1. By Rachel, Vikki, Alex
and Hannah

2. Similar to… Girl Interupted
Susanna is depressed and directionless after
finishing high school in the late 1960's. A
suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a
mental institution. She befriends the band
of troubled women in her ward (Georgina
the pathological liar, the sexually abused
Daisy, the burn victim Polly) but falls under
the hypnotic sway of Lisa, the wildest and
most hardened of the bunch. Will Susanna
"drop anchor" at Claymore and perpetually
act out like Lisa, or will she finally pull her
mind together and leave institutional life
behind?
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi
1286209817/

3. Similar to... Telling Mark
Mark and Carlotta are preparing a
dinner party for Mark's work
mates. Before the guests arrive
Mark confesses that everyone at
work has been acting strangely
towards him. Meanwhile, on their
way to the party, the guests discuss
if they can bring themselves to
break the shattering news they
must tell Mark.
http://www.imdb.com/video/wab
/vi1273562649/

4. Similar to... The Butterfly Effect
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single,
working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory
blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else,
confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him,
thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan
grows up he has fewer of these blackouts until he seems to
have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary
of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens.
One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and
suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!
http://youtu.be/-Qn9-UpT4Oo

5. Semi-Detached
We chose the name Semi-Detached because it represents the
relationship between the three characters and also Sue’s
detachment from reality.
We considered calling it: Loose Connections, Solitary,
Detached. But none of these names have the same effect as
Semi-Detached.
It’s not about
a house!!!!

6. Characters
Sue – played by Hannah
Recently admitted from a mental home, taking medication for her
schizophrenia.
Mazy – played by Alex
A distant and innocent daughter of Sue.
Steve – played by Callum
Sue’s loving husband who is worried about her mental health and is
supportive.

7. Narrative
Our short films main concepts are time and technology, using flashbacks.
Sue has been suffering for a while and has to rely on the people around her. The
strongest attachment she has is with her daughter, Mazy and Steve is her brick wall.
After everything that she has been through she begins to question what is actually
reality. She spent a year in Severalls Mental Hospital and now she has to cope with
the real world. But how does she cope with the stress of life outside the mental
hospital?

8. Propp’s Theory
All three characters are victims in our story but in various different ways. Sue is a
victim to a mental condition which is prominent through out the film. Steve is
victimized because of what he has to deal with; his wife struggles and he has to cope
with reality. Mazy suffered from a collision and they all have to deal with this fact.

9. Props
Fake knife
Fake blood
Motorbike
Diary and pen
Tattoo
cutlery and food
Medication

10. Costume
Sue – Normal clothes (jeans, t shirt)
hair tied
Mazy – tomboy, motorbike jacket,
jeans, converse and helmet
Steve – Jeans, t shirt..
Sue in mental home – white long shirt
hair messy, smudged make up, pale
and pasty, dark circles around the eyes
Mazy after crash same but covered in
blood.

11. Location
Hannah’s house for kitchen/dining
scenes
Bright, cheerful, homely environment.
Food cooking in background.
Front of house when motorbike pulls up,
Alex walking into house.
Alex’s house for mental home.
White, bare, creepy, dark. Similar to a
mental home.

12. Lighting
Up until the end of the film the lighting will be bright and homely, except
for any flashbacks.
Flashbacks will be eerie, dark and made clearly as a flashback. Distorted
effects to make it seem messed up.
The end of the film will be distorted, dark & creepy.

13. Style
We will be using over 8 close ups throughout the film. The most
significant close up is of Sue’s tattoo.
We plan on using a graphic cut to go from Sue looking back at her diary
to her writing the entry whilst she was in the mental home. This will
show that the diary is an important part in her life.
We use a match-on-action when Sue is chopping vegetables, we cut to
Steve setting the table.
Shot-reverse shot, we use this when Sue is talking to Mazy and Steve.
Eye line match when Sue is writing her diary.

14. Who is It aimed at?
Our short film is aimed at a teenage/young adult audience who are
interested in both student made films and of the psychological
horror/thriller genre.
People who enjoy a twist and being surprised.
People who do not enjoy gore or being scared would not enjoy our film.

16. Themes/Genre
Horror Suspense
Thriller Shock
Violence
Mental illness
Psychological
Gory

17. Time and Technology
We use a mobile phone as the first sign that something is wrong.
The flashbacks in our film are the time aspect.

18. Animatic
http://goanimate.com/movie/0TG9fkNeyXjk?utm_so
urce=linkshare&uid=04VFL56DKdrQ

19. Thank you for
your time!!!