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List of fairy tales and other images to use: - Snow white- the apple and the evil witch - Little red riding hood- the cape - The doll- red eyes and red lips, pale face - A pile of the doll’s hair on the floor with scissors next to it- she is going mental and cutting her own hair and the doll’s hair off. - Red roses - Use of blood - The person/ doll in the woods - Jewellery box (1) THE FILM: Name of the title sequence: - Storyline and elements: A young woman, who is psychologically disturbed, is remembering her childhood through flashbacks, and seems to be going mad. At this point, all her childhood toys are being showed through a quick flash of images. The order: . The jewellery box is being used- there is creepy music coming from it. Show a flashback of the woman as a small girl playing with her jewellery box. . The scary doll is being shown- the doll is calm and normal at first. Flashback of the woman playing with her doll as a child. . A scream follows, and then the woman’s hand is cutting the doll’s hair away in a frantic way. . The woman is going even more crazy and scratching the walls- creates a horrible sound and the blood is shown on the wall as it’s being scratched.

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Page 1: The pitch

List of fairy tales and other images to use:

- Snow white- the apple and the evil witch- Little red riding hood- the cape- The doll- red eyes and red lips, pale face- A pile of the doll’s hair on the floor with scissors next to it- she is going mental and cutting

her own hair and the doll’s hair off. - Red roses- Use of blood- The person/ doll in the woods- Jewellery box

(1) THE FILM:

Name of the title sequence:

- Storyline and elements: A young woman, who is psychologically disturbed, is remembering her childhood through flashbacks, and seems to be going mad. At this point, all her childhood toys are being showed through a quick flash of images.

The order:. The jewellery box is being used- there is creepy music coming from it. Show a flashback of the woman as a small girl playing with her jewellery box.. The scary doll is being shown- the doll is calm and normal at first. Flashback of the woman playing with her doll as a child.. A scream follows, and then the woman’s hand is cutting the doll’s hair away in a frantic way.. The woman is going even more crazy and scratching the walls- creates a horrible sound and the blood is shown on the wall as it’s being scratched.

(2) WHAT TYPE OF TITLE SEQUENCE IS IT? :Real title sequence influences:

- American Horror Story Hotel- short snappy flashes of disturbing images- Durham County- The use of the black and white scene with hints of red- Scene from The Black Swan- the metaphor of mental illness being physical- Annabelle- The crazy woman, the doll, the children, the running away scene

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(3) WHAT GENRE (SUB-GENRE) OF FILM IS IT?-psychological-insidious was an inspiration because of the mise-en-scene: the house (children’s’ bedrooms), children.

(4) REPRESENTATION:- The victim (young woman) with mental illness whose childhood is being shown - A young girl whose the living memory of the young woman- Social groups: stereotyping that women are always the victims. The child is also a

stereotypical girl who is playing with her toys.

(5) INSTITUTIONAL DETAIL:Who will distribute our film:

- “Pathe” for the horror theme?- Films they have created: Creep- there’s a psycho man - Find an independent british film that’s been distributed and pick that company.

(6) AUDIENCE DETAIL: - Who is our primary target audience? 15+ however, it is mainly targeted at 15-30 year olds.- Secondary target audience: teenagers, as it is a smaller group-. Attracting this audience:

social media, promotion prank ad.- -yougovprofiles

(7) MISE-EN-SCENE-PROPS, COSTUMES, MAKEUP:- Jewellery box, doll, scissors, wig, blood, red cape (props)- Pale face, with veins visible, red contacts, cut and bloody lips, chipped nails (makeup)- Torn white dress with blood(for woman) and a nice white dress for the child (costume)- Dark bedroom, torch light to flash on woman’s face – messy room and weird objects

scattered- woods

(8) SOUND DESIGN:-diegetic and non-diegetic sound: jewellery box music, scratching, rustling, loud bangs, screams, thumping for running down the stairs, squeaky door, speaking of the doll, petals being picked off.- influences: It Follows, Annabelle, American Horror Story Hotel.

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(9) TITLE CREDITS:- Fonts: hand written (child’s handwriting)- How will they integrate with our opening? A child is shown therefore it will be written in her

handwriting. This will be conventional.

(10) Camera work: tilted angles, close ups, shaky camera work, long shot, panning shots, black and white, various focus effects.- Where the titles will be placed: in between the flashing images- short sentences to match the action.

(11) Afternoon shooting.

(12) Risk assessment: bad weather- check the weather before shooting- Slippery surface- wear appropriate shoes-

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