This document provides details about the movie "Authoritative Psychopath". It will be a 90-minute horror comedy about a psychotic teacher who kills students without getting caught. One student notices the disappearances and tries to investigate and stop the teacher. The target audience is 15-25 year olds, and it has a budget of over 10 million pounds funded through private businesses and film organizations.

1. Authoritative Psychopath
Running Time
The runningtime formy movie isgoingtobe 90 minutes.90 minutesforahorror movie islongenoughto
put a decentamountof scares inthe movie,alongwithagood storyline,butdoesn'tdragout toolong,so
that the audience don'tgetbored,andthe scares retaintheirfearfactor.Thisis alsothe average lengthof a
highratedhorror film.
Genre
The genre of myfilm"Authoritative Psychopath"ishorrorcomedy.The style of the movie willbe fastpaced
comedyandhorror, revolvingaroundtwomaincharacters.
Narrative
Authoritative Psychopathisamovie abouta27 yearoldgeographyteacherwhofindsaway to kill his
studentswithoutbeingcaught.However,one inquisitive studentnoticesthe “unexplained disappearances”
of hisclassmates.Sohe decidestoinvestigate.He iscaughtsnoopingthrougha blood-smearedcupboard
and ischaseddowna cul-de-sacandkilled. Afterthe chase,the un-namedkid’sbestfriendnoticeshis
disappearance andtriestoget to the bottomof it.All of his cluesleadbackto Mr. Jones.Tim“volunteers”to
stay behindafterschool totryand findmore evidence againstMr.Jones.However,nothingisfound. Tim
getsthe impressionthathe’sjustnotthinkingstraightandthathe must’ve made upthose stories
subconsciouslytohelphimdeal withthe lossof hisbestfriend.However,itisconfirmedthathe isn’tgoing
crazy, whenhe hearsa class mate scream“no Mr. Joneswhydoyou have a chainsa-”.Afterhearingthis,he
realizes hissuspicionswererightall along.Sohe goesto the school’sheadCPO,RonDanger.Mr. Danger
saysthat he will “investigatefurther”.Weekslater,Timstillhears nothingfromMr.Danger,so he knockson
hisoffice door.Waitsfora concerningamount of time andeventuallyRonopensthe door,withblood
trailingbehindhimfromhisshoes. Afterrealizingthatthe headof CP is rogue,he runsfor hislife andis
caught bythe headmaster(Mr. Sandyford) runningincorridors,andisgiven2hour detention after
school. Afterhisdetention,Timgoestothe assistantCPO,whohappenstobe goodfriendwithhisfather,he
explainsthe situationtohim,tofindthathe (Daniel Johnson) alsohassuspicions. Theybothassemble
evidence andfactstogethertotry and work outhow theycan discovermore proof thatthe are bothup to
no good.WhenMr. Jonesisoutof class,theysnoopthroughhis belongings tofindweapons,deadbodies,
weirddiaryentries,andalistof studentshe intendstokill. Mr.Jonesthenwalksinthe room. Theybothlook
at each other,andrun for the emergencyfire exit.TofindRonDanger(rogue CPO) waitingforthemwitha
sledge hammerinhishand.Theyrealize theyare trapped. Mr. Sandford (stupid headteacher) thenhitsRon
inthe headwitha baseball bat,andexclaims“itsthe onlywaytodeal withthese peskykids”andwalksoff.
Leavinganexitfree forTimand Daniel. Theybothburstthroughthe fire exit.AndVincentJonesfollows
them.Theyrun throughback streetsforwhile until theyaccidentallyemerge ontoamainroad.Where Mr.
Jonescontinuestofollow,exceptthistime,he hastwochainsawsinhishandssomehow.Theychase across
lane to lane avoidingcarsandMr. Jones,ashe isnow throwingknivesatthem. Atthispointwe will see a
fewkniveshitcivilians,andhe will alsokill afew randompeopleashe isof course psychotic. Eventually,they
all run out of energyandthe two goodguys runinto a restaurantand screamfor everyone togetout
quickly.Theythengrab cutlery,plates,hotpans,anythingtheycanfindtoattack Mr. Joneswith. The entire
fightscene isjusta clusterof almostcomedicviolence,whichthenimmenselycontrastswiththe extremely
gory headsmashthat Mr. Jonescausestothe one remainingcivilianinthe restaurant. The musicdiesdown,
goesvery eerie,asthe lightsstartto become intermittent.Visionbecomeslimitedforthe viewertoo. These
scenesare intendedtofrightenthe viewer,asthere are quite a few close hitswhichcouldof killed eitherof
them.Eventually,Timmanagestograb Mr. Jones’weaponandslice hisheadopenwithit. The movie ends
withTimexplainingtohisdadwhy he islate home.
Character List
 VincentJones(evil teacher)
 Tim Smith(maincharacter)
 Mr. Sandford (headteacher)
 Daniel Johnson(justCPO)
 Ron Danger(rogue CPO)

2. The Cast
 DavidTennantas VincentJones
 Jamie BlackleyasTimSmith
 Michael Gambonas Mr. Sandford
 Ray Winstone asRon Danger
 Martin FreemanasDaniel Johnson
Target Audience
The target audience forthismovie is15-25. Thisis usuallythe demographicforhorrormovies.The socio-
economicgroupwouldbe E. These people are usuallyeitherstudentsorthe unemployed.Theseare the
people whohave the free time andthe moneytogoand see movie.Theylikelydon’thave regularoutgoing
billstopay,so they are more likelytogoon andbuy the DVD,buy shirtsandothermerchandise.The gender
of people tosee itwill probablybe equal splitbetweenmalesandfemales.Bothgendersare interestedin
horror movies,sothere isn'taspecificgenderthatthismovie isaimedat.
Representation
Thispeople representsmostteachersasnormal people.Mostof the teacherswe see inthe movie seem
normal but aren’tonscreenfor verylong.However,the rogue teacherispresentedasevil.The studentsare
all representedasinquisitive,howeverthe stereotypical bullies,victimsandnerdsare all presentinthis
movie.Thismovie will follow all genericstereotypesintermsof students.
UK Film Criteria
A UK filmwill consistof UKactors, directors,producers,editors,crew,andUKfunding.Mymoviesactorsare
all (if notmostly) Britishactors.The movie isdirectedandwrittenbyaUK person.The crew and editorswill
alsobe British.If the movie were tobe fundedbyanAmericansource,theymayhave an influence onsome
of the decisionsthatare made onset,because theyare payingfor it,so itwill be fundedbya Britishsource.
The movie alsocontainslotsof UK stereotypes,suchasaccents,housing,schoolingetc.
Legal and Ethical
There are lotsof legal andethical issuesthatall moviesshouldabide by.Anexample of thiswouldbe
copyright.Moviescannotblatantlycopyelementsof anothermovieorpiece of workwithoutexplicit
permission,orwithoutadjustingthe setupaccordingly.However,inrelationtothis,copyrightisappliedto
the applicationof anidea,notthe actual idea.Aslongas the applicationisdifferent,the original creator
cannot sue the copierforcopyright.Anotherissue withinlegalissuesisthe use of discrimination.For
example,youcannotdiscriminate againstanyone becauseof theirrace or genderwhenbeingrecruitedfor
an acting role,orfor the off camera crew.Ethical issuesinthe mediaindustry are avariationof moral
principlesthatdefine howpeople represented/treated.TV producersmustabide bythese,includingtrust,
liabilityandprivacy.Forexample,amovie cannottake sideswhenclashesbetweentwodifferentgroupsof
people (unlesstheyare worse people).Theycannotmisleadtheiraudiencestothinksomethingelse(also
knownas brainwashingpeople).Theyshouldn’talteranyfactsandthisunderminesthe audiencestrustin
the contenttheyare producing.
Classification
Beinga horror movie thatcontainsblood,badlanguage,fightscenesandweapons,the ratingisbydefault
an 18. The movie will containsome intense fightscenes,lotsof displayof offensiveweapons,lotsof blood.
Funding
Thismovie will be fundedprimarilybyprivate businesses.Asitisa UK film, itwill notbe fundedbyany
Americancorporationsorbusinesses,asif theydidfundthe movie,theywouldwantasay on how the movie
was made,andtherefore wouldnolongerreallyclassasa UK film.The movie wouldalsobe fundedbythe
BFI,and the National Lottery.

3. Budget
Day Rates
Crew
 LightingOperator:£350
 Gaffer:£126
 BestBoy: £112
 LightingElectrician:£98
 CameraOperator:£371
 SteadicamOperator:£1200
 Jib/Crane Operator:£700
 FocusPuller:£300
 ScriptSupervisor:£300
 CameraAssistant:£240
 ClapperLoader:£240
 DIT: £240
 Costume Design:£300
 Editor:£256
 VFXEditor:£260
 PropsCo-ordinator:£260
 SounderRecorder:£374
 SoundMixer:£320
 SoundAssistant:£200
 Hair/Makeup Artist:£282
 LocationScout: £223
 ProductionCo-ordinator:£155
 AssistantDirector:£385
 ProductionManager:£385
Equipment
 SONYHDW-790 Camcorder:£300
 VintenVision250-CP2Tripod:£35
 JVC9” LCD HD Monitor:£50
 EditSuite:£250
 ARRI2000w (x2) Kit:£25
 ARRI800w (x3) Kit:£25
 Sennheiser416 Microphone:£28
Totals
 Crew:£291,195
 Equipment:£32,085
 Actors:£10,000,000
 Location:£50,000
 Final Budget:£10,373,280

4. Production Schedule
Pre-Production
Production
Post-Production
Launch Dates
The movie will be releasedtocinemason15th August,andthenreleasedonDVDon30th November.This
meansthat hopefully,the DVDsaleswill be asgoodas possible,aspeoplewill buythe movie asagiftfor
otherpeople duringthe holidayperiod(Christmas).
Contingency Plans
Some of the filmingforAuthoritative Psychopathisoutdoors.If there isaproblemwithweather,oranything
else happenswhichmeanswe cannotfilmwhenscheduledforanyreason,Iwill use mycontingencyplan.
The plan is,the sceneswill be shotinpost-production,duringthe contingencycameraworkperiod.Thiswill
meanthat there isstill plentyof time forthe editortointegrate these scenesintothe final product.