Prop list

For filming I will need;

Props

- A skateboard 

- A rucksack 

-Missing person’s posters 

-Tape 

-An alarm clock/Phone with an alarm

-Toothbrush and tooth paste

-A kettle and cup

-A toaster
-Old style film camera 
-A car 
-A bus 

Costumes - for Zoe Hunter

Costume one 
-A green jumper
-Skinny black jeans 

-A black snap-back

-canvas shoes/boots

Costume two 

-band T-shirt

-tracksuit bottoms

Costumes - for the Stalker

Costume one 
-Black trousers 
-Blue jumper 
-Green coat 

Accessories

-Tripod 
-Spare memory card 

Final Characters and Casting

Final character profile

- Name: Zoe Hunter 

- Age: 17 years old 

- Profession: Photography student at City Collage Norwich 

- Likes: Guitar which she has been learning since she was eight, skateboarding which she learnt quite recently so she could get about to places easier and taking photos.  

- Dislikes: Her father, pop music and walking.

- History: She lives with her mum and her younger sister after her dad abandoned them when she was nine. She has always kept to herself and has few friends at collage but is passionate about photography and music. She had a close relationship with her younger sister before she went missing and used to play with her and listen to music with her. She has never gotten on with her mother well but has a better relationship with her than with her father.

- Personality traits: Determined, shy, smart, curious and creative 

- friendship group: Tends to keep to herself but had one close friend at collage called Lucas Clayton who she had known since she was five and has a friend called Maisie Phillips who she met in junior school.

- 3 words to describe her: strong-willed, kind-hearted, cunning

Cast- for Zoe Hunter

Emily Sams will be playing the role of Zoe Hunter for my film opening.
Justification that she will play the role of Zoe Hunter for my film opening.

Final character Profile

-Name: Niklaus Buchanan (Stalker) 

-Age: 49 years old 

-Profession: photography and film developer  

-Likes: Unknown  

-Dislikes: His brother

-History: Is the uncle of Zoe and Brooklyn Hunter but hasn't see Zoe since she was one and has never met Brooklyn after a fall out he had with his younger brother (The father of the two girls). After the argument he moved away from the Hunter family and cut all connection with them.  

-Personality traits: Mysterious and eccentric 

-Friendship groups: He has no friends due to him unsociable and preferring to company of himself over the company of others   

-3 words to describe them: Lonely, aggressive and mysterious

Cast- for the Stalker 

Peter Leveridge will be playing the role of the stalker for my film opening.

Costume

There will be two different costumes used for the character Zoe in the opening scene. The first of which consists of pj's which will be warn at the very beginning. This will consist of an old band shirt and a pair of track suite bottoms.
The second outfit that will be used is the everyday clothing that this character will be wearing when in the house and when she goes out. This will consist of a black snap-back, a green jumper, black skinny jeans and canvas shoes or boots. 

These costumes show to the audience that this is an ordinary character and that there isn’t much abnormal about her. The use of having a green jumper symbolises growth and harmony which will suggest to the audience that her sister is missing which very out of the ordinary and will start to cause chaos eventually. The colour green also has a strong emotional correspondence with safety, which could show to the audience that this character may be in safety now but that might not last. 

For the stalker there will only be one costume which consists of black trousers, blue jumper and a green coat. This costume is used to show the mystery of the character to the audience. The use of big baggy clothing and dull colours is to show edge to the character and how they can't be fully trusted. I chose for the coat to be green to symbolise a connection between him and the teen girl through them both wearing the same colour. It also suggests through this connection that these two characters have a future that has been entwined.  

I will gather the things I need for the costumes from my friends. I know Emily will have most of the cloths that we need and that they will fit her just fine. She will definitely have the jeans, jumper and shoes and I have a black snap-back if it turns out she doesn't have one. 

- Name: Brooklyn Hunter 

- Age: 8 years old 

- Profession: Junior school student at Eaton primary 

- Likes: Drawing, ballet which she has been doing for three years and watching television 

- Dislikes: Dogs and swimming due to a near death experience that occurred when she was at the beach when she was four 

- History: Lives with her mum and her older sister after her dad abandoned them when she was a baby. She doesn't remember anything about her father as she was only an infant when he left and has only seen one photo of him. 

- Personality traits: energetic, happy and talkative

- Friendship group: Is friends with most people at her junior school but has a small close friend group which consists of a boy named Andy who is eight years old and two girls called Alex and Hayley who are both seven years old. 

-3 words to describe her: Caring, temperamental and strong.

This character won’t actually feature in the opening but they will be mentioned as you will see their face in the missing poster. This is why I won’t be casting anyone to play this character as although you will know about them in the opening, you won’t actually see them in person until later on in the film. Due to me not actually knowing anyone who is around the age of eight, I used photos of myself when I was younger to create the missing persons poster.

Final script

1 INT. WYMONDHAM, AT HOME, BEDROOM 

A teenage girl is seen asleep in bed. Sunlight is seen seeping through the curtains onto the bed. An alarm goes off showing its seven o'clock in the morning. 

ZOE HUNTER 

(A hand reaches out from under the sheets and shuts the alarm off. The girl opens her eyes before getting out of bed.)

2 INT. AT HOME, BATHROOM

You see the teen looking in the mirror

ZOE HUNTER

 (Goes and gets changed putting on a green jumper and jeans in the bathroom. Looking in a mirror for a second she turns the taps on and washes her face.)

3 INT. AT HOME, KITCHEN

ZOE HUNTER

 (She goes downstairs and fills the kettle before putting it on and some bread in the toaster. She reaches out for a mug and makes a cup of tea before having breakfast.)

4 INT. AT HOME, UPSTAIRS 

ZOE HUNTER

 (Goes upstairs to brush her hair and teeth.)

5 INT. AT HOME, DOWNSTAIRS

ZOE HUNTER

 (Downstairs she picks up her rucksack putting the missing person’s posters in the bag and grabbing her skateboard before leaving the house.)

6 EXT. IN THE STREET/BUS STOP

You see the street with the bus stop at the end of it in the distance. Cars are parked at the edge of the street and the street is quiet of any body.

ZOE HUNTER

(Skateboards down the street towards the bus stop. You see her waiting at the bus stop. A bus comes along and you see her getting on it.)

7 EXT. ON THE BUS 

You see the teen sitting on the bus, headphones on.

ZOE HUNTER

(Is looking out the window constantly and checking her phone. She changes the song before resuming her position looking out of the window.)

8 EXT. NORWICH, ANGLIA SQUARE, UNDER PASSAGE

ZOE HUNTER

(Seen skateboarding past a parked car towards the steps to the under passage)

STALKER

(Siting on the driver’s side in the parked car leaning out slightly with camera in hand close to his face so he can't be recognised, filming Zoe as she skates past his car)

ZOE HUNTER

(Skating past an old building and up to the steps towards the under passage. She then dismounts form her board when she gets to the edge and picks it up before walking down the steps)

STALKER

(Seen hiding behind a pillar of the building with the camera close to his face as he films Zoe walking down the steps)

ZOE HUNTER

(She walks down the steps and turns into the under passage and heads towards the far side of the wall)

STALKER

(Seen looking out into the under passage, camera close to his face as he films her walking towards the far side)

ZOE HUNTER 

(Walking towards a wall and stopping by it. She places her skateboard down on the ground and takes her bag off her back. She unzips it and pulls out the missing posters and some tape. She then stands up and sticks the poster to the wall before putting the objects back in her bag and skating off again. She is then seen leaving the under passage on the other side walking up the steps before skating away)

9 EXT. NORWICH, ANGLIA SQUARE, GRAFFITI WALL

ZOE HUNTER

 (She skates alongside and heads towards the graffiti wall. She heads to the centre of the wall and stops, dismounting from her board as she takes her bag off her shoulders and places it on the floor. She then takes out another poster and sticks it up on the wall before putting everything away and skating off) 

STALKER

(Is seen walking up to the poster with his camera and is filming the poster that Zoe just put up)

Audience research feedback

In my audience research video I asked three teenager/young adults and three adults various questions on media and how they typically consumed it.

 

From this research I have learnt that my target audience generally watch films via streaming sites like Netflix and also through seeing films at the cinema. This show that when thinking about where my media product would be placed, I should think about making it suitable for places like cinemas and streaming sites as they are the places that my target audience would most likely watch my film. I also learnt that most people like quite a lot of action in the first two minutes of a film as it gets them hooked and keeps them entertained. They also like the setting and characters to be established so that they can start to see what the film might be about and so they can start trying to figure out the characters and connect with them.

Audience research video

Dragon Den Pitch continued

Feedback to Final idea 

After showing a group of friends my pitch I got quite a lot of positive feedback. Most of them really liked the plot for the film and thought it suited the genre of a thriller/drama film. They thought that the plot gave away just enough for the opening two minutes of a film without giving away too much or being too boring. They also liked the idea of introducing a third character through the missing persons poster to help show the drama that is occurring and with the stalker following the teen it also gives the opening that sinister, thriller feel to it. 

One thing that one of my friends suggested was to make it more obvious who the stalker was. After showing them my Pitch they didn't really understand who the stalker was and why they were stalking the teen in the first place. After I elaborated that is was her uncle, he suggested that I should try and make that more obvious in my opening as otherwise people wouldn't understand. I did think about changing this, especially because I didn't want people to get the wrong impression on why this guy was stalking the teen, though I decided against it. I wanted to keep the identity of the man a secret from the audience, and if this was to be made into a full length film then his identity would be reviled dramatically in the middle of the film. Being a stalker as well means that people shouldn't know who he is which another reason I wanted his connection to the teen not to be shown in the first two minutes. Keeping his identity secret also gives the audience a chance to interpret who they think he is, and it gives them freedom to try and work out his plan and connection to the teen. 

 

The feedback I received has definitely made me more determined to continue with this idea for my coursework. By working alone, every decision I make is down to me and because of that I never have a second input from someone to reassure me that what I’m doing is the right choice. By having positive feedback from others has helped to reassure me that my idea isn't too crazy and that it might actually make a good film opening.  

Dragons Den Pitch

This is my Dragons Den Pitch for my film opening. Here I talk about the final plot synopsis for my opening, the genre of my opening, the settings for my opening and the characters that'll be in my opening.