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As people are having some trouble understanding my idea I have decided to break it down into manageable scenes with a short explanation for each, I have also produced a visual aid to accompany each of the scenes, hopefully this will give a sense of the mood, pace and tension I am trying to achieve, as well as elaborating on the main story of the piece. Scene 1 A mentally disturbed man who has recently been released from hospital is sitting crouched up in a dimly lit corridor, we cannot see his face.   We hear mysterious voices and see that the man is experiencing a sequence of traumatic flashbacks, by the looks of it they have something to do with a letter. At the very same time a post vehicle is heading for the man's house, we see ourselves getting closer and closer to the man's house and front door, until eventually some letters are posted through the letterbox. The man hears the letters being posted and 'wakes up' from his psychotic episode in the utmost shock, th...

Storyboards for my first and favourite treatment: The Letter: Arranging your own death.

Here is the mood board for my idea the letter, it includes shots from other films, shots I wish to use, colours and textures and the general feeling I want to incorporate into my Mystery/Thriller/Drama piece. Treatment 1: The Letter: Arranging Your Own Death? The establishing shot starts with a post delivery vehicle moving down the road.  An unknown deliver man moves  down the driveway through a first person perspective in day light, mixed into this shot  is doley shot of a male ages 30-40 sitting face down on an the floor in a dimly lit room with a bluish tint. The fast pace of the alternating shots is brought to an abrupt end when the letter is finally slid in from outside, our character jumps up startled by the noise, revealing his face fully.    The next shot we see our character moving hastily down the stair from a quirky angle in daylight. he  sorts through the letters, one of the letters is entitled, ' DO NOT OPEN UNTIL ...

The main central focus for my 90 second film is going to revolve around a letter, the working title is 'The Letter' The piece revolves around the central themes of questing reality, characters mentality, time and general mystery. Although my differing treatments alter the plot of the film slightly, the general idea is that their is character who receives an mysterious letter, the content of the letter questions the characters reality and the audience is left to  decipher  the outcome.  I have drawn influence from various sources, mainly other existing film. Notable influence include aspects from the film Memento ( 2000 ) , the idea that a character cannot recall writing a letter to himself and posing for a photo struck me as particularly interesting. Other influence comes from the film Fight Club (1999) as it deals with distorted reality's and questions the mental stability of the main character throughout, the idea that w...

For this coursework I will produce a short 90 second film for entry into the DepicT film competition, there are no strict guidelines as such as DePict accepts a huge variety of mediums and genres: documentary, horror, animation and many more options are available to select if so desired. From a first glance at the DePict website I notice that many pieces are simple yet elegant, they strive to display artistic vision rather than complex story lines and effects, a simple yet effective statement is present at the climax of many piece. For example I found 'Fag & Egg', a film that stands alone as artistic vision with little intrinsic meaning, and then there is a little gem entitled 'the Laundrette' that has a sweet simple message of love, mixed in off course with masterfully crafted and well thought out camera shots and lighting. The Laundrette http://www.depict.org/2011/the-launderette/?category_request=2011 I believe this brief wi...