Charlotte's Coursework

Rehearsal Footage 

Shot List  Long Shot - At the beach to show isolation Close up - During when character expression is crucial to the narrative Medium Shot - Generally to show location and close enough to highlight character expression Shot-reverse-shot - For the audience to feel involved as if they are in the action Eye-level Shot - In order for the audience to connect with the character Tracking Shot - So that the audience can travel along with the character, creating a connection Knee Level Shot - To show the doppelganger's superiority over Thomas Plot Synopsis  Not a lot of dialogue apart from muffled shouts of Thomas' parents arguing upstairs and the line when Thomas' yells at his doppelganger to "Leave me alone!". For a plot synopsis see blog post: CW 8/11/19 under Narrative Application. Storyboards 

Final Idea  My idea surrounds a young boy who is struggling to cope with the death of his older sister after she drowned at sea whilst trying to save him. The guilt and grief he feels haunts him through a doppelganger of himself who he meets after waking up from one of his frequent nightmares. The film is conventional of the horror genre with low key lighting, pathetic fallacy shown through rain and grey skies, sinister make-up and scared character expression. Water will be used frequently through rain, leaky taps and the sea to symbolise the traumatic experience undergone by the young boy. Casting Choices I decided to use my 10 year old brother in the film to play the young boy, due to the practicality of him always being around to film as well as his innocent appearance which would make the horror more uncomfortable for the audience because seeing a child being haunted by guilt and grief is quite distressing. I only wanted one character (two including the doppelganger but o...