Shot List - Preliminary Task

Script Draft for Preliminary Task

INT.  HALL- NIGHT
Three friends are looking an antique book

ASHLEE

I really don't know why you would want to read this book anyway

JUSTINE

It's interesting

ASHLEE

Alright lets see what its about then

INT. STILL IN LOUNGE- EVENING
Sits down to watch the tape

GEMMA:

(walk to tv and puts in the tape)

The screen comes up with a grey, fuzzy screen

The phone rings (S.E) 

GEMMA:

(walks to phone and answers)

Hello...(confused)

Small pause, with no reply

GEMMA: 

Who is this?. 

Still no reply

Silence before loud, screeching noise

GEMMA:

(jump, and hangs up phone)

Goes back to the tv and the tv screen goes black

GEMMA

(go upstairs)

END SCENE.

INT. BEDROOM (CAMERA OUTSIDE DOOR)- STILL EVENING

Bedroom door shuts but we can hear banging and screaming and creaking doors

(door opens)

GHOST: 

(varied shots of ghost in different places around the room)

(ends with ghost in middle of the bed) 

CLOSE UP ZOOM TO THE GHOST.

GHOST:

(looks up to camera)

Screen goes to fuzzy grey

END.

Treatment for movie trailer production

Production Company Name -  Aurora Studios
Team Members - Jia Le, Justine Ryan, Gemma Tarrington, Ashlee Trail
Title of production - The Tribulation
Genre - Horror
Age rating 15

Synopsis - An old tape that has been lost for generations, has been discovered by its next victim.

Narrative Outline -  A teenage girl is looking through a box and finds a old tape, later that evening she watches the tape. The screens comes up with fuzzy grey screen cut to phone ringing. she walks and answers the phone but there is no answer. There is silence before we hear a screeching noise and she hangs up. The screen goes black and she goes upstairs and when she enters her room we hear a scream and banging. The door opens and we see the ghost travelling around the room but it ends with image of ghost sat in middle of bed and gets closer to the ghost and ends with the ghost looking at the camera. The last thing on the screen is the fuzzy grey screen.

Key characters - victim and ghost
Victim - Gemma, older teenager who is home alone.
Ghost - Unknown female

Location - House, first part is in the front room and the second is in her bedroom

Mise -en -scene
Low key lighting, except for day light when finds tape
Rest of scenes are at night.
Victim - Normal clothes
Ghost - Long baggy dress
Intense atmosphere with an ominous ending
The expectations of the audience means there is a need for quick jump scares

Target audience - Aged 15 and over, male and female. Audience must enjoy classic horror films, and they mustn't be easily scared or put off. Can be in full/ part time education or could be in full/part time occupation.

Preliminary Narrative Ideas

Teenage girl who is home alone, her phone rings with a caller withheld when she answers a clock can be heard that chimes to three.
After the third chime the lights go out and it is turned into night vision. The camera jerks around as screaming can be heard and shows another figure sitting on the bed behind her. The girl asks who she is and what she wants but there is no answer.
She quickly picks up her and hangs up. The night vision disappears and the lights turn on, but reveals an empty room with the phone on the bed, three chimes can be heard in the background.

Shot Type Video

This videos purpose is to practice a variety of shot types with a camera and work on editing them together, with inter-titles as well as transitions.

Initial thoughts about the A2 Media coursework

For the main project, I have to create three products for a movie marketing campaign in the format of print and moving images. My initial thoughts on the project is that there is a large volume of work that needs to be done with a lot of planning needed in order to create a successful product. Furthermore, for the products to be successful the genre of the product needs to be chosen early on before development begins so that it does not change or become confused. The different products need carry the same narrative as well as follow the conventions that each format requires. I think that the more development that I do in the beginning of the project the easier it will make the tasks.

The preliminary project, is to create a one minute long narrative that includes varying shots and conventions. My initial thoughts are that the benefits of this project is that it will allow me to practice working with the equipment and software that will be used in the main project. It will act as a practice for devising a narrative that is suitable for the genre and works successfully.