2. Our Title
• We chose to call our film Overkill as it is similar to other films with similar
plots and genres and it got across just how much Oli went through which
caused him to take such a drastic action. How much he was overkilled.
3. Synopsis
• Oli is an only child and lives with his parents, at the age of 12 he was
diagnosed with a severe case of schizophrenia. His life started to
turn upside down from there, his parents became drug addicts and
started to become abusive. The scarce money they stumbled upon
was spent on drugs rather than their only son. When Oli realized
they were getting a divorce, he became isolated. No one by his side
and no one to help him as he sat alone at lunch time with bruises
marring his cheek bones. His behavior became extraordinarily
unusual and only few noticed. But they were too late. Oli's mind was
already made up. He was going to attack his school.
4. Themes
A few examples of themes that we are using are-
• Mental Illness
• Trauma
• Loneliness
• Jealousy
• Stress
• Poor
• Drugs
• Abuse
• Divorce
5. Mise En Scene
We want to create an atmosphere that is full of small things that have
a huge emotional meaning towards the characters which conveys how
Oli was pushed to edge and couldn’t cope any longer. We want it to
make the audience feel upset and sorry for Oli and for all that he's
been through.
For example, maybe a faded photo in a frame entitled
'Best Friends Forever' but then he checks his outdat-
ed phone and finds no messages or notifications.
6. Mise En Scene Cont.
To create the atmosphere we are using many different props, costumes and
effects to make sure the themes are shown.
To show-
• The divorce- we will print out divorce papers and have them shown during a
scene.
• The drug addiction- scattered pills, a belt, a syringe, a spoon and a lighter.
• Their lack of money - unpaid bills, empty wallet/purses, empty money box
and old phones.
• Abuse- Bruises done with make-up.
• Mental illness- Different camera effects like using a shaky handheld camera
and using blurred edges may provide a disoriented feeling like how Oli must
be feeling.
7. Characters and Costumes
There will be various characters involved within the opening and
these should be easily distinguishable with their different
costumes, hair and acting.
Characters-
Oli
Claire (Oli's mother.)
Classmate
Teacher
12. Target Audience
• Our target audience is aimed towards young adults 15+ , we have chosen
this because we found out that thriller movies interest young adults more
than any other age group.
• The target audience would be most interested in modern life and
technologies this is because thriller movies are usually influenced by real life
situations and events.
• Most thriller movies are rated a 15 because of the level of violent and
frightening scenes.
• The opening of our movie will contain scenes of violence and a character
with psychological problems therefore it would fit our chosen rating of 15.
• Thriller movies appeal to males because of the level of action and violence in
the movie however it appeals to women as well because of the level of
suspense therefore making them question what is going to happen next.
