Below you see a video of footage and the mise-en-scene for the psychologists room. Our intention is to create a binary opposition between the nice and comfortable room and the dark and cold basement.
Friday, 13 November 2015
Individual Pitch
This is my individual pitch in which I am explaining my idea for my coursework to my class.
Below you see a video of footage and the mise-en-scene for the psychologists room. Our intention is to create a binary opposition between the nice and comfortable room and the dark and cold basement.
Below you see a video of footage and the mise-en-scene for the psychologists room. Our intention is to create a binary opposition between the nice and comfortable room and the dark and cold basement.
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Hi Sophie, Mr Burrowes here. I've viewed your pitch and read the post, and here's a few thoughts:
ReplyDeleteThe idea is clear enough and should work well, though this will require special attention to sound/music, set-dressing & make-up (blood SFX), and good casting for the girl in particular. Most of the filmic references I would suggest are UK-rated 18, so make sure your parents are aware of this before any viewing.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) is something of a masterpiece in 2 elements: the soundscape is what makes it scary (there actually isn’t much onscreen violence, the sound helps ensure the audience imagine it). Madhouse takes some inspiration from another feature of TCM, the use of flapping curtains, a very effective idea (its number 25 on this list of movies which feature an asylum: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls073798519/). Shutter Island was (I thought) dreadfully clichéd, but that means it reflects key common conventions of the psychological thriller, and is worth looking at for inspiration.
If you are going to show the girl tied up, the opening sequence of A Babysitter Wanted could be a useful reference point.
Looking at your sample footage, the genuine psychologist’s office might not be a great choice for filming! It looks too cosy; ironically, in some ways it would appear to lack verisimilitude on screen. That could still work if part of your binary was this comfortable, safe, place and the cut-in shots of the girl’s nightmare past though. A shot or two of the girl (OTS) looking at the Dr’s framed certificate (you could Photoshop a fake if need be) whilst waiting for the Dr would be a good idea. Dressed to Kill, rubbished by critics but I think an interesting film, directed by Brian de Palma, may give you some ideas on filming a Dr’s office.
Depending on the editing software, you should have lots of options to distort the flashback footage. You seemed aware of the need to shot lots of different takes for this, which is good.
Getting some scouting/practice footage with the camera you intend to film with would be good; it may be that the location for the nightmare scenes takes more thinking about than the office.
Oh – and generally not a good idea to use a gun prop!
I’ve looked at Bronwen and Kristian’s pitches too, and to me its very clear you’d each gain by teaming up and taking on parts of each other’s ideas and inspiration.
After we did our individual pitches, Bronwen, Jonathan and I decided to work in a group. We have done another pitch collecting our ideas, and a lot of the material and ideas from Bronwen's and my individual pitches such as the basement, flashbacks and psychiatrists room is included in that.
DeleteWe are currently trying to look at the movies you suggested to us, so that we can make a decision on the non-diegetic and diegetic sound that we intend to use.
"A babysitter wanted" is very useful for our basement scenes, so I think that will definitely be a good reference point.
We wanted the psychiatrists room to look this comfortable, so that there would be a clear binary opposition, so I am not sure yet, what we intend to use instead.
We will not be using the gun, but have decided to "just" show her tied to the chair in the basement and emphasise on the fact that she is scared through her acting, costume and make-up.