Costumes and Prop List

Clothing:

• For the girl: Boots for walking, jeans, top, and jacket.
• For mother: Laidback clothing, that signifies the cold, unemotional state she is in since her daughters death.
• The invisible man: Trousers and shoes. 

Props: I will need:

• Letters from the dead sister, to signify her mental state.
• Newspaper clippings to signify that the girl doesn't want to believe her sister committed suicide and has become obssessed with the case.
• Pictures of the dead sister, to invoke smypathy in the audience and maybe represent what the girl is working so hard at.

I will need to consider how I am going to get these props and how long it will take to make them.


Making the letters and hand written could take between 1 to 2 hours.
The newpaper cuttings and the amount needs could be gathered both from a real newpaper and made up, which would cut down on time needed. A few on the computer which is about the case is going to be need for realism. so 1 to 3 hours.

Certificate

After looking at what certificate I should have if I was shooting the whole film I concluded it would have to be either a 15 or 18. There following are guidlines for a 15 rated film:

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely  to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

However, in the two minute opening I will be shooting, there isn't any violence but there is talk and hints of disturbing images and themes such as suicide and stalking, so I wouldn't lower the rating below a 15.

Age and Audience

My film is aimed at elder teens and adults. It is along the liunes of a mystery thriller and would appeal to an elder audience, or those that like solving things. Although teenagers might associate with the disbelif of the adults about the real causes of the suicide. I can demostrate this through an argue with her mother, as she tries to pursaude her mother that her sister didn't commit suicide. Then the walk through the forest, where the paranoia sets in and she experiances something like her sister will tense the audience as they feels suspence.

The Plot Synopsis:

Girl’s sister thinks someone’s following her, is put in asylum and commits suicide. Girl doesn’t think her sister insane and investigates death. While on walk, experiences same paranoia which turns out to be her dog, escaped from the garden. Goes to sisters boarding school, meets nosey report Adam Kale. They research, finds events happened before. Girl goes home, only to find another student put in asylum. Visits, she too talks about a man following her. Girl is called by Adam, says found one of the old staff. Visits; he tells her about nurse who terrorised patients, went to jail. Released and disappeared around same time as the first suicide. Then tries to find picture in local precinct record room. Student calls her, the man going to kill her.She races to the asylum.

On the whole, the film is about how words and feelings can affect the mind more than physical actions can and how one person's determination can change things.

Location Report

Settings in order of appearance:

1) Church/Grave Yard
In this setting, Mia is visiting her sisters grave. This place is usually quiet and deserted, so people won't be a problem.

2) The Girl's House, including:

• The Kitchen Dining Room
• The Hallway
• The Garden

2)      3) Walking scenery

The house will be using my house, which I can access very easily and so will the walking scenery as I live in a conservation area. I might however, have a problem getting the people I need at a time that works for everyone.

I will need to be aware of other people in the local area in the walking scenery, such as hikers. I also need to be aware of what time of day and what the weather will be like on the day of shooting, how that will affect the scene such as if it’s been raining, the ground outside could be muddy. I also need to think about what days the people I need to help me will be available.

Cast

In the two minute opening of my film only two characters will be seen:

The girl and her mother. 


The girl: Leia Evans
Her mother: Kristina Evans

Film Plot Summary

My film is about a girl who’s younger sibling supposedly went insane and then committed suicide. Her sister wrote her letters, talking about footsteps behind her and the ‘invisible man’. The girl thinks there is something being covered up and that her sister was generally worried about someone following her. After a scary walk which only turns out to be her dog following her, having snuck out, the girl wonders if this was how her friend had felt during those months before she was put in the local asylum. Deciding to investigate, she starts at her sister’s Catholic boarding school. After researching the history, she find the school has repeated incidents of insanity and that somehow it’s connected to the asylum. With the help of nosy local report Adam Kale, she begins digging into the first event. When she returns home, she hears another student has been put in the asylum and goes to visit. After conferring with the kind doctor who oversaw her sister she sees the girl, who talks about a man following her and leaving messages on the wall but they’re gone in the morning.  Adam then contacts her, saying he’s tracked down one of the old staff. The man, a former nurse, tells her about a staff member who had thought it funny to torment the patients and was later arrested. An inquiry into the man’s whereabouts finds he was released and subsequently disappeared fifteen years ago. While trying to search the cold case records she finds a picture, it’s the doctor from before. She then gets a call from the girl and rushes to save her. She finds them on the roof, the doctor about to coax her in to jumping. He tries to play it off, saying he was trying to stop her. The girl says his real name, they struggle and when he tries throwing her off the roof, Adam appears and pulls him off when the police arrive thanks to Adam. 

The point of the opening is to show what we think is there but isn’t can be scarier then seeing what is there. How the mind plays tricks.

It fits into the convention of thriller because it has suspense in that the characters don’t know what’s going on leading to suspense, the constant sense of danger implemented by the opening and thrill of a mystery unsolved.