Mind maps and mood boards for initial film ideas for media.

1. FILM IDEA
NUMBER 1
PLOT IDEA
OVERVIEW
ONE CHARACTER, ADULT MALE
FOCUSING ON A LAKE/RIVER, WHERE HE IS
WRITING IN A DIARY/JOURNAL ABOUT
STRANGE OCCURENCES THAT HAS BEEN
KNOWN TO HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAKE AND THE
STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD (HE IS TELLING THEM)
SHOTS OF HIMGOING INSANE AND
EXTREMELY NERVOUS ETC- THIS WOULD ENSURE THE
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AIMIS MET, AS THE
AUDIENCE WOULD FEEL HUGE SYMPATHY FOR THE
CHARACTER IN THIS SITUATION
ALL IN FIRST PERSON, VOICEOVER OVER
THE TOP- THIS IS SO IT’S MORE THOUGHT
PROVOKING AND COMING STRAIGHT
FROMTHE MAN’S HEAD AND HEART
NEVER ACTUALLY SEE THE MONSTER, JUST
IMPLIED TO THE AUDIENCE
SHOTS OF HIMFINDING OUT AND RESEARCHING
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST
CHARACTER PROFILE
ADULT MALE, STUBBLE AND MEDIUM
LENGTH HAIR- THIS IS SO HE IS QUITE RELATABLE,
AS I WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BELIEVE IT COULD
HAPPEN TO THEMAND RECEIVE PERSONAL IDENTITY
CLOTHES:
PLAIN T-SHIRT, JEANS
THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT HIMTO BE SEEN AND
REPRESENTED AS AN ‘EVERYDAY MAN’, TO ENSURE
HE IS MORE RELATABLE. I ALSO WANT THE T SHIRT
TO BE PLAIN AS I DON’T WANT ANY PATTERN ON
THE T-SHIRT TO DISTRACT THE AUDIENCE FROM
THE VOICEOVER/ HIS INNER THOUGHTS
LOCATION
A QUIET LAKE
THIS IS SO THE MAN IS ISOLATED AND
ALONE, WITH NOBODY TO TURN TO
AND NOWHERE TO RUN OR HIDE
COULD ALSO SHOOT IN A LIBRARY OR AT
HOME IN A DARK OFFICE, WHERE HE IS
RESEARCHING ABOUT THE STORIES
CAMERA ANGLE/ SHOT IDEAS
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE LAKE (POSSIBLY SHOT WITH A DRONE ACROSS THE WATER WITH THE
CHARACTER BESIDE THE LAKE, WRITING
CLOSE UPS OF MAN’S EMOTION AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, ALSO A CLOSE UP OF THE DIARY HE IS WRITING
BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOTS OF THE LAKE, MAN ISOLATED
OVERLAYSOF THE MAN WRITING WITH WATER/STORY FLASHBACKS OR REFLECTIONS IN THE BACKGROUND

2. SHOTS OF PLOT IDEAS PROPS AND COS
LOCATION &
TYPE OF SHOT IDEAS

3. PLOT IDEA OVERVIEW
ONE CHARACTER, ADULT MALE
FALLS ASLEEP ON A LILO AND
WASHES UP ON THE SHORE
THE BEACH/LOCATION (PRETENDINGTO
BE A DESERT ISLAND) HAPPENS TO BE DESERTED
HE THEN HAS TO TRY AND SURVIVE WITH ACTION/
ADVENTURE SCENARIOS THROUGHOUT
TOWARDS THE END OF THE FILM, HE ‘WAKES UP’
BUT THE ENDING JUST ISN’T ‘A DREAM’, HE WILL
FIND AN ITEMIN HIS POCKET FROMHIS SURVIVAL
SCENES ON THE ISLAND, AND THE AUDIENCE IS LEFT
WITH THE THOUGHT ‘DID IT HAPPEN OR NOT?!’
PERHAPS ALSO A COMEDIC ELEMENT TO THE FILM
AS WELL AS THE ADVENTURE GENRE
(A SURVIVAL DESERT ISLAND FILM)
FILM IDEA
NUMBER 2
CHARACTER PROFILE
ADULT MALE, STUBBLE AND MEDIUM
LENGTH HAIR- THIS IS SO THE CHARACTER
DOESN’T LOOK CLEANLY SHAVEN AND LOOKS
QUITE ‘ROUGH’
CLOTHES:
RIPPED T SHIRT AND SHORTS:
RIPPED SHIRT BECAUSE I WANT THE AUDIENCE
TO THINK HE’S GONE THROUGH A
MAJOR NIGHTMARE/ SCENARIO PRIOR TO BEING
WASHED UP OR WHILST HE’S ON THE
BEACH (ISLAND)
LOCATION
A QUIET BEACH
(SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND) SO THE SEA
ISN’T CLEAR, SAND ISN’T PERFECT:
THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT THE LOOK OF THE
BEACH TO NOT BE HUGELY APPETISING TO
THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE
CHARACTER
CAMERA ANGLE/ SHOT IDEAS
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF SEA (POSSIBLY SHOT WITH A DRONE ACROSS THE WATER WITH
THE CHARACTER IN THE SEA ALONE, ISOLATED
POINT OF VIEW SHOTS OF MAN IN WATER, GETTING WASHED UP, SURVIVING ETC
CLOSE UPS OF MAN’S EMOTION AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOTS OF ISLAND, MAN DESERTED AND ‘HELP’ SIGN

4. PROPS AND COSSHOTS OF PLOT IDEAS
LOCATION &
TYPE OF SHOT IDEAS