Script Draft

Our sequence is an online conversation between this victim and the murderer. The script starts half way through the conversation. We have decided the girls name is 'Emma', and the murderers screen name as the agony aunt is 'Julie'.

JULIE

(muttering) Oh, no...that must be really hard for you...Did you take your pills?...Yeah?....Hows your mum?.......Is she still drinking at night?...(continued)

EMMA

I feel so alone at school...I wish I could talk to you all the time...Things seem to be getting worse. I don't know what to do!

JULIE

You know you can always talk to me...I'll always be here for you.

EMMA

I know. You've helped me so much. How can I ever repay you?

JULIE

(Laughing, not typed) Yeah...that comes later, darlin'....

(typed) Oh, you know I love talking to you too. But you seem distant tonight...

EMMA

I know. I'm sorry (crying). I just want to end it all! I feel like I want to die...

JULIE

(not typed) Bingo....

(typed) No, don't say that. We can work it out together. I've been through the same thing as you, I know what it feels like.

(pause)

Don't think things like that, things will get better. I promise.

(pause)

Emma?

(pause)

(not typed) Fuck, where did she go?

MAN 2

What?

JULIE

She's fucking gone and topped herself, man. Oh, hold on, hold on. She's back. She's writing.

EMMA

Sorry. The phone rang but it was for mum. I mean, why would it be for me?

(pause)

Can I ask you something?

JULIE

Anything. You can ask me anything.

EMMA

A favour? Would you come over?

Lol yes plan.
And yes we were doing those posts together :-P
see you in meeeeediaaaaaa

xxxx

I think its best we work on one together
so we need to have a meeting
BUT i can't do tomorrow lunch :S

but some other time
yeah maybe just all jot down some notes for the script and put a final draft together friday
xxxxx

Hey guys - I wrote out a script but i dunno how long to make it, i say we all write out what we think they should say then just mix and match yarsss?
Also, out of curiousity, are you two actually posting those posts together or just putting your names on everything?!
Holly x

Costume List

So we have 3 characters in our opening - the victim girl, and the two murderous men.

The Victim Girl
We will try to make the girl typical to horror/thriller films. She should look attractive yet modest, vulnerable, and unhappy (as she is visiting suicidal websites). We're thinking that she should wear a skirt and a plain top OR jeans and a girlyish top. Her hair should be down but not covering her eyes (so we could use a hair clip). The location she will be in is pink and cream, so she would need to be wearing a colour that fits.





The Two Murderers


There are many different conventions to muderous men in thrillers. Either they could be dressed in black suits, very matchy to show they are together like a little team/gang. However as our film is english, they should have a traditionally British style, and I do not think the men should be matching. I think they should be dressed quite casual but with a twist. All dark colours such as greys, navy and khaki.

Prop List

Here is a list of props needed for our shoot (we will keep adding to this list if we need to).
(stuff in purple is stuff we still need to get)

• briefcase
• laptop
• kitchen knives x 3
• rope
• tape
• matches
• wooden mannequin
• printer
• garden clipper things
• tumbler of whiskey (or perhaps a hip-flask?)
• condoms

Reflections of watching test footage

After watching the footage in the lesson, we realised some important factors to consider when doing our actual shoot, and made some observations and changes to the piece.

1. It wasn't snappy enough (but we realised this towards the end of our takes after reviewing them).
2. We don't have enough continuity, so we need to change the action so that it involves continuity other than the conversation online.
3. We decided who would play the girl.
4. After watching the different shots of the murderer with the briefcase, we realised which lighting looked best, and discovered that a mixture of different shots and angles could look really effective. We can cut it up to make it SNAPPIER and show some more continuity by matching-on-action with sharpening knives etc.