Young man Jake wakes up disoriented in a forest finding a phone, chisel, hammer and x-ray showing a capsule in his penis. A voice tells him he has 60 seconds to remove the capsule or die, starting a countdown. In a panic, Jake tries to use the tools but cuts to black, leaving his fate ambiguous. The film draws inspiration from Saw, featuring psychological "challenges" by a twisted antagonist trying to teach lessons, putting the protagonist in life-threatening situations testing his will to survive.

1. The Challenge – KSN
PRODUCTIONS
By Sarah Ghile

2. • We will be doing a 2 minute opening sequence of a
thriller film.
• It could be considered a physiological thriller as it
emphasizes the psychology of its characters and their
unstable emotional stat.
• Action packed and full of suspense
Log line – Darren is forced into a series of challenges that
test his mental strength as well as his physical endurance.

3. • Young male named Jake falls asleep in his bed
• Wakes up in a forest confused and disoriented
• In front of him is a mat that reads “welcome” and on the mat are the
following items: a chisel, a hammer and an x ray of his penis with a capsule
in it
• Beside him a phone rings, he answers it and a voice says “your someone
who likes to set people challenges, you’ve had your chances to change but
refused to. In your penis is a capsule, you have 60 seconds to remove it or
you will be killed. Your challenge starts now.”
• The count down begins and is shown on the phone screen
• In a panic he quickly grabs the hammer and chisel to where the –ray
indicated the capsule was and tries to build up the courage to do it
• He shakes and flinches but raises his hand as if to do it
• The screen cuts to black and the rest is left to the audiences imagantion

4. • One of the main focuses of the Saw film
series are the traps created for their victims.
In the movies, the serial murderer, Jigsaw,
places individuals into traps for having
wasted or misused their lives; each trap
serving the purpose of testing the victim's
will to live. As such, these devices force
subjects into near-death situations where
they are typically given the opportunity to
either save themselves or die. These traps
are referred to as games and the whole
concept of this film was very influential to
our plot. Similarly to saw, our film centres
around the idea of these life and death
situations being “games” or as we refer to
them as “challenges”. The challenges that
our protagonist faces are set up by an
antagonist that is clearly twisted, but again
similarly to saw is trying to teach the
protaginsit a lesson.

6. • Our film is targeted at those aged 15-45, both males and
females all though the violent nature and plot of our film
may appeal ore to the male audience.
• It’s mature content of philological mind play may appeal
to more older audience who could have a better
understanding of the mental affects and the mental battle
between the antagonist and protagonist.

7. • Our cast for our opening sequence will consist of one
person.
• A young male – the protagonist
(actor is yet to be decided)
• Our film will also feature a ‘voice’
• (voice yet to be decided)

8. Cinematography
Camera shots:
• An extreme long shot, POV shot, close up, extreme close up
Lighting
• Low key, out door natural lighting (grey skies to set mode of gloom and
danger)
Props
• Chisel, hammer, x-ray picture, mat, a phone,
Costume
• Ripped, shredded white shirt, and slightly ripped, dirty grey shorts, black or
brown socks, no shoes
Location
• Hainault forest