema; this would be the DoP’s priority. Sound recordists has the job to bring the movie
to life and to create that realistic quality that I am looking for. It is extremely complex when composing a piece of music,
especially for a horror/thriller based movie as you haven’t got the privilege to explore different tunes. It has to be scary but
unique; which is quite tricky because majority of the scary tunes in horror & thriller share the basic notes.
In order to produce a good quality film you would always need a decent make-up/hair artist and for a horror based movie it is a
necessity to hire a good quality producing make-up/hair artist. It is essential that the appearance fits the character, or else the
realistic touch would not be there; resulting in producing a bad quality film.

7. BUDGET
RESOURCES AVAILABILITY
Canon Legria HF R28 Available at School
Tascam DR-40 Linear Available at School
Tribec T650 Available at School
AVID Available at School

8. EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY and COST
Red Epic MX Day Rate: £300 & for a 5
Day Shoot: £1500
Sennheiser shot gun
mike
Day Rate: £17.22 & for a
5 Day Shoot: £86.10

9. COSTUME & PROPS
(NEED TO GET)
COST
• Clown Costume
• Mask
£21.99
£5.99
• AXE
• Fake Blood
£7.99
£6.99

10. Production Schedule
28/04/2016: The first day of shooting, is to ensure that everything is
running smoothly; from lines to transportation. I will try my best to
get all the tricky shots done in one day, only if every thing falls into
plan.
29/04/2016: Continue
filming
30/04/2016: After finish shooting I will look through all the scenes
shot and evaluate whether the shots are good enough and projects
my vision. Allowing me to use the remaining time for any re-
shoots.

11. Legal and Ethical Issues
In this film I wouldn’t have to worry about getting authority to use a
specific location as I would be filming in public parks, and woods.
Typically, you would have to worry about locations because in some
cases you could find the perfect location for your film but can’t the
permission to film there as it is a private land. Personally, I feel that
when directing a horror or thriller based movie it tends to be quite easy
to find a location. As most scenes are shot either in an abandoned
property, woods, parks etc. In that way I feel lucky as I already know
I’ve got my locations planned out.

13. COPYRIGHT
I am making sure that the background theme music of my short film
doesn’t sound similar to other horror/thriller films. This could create a huge
problem and can potentially delay the making of my film. Like I previously
stated, most horror and thriller share this problem. It’s something that
frequently happens and I am going to avoid this by not going along with
the traditional horror music and with something that is different and unique
to horror and thriller theme music convention.

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