We have a synopsis!

Last lesson Della and I were talking about our storyline for the final film. Our ideas fitted together well as we had both done our individual research on similiar topics, so we looked through our resources and selected our favourite ideas to use in the piece.


Della had the idea of the film starting with a later scene to create a sense of suspense, leaving the audience wanting to know what has happened to get the character into their situation. We decided to show the female lead running through a forest, or trying to escape from something; this would give us an oppotunity to use a point of view shot, close ups and panning/tracking. Then we wanted to do a split screen (as seen in our favourite film, 500 days of summer) of the two characters getting ready for a date. This will introduce the characters to the audience and also imply that they're together; however we are considering interjecting short, edited stills of the forest into this scene to keep the viewer's attention, the title's could possibly appear within these stills as well. The scene would then swap to the actual date itself; showing a romantic, candlelit setting (probably at the boy's home) with them eating a meal. We are aiming for quite a cute, innocent feel to this scene, to contrast with the streotypical idea of a horror film. Then, as they hold hands across the table, the female lead gets some form of vision into the future; we will make the future shot unclear and hazy - it will be of the forest, possibly another point of view shot and her running or some muffled screams. Next we will quickly snap back to reality with her shaking it off and looking a little confused. As the boy and girl walk home (possibly shot in the dark/dusk for a more lethargic feel) he puts his arm around her she gets another vision; this one is really focused and sharp and is of him trying to kill her by drowning her in the forest's river. We see her struggle to break free, leaving it on a cliffhanger as we see the reality, a final close up / mid shot of the pair; her looking distraught and concerned. To end, the title of the film (which has not yet been agreed) will appear, and finally fade to black.


I thought that we could put some reference to time in the corner of the shots, so the audience can more easily distinguish between visions and reality. It would also provoke the viewer to think about what is happening inbetween the times. Also, I thought it would be quite good to use both black and white and full colour (as of yet we haven't decided which is to be monochrome and which is to be colour). I have discussed these with Della, who likes them and so we will most likely use them within our piece.