The document proposes three ideas for media coursework projects. The first idea is a supernatural thriller titled "Office Block" about a man having an affair in an old office building that turns out to be haunted. The second idea is a torture film titled "Incision" about a boy who locks a new girl in his basement and performs disturbing surgeries on her. The third idea is a psychological thriller titled "Going Down" about people trapped on a mysterious floor in an office building where their deepest fears come to life. The document provides character and plot details, as well as potential problems and costs, for developing each idea into a short film. It focuses on fleshing out the second idea into a script and storyboard with the

1. Media CourseworkBy Emma Vosper

2. 3 Initial Production IdeasIdea 1Title: Office BlockTagline: You’ll never work late againSubgenre: SupernaturalBrief Synopsis Of Whole Film: man tells friends/family he is working late, but really having an affair with secretary, building was once an asylum, man and lover can’t get out of the building, freaky ghost/spirit is trying to kill them, the lover dies, and comes back trying to kill the man, man’s wife comes to keep him company, lover kills the wife, man struggles to stay alive, whole film in the office block, in the end, a message on his office phone- heavy breathing/laughing, silent for a few seconds, machine shouts boo, scares the man who is already jumpy, a few seconds later the spirit/ghost comes to his face and kills himMain Characters: Chris Williams, Josie Harris, Angela Williams, Evil SpiritOpening Setting/location: in the office, dark outsideCharacters involved in the opening: Chris and JosieDescription of Opening Narrative: hearing phone conversation of Chris telling Angela he is working extra hours, while you see Josie and Chris having an affair in the office at night, next take: going to open the door, ready to leave, but it won’t open, then the freaky things start to happenCostume And Props: suit for Chris, pencil skirt and shirt for Josie, phone with message recorderPotential Problems: actors willing to pretend they are having an affair, somewhere to be an office block/office

3. Idea 2Title: Incision Tagline: let’s make something new to play withSubgenre: torture Brief Synopsis Of Whole Film: young boy, outcast in school, new young girl at school ( about age 10 ish) new girl befriends the boy, he invites her to his house, shows her his room in the basement, full of animals with different animal parts sewed to them, boy locks door, girl is trapped, boy says he is tired of operating on animals, chains girl up, cuts up animals, and girl, swaps body pieces around, no painkillers, just cuts them open, in the end, she is a mutant, but still alive, with different part missing/attached. Boy gets away with it- then it finishesMain Characters: Matthew Allen (little boy), Louisa King (tortured little girl)Opening Setting/location: in Matthews room/basement/torture baseCharacters involved in the opening: Matthew, helpless animalsDescription of Opening Narrative: seeing Matthews’s hands, but not him, so you can’t tell its Matthew, cutting up/sewing/drawing new ideas/ways to operate/cut up the animals, see a plan of the one he will later perform on Louisa, mutated animals scurrying aboutCostume and Props: Dark, dirty, creased, dull clothes for Matthew, Louisa- girly pretty clothes, tools for Matthew, animals Potential Problems: finding mutated animals, making it look like he is cutting them up, making the surgeries look real enough

4. Idea 3Title: going downTagline: the floor where it’s your fearSubgenre: psychologicalBrief Synopsis Of Whole Film: business people go to a job interview, get in a lift, lift starts going up, then suddenly goes down to a floor that before didn’t exist, doors open, people get out, lift goes back up, people stuck in a huge floor that no one knew was there, after a while, people start to get scared, their fears come to life, but just for them, so everyone else, can’t see what you see, hear what you hear and feel what you feel. Everyone thinks everyone else is going mad, all but one end up dying in the end, either die themselves, kill themselves or kill each other, one living person is just left crying in the corner of a room on the floor, surrounded by bodies and the fears she is imagining, film ends.Main Characters: Whitney Jacobs (survivor), Isaac bell, Theo Myers, Tina Phillips, Deborah Coleman, Naomi ClarkOpening Setting/location: office building, before getting in the lift, then they get in the lift, then go down to the mystery floorCharacters involved in the opening: all of the main characters, receptionistDescription of Opening Narrative: people walk into building, register, when everyone arrives; they get in lift, lift breaks, crashing down, finally open, characters exploring the sceneCostume And Props: suits, smartly dressed, briefcasesPotential Problems: no lift, need good CGI and effects to do the fears around them/ what they see

5. Peer Assessment Of Initial IdeasIdea 1Pros: easy to make, not a lot of cast neededCons: difficult to get an office blockOverall comments: good ideaMark out of 10: 8Idea 2Pros: looks enjoyable, different, not typical victim/villainCons: hard work making it realisticOverall comments: very good storyline, different, fun and gruesome Mark out of 10: 9Idea 3Pros: good story line, scary but makes the viewer want to read onCons: not much description of what the ending of the girlOverall comments: good, gripping, scary and psychologicalMark out of 10: 8.5

6. Storyboard

7. ScriptEXT. BASEMENT/WORKSHOP. DAY ESTABLISHING SHOT of MATTHEW in dark workshop, working, tools everywhere, zoom out slowly from MATTHEW’s back, can’t tell it’s him though. Animals scattering. ANIMAL SOUNDS and SAWING/WORKING SOUNDS. Camera fades to cardboard box. Box has animal carcass in, and dead animal parts. Zoom in slowly. Quite dark- but light enough to see what’s in the box. Camera fades to a corner with LOUISA chained up, hands above head, looking down, looks like in bad condition, zoom in very slowly, not too close so you can’t see her face/tell its her. Camera fades to drawings/pictures/plans of ideas for creations, camera scans the first picture and slowly moves on to the next, then the next etc, then finally gets to the last biggest one, with a human (LOUISA) involved. Camera fades to show a close up of LOUISA’s face, poor condition, looking down, looking weak, zoom out very very slowly, hardly zoom out. Camera fades to a close up of MATTHEW turning round with medical gloves on, knife in hand, smiling slyly at camera as if it’s through LOUISA’s eyes. Camera cuts back to LOUISA’s close up, looking scared, then camera cuts back to MATTHEW, then camera cuts back to the drawing, etc, keeps getting faster and fast until it gets so fast that it suddenly stops showing the word ‘INCISION’ on black screen. Hear LOUISA’s SCREAM/CRY IN PAIN.

8. Locations, PersonnelLocations:Side room, connecting the art rooms (permission secured from Miss Portelli)Personnel:MatthewLouisaCamera personLighting personSound personDirectorHelpersMake up artistCostume designer

9. Equipment and Costumes/Props/Make upEquipment:Camera, lighting, microphoneCostumes:Matthew: everyday clothes, darkLouisa: everyday clothes, jeans, girlyMake up:Matthew: dark, scary e.g. Black/dark eyesLouisa: pale/weak, smudged make upProps:Work tools, animals, cages, chains, pictures/drawings, workbench, chains, something to put the camera on that’s on wheels so we can move the camera easily/steadily

10. BudgetThere will be a very small budget, if any, because all of the things we will need, we already have

11. PitchWhy mine should be chosen-I think that my film would include lots of people, mostly off screen, but still, many people can get involved. It would be a fun one to make, quite challenging, but the end reward will be great, and we will have great fun making it while learning new things too.