Tuesday 2 December 2008
Initial Idea
We decided as a group, that the beginning of our film would be from the genre thriller, because we decided it was the best genre to convey the ideas we already had, and early on we decided we wanted to use London as a setting. We thought a thriller would allow us to explore filming on the streets, stations and parks of London best. We also considered a festive romance because we were aware during the course of our filming it would be around Christmas, and we could make use of the festive preparations. But we decided against the idea because we didn’t feel we would enjoy it the most, we’d be pressured under time, and it seemed too pretentious seeming we’re 16 year old students.
Synopis
Outline of the plot.
Characters: Guy in Office, Elliot
(Office in Oxford)
Colleague going undercover, Helena
(Park in Oxford, uni park, christchurch)
Girl with problems, Emily Shrampton
(Flashbacks, bathroom etc...)
Story Outline
Elliot and Helena are working for a small police detective organisation on the case to discover more about the death of a young man called Christopher who was found suspiciously dead in his flat in Oxford.
All they know is that he had a girlfriend who he lived with and worked for Direct Publishing, little is known about his family background but Elliot discovered that his childhood was very dysfunctional and he has a sister who lives in London but they aren't close at all as since their parents died never saw each other. Elliot and Helena's mission was to find out more about Christopher's only remaining relative, Emily Shrampton, by getting in contact with her as the girlfriend of her recently dead brother.
Emily Shrampton is a mysterious character who nobody knows very much about. She's the result of her terrible childhood: lonely, druggy, an emotional wreck, schizophrenic, suicidal...
Elliot and Helena think by learning more about her they may be able to draw conclusions on Christopher's death. Emily knew little about Christpher's girlfriend. The film opens when Helena is approaching Emily as Christopher's girlfriend. This is dangerous because if Emily realises the police are after her she might jump to conclusions and end up trying to kill herself as a result.
The film opens with Helena, waiting in a park in Oxford. She is meeting up with Emily (who thinks she's meeting her brother's girlfriend). Helena and Elliot have contact via phone and Elliot is running the mission from his office. In the opening you don't meet Emily, but as Elliot describes her conditions/health/past to Helena, you get flash backs of Emily in a terrible, mental, schizophrenic state.
Characters: Guy in Office, Elliot
(Office in Oxford)
Colleague going undercover, Helena
(Park in Oxford, uni park, christchurch)
Girl with problems, Emily Shrampton
(Flashbacks, bathroom etc...)
Story Outline
Elliot and Helena are working for a small police detective organisation on the case to discover more about the death of a young man called Christopher who was found suspiciously dead in his flat in Oxford.
All they know is that he had a girlfriend who he lived with and worked for Direct Publishing, little is known about his family background but Elliot discovered that his childhood was very dysfunctional and he has a sister who lives in London but they aren't close at all as since their parents died never saw each other. Elliot and Helena's mission was to find out more about Christopher's only remaining relative, Emily Shrampton, by getting in contact with her as the girlfriend of her recently dead brother.
Emily Shrampton is a mysterious character who nobody knows very much about. She's the result of her terrible childhood: lonely, druggy, an emotional wreck, schizophrenic, suicidal...
Elliot and Helena think by learning more about her they may be able to draw conclusions on Christopher's death. Emily knew little about Christpher's girlfriend. The film opens when Helena is approaching Emily as Christopher's girlfriend. This is dangerous because if Emily realises the police are after her she might jump to conclusions and end up trying to kill herself as a result.
The film opens with Helena, waiting in a park in Oxford. She is meeting up with Emily (who thinks she's meeting her brother's girlfriend). Helena and Elliot have contact via phone and Elliot is running the mission from his office. In the opening you don't meet Emily, but as Elliot describes her conditions/health/past to Helena, you get flash backs of Emily in a terrible, mental, schizophrenic state.
Film Pitch
Our Film Pitch
Contemporary thriller, a small detective organisation looking into the unexplained death of a lonely Oxford business man, Christopher Shrampton. They go undercover as the girlfriend of Christopher, contacting his only relative, Emily Shrampton, a schizophrenic, dysfunctional sister. how much can they find out before she starts to suspect something, prehaps leading to disaster, or worse, suicide?
Contemporary thriller, a small detective organisation looking into the unexplained death of a lonely Oxford business man, Christopher Shrampton. They go undercover as the girlfriend of Christopher, contacting his only relative, Emily Shrampton, a schizophrenic, dysfunctional sister. how much can they find out before she starts to suspect something, prehaps leading to disaster, or worse, suicide?
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