Thursday, 12 November 2015

Post 21: Initial ideas 2


This is a rough summary of the group's second possible idea for the product:

1) The ident is shown

For this ident we were thinking of the name 'Trppd', which would be the word 'Trapped' without the vowels, this is to reflect the lack of freedom that the man in the sequence has.

2) The opening sequence starts


The first shot is of a man (the protagonist) in a bed, trapped in a coma with his wrists and legs bound to the table. The scene fades into a flashback - this will be shown by adding a red/brown filter and distortion around the edge of the screen. In the flashback the man will be arguing with his wife, there will be diegetic audio but the words will be muffled and unclear. The scene will change back to the man lying in the bed, the shot will be a mid/close up shot of his closed eyes, this will be to raise a feeling of suspense with the audience. There will be another flashback, the mans face will be off camera and the focus will be on his torso and arms, which will be holding a bottle of alcohol. Back out of the flashback there will be a close up of the mans face. The editing around this point will increase to build suspense and to suggest to the audience that there will be a climax building. It will quickly cut to another flashback of a man looking into the mirror and taking some tablets, to a close up of the mans face in the coma, back to the man falling back on the floor and the bottle of pills falling from his hand.

The jump cutting will stop and so will any music, there will be a close up of the mans eyes, his eyes will suddenly open and the title will cover his eyes.

3) The credits start

In between each of the scenes the camera will fade to black as if the camera is blinking slowly, this will emphasise the fact that the man is dazed and confused. The man's eyes are frantically looking around the room, the first credits will appear on the screen - we'll decide on the specifics as to colour and font as we edit it as we will either use either dark or really bright lighting. The second credits will appear after the camera fades back in again and the man will still be frantically looking around the room, sweating and breathing heavily. This will emphasise his desperation and further build on the suspense and give the audience more questions, making them want to find out the answers by watching the film. The third set of credits will appear on a different scene, the man will seem to wake up in a bed next to his wife. This scene is to hint at the confused and/or hallucinogenic themes that would appear later in the film, as well as surprise the audience. The camera will fade to black and the final credits will appear, they will fade out as the scene fades from black to reveal a midshot of the mans face. The diegetic sound of the heavy breathing will slowly fade back in. The camera will cut to a mid shot of a nurses waist, she will be wearing the stereotypical blue 'scrubs' and a green apron (both of these have been stereotypically chosen so that the audience can quickly grasp what is going on). The final scene will be of darkness, with an echoing scream of the man.

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