1. List of fairy tales and other images to use:
- Snowwhite- the apple andthe evil witch
- Little redridinghood- the cape
- The doll- redeyesandredlips,pale face
- A pile of the doll’shaironthe floorwithscissorsnexttoit- she is goingmental andcutting
herown hairand the doll’shairoff.
- Redroses
- Use of blood
- The person/doll inthe woods
- Jewellerybox
(1) THE FILM:
Name of the title sequence:
- Storyline andelements:
A youngwoman,whoispsychologicallydisturbed,isrememberingherchildhoodthrough
flashbacks,andseemstobe goingmad.At thispoint,all herchildhoodtoysare being
showedthroughaquickflashof images.
The order:
. The jewellery box isbeingused-there iscreepymusiccomingfromit. Show aflashbackof
the womanas a small girl playingwithherjewellerybox.
. The scary doll isbeingshown- the doll iscalmandnormal at first.Flashbackof the woman
playingwithherdoll asa child.
. A screamfollows,andthenthe woman’shandiscuttingthe doll’shairawayina frantic
way.
. The womanisgoingevenmore crazyand scratchingthe walls- createsahorrible soundand
the bloodisshownon the wall as it’sbeingscratched.
(2) WHAT TYPE OF TITLE SEQUENCE IS IT? :
Real title sequenceinfluences:
- AmericanHorror StoryHotel- shortsnappyflashesof disturbingimages
- Durham County- The use of the black andwhite scene withhintsof red
- Scene fromThe Black Swan- the metaphorof mental illnessbeingphysical
- Annabelle- The crazywoman,the doll,the children,the runningawayscene
2. (3) WHAT GENRE (SUB-GENRE) OFFILM IS IT?
-psychological
-insidiouswasaninspirationbecauseof the mise-en-scene:the house (children’s’
bedrooms),children.
(4) REPRESENTATION:
- The victim(youngwoman) withmental illnesswhosechildhoodisbeingshown
- A younggirl whose the livingmemoryof the youngwoman
- Social groups: stereotypingthatwomenare alwaysthe victims.The childisalsoa
stereotypical girl whoisplayingwithhertoys.
(5) INSTITUTIONAL DETAIL:
Who will distribute ourfilm:
- “Pathe”forthe horrortheme?
- Filmstheyhave created:Creep- there’sapsychoman
- Findan independentbritish filmthat’sbeendistributedandpickthatcompany.
(6) AUDIENCE DETAIL:
- Who isour primarytarget audience?15+ however,itismainlytargetedat15-30 year olds.
- Secondarytargetaudience:teenagers,asitisa smallergroup-.Attractingthisaudience:
social media,promotionprankad.
- -yougovprofiles
(7) MISE-EN-SCENE-PROPS,COSTUMES,MAKEUP:
- Jewellery box,doll,scissors,wig,blood,redcape (props)
- Pale face,withveinsvisible,redcontacts,cutand bloodylips,chippednails (makeup)
- Torn white dress withblood(forwoman) andanice white dressforthe child(costume)
- Dark bedroom,torchlightto flashonwoman’sface – messyroom andweirdobjects
scattered
- woods
(8) SOUND DESIGN:
-diegeticandnon-diegeticsound:jewellerybox music,scratching, rustling,loudbangs,
screams,thumpingforrunningdownthe stairs,squeakydoor,speakingof the doll,petals
beingpickedoff.
- influences:ItFollows,Annabelle,AmericanHorrorStoryHotel.
3. (9) TITLE CREDITS:
- Fonts:hand written(child’shandwriting)
- How will theyintegratewithouropening?A childisshowntherefore itwill be writteninher
handwriting. Thiswillbe conventional.
(10) Camera work: tiltedangles,close ups,shakycamerawork,longshot, panning
shots,blackand white,variousfocuseffects.
- Where the titleswill be placed:inbetweenthe flashingimages- shortsentencesto
match the action.
(11) Afternoonshooting.
(12) Riskassessment:badweather- checkthe weatherbeforeshooting
- Slipperysurface- wearappropriate shoes
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Printpowerpointnotes
Addlinksforahs and incidious
Checkcamera slide
Checkending
Adddoll picand jewlerrybox
Do storyboard
