Kian Devine proposes creating a psychological horror film trailer and marketing materials for a movie exploring isolation, inner turmoil, and mental health during a pandemic lockdown. The film will focus on a single protagonist and his deteriorating mental state as he battles his inner thoughts alone in his home. Devine will conduct research on successful psychological films and apply techniques like establishing tone and translating emotions to viewers' perspectives. He will spend time on pre-production, production of the trailer and marketing assets, evaluation of his work and skills, and presentation of the final project.

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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Kian Devine 364591
Project proposal title and date:
I am yet to decide on the final title of my movie, yet a singular word like “Mirror” or
“hallucinate” to go with the psychedelic aspect of my film.
Main area of activity:
My main area of activity will be film as I plan on making a movie trailer, but I will also create
marketing so print and graphic design work will also be quite prominent.
Rationale:
Throughout the past two years my work has significantly got better as I understand each
project at a deeper level. The main difference is the type of practical I did, as I thought that
since I enjoyed playing video games, Id enjoy making them too. This was not the case and I
realised that film was my true passion so that’s were I focussed my efforts. My skills with
premiere pro have become sufficient enough for me to rely on my current skills to get me
through my practical, as I have used premiere pro for almost all previous projects and did
many experimental techniquesthat I can apply to this project if needed. My knowledge with
film is also far superior to that of my knowledge for video games, as I understand many
techniques used within film but more importantly, I know the effect it has on the audience.
Since most of my scenes are rather basic, post production is where I will most of my time
to try and create an overarching tone for my movie. An issue with most of my past projects
is that they had no substance or point to it. The difference with this project is that I
understand what I want to achieve with it.
Project Concept:
the concept for my project is to make a concept for a film that focuses on everyone's inner contrast
and their own personal flaws. I want to make my protagonist almost an antagonist due to his
reaction to certain situations, but showing him in a realistic light will help to make the viewer have
more sympathy for him just like in Joker (2019). The film I'm making revolves around a singular
character and has very little sighting of other characters with him. The feeling of isolation and
claustrophobia is centre for the atmosphere I am trying to create. The film will see him battle his
inner thoughts while in self isolation for a pandemic that is sweeping the nation. While stuck in his
house, he is also stuck with his own thoughts and mental well being, leaving himself trapped within
his own mindset and seeing how it affects his day to day life. the narrative will slowly dissolve and
will leave the viewer questioning what has happened and making some of the events have a factor
of disbelief which makes plot twists far more impactful and more unsuspecting. I will be
researching past films that I have enjoyed within the psychological genre to get a greater
understanding of how emotions and mindset are translated within scenes. This is crucial for this
genre as getting the audience into the characters POV helps to elevate all emotions felt within the
story. scene layout is also important to look at as having multiple points of interests within a film
helps to branch out the story so having different sub plots will help to flesh out the narrative.

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How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
Evaluating my work will be difficult due to its subjective nature, but getting other peoples opinions
and take on it would help give me a better view on if the intended effects were implemented well.
the people watching and reviewing would also be part of my target audience so i would get a
greater understanding of if my films research was worth-while for my production. mainly i will be
evaluating my skills with the equipment and software i will be using, instead of the creative side of
my project as i believe that my skills used are far more important long term. because of my lack of
experience with both the software and the equipment, i will have to rely on tests and research to
guide me in the right direction and getting feedback and comparing it to projects of similar genre
will show me areas of improvement. looking at my skills this way allows me to focus on areas of
weakness and gradually making my skills more well rounded, with still allowing me to have
strengths in certain areas that my interest is stronger in.

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Bibliography:
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06/02/20
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really-happened. Last accessed 06/02/20.
4. Martin Scorsese. (2019). Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me
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7. Studio Binder. (2020). How Kill Bill Keeps Us Hooked. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RNpyhJK65c. Last accessed 31/01/20.
8. The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age (2013 Edition) by
Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus
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Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production ● Proposal and background research
● Proposal-focus on the premise of what i want to
create and what i want to get from this project.
this will help me with my research
● Background research- research key areas that
relate to my FPM and can be used as stepping
stones to get to my core research
2 Pre-production ● Research- primary and secondary
● Focus on secondary research and give me areas
and topics that i know will be crucial to my
production and planning so i can do primary
research on these topics
3 Pre-production ● Research- primary and secondary
● do primary research on key topics and areas that
were previously mentioned. go back and do any
secondary research if any areas of interests or
lack of knowledge occurs.

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4 Pre-production ● Experiments
● experiment with skills and equipment i know will
be detrimental to my production if not taken care
of such as camera work and software work.
5 Pre-production ● Experiments
● do experiments on experimental work that are
spontaneously thought of such as certain scene
layouts or lighting layouts. this will let me know
what works and what doesnt
6 Pre-production ● Pre-Production and planning
● get every bit of equipment understood and tested
with before production so that i am confident
when going to into production
7 Pre-production ● Pre-Production and planning
● give myself a set plan of what is needing to be
created, when it is being created and why it is
being created. this helps me to prioritise certain
practical pieces that may need longer
8 Production ● Production and reflections
● focus on early pieces of work such as a synopsis,
early trailer clips and the marketing of the film
such as title art
9 Production ● production of main trailer clips and organisation
of the music used. this is the main area of
production so can allocate more time into next
weeks if needed
10 Production ● production of main trailer clips and organisation
of the music used. This is the main area of
production so I can allocate more time into next
few weeks if needed. plenty of time spare incase
certain scenes don't work as intended or look as
good
11 Production ● Draft peer feedback
● understand where my project is lacking and make
sure that i take that into account with work that is
yet to be done so the same mistakes aren't done
again
12 Production ● editing of all the clips and colour grading to make
sure the trailer looks and feels good for the
viewers. this can be used for other pieces of
marketing also to create clips, mock stream
pages and social media trailers
13 Production ● make posters and merchandise for the film such
as t shirts and cups to create a brand for the
protagonist and to associate a tone and colour
pallette with the film
14 Evaluation ● Evaluation
● evaluate the core concept of the film and
compare it to the execution, get multiple other
peoples opinions from all age groups, but focus
more on the target audience
15 Evaluation ● Evaluation
● evaluate my skills with equipment and software,
looking at older skills and seeing how they have
developed. also looking at newer skills and
seeing how well they were implemented into
practical
16 Evaluation ● Presentation
● present the practical work but in a way that the

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trailer is shown between certain other pieces so
that it is more efficiently explained and
understood
17 Moderation ●
18 Show Preparation ●
19 Show ●