Chosen Genre – Horror/Slasher
Tagline – Can Sins Be Forgiven?
Basic Plot Synopsis
The name of the killer will be Jonathan, he is a boy that has been brought up with no mother. his mother left when he was a young boy, she left to go live with a rich and successful man who had his own business. When his mum left, his dad could no take having to raise a child own his own and as a result became depressed and eventually committed suicide. After the death of his father, because Jonathan's mum didn't want anything to do with him, Jonathan was sent to an orphanage home. In this orphanage home, Jonathan committed a crime that was so severe he was sent to a youth detention centre. After being released from the borstal Jonathan was on his own and had to start a fresh new life, he was offered a job as a cleaner in a posh professional business firm which reminded him of the woman his mother who left him had become and ever since she left him he had despised her. Jonathan’s manager where he was working as a cleaner was very bossy and bullied him constantly he thought that she was not kind to him or fair at all, she treated him different to the other workers. He became very angered by his managers behaviour towards him as he felt humiliated and intimidated so he eventually killed her, after this very day Jonathan became obsessed with torturing and killing females who were associated with professional business .
What type of characterisation will there be?
There will be one stalker, and 4 female victims from professional businesses.
One will be a secretary, one will work in the school finance department and there will be one who works in an airport. These will be hard-working single women. The killer will be sexually frustrated.
Describe the Misc-en scene to be used or any visual motifs.
We will have a stalker with a hoodie or mask, and the different locations will be London City Airport/train station, a school, an alleyway and a basement. There will be a collage of different pictures of females with string to highlight different locations or different victims. There will be low lighting and there will be street lighting at night, and natural lighting during daytime.
What are your ideas about cinematography/photography?
There will be a tracking shot of a plane taking off, and then there will be an establishing shot of the airport. Then there will be a two shot of the female who works at the airport /train station walking into an airport and a male walking out in slow motion. At the station, there will be a close-up of the stalker with his hood up (representing his identity), and there will be quick cuts at different parts of the collage after which we will see a long shot of victim number 2 (The school finance worker) then a close-up of the females hand tapping the St Angela’s barrier to start her day off at work, then a close-up of the door opening behind her (A point of view shot, the stalker following her). Then in an alleyway we see the female secretary walking home from a party. We will see a midshot of a stalker and then a shot of his shadow against the wall and then an extreme close-up of his eyes opening. Then in the basement there is a close-up of blood dripping from the victims face (secretary character) and the stalker crossing out pictures of the victim with blood. Then there will a two shot of the other two victims (Airport worker/School finance worker) trying to escape, and you’ll see them crying (close-up).
Conventions of trailers/posters/film mags you plan to reinforce or reinvent?
The film company’s names (adverts) such as Paramount Pictures will be fading in and out like many trailers in the film industry. We have loud eerie music when different victims are being stalked/killed. Then we will have a fast paced trailer, conforming to conventions. Then there will be quick cuts of different parts of the film without revealing the ending. The darkness and ambiguity of the stalker conforms to conventions as many film trailers and posters do not show the full identity of the stalker. The alleyway scene conforms to conventions because we see a lot of stalking happening in lonely dark places such as this. Also, having the victim’s female and the stalker male is typically seen in stalker slasher films
What resources will you need?
Actors
One male actor
· 3-4 female victims
· A collage board with images and string for visual effect
· A hoodie for the stalker
Props
· Fake blood
· Makeup
· Rope/duck tape
· Mobile phone
· Knife
Settings
· Airport (exterior)
· DLR station - London City Airport (exterior)
· Alleyway
Justification of ideas in relation to genre and recognisable film influences also what is your unique selling point?
Stalking on the phone (an idea from the movie scream) shows mysterious of not knowing who is there. A slasher film often includes blood and victims being trapped/followed via a tracking system, which is where the idea of a collage represents this convention, helping you to recognise the genre. The idea of ambiguity and identity is important therefore the stalkers face will be in chiaroscuro so you can only see him slightly and can be recognisable through his hoodie, which portrays his identity. The trailer will be aimed at young adults, which is our unique selling point and subverts common stalker films conventions because they are normally targeted at an older audience in which the stalker is often more mature than a teenager.
