Film Title: Side Effect
Genre: Psychological
Thriller
Film Tagline: “Madness
is the only freedom”
Producers: Universal
studios and
Plot Synopsis: 18-year-old
(…) suffers from a mental illness called schizophrenia; an illness that affects
the individual’s way of thinking, making them delusional as they experience
hallucinations that affect them day to day. This character is dependent on his
medication to treat his illness. His reluctance to take them will lead to the
series of events that unfold. The disease affects 1 in 100 people. The film is
based on this character's point of view, giving the audience an insight into a
mental illness his thoughts. Within the film, (…) meets a girl called ‘…’ –
they fall in love only to result in their relationship falling apart with a
dark and gruesome ending. The film is arranged in a non-chronological order,
meaning the film and its events will not be in order, adding to the suspense
and thriller effect. Many flashbacks will take place throughout the film slowly
piecing together the whole story.
Opening Sequence: Our
opening sequence has little dialogue and little information about the overall
film, subtle clues are given to the audience – however, the idea of the
non-chronological order is to keep the audience guessing, building the
anticipation to add to the ‘psychological thriller’ effect. Our opening
sequence will last 2 minutes, accompanied by non-diegetic sound, a variety of
camera angles and more. We are especially focusing on camera angles, to show
the movie through the eyes of an individual with psychological issues.
Soundtrack: We will be
using the following tracks for our opening sequence:
Zack
Hemsey “The way”
“Ominous”
by Chaos Frequency
Group Members:
Lucy
Czaplinski: Make-up, Costume and set producer
June
King: Editor and filmmaker
Joby
Okouhya: Cameraman
Ellie
Spencer-Webb: Scriptwriter and soundtrack producer
Lucas
Bowles: Main actor
The feedback we received was
positive. Our ideas are unique and the idea of using a voice over is rare. We
do however need to keep onto of filming and make sure we are planning
everything correctly before we film to ensure everything runs smoothly and we
are able to edit easily without going back out to film because we forgot
something this will save time and ensure we can spend that time improving the
finished product however we can. We also received feedback that we should
ensure the plot of the film is not given away in the first two minutes as our
film is in non-chronological order we need to be careful not to give too much
away in the opening. We will make sure to use the feedback we received to our advantage and use it to improve our opening.
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