Shot List

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1. Wide shot. Cars driving across the screen from both sides of shot - camera on the side of a busy road, with the protagonist sat at the bus stop on the opposite side. All diegetic sound is heightened.

2. Medium close-up. We are on the same side of the road as the young woman now, the camera at positioned at the end of the bus stop bench. Protagonist seen on left, traffic seen driving past on the right.

3. Close up. The woman's face is seen, her eyes glance to the right. She stands up and begins to walk, her face hence removing itself from the frame.

4. (Soundtrack begins here, there is now no diegetic sound). Medium wide shot. Road on left, woman on right - walks from the right to the left of the frame.

5. Close up. Back of head and body - camera follows closely as she walks.

6. Close up. Face and front of body - camera walks with her.

7. Medium wide shot from behind as she turns corner to walk down her road.

8. Panning shot of feet walking.

9. Medium wide shot of her slowing down and stopping to look at the cafe sign.

10. Match on action to close up of face as she looks. (Different soundtrack begins here).

11. Eye-line match to the cafe sign.

12. Same shot of cafe sign, different light (golden hour flashback begins here).

13. Over the shoulder shot (from man's POV) of laughing/smiling face of the woman.

14. Close up of man's hands holding a coffee cup, pans up to his happy/smiling/talking face.

15. (End of flashback). (Soundtrack stops here). A key being put in the lock of the front door, key twists and unlocks door. All diegetic sound is now heightened.

16. Match on action shot to inside - camera is positioned in hallway, protagonist seen walking in.

17. Wide shot of woman walking through hall - camera positioned on left, she is seen both in the hallway and in the hallway mirror.

18. Long shot of the woman walking down the corridor to the kitchen; centre framed, silhouetted by the light from the kitchen.

19. (New soundtrack begins here). Medium wide shot as she enters the kitchen and takes her phone out of her pocket.

20. Close up. Match on action of her taking phone out. Looks through contacts and pauses on a man's name, then presses 'call'. (Diegetic sound can still be heard.)

21. Close up of head as she puts the phone to her ear. Dialling can be heard.

22. Medium close up of head and upper body - eyes move suddenly to focus on something behind the camera.

22. Eye line match to the kitchen side where a knife glints in the light.

23. (Second flashback begins, soundtrack becomes louder.) Medium close up of dark figure seen with a utility knife.

24. Extreme close up of blade/weapon.

25. Close up. The hand of this figure wields the weapon with an obvious intent to harm - the hand moves out of the frame.

25. (End of flashback). Close up of hand slamming on kitchen side, pans up arm to protagonist.

26. Close up of phone at ear - voicemail message is heard.

27. Sound bridge to black screen and film title as the answer machine sound beeps.

Costume and Props

Costume 

Here are the costumes we propose to use along with images that have inspired each characters look.

Present day protagonist: tracksuit bottoms, trainers, tight vest and a coat (puffer jacket?)

Protagonist in first flashback: baggy jumper and/or tshirt. Hair off the face.

Tom- Male in first flashback: tshirt, necklaces, leather jacket.

Props

• House keys: used to get into the house.
• Coffee cups: used in the cafe flashback
• Old nokia brick/flip up phone: this will be the phone the protagonist uses in her attempt to call Tom.
• Kitchen knife: this will glint in the sink and trigger the second flashback.
• Utility blade/knife: this will be the weapon that’s used in the second flashback.

Characters

Female Protagonist:

She appears to be strong and angsty, verging on early adulthood. Her age will be used to make her seem vulnerable at points in the film, however she will appear to be very independent in the opening; it is ambiguous as to whether the house she walks into is her own or her parents. We've used Kristen Stewart’s character from Welcome To The Rileys as inspiration -as Stewart portrays a girl who is self-sufficient but in such a way it makes the audience question her morals and stability, and also - as well as Katie Jarvis’s character in Fish Tank as she seeks comfort in an older man. 

She may therefore be susceptible to trouble and crime which makes her a perfect influence. As for Jarvis, her character fits the social realist aspect of the film as her character is gritty and unedited and in is isn't romanticised, which we like as it builds intimacy with the audience from the very beginning.

Male Character:

We meet the man during the golden hour flashback and discover his name when the female protagonist calls him- Tom. It is unclear as to whether he is a romantic interest or not, but as he appears to be older and put together, it is likely that she seeks comfort in his stability.

Ident Ideas

For our ident like the idea of having a timelapse film of a photo developing in a darkroom. We used this photo as inspiration:

The production company name would appear on the image that develops in the solution. We think this will be called Mirror Image Productions.

As a practice we made this short timelapse in the darkroom with a random image to see how it would look on camera. We plan to use an image that involves a reflection to link to the production company name.

Fonts

We used fonts from dafont.com.


The font for the credits that will be seen on screen throughout the opening

The font for the film title which will flash up on a black screen as the voicemail beeps