research and planning: proposal 1

Proposal x1

Plot: A group of college collage friends are being stalked by someone who is unknown to them. Strange events happen and they feel as though they are being watched. After a number of mishap’s the stalker is revealed a friend of the 3 girls, she has become obsessed with them and suffers from physiological issues. The friends always thought she was strange but meant no harm. But when the girls begin to not include her and push her from the group, the girl becomes obsessed and does everything she can to make there lives hell.

Background: Three friends who have been very close throughout school has welcomed a new girl within their group thinking she was a nice and sweet girl. No one really noes much about her and were she came from but on the surface she seemed like an average 17 year old. To the girls surprise she had spent some time in a mental asylum with physiological problems. The girls don’t include her in everything and it sparks her obsession and begins to stalk them and make them fearful of being watched, she is extremely jealous of there friendship and craves attention. She puts the girls lives at risk and herself in a dramatic climax.

Cinematography:

-Hand held cameras when the mysterious events take place

-Sony HD cameras for sturdier look for the other shots.

-a mixture of long stots and mid shot for the scenes were all three friends are involved.

-Close ups on the faces for facial expression

-Tight framing when the friends are in a group shot to show their closeness

Editing:

-Black screen jump cuts in-between shot to shot

-The black screen speeds up as the tempo

-Tight framing when the friends are in a group shot to show their closeness

Sound:

-Sound effects (BOOM) when each shot jumps to a black screen

-Diegetic and non-diegetic sound

-Girl talk,

-Footsteps

-Heartbeats

-Tension climax music

Mise-en-scene:

-Bedroom scene of the three girls talking about the girl.

-Realistic locations like collage, and shots around collage

-Shots in the local park.

-Costumes: typical teenage outfits

-The stalker will stand out in all black outfits