Media Pitch

This is our media pitch, it is something we have to do so that we have chance to dicuss our ideas with different students, this could help us adapt our ideas to be the best they can be.

 

 

IDEA 1

This idea starts with a self set up camera from the protagonist, it’s meant to be his last video diary from the events that have been happening since he took a diary from a museum he visited a while ago, there will be jumpy cuts to him in the museum to explain the storyline , then he leaves his camera on whilst he sleeps, as the film gutters the little girl appears in his room staring at him, and then at the camera, then no one is in the room, he has been taken. We wanted to make this idea a psychological thriller because we wanted depth to our film, playing on spirits hunting him down and also the way he will constantly be being taunted by the spirit. The location of the museum will be Ayscoughfee Museum.

IDEA 2

This idea will play on the history of the building, we will use Lincoln Mental Asylum as our location, as two teenagers (one with a camera) decide to go and look around an abandoned asylum, they hear music being played, they try to find the source of the music, not realising what they have walked into going into the building, as they get closer to the source the music gets louder and cuts become faster, until they find the music being played from a room, however they are not alone, there is a girl in a straight jacket, rocking back and forth, waiting for something or someone to find her, she then runs at the two teenagers, to which it will cut to black.

IDEA 3

For this idea we have chosen our location to be RAF Nocton Hall, we would like to play on its history of it burning down in the second world war, to start we will use a typewriter to set it back to an olden style, we will use the typewriter to type out of the past time of the building, it will then cut to the protagonist walking towards the building and into it, there will be music playing from inside the building that will gradually get louder as he gets closer to the room, as he is walking, there will be cut shots to the man rocking back and forth, looking possessed. When the character finds the room, he will walk in and ask the guy if he is alright, when he gets no reply, he decides to turn off the music, this aggravates the man in the chair, who goes crazy and attacks the protagonist, however it will cut to black as he stands up, this will hold tension and give it a jumpy ending.

Actors and Costume

 

We wanted to keep the amount of actors to a minimum, not only would it make it easier to film with the short amount of time we have but also so the audience build a better connection to the single character while staying focused on the plot.

 

Kieran Hill - The army captain's son that was left in the fire

 

Jacob Anderson - Below: The protaganist who explores the building, discovering where the music is coming from.

 Costume.

This is a mood board that we created after thinking about what we would like our characters to look like. We decided that we would like Kieran Hill, the son that was abandoned in the fire, to be in smart atire

 

This is a mood board that we created after thinking about what we would like our characters to look like. We decided that we would like Kieran Hill, the son that was abandoned in the fire, to be in smart attire, almost like he was still making an effort for his farther. We also thought that it would be a good idea to include some burns, as he was abandoned in a fire it will make the story line easier to understand and have better continuity.

We also then thought that because the general idea of Jacob Anderson going into the building is because he has heard the rumours of music being played from the abandoned building and wanted to find out for himself if this was true. So we thought that it would be a good idea to dress him in casual attire.

 

 

Prop Planning

 

This is a mood board that we originally created to gather our ideas on what sort of props we would like to use. Some of these will feauture in the thriller opening but others will not.

When thinking about props we need to try and put things in the scene that are almost old, this is because we are doing an old scene at an old location we need to think very carefully about our plot and the props we will need to make this plot seem realistic. As our plot surrounds a boy who was left in a fire by his father when Nocton Hall burnt down we need to consider this fire. We have done this by burning some of the photos we are going to use and making sure they look old and realistic to this time period by coffee staining them and crumpling them up.

 

We are then going to have an old television in the room, maybe some kind of old bedding and a vinyl player, the vinyl player will be playing music through the scene and will get louder as the teenager gets closer to the room.

 

In an earlier scene a typewriter will also be used to introduce the beginning of a thriller, this has been used in other movies such as Sherlock Holmes, but we feel it is very fitting to this thriller opening. We have made sure that we are paying attention to detail by making sure we have the correct header on the letter that we are writing.

Lighting Plans

As our location are old shelters undround, and the room we would like to do has only one old window which is mostly covered in overgrowth from outside, we will have to rely on non-natural lighting, so we have got ourselves three 800 watt redhead lights, doing our lighting like this will benefit what we want to do as we can increase or decrease lighting in certain areas to helps us manipulate the audiences focus. Also if it was to get dark we would be fine as we could increase the intensity of light.

800 Watt Redhead Light

 

Sound / Sound effects

After looking for music on various sites, we found this off the movie 'Insidious' and we thought it would suit our thriller well to give an eerie feel. It is called Tiptoe through the tulips by Tiny Tim. As well as this music, we will use diegetic sound of the typewriter and also the scratching of the vinyl as it is turned off later on in the thriller. Listening to this song we realised that we need to include other tension bulding music. Such as breathing.

Thriller Script

Reading out of the letter at the start whilst the typewriter is going on:

'Nocton Hall was home to 1300 U.S staff and 35 Casualties from World War 2 it however sadly burnt down in 1841.

11 lives were lost within the burning rubble of the hall.

It was rumoured that Cpt. Thomas Johnson luckily escaped the fire, having to leave his only child, Benjamin Johnson.

The body was never found...

To this day locals report music being played from the building, even though the remains of the building has been abandoned for 178 years.

Sincerely,

William T. Turner"

 

 Then as Jake turns the music off we considered whether or not he should say anything, we then realised that without any dialogue it would help build the tension in the opening scene.

Actual Shooting destination - location shots

The last location we visited was RAF Nocton Hall, after visiting this we feel it has the best feeling to it and a chilling history behind the place, this location is more accessible than the others and also is a little closer.

 

This is a picture of the front of the building, even though it was dark, you can still see the sheer height and setting of the building.

 

Whilst we were inside we found a room we though would be good to use, its a very open and high room, making lighting easy to place and is very clear, making it safe to film  in.

 

 

This is a overhead shot taken off Google, it helps show location and helps show how the house is very alone and shut in with trees around the area.