Here is the step-by-step thinking toward my idea for a plot:
Psychological thriller!
Girl/boy has something going on in head
What?! Not predictable!!
Someone makes her feel insane? Controls?
Gives drugs which make it worse?
Schizophrenia ? voices tell him to do bad things
he doesn’t remember it, hears about it
Viewers don’t know its him until the end – not in trailer
They see his fear and worry
He thinks he’s being stalked
Voice over of the voice whispering – don’t make it obvious!
Cuts of boy thinking she hears/see’s someone around her
In house, creaking? On dark streets looking behind hearing footsteps, running. Slamming door back against it.
Voice over of boys panic
lots of close ups of face expression
friends being killed?
Jones’s house, staircase, box rooms, apartment!
Boy – challenge masculine stereotype – really scared
Target audience? Male and female. Age range?
Dark mirror trailer – simple shots
Main character -
Type? Do I need words? Yes, a small amount to create more fear; anticipation
dont make them cheesy, something relevant to scenes
props: use phone; increases stalked fear, gets unnamed threatening texts
soundtrack: starts slow, soft, gets angry as he gets more scared
Start:
Voiceover of newspresenter telling of deaths
Soft music which gets fast, angry
Shot of boy looking at chalk body outline?
Possible police cars going past
Hears whispering then starts getting paranoid
shot showing him getting text
Shots of creaking in house
Looking behind self on roads
another text
Running and slamming back against door
‘whats happening to me’ people staring at him in street
running, head spinning – camera panning about, pov shots mixed in
see’s ‘bodies’ on ground, not there when camera looks
looks at phone - no texts
‘No!’ shout from boy
music stops
Ends in voiceover of whispering voice telling him to kill people
