storyboard

above is the storyboard we created after writing our group plot

film trailer plot

The trailer begins with the production companies name. There is a diegetic sound of a train and someone listening to music. The next shot then shows a man on the train listening to music through earphones, the music is just loud enough to hear. A man then walks past with a newspaper relating to the war and a close up shot shows the story before the train goes through the tunnel and the scene fades out. There's then a flashback of a squad of soldiers walking through a forest where they are ambushed. There is a gunfire which marks the fade out of the scene followed by an inter title with the background of the woods, reading 'the death of a friend'This then fades again and the main character (Mark) holds him in his arms as he dies . It fades back to the train and shows a close up of him starring into space looking sad. The inter titles 'pushed over the edge' show in between cuts and it changes to a cut where his girlfriend tells him she's cheated on him. This then cuts to the inter titles "it's time for a new war", then a scene shows a close up of him packing his knife and other equipment into a sports bag/rucksack. Then it shows Lisa on the phone and we hear the diegetic dialogue, "Thomas, he knows". Then it cuts to Thomas' house and a close up on his fridge with a note saying "That's the problem with best friends, they know all your secrets, I'm coming for you." After reading this Thomas runs out of the house and as he runs past a blind corner he's struck down and tackled/punched. Then it cuts to a scene were we see him being held under the water. The next cut shows the inter title "This time he's not the only one fighting to survive." There is then an establishing shot of woods at night. The next scene shows Thomas hitting mark and running away through the woods. As he gets around the corner Mark is stood there with a bloody nose staring menacingly at Thomas. He charges at him knocking his phone out his hand which he's using as a light. While he tries to get signal, as the phone hits the floor, the light goes out and everything goes black. The words "he will have retribution" appear at the end with the word "retribution". Posted by Ruth's Blog! at 14:20 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Final Film Plot The film begins in a greyish colour at a war zone with troops advancing under enemy fire. The commander gives the order to advance through a smoky forest and the main character's friend, Matthew, gets hit by grenade. As they head through, he runs to him but it's too late and he dies in front of him. The gunfire fades out and so does the scene. The next scene is in normal colour and present day in front of the commander. The main character, Mark looks shaken up and the commander tells him he's in no state to continue his service and to go home and spend time with his girlfriend while he gets over losing his friend. Since after his friends death, Mark had been experiencing flashbacks of him and he imagines he's having conversations with him regularly. This false representation of Matthew tells Mark his girlfriend, Lisa, is cheating on him. He tries to forget about it but he himself has been noticing she has been acting different since he's returned from war. He finally confronts Lisa and she admits to cheating on him with one of his best friends, Thomas while he has been away at the army. It's at this point he storms out the room and heads upstairs to pack his bag. He begins by just packing his clothes but on later inspection notices other stuff such as rope and knives. This is when Mark says out loud, “ What, I didn't pack these!” and Matthew speaks to him and says, “I know, I did”. He tries to remove them but eventually, after they keep reappearing he leaves them, as it is no use. He leaves the house and pushes his girlfriend out of the way as she tries to say she's sorry. He yells “It's over” before slamming the door. The next scene shows her on the phone to Thomas warning him and telling him to watch out because Mark knows and he's not himself. Thomas hears something while on the phone and turns round to his fridge/mirror and finds a note saying “that's the problem with best friends, they know all of your fears. Scared of the dark?”. After he reads this the lights go out and he hears running. The door shuts before power returns. Scared and on the phone to Lisa the whole time, Thomas tells her what he has witnessed and only Mark knows about his embarrassing phobia of the dark. Lisa rings Mark and confronts him about it, this where he tells her he's been sleeping while this has been going on and hasn't been anywhere near Thomas before hanging up. He goes back to sleep and has a weird dream with him and Matthew in it. In the dream, Mark and Matthew plant a letter in Thomas' house before turning off the light and rushing out through the front door. Matthew talks to Mark and Mark tells Matthew all about how he's struggling to cope. He tells Mark, “Thomas will pay, I'll see to that”. Mark then wakes up and finds the words “Die. Suffer. Pay” repeatedly carved around where he was sleeping and looks at his hands to find them bloody/muddy ( this depends on location as to whether he sleeps in a house or sleeps rough in the wilderness). Stuff like this continues to happen until Thomas becomes enveloped in fear. When a final note says, “I'm coming for you soon”, seeing this he runs from his house only to be ambushed in an alleyway and suffocated with a bag until he passes out. He regains consciousness and is tied up in his own bathroom where Mark, with a slightly different darker voice says, “Scared of drowning too, wasn't it?”. He looks over to see a bath full of water and Mark laughing. He looks terrified at this point and begs him to stop, but Mark just laughs harder and says, “Let's see how long you can hold your breath for?”, before dragging him over and pushing his head under water. At this point, Lisa runs in and pulls him off. He turns to her, and he says, “Oh god Mark, what's happened to you?” before backing away. He throws her to the floor and she hits her head, losing consciousness. He then moves back to Thomas, who is coughing and spluttering, and hits him in the side of the head knocking him out. The next scene shows Thomas looking out of the car boot as it is opened, and Mark drags him out. He sees a forest and Lisa tied, and on her knees blindfolded. He is forced on his knees next to her. Matthew says, “Since you had no problem choosing between me and her, let's see how easy it is for you to choose between you and her. One of you dies”. Thomas manages to break free and hits Matthew who falls to the floor. He then frees Lisa and they run through the forest away from Mark. He catches them up and pins Matthew to the floor, hitting him over and over again. Meanwhile, Lisa is screaming “Stop it! This isn't you!”. He has memories of the four of them (Him, Lisa, Thomas and Matthew ) This somehow seems to wake Mark and he releases Matthew. As he does this, Matthew screams at him, “Finish this, finish it you coward! If you don't I'll get them when you're sleeping , you can't stay awake forever!”. He replies with, “I know” and we see him walk towards an edge by the river. We see Lisa watch him, then look to Mark to check he's okay. We hear a splash , and when the camera pans Mark is gone. The film ends with the camera cutting to the side of the river where Mark has been washed up. It ends on a close up of his face and his eyes fling open, where he gasps before it ends.

plot group discussion,

after the original plot we held a group meeting and chose to incorporate aspects from all of the plots the group wrote, below is the redrafted version,

The film begins in a greyish colour at a war zone with troops advancing while under enemy fire the commander gives the order to advance through a smokey forest and the main character's friend (john green) gets hit by a grenade as they head through, he runs to him but is too late and he dies in front of him, the gunfire fades out and so does the scene. [ ] The next scene is in normal colour and present day infront of the commander the main character (kyle freeman)looks shaken and the commander tells him he's in no state to continue his service and to go home and spend time with his girlfriend while he gets over losing his friend. [ ] since after his death he's been experiencing flashbacks of him and he imagines he's having conversations with him regularly, this false representation of John tells Kyle his girlfriend (Lisa) is cheating on him, he try's to forget about it but he himself has been noticing shes been acting different since he's returned from the war. [ ] He finally confronts her and she admits to cheating on him with one of his best friends (Eric) while he's been away at the army, it's at this point he storms out of the room and heads upstairs to back his bag, he begins by just packing clothes but on later inspection notices other stuff such as rope and knives, this is when Kyle says out loud "what, i didn't pack these" and john speaks to him and says "I know, i did". He tries to remove them but eventually after they keep reappearing he leaves them as its no use. [ ] He leaves the house and pushes his girlfriend out of the way as she tries to say she's sorry he yells its over before slamming the door. [ ] The next scene shows her on the phone to Eric warning him and telling him to watch out because Kyle knows and he's not himself. Eric hears something while on the phone and turns round to his fridge/mirror and finds a note saying "that's the problem with best friends they know all of your fears, scared of the dark?" after he reads this the lights go out he hears running and then the door shuts before power returns. [ ] Scared and on the phone to Lisa the whole time Eric tells her what he's witnessed and only Kyle knows about his embarrassing phobia of the dark, Lisa rings Kyle and confronts him about it, this is where he tells her he's been sleeping while this has been going on and hasn't been anywhere near Eric before hanging up, he goes back to sleep and dreams a weird dream with him and John in, in it him and John plant a letter in Eric's house before turning off the light and rushing out through the front door. In this dream John talks to Kyle and Kyle tells John all about how he's struggling to cope, he tells Kyle "Eric will pay il see to that" Kyle then wakes up and finds the words "die.suffer.pay" repeatedly carved around where he was sleeping and looks at his own hands to find them bloody/muddy (this depends on location as to wether he sleeps in a house or sleeps rough in the wilderness). [ ] Stuff like this continues to happen until Eric becomes enveloped in fear when a final note says "I'm coming for you soon" seeing this he runs from his house only to be ambushed in an alleyway and suffocated with a bag until he passes out. [ ] He regains consciousness and is tied up in his own bathroom where Kyle with a slightly different darker voice says "scared of drowning too wasn't it?" He looks over to see a bath full of water and Kyle laughing. [ ] He looks terrified at this point and begs him to stop but Kyle just laughs harder and says let's see how long you can hold your breath for before dragging him over and pushing his head under. At this point Lisa runs in and pulls him off, he turns to her and she says "oh god Kyle what's happened to you" before backing a way. [ ] He throws her to the floor and she hits her head losing consciousness, he then moves back to Eric who is coughing and spluttering and hits him in the side of the head knocking him out [ ] The next seen shows Eric looking out as a car boot is opened and Kyle drags him out he sees a forest and Lisa tied, and on her knees blindfolded and he is forced on his knees next to her. Kyle says "since you had no problem choosing between me and her lets see how easy it is for you to choose her or yourself, one of you dies". [ ] Eric manages to break free and hits John who falls to the floor, he then frees Lisa and they run through the forest away from Kyle, he catches them up and pins Eric to the floor hitting him over and over again, meanwhile Lisa is screaming "stop it! This isn't you" he has memories of the four of them, him, Lisa, Eric and John. This seems to somehow wake Kyle and he releases Eric. [ ] As he does this John screams at him "finish this, finish it you coward! If you don't il get them when you fall asleep you can't stay awake forever." He replies with "I know " and we see him walk towards an edge by the river. We see Lisa watch him then look to Eric to check he's okay , we hear a splash and when the camera pans he's gone. The film ends with the camera cutting to the side of the river where Kyle has washed up, it ends on a close up of his face and his eyes fling open and he gasps before it ends.

this was the second plot where we icorporated all of the ideas we had, before being given the task of creating a trailer plot

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research

ive also watched the film saw 3 to gain an insight into the totrture aspect of films, although the torture in mine was mostly psycological

alter ego

this video is where i got my inspiration for the alter ego in my film, they make a visible difference between the character and his alter ego through the simple use of a different hairstyle which could be easily recreated.

original plot.

below is the original plot since then weve had a meeting and agreed to all work on a combined plot of all four, we have all agreed to rewrite a version to bring in tuesday and then well decide on the best one.

 

Plot for thriller  05/08/2012

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The film starts with a fight scene between two characters the protagonist and antagonist, this is the films most climactic scene and is also shown towards the end, it makes very little sense until previous events are recollected throughout the film and the reader pieces together important parts that provide an insight into the two mysterious characters.

After this initial scene it cuts to two weeks before and shows the social life of the protagonist with his friends joking about and showing a generally positive attitude towards life. Everything seems to be going well for him until when walking home alone he comes across a young women being mugged and attempts to save her, she gets away but he is attacked by the would be muggers and suffers several blows until he is knocked down and falls to the floor, while falling he hits his head on the pavement and suffers a severe injury to his head that causes him to loose consciousness.

He then awakes in hospital confused With no recollection of what has happened or how he got there and is even more baffled when he is told he checked himself in. After several tests and scans it becomes clear the head trauma has had a severe psychological effect and a doctor informs him he may experience rapid mood swings or a feeling of loss of identity.

He returns home and becomes steadily more withdrawn from friends and family, he also experiences black outs and awakens lost with no memory of what has happened, he grows more concerned as he sees a news broadcast of a man killed and finds a wallet in his pocket with an I'd card, the picture on the card matches the victim. As well as this he begins to receive malicious messages from an unknown number, the messages and murders continue until one message asks for him to meet the mysterious stranger if he wants the murders to stop , upon arriving

He find the place deserted with nothing but a mobile phone in the middle of the room, the phone appears to be blank except for one video, a CCTV recording of him being mugged, after he has finished watching it the mysterious stranger appears from behind with a malicious smile on his face and the protagonist enraged and believing this stranger could of stopped the attack yells at him before taking a swing, his fist

Misses and hits a wall before he is hit from behind with a pole and blacks out. When he awakens the phone is still there he continues to watch the video until shockingly he realises the people who attacked him are the ones being murdered, after this several flashbacks occur and he recounts killing all of the attackers.

He gets back home and locks

Himself in the bathroom where upon catching his reflection he sees a dark twisted almost unrecognisable version of himself, he realises this

Is the mysterious stranger and after several words are exchanged he collapses in a spasm, when he regains consciousness he sees himself from the mirror and his dark alter ego takes over, he leans towards the mirror and whispers "time for a change of leadership" before the protagonist watches From the mirror as his dark double leaves in his body.

The next sequence of the film shows his alter ego go after the remaining two attackers, he kills one of them but before he is able to kill the second the protagonist takes over again, he releases the man who then runs away. As he is about to leave the antagonist manifests and they have a fight for control over the body, this is shown by two people fighting but when shown from other perspectives we see the protagonist throwing punches at thin air which shows it is all in his head, he continues to fight until the antagonist

Looses his footing, it is here the protagonist charges at him and pins

Him to the floor, he repeatedly punches the antagonist until the manifestation disappears and he is left alone. He gives a narration and then the film jumps back to before the attack,he finds himself at two paths, one has the alleyway where the girl is mugged and the other leads to an alternate route home, it's ends with the lines "would you go through it all again to save one person" before ending leaving the viewer wandering if he makes the same choice as before .