SARAHBY UMUT, AALIYAH AND MONISHA

“Who's there?”

PLOT

• SET AT NIGHT, PROTAGANIST SARAH IS ASLEEP (EQUILIBRIUM)

• SHE IS WOKEN UP BY A NOISE (DISRUPTION)

• SHE GOES TO INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE

• SHE FINDS A BROKEN PICTURE FRAME IN THE KITCHEN WITH THE PICTURE MISSING (RECOGNITION OF THE DISRUPTION)

• SHE SEES THE MISSING PICTURE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER (PICTURE OF BESTFREIND AND PROTAGANIST HOWEVER THE BESTFREIND IS NOW MISSING FROM THE IMAGE)

• SHE HEARS A NOISE, GOES TOWARDS IT, BUT HEARS ANOTHER NOISE BEHIND HER (CREAKING DOOR)

• SHE REACHES FOR THE DOOR HANDLE BUT IT FORCEFULLY SLAMS SHUT

• IMMEDIANTLY SHE HEARS WHISPERS GRADUALLY GETTING LOUDER

• SHE RUNS TO THE FRONT DOOR HOWEVER IT WONT OPEN

• THEN SHE RUNS TO THE LIVING ROOM TO PHONE FOR HELP, SHE HEARS A LOUD SCREAM WHICH LEADS INTO A FLASHBACK OF HER FRIEND GETTING RUN OVER, IN WHICH THE PROTAGANIST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T HELP

PLOT

• SARAH DROPS THE PHONE DUE TO THE LOUD SCREAM

• SUDDENLY THE TV TURNS ON BY ITSELF (STATIC)

• SARAH TURNS OFF TV

• TV TURNS ON BY ITSELF HOWEVER SARAH CANNOT CONTROL IT

• IN A PANIC SHE TRYS TO LEAVE THE LIVING ROOM BUT IS TRAPPED AND HAS NO WAY OUT

• LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF

• SHE HEARS SOUND FROM THE TV OF HER DEAD FRIEND TALKING

• DEAD FRIEND ON TV IS SPOOKILY SWAYING AND REPEATEDLY CALLING HER NAME

• DEAD FRIEND APPEARS BEHIND SARAH AS THE LIGHTS FLICKER (WITHOUT SARAH REALSISING)

• SARAH SLOWLY MOVES TOWARDS HER LIVING ROOM DOOR

• DEAD GIRL APPEARS IN FRONT OF SARAH FOR A SPLIT SECOND

• SARAH IS KNELT DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN PANIC (LIGHTS STILL FLICKERING)

• SHE HEARS HER NAME BEING SCREAMED WHICH IS GETTING LOUDER, LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING FASTER.

• SARAH WHISPERS ‘IM SORRY’ THEN EVERYTHING GOES SILENT (LIGHTS TURN BACK ON) (AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE ORDER)

• SOUND OF SARAH REACHING FOR A LIGHTER, SHE LIGHTS IT

• HEAVY BREATHING FROM SARAH

• DEAD GIRLS POPS OUT FROM THE SHADOW (NEW EQUIBLIBRIUM –OPEN ENDING)

POSTER IDEAS

THROUGH RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT:

• THE MAJORITY OF HORROR FILM POSTERS USE AN IMAGE OF THE PROTAGONIST AMONGST DARK BACKGROUND COLOURS AND RED FONT. THIS IS BECAUSE RED CONNOTES FIRE AND BLOOD AND IS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANGER WHILST DARK COLOURS LIKE BLACK CONNOTES MYSTERY AND DARKNESS. THESE COLOURS WORK TOGETHER AND ENABLE THE AUDIENCE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE FILM IS OF THE HORROR GENRE

• THEY FREQUENTLY USE A TAG LINE WHICH ENTICES THE AUDIENCE TO WATCH THE FILM

POSTER IDEASPOSTER WILL INCLUDE:

• TITLE OF THE FILM IN BOLD FONT AND RED WRITING IN ORDER TO GRAB ATTENTION

• DARK BACKGROUND AND DESIGN FOLLOWING THE STYLE OF OUR FILM WHICH INCLUDES MINIMAL LIGHTING

• TAG LINE ‘WHO’S THERE?’

• IMAGE OF PROTAGONIST

• ADDITIONAL CREDITS

• BILLING BLOCK

THESE ARE THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR OUR FILM POSTER:

TARGET AUDIENCE

PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE:

• OUR FILM IS TARGETED TOWARDS BOTH GENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-30. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SUPERNATURAL/HORROR GENRE WILL APPEAL TO YOUNG ADULTS. ALSO BECAUSE THE FILM CONTAINS DISTUBRING SCENES IT WILL NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THOSE BELOW THE AGE OF 18.

• ETHNICITY: ALL

• SOCIO ECONOMIC GRADE: THIS FILM WILL ALSO APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF A SOCIO ECONOMIC GRADE FROM C1, C2, D AND E. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE SPARE TIME TO WATCH FILMS AND ALSO IT IS A FORM OF ESCAPE FROM REALITY.

TARGET AUDIENCE

SECONDARY TARGET AUDIENCE:

BOTH GENDERS RANGING FROM 30-45. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE PEOPLE OF THIS AGE WILL STILL BE INTERESTED IN THE SUPERNATURAL/HORROR GENRE AND WILL BE INTRIGUED BY THE PSYCOLOGICAL THRILLING STORYLINE

• PEOPLE OF A SOCIO ECONOMIC GRADE SUCH AS A AND B WILL NOT HAVE THE SPARE TIME

CONVENTIONS OF SUPERNATURAL HORROR GENRE

• FREQUENTLY SET WITHIN THE HOUSE OF THE PROTAGONIST WHICH PROMOTES FEAR OF THE UNWANTED ENTERING THE INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL SPACE

• SET IN A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, GIVING THE IDEA OF ISOLATION/ NO ESCAPE

• GHOSTS/SPIRITS

• A FEMALE AS THE MAIN CHARACTER BECAUSE THEY ARE PERCEIVED TO BE VULNERABLE AND CARING

• SET AT NIGHT

• MAIN CHARACTER TROUBLED BY SOMETHING FROM THEIR PAST

• MURDERED CHARACTERS COMING BACK TO SEEK REVENGE

• SUPERNATURAL PRESENCE IS NORMALLY SOMETHING THAT ONE CAN NOT EASILY FIGHT OR ESCAPE

CINEMATOGRAPHY• THE TYPE OF SHOT SIZES WE PLAN TO USE ARE RESTRICTED TOWARDS MEDIUM TO CLOSE UP SHOTS AS THE

PROTAGONIST IS GOING TO BE IN AN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT INSTEAD OF THE OUTDOORS

• CLOSE UPS WILL BE USED IN SCENES SUCH AS THE KITCHEN SCENE IN WHICH SARAH SEES THE PICTURE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER

• ALSO IN THE SCENE WE SEE SARAH USING THE REMOTE CONTROL TO SHUT THE TV(EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE BUTTON)MEDIUM SHOTS WILL BE USED TO FOCUS MORE ON SARAH BODY LANGUAGE TO ILLUSTRATE HER FEAR AS THE HAUNTING PROCEEDS.

• A LONG SHOT WILL BE USED DURING THE FLASHBACK TO HELP THE AUDIENCE ESTABLISH THE DIFFERENT LOCATION THE SCENE IS IN.

• IN TERMS OF ANGLES AND MOVEMENT, WE PLAN TO USE HIGH ANGLE SHOTS TO SHOW THE VULNERABILITY OF SARAH SUCH AS WHEN SHE IS WALKING SLOWLY BACK TOWARDS THE DOOR.

• CANDID SHOTS WILL BE USED AT POINTS SUCH AS WHEN SARAH TRIES TO REACH FOR THE DOOR HANDLE WHICH WILL HELP GIVE AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEEL.

• STEADICAM/TRACKING SHOTS WILL BE USED WHEN SARAH IS GOING INTO THE KITCHEN AS IT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO INTRODUCE THE SCENE WHEN SHE SEES THE BROKEN PICTURE FRAME AS THE CAMERA WILL BE POSITIONED IN AN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT TO AN THE EFFECT OF THE AUDIENCE SEEING WHAT HAPPENED AS THE CHARACTER DOES.

• FOCUS PULLS WILL BE USED IN A QUICK MOTION TO ADD A FEAR FACTOR IN THE SCENE WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND WE SEE THE DEAD GIRL STANDING RIGHT BEHIND SARAH.EDITING

•QUICK CUTS WILL MAINLY BE USED •JUMP CUTS WILL BE USED IN SPECIFIC MOMENTS SUCH AS THE FLASHBACK WHICH COMBINES QUICK CUTS WITH A FADE TO WHITE/BLACK

MISE EN SCENE

SETTING

• SET IN THE CHARACTERS HOME

LIGHTING

• LOW KEY LIGHTING WITH BOTH BRIGHT AND DARK AREAS WITHIN THE FRAME

• BACK LIGHTING USED IN ORDER TO CREATE SILHOUETTES AND CREATE A SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM ADDING TO THE FEELING OF SUSPENSE

• UNDER LIGHTING USED TO DISFIGURE FACE AND HIGHLIGHT THE EMOTION ON SARAH'S FACE WHILST AMONGST DARKNESS

COSTUME

• PROTAGONIST SARAH WILL BE DRESSED CASUALLY AS SHE IS MEANT TO APPEAR ORDINARY, THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THE AUDIENCES FOCUS IS NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM THE ACTION WITHIN THE SCENE

PROPS

• PICTURE FRAME

• ZIPPO LIGHTER

• TV REMOTE

• STAGE BLOOD

HAIR & MAKEUP

• PROTAGONIST WILL BE WEARING MINIMAL MAKEUP TO GIVE HER A NATURAL FRESH FACED LOOK

• DISHEVELLED HAIR AS THE CHARACTERS BEHAVIOUR BECOMES ERRATIC

SOUND

NON DIEGETIC SOUND: THIS INCLUDES

• ORCHESTRAL BACKGROUND MUSIC WHICH IS CONVENTIONAL OF THE HORROR GENRE AS THIS CREATES SUSPENSE

• SOUND EFFECTS LIKE ‘WHOOSH’ TO INITIATE THE FLASHBACK

ON SCREEN DIEGETIC SOUND:

• DIALOGUE OF PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST

• PHONE CALL

• STATIC TV

• SOUND OF DOOR OPENING

OFF SCREEN DIEGETIC SOUND:

• PICTURE FRAME SMASHING

• DOORS CREAKING AND SLAMMING SHUT

• ANTAGONIST SCREAMING

• FAINT TO LOUD WHISPERS OF MANY VOICES

• SOUNDS OF OBJECTS BEING MOVED AND DROPPED

• LIGHTER BEING LIT

NARRATIVE FEATURES THEMES:

• THE UNKNOWN

• ISOLATION

• DANGER

• TERROR

CHARACTER/S:

• THE PROTAGONIST IS PLAYED BY A FEMALE COMMON OF THIS GENRE WITH HEGEMONIC STEREOTYPICAL REPRESENTATION OF BEING DEFENCELESS

STRUCTURE:

• NON LINEAR BECAUSE OUR FILM FEATURES FLASHBACKS

SIMILAR FILMS SIMILAR FILMS INCLUDE INSIDIOUS, THE CONJURING AND PARANORMAL

ACTIVITY SERIES.THESE FILMS ARE STRONG COMPETITORS IN THE SUPERNATURAL GENRE AND THE NARRATIVE OF THESE FILMS REVOLVE AROUND THE IDEA THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER/S IS BEING HAUNTED BY A FORCE STRONGER THAN THEM, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DEMONIC CREATURES OR GHOSTS. WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE FILM WE ARE CREATING AS THE PROTAGONIST SARAH IS BEING HAUNTED BY A FRIEND OF HERS WHO SHE CANT FIGHT OFF.