OUR PLAN FROM TODAY

9/10/14 | PLANNING | BRAINSTORMING

Today, we discussed the following

• We are going to create a psychological thriller, with a young teen (approximately 12) as the murderer. 
• The girl has a mental illness, we are thinking she will have multiple personality disorder, however we are going to research into this further to find a disorder that fits closest.
• Eleanor’s character hangs around her hometown after an early release from a psychiatric ward in hospital. Her parents believe she has become stable again and it shows her being innocent and behaved in front of her parents. Opening shows Eleanor sitting upright on basic (hospital) bed with someone signing an early release against doctors’ advice.
• Murderer was bullied and now seeks revenge; she walks along the streets of her hometown looking for new victims.
• She only targets girls for victims (Harriet and I will play the victims) we are the type of girls that used to bully Eleanor’s character. Eleanor sees Harriet and me bullying a young girl (played by our friend Niamh) and gets angry.
• We could film in: tunnel; lockers; girls changing rooms; streets; alleys. We are using rooms in each other’s houses for certain scenes.
• Harriet is letting us use her GoPro for action scene, ex. Escaping and running. We researched into abandoned buildings near by which we could go to and possibly use for filming. We also looked at them in order to get an idea of what we can use to look creepy. I know a few places in which we could film some scenes that are scary.
• We will show 5-10 second opening shot before titles which show Eleanor’s release. Then it goes to the opening title sequence which contains medical reports and papers which inform the audience of Eleanor’s mental history.
• Font – basic, clear, on top of mental health reports? Dimly lit room with papers scattered across large wooden desk. The forms on the desk will tell the audience about Eleanor’s background.
• Screen goes harsh artificial white with the name of the movie beats in time with a loud, thumping heart sound. Heart thumping sound goes on during titles and increases rate and volume.