The Pitch - Martin
Resources for Mise-en-scene
The locations
Ø House- a house is a place that most people feel most secure making it a very effective setting for a horror film. Filming in a house is typical of our genre conventions as a house is the one place you’re supposed to feel safe but in our film, and in many other horror films, will be presented in the complete opposite purpose. We will be inside so we will not have to worry about a background noise/s.
Props
Ø Knife – this is a classic convention of the genre, we may have the doll use this to make it more alive and scary. For safety reasons we will only use it when needed and only inside.
Ø Doll – the doll is the where the main horror aspect is focused on. We will use lighting and cinematography to bring it to life.
Ø Fake blood – as this is a horror film and there is death involved it is typical to have blood as it goes with the genre conventions of the Horror genre.
Costume, hair, make-up
Ø Chris will be wearing white this portrays him to be an innocent person in the film and “White” symbolises purity and peace. Kenneth is wearing nothing specific to the genre so he dons casual clothes
Ø Samuel will be wearing black clothes. This identifies him as targets as the colour "black" has connotations of danger and death.
Lighting
We are going to be using low key lighting for our film because it is typically used in horror films to add a more effective effect. We are going to try and do this by using the lights available in the house for example lamps and torches.
Treatment
Date 19/09/13
Production Company-Tragic Daze Studios
Director-Martin Elesheku
Production: Crew-Martin Elesheku, (Peter) Quyen Nguyen, Andre George, Johnny Barnes
Working Title: Corky
Resources: Equipment-Camera, Tripod, SD card, Microphone
Medium/Format-VideoFacilities- Andre’s house
Description of narrative structure and use of film language
The film begins with the main character Chris arriving home after returning from the funeral of his nephew who recently passed away due to illness. He comes home to be greeted by his roommate who tries to comfort him but Chris is still saddened by his close relatives passing and mentions how he only has the doll that belonged to him as a token of his memory. Kenneth continuously tries to brush it off his mind and it finally works when Chris puts the doll down.
After this scene Chris takes a breather and relaxes by watching the film child's play little does he know that a shadow was creeping up behind him. But before the outcome is seen there is a knock on his door. He goes to open it and sees that it is his brother Samuel who was Josh's father.
He invites him in and gives him a drink which leads to Samuel to remember what he came to talk about. he first reminisces on how Chris was close to josh and says he has an idea on what killed him. This surprises Chris as he thought that he died of illness. Samuel gives Chris his theories why he thinks the doll is connected to his sons death but before he could finish his sentence there is a loud noise heard in the kitchen which gains the attention of both men.
Chris gets up to go check what it is only to discover that there is a pile cutlery on the table in a mess and kitchen ornaments have be thrown about. after discovering this he believes that Kenneth made the mess in the kitchen and goes upstairs to ask him. While Chris is upstairs Samuel is trying to keep his sanity by reminding himself that this is not real. This breaks when he turns to see the doll on the sofa looking at him.
At first he is shunned seeing the doll there but then approaches it, trying to remind himself that it can't be alive unaware of the knife the doll holds in its back and with this the doll kills Samuel and places his corpse in the cupboard. Kenneth tells Chris that he didn't make a mess in the kitchen which frustrates him because he knows what type of person Kenneth is but walks back downstairs. Upon walking downstairs he discovers a trail of blood which shocks him leaving him no option but to follow where it leads.
He follows the trail to his cupboard which he reluctantly opens and upon his gruesome discovery he finds Samuel's dead body. Kenneth hears his yell and comes downstairs also shocked by the blood. He joins Chris by the compartment and sees Samuel's body only to try and blame Chris for his death which angers him but unwilling to deal with the problem he walks away as he cannot deal with the pain of losing another family member. Kenneth tries to talk to him but before he has the chance the lights go out. Kenneth starts to panic but Chris reassures him that its something normal but Kenneth panicking only gets worse when he feels something touch his leg. Chris wanting to believe its normal until he starts to whine and moan in pain.
Kenneth unaware of what is happening to his friend tries to console with him but to no avail. Chris is being taken over by the doll. This was its ambition. Chris stops moaning and stands completely still. Kenneth takes out his phone and puts a Flash on Chris. he asks him how he is but Chris is different as Kenneth realises when he talks. Unable to move fast Kenneth is attacked by him with the same knife the doll had. Chris kills him and all that is heard is his laughter. The now possessed Chris looks towards the audience and introduces himself thus leading to the end.
He invites him in and gives him a drink which leads to Samuel to remember what he came to talk about. he first reminisces on how Chris was close to josh and says he has an idea on what killed him. This surprises Chris as he thought that he died of illness. Samuel gives Chris his theories why he thinks the doll is connected to his sons death but before he could finish his sentence there is a loud noise heard in the kitchen which gains the attention of both men.
Chris gets up to go check what it is only to discover that there is a pile cutlery on the table in a mess and kitchen ornaments have be thrown about. after discovering this he believes that Kenneth made the mess in the kitchen and goes upstairs to ask him. While Chris is upstairs Samuel is trying to keep his sanity by reminding himself that this is not real. This breaks when he turns to see the doll on the sofa looking at him.
At first he is shunned seeing the doll there but then approaches it, trying to remind himself that it can't be alive unaware of the knife the doll holds in its back and with this the doll kills Samuel and places his corpse in the cupboard. Kenneth tells Chris that he didn't make a mess in the kitchen which frustrates him because he knows what type of person Kenneth is but walks back downstairs. Upon walking downstairs he discovers a trail of blood which shocks him leaving him no option but to follow where it leads.
He follows the trail to his cupboard which he reluctantly opens and upon his gruesome discovery he finds Samuel's dead body. Kenneth hears his yell and comes downstairs also shocked by the blood. He joins Chris by the compartment and sees Samuel's body only to try and blame Chris for his death which angers him but unwilling to deal with the problem he walks away as he cannot deal with the pain of losing another family member. Kenneth tries to talk to him but before he has the chance the lights go out. Kenneth starts to panic but Chris reassures him that its something normal but Kenneth panicking only gets worse when he feels something touch his leg. Chris wanting to believe its normal until he starts to whine and moan in pain.
Kenneth unaware of what is happening to his friend tries to console with him but to no avail. Chris is being taken over by the doll. This was its ambition. Chris stops moaning and stands completely still. Kenneth takes out his phone and puts a Flash on Chris. he asks him how he is but Chris is different as Kenneth realises when he talks. Unable to move fast Kenneth is attacked by him with the same knife the doll had. Chris kills him and all that is heard is his laughter. The now possessed Chris looks towards the audience and introduces himself thus leading to the end.
The Mise-En-Scene
The setting of our film would be set in a working middle class house during the night as it leads audiences to believe that nothing will harm them in their own home but are very mistaken. The props that will be used in our film will be the doll itself as the main prop, the fake blood for the trail of blood which leads to the cupboard and finally a knife which the doll uses to kill Samuel. The lighting will low key high contrast as the darkness will add to the suspense and build a horrific atmosphere. The costumes that Chris will be wearing casual clothes with a white shirt to show a sense of formality. Samuel will wear a black shirt to show that he is a target due to the genre conventions of the colour black connote to danger. Kenneth will dressed in casual clothes to match his persona.
CINEMATOGRAHPY
The camera shots that will consist in our film will from the beginning will be a combination of both medium and medium close ups to capture both of the main characters and their actions. There are also many POV shots used in our film for the audience have the same experience with what the characters are feeling. The medium shots will continue once the characters have entered the house. During Kenneth' s and Chris conversation there is a High angle medium shot used from Chris perspective and a low angle shot used from Kenneth's perspective. There will also be a panning shot to follow Chris as he opens the door for Samuel. The medium shots continue when they are having their conversation until it is broken by a long shot from the kitchen showing both of the characters at a distance. POV shot of Chris entering the kitchen medium shots of her picking up the doll. There is a slow pan when she is looking for the source of noises. There will be a medium long shot of Chris heading upstairs to get to talk to Kenneth about the mess. There will be a close up of Samuel trying to regain his sanity while Chris goes upstairs. Again there is a POV shot of Chris when he discovers Samuels’s body.
There will again be a POV shot of Kenneth looking at Chris after he has been possessed by the doll .
Sound
At the beginning when the title shows there will be slow and eerie non diegetic music to make the audience feel unease. There will be off screen diegetic sound used for the utensils during the scene where Chris hears noises in the kitchen. There will also be slow paced non diegetic music playing during Chris struggle with the doll. The off screen diegetic laughter that is heard at the end. There will also be slow tense rising non-diegetic music when Samuel approaches the doll.
Editing
The film will mostly consist of straight cuts but there are some scenes in which this may differ. There will be a fade in at the start from the title and production name to cohort with the dark setting. There will be a fade to show the transition of time from one scene to the next. Another use of editing will be the cut to black ending used to bring an open ending for the audience to guess what happened to the characters. Mostly slow paced during the scenes to build up more suspense and to make it easier for the audience to understand what is happening.
Proposal
Date: 17/09/13
Director: Martin Elesheku
Title: Corky
Medium: Short film
Duration: 5 minutes
Synopsis
Chris comes home after attending the funeral for his nephew, Josh. Chris has taken Josh’s closest 'possession', a doll, in memory of him. He tries to relax at home with his roommate Kenneth until Josh's dad , Samuel, comes round to tell Chris his theories on the unnatural situation surrounding Josh's death. What started as a day of mourning ends as a night in hell as weird occurrences start happening and the doll seems to play a part in it.
Description of content
Scene 1
Chris is living with his roommate Kenneth and has just arrived home from his nephews funeral. Bringing home a doll which Josh had left behind. The Chris begins to settle down in the house while Kenneth goes upstairs to have a shower
Scene 2
Josh’s dad Samuel comes over as he wishes to speak with Chris regarding an important issue. Chris offers to go get him a drink which he accepts.
Josh’s dad Samuel comes over as he wishes to speak with Chris regarding an important issue. Chris offers to go get him a drink which he accepts.
Scene 3
Chris goes into the kitchen to get him a drink and comes back to speak with Samuel about the important issue.
Chris goes into the kitchen to get him a drink and comes back to speak with Samuel about the important issue.
Scene 4
Samuel talks about his theories on how his son Josh really died and also about the doll and how it could be evil.
Samuel talks about his theories on how his son Josh really died and also about the doll and how it could be evil.
Scene 5
Noises are heard in the kitchen which gains both Samuel and Chris attention. He goes in the kitchen to see what happened and discovers a mess of cutlery. He thinks it is Kenneth and goes upstairs to check with him about it.
Scene 6
Samuel is by himself in the living room trying to regain his sanity until he sees the doll on the chair behind him, watching him. He goes over to the doll and approaches it.
Chris asks Kenneth if he made a mess in the kitchen anything but he says he didn't do it. Confused he goes downstairs.
Scene 7
Chris goes back to the living room after calling Samuel’s name and spots a trail of blood on the floor. Chris follows the trail all the way to the small cupboard and opens it only to discovers Samuels’s body. Chris shouts in disbelief which makes Kenneth come straight downstairs.
Scene 8
Kenneth joins Chris and is also shocked to see Samuel dead and wonders what could have caused this. Chris tries to keep his mind intact due to the fact that he has lost another family member. He also mentions how Samuel was talking to her earlier on how the doll was evil which Kenneth finds completely ridiculous. Chris is about to say his theory until the lights cut off.
Scene 9
Kenneth starts to panic when the lights go out but Chris tries to calm him down. It is only until he feels that something has touched his leg that he even starts to freak out even more. But just before Chris has something to say he starts to moan in pain and it is in this instant that the doll attacks Chris mentally by taking over him.
Scene 10
Kenneth puts his phone light on to see Chris who is standing completely still. He tries to talk to him but Chris replies in a more evil tone and attacks Kenneth. In the end the doll's real voice is heard and he gives out his menacing warning.
Purpose
The purpose for our movie is to entertain younger viewers and fans of the horror who have a taste for the supernatural of inanimate objects. We did not want to copy the Chucky's image but simply learn from it and see what makes the audience terrified of a child's toy. It is also to provide a thrill ride for the audience. “Corky” is created to make a timeless narrative that can be watched for many years to come by audiences of the horror movie genre.
Target audience
Our target audience are people between the ages of 15-25. This is the typical audience for the horror genre as it is not very likely that those above the age of 30 are going to watch a horror film. This is also because they are usually the age used in horror films and become prime targets because of their place in society as they are teenagers/young adults and are the future generation.
Production Schedule
Production
Company: Tragic Daze Studios Date
01/10/13
Director:
Martin Elesheku
Crew:
Martin Elesheku, Andre George, (Peter) Quyen Nguyen, Johnny Barnes
Details
of Activities Date
Pre-production:
The
Pitch will be created and verbally spoken by the whole project team
The proposal will be created by Andre George
The Treatment will be created by Martin Elesheku
The audience profiles will be researched and created by (Peter) Quyen Nguyen
The Resources for mise en scene will be researched and created by Andre George
All the textual analysis will be created by all individual team members
The Risk assessment will be created by Johnny Barnes
The screenplay will be written by Martin Elesheku
The Shot List will be created by Andre George and (Peter) Quyen Nguyen
The Reece report will be created by Andre George
The storyboard will be drawn by (Peter) Quyen Nguyen
The Titles and Credits will be produced by Andre George and (Peter) Quyen Nguyen
The Film review will be created by (Peter) Quyen Nguyen
The poster will be created by Martin Elesheku
The poster annotations will be written by Martin Elesheku
The Film review annotations will be written by Johnny Barnes
The poster annotations will be written by Martin Elesheku
The Film review annotations will be written by Johnny Barnes
Production:
The days our group have chosen to film consist of the following: 7th October, 8th October, 13th October,
14th October, 15th October, 20th October, 21st
October, 22nd October
Post-Production:
The Filming
for Rough cut will be during the period of 7th October - 25th October
The Editing
for rough cut will be during the period of 7th October – 22nd October
The Filming
for Second Cut will be during the period of 28th october-18th November
The Editing
for second cut will be during the period of - 19th November – 23rd November
The Filming
and editing for final cut will be during the period of 25th November- 7th December
Final Cut Deadline: 7th December
Audience Profiles
David Conroy
David Conroy is eighteen years old from a British nationality with English and Irish heritage, David really enjoys horrors and psychological thrillers especially The Conjuring and Child’s Play mainly something doing with fear and scaring the audience entertaining them. David comes from a working class family where he is employed as a part time delivery man for Tesco currently living in Hackney Central flats, He also enjoys games such as ‘Call Of Duty’ and also knows Taekwondo, Jiujutsu and Judo which he participates in mixed martial arts competitions. He is currently studying at the College of Haringey & North East London studying Film studies, Media studies and BTEC IT Level 3, he also enjoys Rock/Metal music enjoying the thrill of the music as well with his choices of films he enjoy which he goes cinema once a week and sometimes depending on the film shown goes to Art House cinema’s such as Rio Cinema in Dalston.
Jessica Zabier
Jessica Zabier is twenty-three years old from a British nationality with Indian heritage, Jessica is mainly a fan of Romance and comedy such as Knocked up and Hitch. She rarely goes to watch Horror’s or Psychological thrillers like David because she is scared of them, Jessica comes from a middle class family where she is currently employed as receptionist for Thompson Reuters full time and resides in Central London close to her working place. Jessica also volunteers at every opportunity she can get to such as helping the poor or helping charities set up events to collect money such as Red Cross, as well as running in marathons to help. Jessica enjoys going out regularly with her friends and most of time going shopping in such shops such as Gucci and many mainstream designer labels. She usually visits the cinema three times every week as she likes to be informed with the movies coming out and usually visits the cinema with friends as it is very entertaining for her, sometimes she watches horror’s or supernatural films such as Paranormal Activity with her friends cause with her friends it much more enjoyable to watch and she is entertained with them.
SCRIPT
EXT. HOUSE NIGHT SCENE 1
FADE IN
Kate and Chris exit the car and start talk while heading home
KATE
Are you okay Chris?
CHRIS
yeah I just... cant believe he's gone you know
Chris and Kate make their way to the door and enter their house
CHRIS
all I have to remember him is this doll he left me
KATE
(she sighs) all I know is that he is not staying in our room
CHRIS
but he's part of the family now right (he smiles)
the two characters enter the house and start to settle in the house
CHRIS
well I'm gonna head upstairs and take a shower (he hands the doll over to Kate)
KATE
I cleaned it up before you left so please don't make a mess
CHRIS
alright (he heads upstairs)
KATE
uh sure (she frowns while Chris leaves)
Chris leaves to go take a shower. Kate inspects the doll, she sees buttons on its back and presses one.
DOLL
I love you
KATE
(Kate jumps)
Creepy thing (Kate then places it on the kitchen counter.)
DOLL
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me.
DOLL
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me.
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 2
Kate is watching TV. The door bell rings which she goes to answer and sees that it is Josh's dad Samuel looking distressed
KATE
oh Sam I never knew you were dropping by
SAMUEL
(looking distressed)I'm sorry but I must discuss something with you may I
Kate lets Samuel in and shows him to the living room
KATE
would you care for a drink
SAMUEL
that would be quite nice thank you
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 3
Kate heads into the kitchen to get Samuel a drink but fails to realize the doll is missing. she enters back into the living room
KATE
here you go
SAMUEL
thank you so much
KATE
I'm so sorry for your loss Sam losing a son must be hard
SAMUEL
yeah, must be hard for Chris as well, him and Josh were really close.
KATE
your right about that
SAMUEL
well that is why I came to talk... I might have a thought on what killed Josh
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 4
Samuel and Kate start to have a conversation
KATE
did you just say killed I thought he died from illness.
SAMUEL
I know I thought about that but then I had a
theory... your probably gonna think I'm crazy (he puts his hand over
his head and breathes deeply) its been bugging me ever since my Josh's
death
KATE
go on
SAMUEL
(he breathes deeply)
its just that josh never acted strange until he got
that doll for his birthday. he started to tell me things like the doll
was talking to him and was his best friend. every time i would see
him with it i had the feeling as if it was watching me... as if it
hated me.
KATE
what are you trying to say?
SAMUEL
(puts both hands on his head)its crazy really crazy...but i think that josh's death had something to do with the...
there is a sudden noise in the kitchen which catches Kate's attention and breaks off Samuel's conversation
KATE
god what wasthat (she gets up) I will be right back
SAMUEL
okay then
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 5
kate heads into the kitchen to check out what the
source of the noise was and sees some utensils out of place and starts
to put them back
KATE
(to herself)how the hell did this happen.
Kate goes upstairs
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 6
Samuel gets up from the chair and goes over to the mirror to clear his head
SAMUEL
(he whispers to himself)I'm just imagining things that must be it get a grip on yourself
he puts his hands on his face to clear his mind until
he spots the doll in the reflection. he turns sharply towards it and
notices its gaze is fixed on him.
SAMUEL
how did you...(he approaches the doll) ugh no your-your just a toy theres no way you could do anything but still...
he picks it up unaware of the knife it carries in its clothing.
DOLL
A, b, c, d, e, f, g, someone should of told you not to fuck with me
(Samuel is killed off screen)
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 7
KATE
(she shouts)Chris! were you in the kitchen
CHRIS
what?
KATE
did you go into the kitchen?
CHRIS
you would've noticed me, if I did and how could I? I was in the shower remember
KATE
uh huh(giving a confused look)
she heads back downstairs and finds a trail of blood along the floor. She follows it to the cupboard. She slowly opens the door and discovers Samuel on the floor
KATE
oh my god Samuel are you ok (she turns him over and sees what happened to him and screams)
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 8
Chris reacts quickly to the scream and hurries his way to the living room to see what has happened
CHRIS
what! what is it (he sees Sam and his expression drops) Sam god no not you too... why... how (he takes a seat followed by Kate)
KATE
when I left him he seemed fine well to some extent
CHRIS
to some extent? what do you mean
KATE
he was telling me how he thinks his son was killed
CHRIS
killed?! by who
KATE
by the doll I know I know its crazy he might of committed...
CHRIS
no! I know my brother he wouldn't do this but i find it hard to believe that a toy could...
the power goes off just as Chris is talking which makes Kate start to panic
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 9
KATE
what happened to the lights?
CHRIS
its probably just a short black out don't panic
the movement of furniture and valuables falling on the floor get to the two characters attention.
Doll
Big hug (the doll hits Kate's leg)
KATE
agh... something hit my leg
CHRIS
then don't move its probably because you hit the chair or something
KATE
no there's something else here Chris... it must be the
CHRIS
I swear if u say its the doll...
laughter is heard in the darkness
KATE
that did not come from any one of us
CHRIS
I still don't see how its a...(Chris is attacked by the doll)
KATE
Chris!
a struggle ensues between the doll and Chris in the darkness while Kate tries her best to help him.
KATE
Chris!
CHRIS
(change in tone)get this fucking thing off me
she manages to get a random object and hit the doll. it grunts and releases Chris but disappears
INT.HOUSE-NIGHT SCENE 10
the lights come back on and Kate sees the mess the doll has caused and goes over to help Chris
KATE
Chris(she walks to him) are you okay(helping him up)
he doesn't respond
KATE
thank goodness its all over (she hugs him)
CHRIS/doll
yeah well over for you anyways (in his changed tone and evil smirk)
KATE
what Chris!
CHRIS/DOLL
think again(he raises the knife in his hand and attacks)
his laughter is heard after he attacks Kate
THE END
THE END
Shot List - final
Story Board
Reece
report
The only location we will be using for our film is a house.
We are using a house because it is typical for the horror genre. It provides a
sense of security which we want to disrupt. The benefits of this location are
that it will be available most of the time.
This is the living room. This is where most of the film will
take place so it is vital that we get the spacing right so we have the right
angles and framing. As we are recording
over different periods of time objects might move this could potentially break
continuity. Furthermore lighting may be difficult as one of the lights are
broken and the over isn’t very bright. To overcome this we will take pictures
so we know what is where, we will also uses lamps to brighten up the room when
necessary.
This is the
kitchen. It is where the strange mishaps will start. It is the source of an important
props it is also a good means to divert attention. It is good because it has
good lighting. The kitchen is very small and so spacing for the camera will be
tight. We will try to overcome this by making as much space as we can.
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