Wednesday, 6 November 2019

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.

Film synopsis/plan - updated

The film opens with the main character in a meeting room, the door shutting as footsteps of others leaving can be heard and they sigh as the...