The main character wakes up hungover outside with a radio and empty beer bottle. He sees photos of himself smashing a bottle over someone's head. He tries to ask a passing person for help but accidentally hits them with the bottle. He realizes he must have been the person in the photos from the night before. The document discusses the mystery thriller genre and provides storyboards and notes on mise-en-scene, sound, and health and safety considerations for the film.
This is my individual film pitch for my AS media course. I pitched this to my group members and we developed it into an idea we all liked for our final idea for our film opening.
This is my individual film pitch for my AS media course. I pitched this to my group members and we developed it into an idea we all liked for our final idea for our film opening.
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Have you ever seen a movie so bad, you had to
recommend it to your friends? A movie so bad you liked it
because of how fun it was to watch and make fun of? Black
Sheep wants very badly to be one of those movies. It falls short
for me however, because it also tries to be an actual horror
movie at the same time, lacking the satirical edge a film trying
to mock how awful it is needs. This makes the film rather
monotonous, and you find yourself rooting for the sheep to just
kill everyone already, just so it will all end and you can get on
with your life.
We start out on a lovely New Zealand farm, spread out on a
lovely country side, with a lovely dog, and a lovely pair of
siblings, all frolicking happily together. When the younger boy
Henry goes to the house, the older brother axe murders the
boy’s pet sheep. Then wearing the sheep’s carcass, he hides in
the barn to scare his younger brother. While Henry is on the
ground screaming in terror, the grandmother comes out and
tells them to stop playing around, that there has been an
accident, and their father has been killed. We suddenly jump
years in the future, and meet the adult Henry who now has a
pathological fear of sheep. Already knowing the title of the
film, of course we the viewers know this is going to serve him
well. The first thing I notice, and cannot stop noticing during the entire film, is the horrendous audio
track. It’s not that the audio is bad, it’s that it is too good. It is painfully clear that every line of audio
was recorded in the studio after the fact and over-layed onto the film, leaving everything feeling out of
sync despite the words they are saying being in line with their mouths.
Cast
Nathan Meister as Henry Oldfield
Peter Feeney as Angus Oldfield
Danielle Mason as Experience
Oliver Driver as Grant
Tammy Davis as Tucker
Written and Directed By
Jonathan King
The movie goes on to use all the classic techniques of ridiculous horror movies, but it can never
make up its mind about what it wants to be. I was never able to decide whether or not the director,
Peter King, was trying to make an actual horror film, or if he was trying to parody one. It is clear
horror movies are being made fun of, but the movie never goes into full parody mode. The danger
from these sheep are real, and it goes deeper than just being killed. No it is more like a zombie
plague, where if you get bitten you transform. That’s right, weresheep or sheeple are another real
danger to anyone in the area. It’s so bad it is comedic, and there is some definite comedy, but there is
no real satirical feeling to what is going on. It’s a complete contradiction that prevented me from ever
really getting into the movie.
The elder brother who has taken over the farm after the demise of the father, is trying to move
into the future with new methods of agricultural science. He does this of course, by bringing in what
appears to be a hot, youn ...
2. Story
Main character wakes up and finds himself alone outside with a bottle of drink
and radio beside him. The radio is playing out a soundtrack.
He just woke up from a hangover not remembering anything from the night
before. He has an empty bottle of beer beside him, he picks it up and attempts
to drink; nothing but a drip comes out. His head is hurting, he notices some
photographs on the floor. He picks it up, he sees someone smashing someone
across the head with a bottle. Someone appears to be staring at him as they
walk past him. He attempts to call the person walking past, but seems to have
lost his voice, lost in this confusion he picks his bottle up & approaches the
person. He taps his shoulder, the person seems to be paranoid and hits him in
the belly hard with his belly, in all this confusion he smashes the bottle over the
guys head almost instinctively by accident. He then realises... he must've been
that person in the photograph.
9. Mise-en-scene & Setting
This will be set in a place which looks almost empty with no
people, just: hills, grass, a few trees & bushes.
For the main actor we plan on making him look scruffy
with dirt on his shirt and buttons undone, as if he woke up
from a hangover. He’ll be confused and lost with a really
bad headache.
We plan on trying to get sugar bottles for better effects.
Radio (maybe)
Dark clothing for the victim
11. Health & Safety
There are many risks that should be taken into factor when
shooting for the movie. For example, the camera can be
mishandled.
For some of our effects we have to stay cautious when/if
we use sugar bottle.
Make sure people are aware of wires of tripods so nobody
falls over, if any.
Make sure health & safety forms are filled in.
Have ambulance and fire engines in the scene.