delusion pitch

2. OVERVIEW
Sub genre: The sub genre of our film will be a physiological thriller as after extensive
research into thriller sub genres we decided that this would be the best one to do as
it can have a very large impact on the audience
plot of sequence: two friends will be messing around in a wood taking pictures of each
other to gain memories of their trips out. One friend blacks out and drops the
camera. After this the camera turns on and the person on the floor is pictured and
the supposed “person” taking the picture takes a picture of his shoes iswell after
this shot the camera cuts again. following this he wakes up to find that his friend is
missing and that he has blood on his hands he cannot fully reconstruct what has
happened so he begins to search for his friend. The next scene consists of the first
friend developing photos they took on the day and trying to find something that
helps him find his missing friend and why he had blood on his hands, while he is
doing this he hears the door opening in the dark room and he turns around to find
that nothing is behind him.
Themes: some of the themes we as a group thought of are, hallucinations, delusions and
mental illness although the last theme could be offensive some people we would not
make it very clear or apparent to the audience that there is actually something wrong
with the character, we would only give subtle clues that could suggest something
like psychosis for example.
Representations:

3. LOCATIONS
Interior: we will be filming one scene of our opening in the photography
dark room in the college this is where flashbacks will trigger. This will
also be where Benjie suffers a hallucination. This is also where Benjie
will be developing the photos from the day in the woods where Lucy
went missing.
Exterior: The exterior location will be Reigate priory woods which is a 10
minute walk from the college. We will be filming in the daylight so we
will have to desaturate colours in the shots to create a more thrilling
mood.
Permissions: we will need permission to film in the dark room from the
photography department. But we do not need permission to film in the
woods as it is a public area

4. STRUCTURE
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Key dramatic Moment? What? When?

5. REPRESENTATION: CHARACTER
Character 1: This is the main character that appears throughout most of the film
opening, his name is Benjie Teller and he is 16 years old there is something
that is wrong with him but no one seems to know what it is. He only has a
few friends but none of them are really close to him. He only has one very
close friend that he actually opens up to.
Character 2: This is the girl that Benjie is very close with and the friend that goes
missing. Her name is Lucy Mitchell and she is 16 years old. She is much
more comfortable around people than Benjie and has a more elaborate social
life than but she chooses to be friends with him because she thinks that he
is an honest person and honest people do not form a large part of her social
group.
Character 3: It is unclear if this character is a delusion in Benjie's head or in fact
a real person this is the “person” that pics up the camera and takes pictures
of Benjie on the floor and of his shoes

6. HOW?
Genre conventions?
Attracting target Audience?
Mood/Atmosphere creation?

7. HOW? MISE EN SCENE
Setting – time and place
Props – prop requests?
Lighting
Costume/makeup
Performance and proxemics

8. HOW? CAMERAWORK
Genre conventions?
POV?
Particular key shots?
Variety?

9. SOUND
Diegetic? Dialogue/voiceover script
Non- Diegetic?

10. POST PRODUCTION
Any ideas about editing, sound, sfx, titles?

11. INFLUENCES FROM RESEARCH
Which films and opening sequences have influenced you and why?