The document pitches a short film called "Lilo to Hell" that follows a tourist named Darren who falls asleep on a beach and dreams of the perfect vacation that turns into a nightmare. The 5-10 minute film would have a comedic yet psychological thriller genre. It would target teenagers and young adults. Scenes would be filmed using drones, underwater cameras, and point of view shots to build tension. Sample beach sound effects were included to set the scene.

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FILM IDEA 2
‘LILO TO HELL’
A TOURIST’S DREAM TURNED INTO ONE BIG NIGHTMARE

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LENGTH OF FILM:
A short film with a running time between 5-10 minutes.
GENRE:
Psychological thriller/ comedy (comedic elements)
TAGLINE:
A tourist’s dream turned into one big nightmare.
This film is unique and the tagline explains the plotin one small sentence which I think works really well
as it lures the audience into the plotbefore the film even begins.

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CHARACTER PROFILES:
Main Character:
Darren, ‘The Tourist’
My film will predominantly include an adult male, dressed in bright, tacky, touristoutfit such as a
Hawaiian shirt and perhaps tightswimming trunks.
He would be dressed like this to add to the comedic elements the film will include, as it is something a
stereotypical ‘bad’ touristwould wear.
The main prop which will add to his ‘costume’ is a blow up lilo, which he will be lying on throughoutthe
short film, adding notonly to the comedic side, butto his outfit to make him even more ofa
stereotypical tourist.
The Children:
The children within ‘Lilo To Hell’ include a boy and a girl aged around 5-10 years of age and are also on
holiday with Darren, their father. They are dressed in beachwear, swimming costumes, hats,
sunglasses etc.

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SYNOPSIS:
ACT 1:
The film will start with drone shots and fast panning shots of the sea, showing seagulls, fish, seaweed,
sand, the cloudy butlightsky and mostimportantly, the main character, Darren lying on his blow up lilo,
asleep. The location is quietand seems to only have Darren, his family and only a couple ofother
people on the beach. The film progresses where Darren is now in deep sleep, and slips into a ‘dream.’
ACT 2:
The dream is an ideal setting for Darren and his family, where it shows a beautiful desertisland,
coconuts in the trees and gorgeous sunshine, where he can have an extremely peaceful and enjoyable
holiday. It leads to him on the beach, building sandcastles and having and pleasurable time with his
family doing everything you could dream ofon holiday.
These scenes have a slightyellowy tone and the transitions from the normal real-life setting to the
dream is blurred like a typical ‘dream’ in television programmes.
ACT 3:
After the lovely shots ofDarren and his family having a great time on holiday in his ‘dream’, here comes
the hell. A huge storm takes over the island, making the tone of the film turn deadly and tense, followed
by an enormous animal from either land or sea comes and attacks Darren and there is an epic chase
scene which is where the thriller side ofthe genre comes into the film. This is when Darren is left with a
scar/cut on his arm which will link to the end clip.
The end scene is when the ‘attack’ gets to the pointwhere the ‘dream’ that has now turned into a
nightmare, is at breaking pointand where a serious injury/death would have occurred, before a quick
sudden change to Darren, lying on his lilo, the exactsame type clip and angle as the beginning.
However, the plottwist is that there is the same scar/cutin the exactsame place as the attack scar in
the nightmare, or finds a certain objectthat links to the nightmare, leaving the audience to think to
themselves and ask themselves questions such as:
Was this all real life? Was the nightmare real? What happened? Is he still in the dream? Is it all going to
happen again?

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TARGET AUDIENCE
My target audience will predominantly be aimed atteenagers to young adults. This is because itisn’t
hugely complicated to understand and does notinclude highly graphic scenes, therefore suitable for
children. The film is also suitable for this age group because they would be able to find the comedic
elementofthe film funnier and more relatable as the children are younger, the ideal holiday is exactly
what young viewers see as their perfectholiday and will be able to relate to Darren’s dream more.
On the NRS scale, the target audience would be putinto categories from D-B, which represents
working class to middle class, mainly because there is no class that isn’t suitable to watch this.
On the 4Cs scale, the target audience would be aimed more for ‘The Reformers’ or ‘The Explorers’.
This is because ‘The Reformers’ key need is enlightenment, and they would not only find this by
figuring out the plottwist and what happens to the main character, but they would also be able to find
enlightenmentby the comedic elements ofthe character’s clothes and funny atmosphere atthe
beginning ofthe film. ‘The Explorers’ are a perfecttarget audience, as they have a need for discovery
and challenge, therefore would love to find outwhat happens within the plot and therefore appreciate
the task.

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FORM AND STYLE:
The form and style of ‘Lilo To Hell’ would be clear, comedic, precise butalso thrilling.
The camera angles that would be extremely interesting to work with and use, are establishing shots,
birds eye view shots and drone shots ofthe sea, with the one brighttourist in the middle ofthe blue
water, as this would emphasise the quietatmosphere, butalso emphasises the bright, bold, slightly
stupid looking man in the middle ofthe water.
Another camera angle that would look perfectin a shortfilm such as ‘Lilo To Hell’, would be underwater
shots and pointofview shots. This is so not only does itshow the setting and show shots including fish
and underwater life and perhaps the pointof view ofa certain monster seeing Darren from underwater,
but a pointof view shotof the ‘attack scene’ ofDarren running away, as it will add tension to the
audience and therefore will add more to the thriller theme.
It will be filmed on a Canon Camera, as it has high quality which is what I am looking for, and different
lenses to help with perspectives ofthe characters and lets the setting come alive.
The genre I want to try and recreate is a psychological thriller, this is so the film leaves the audience
even more interested than when it began, and leaves them with so many logical questions and
thoughts afterwards, making them want to watch the film again and again.
I also think a slight comedic elementto the film makes the audience even more interested to watch the
film as they will be excited to see something funny coming up in the scenes, and also achieve diversion
because ofthis, making them feel at ease and escape from everyday problems.

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MARKETPLACE:
Within the film industry market, I see my film being shown predominantly in cinemas or at movie events
such as movie nights with all of the family. Therefore, it involves the whole family as it is something that
can be enjoyed by everyone.
I feel as if there isn’t huge scope for a series for this film, however something could be changed such as
the lilo, or the attack scene could be completely differentto change the end ofthe film, leaving multiple
cliff-hangers for the audience.

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SAMPLE PRE-PRODUCTION MATERIAL:
FREESOUND- Waters Of Cyprus - Beach
I have chosen this sound to add to the background ofmy film, as it has the sound effects ofwaves
which makes the location feel even more realistic. It has no lyrics as I feel as if this would make it too
distracting for the audience and also wouldn’tbe able to hear the dialogue over the top ofthis too.