Coursework - shot list

Establishing shot of location - outside in corridor then inside storeroom
Close up and extreme close up shots to show emotion
Pan shots + moving shots - horror genre, build tension
Medium shots - show actions + what's going on
High angle shots - sense of power, diminishing the character (like in the Truman Show for example, CCTV style shots, invasive)

Coursework - final idea

A person gets trapped in a storeroom and attempt to get out, while doing so they experience certain things like the lights going out and changing colour - building the tension. They eventually manage to escape but as they step through the door they realise they're still in the same room. It cuts to credits and then there's a final shot of a CCTV style shot being played of them in the room on a laptop which is then closed.

Coursework - shooting plan

Date - end of November/early December at about 3/4pm
Will shoot in mostly chronological order, however I might film the first part of them walking into the room last as I want it to be fairly dark. That's also the reason for the later filming time as the room I want to use has a window, so although I will cover it up I think it'll look more effective if it's dark outside as no light will come in.

Coursework - sound application

Dialogue - shouting/screaming for help, maybe voices/whispering, breathing
Ambience - background noises, rarely completely silent except to build tension
Foley - enhanced noises of everything, stepping, movement of objects, rustling
Sound effects - heartbeat, something like rats moving
Non diegetic - music over the credits (potentially a song about being free/wanting to be free)

Coursework - narrative application

Mostly going to follow Todorov's theory, however there is no new equilibrium

Equilibrium - them outside the room
Disruption - them becoming trapped
Realisation - them panicking, trying to escape
Climax - the character experiencing hallucinations etc before then escaping, creating a new equilibrium. 
However, this will turn out to be a false new equilibrium as they will be brought back to the disruption and the film will end unresolved.

Coursework - mise en scene application

Setting - storeroom in a workplace - dark, no windows, enclosed
Hair and makeup - minimal, casual, potentially special effect makeup for one shot to bring across the horror element
Costume - casual, potentially workwear
Lighting - 1/2 light sources, either harsh or low key, red lighting for a section, lights turn off
Character expression/movement - terrified, pacing, pushing + hitting door etc, shouting
Props - torch, boxes

Coursework - character profile+casting options

For my casting choice, I want someone who has experience in acting because the character expression/movement plays a big part in putting across the narrative in my film idea. I also want them to look old enough for it to be believable that they're in a workplace environment as that's where I think the film is going to be set currently.

At the moment I'm thinking of casting a friend who is 17 as she has experience acting, however I'm also going to look into other options for example on casting websites.