{3 Potential Ideas

• Abandoned Barn• Playground• Train Station

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This was our very first idea when we first began brainstorming our plot ideas. Essentially this was based around a femme fatale character rescuing a tied up and masked teenage man from the barn whilst unknowingly being watched by two mysterious characters. We planned to confuse the audience with this piece by starting the film in the middle of the action and having only one of the characters facially visible.

Abandoned barn

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Our 2nd idea was to have 3 ‘good’ characters that were all teenagers. When one of the characters gets peer pressured by the others but eventually left the situation, leaving them on their own. The one character that leaves gets kidnapped on his way home from the playground by a fourth character that is largely mysterious and unseen. We decided against this idea as despite liking the plot we thought there would be more suitable locations and changed it.

Playground kidnapping

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Three guys at the train station. Two go to get a ticket. The other one is waiting at the station. They don’t come back with the tickets. The guys waiting on the platform on his own. Camera angles looking through bars like he’s being watched. Goes down to look for them. Goes to tunnel and its dark. People walk from the other side of the tunnel. Tension builds but they walk past. Camera angles zoom in to the end of the tunnel. He walks down the tunnel and 2 actors walk past.. The end.

Train station

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Our initial plan for shooting the ‘train station’ idea..(rough note making/brain storming)

Johnny Radical (one who disappears)- Ruben Clark We chose Ruben for this part due to his love of drama and confidence in acting.

Ronny Pudding (one who disappears) - Sam ThompsonWe chose Sam for this part because he was enthusiastic to be a part of his own project.

Emile Keeway (one who is left)-Alfred PinsentWe chose Alfred for the part of Emile Keeway because of his love of drama and also because of his acting ability, he has featured in several school plays and is passionate about the drama department and was very happy to help.

Janet Snakehole- Lizzie LukeWe chose Lizzie for this part because she felt passionate about the thriller genre. Furthermore she goes against the thriller convention of the females being the victims.

Granary Laceboot- Bethany TetleyWe chose Bethany for this part because she also goes against the thriller convention of the female being the victim.

Cast List

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All the actors we have recruited are within the 16-17 age range. We feel our target audience (teenagers in sixth form) will relate more to a film featuring actors the same age as them. All genders are in the project so it doesn't’t single out just one gender which adds to the audience being able to relate to the cast.

AGE: 16 BACKSTORY: Just an average student, who lives in

Long Buckby and is taking his A-Levels. He likes to go into town regularly with friends; however does not like his local train station.

ROLE: Gets separated from his friends when they leave him to buy their tickets whilst waiting for the train. Menace ensues.

Character profile: Emile Keeway

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AGE: 17 BACKSTORY: Talented guitarist who also studies

his A-Levels and is the quiet one out of most of his friendship groups

TRAITS: Quiet, clever and honest ROLE: One of the three friends at the train

station, he along with Johnny leave to buy their tickets and aren’t seen again

Character profile: Ronny Pudding

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AGE: 16 BACKSTORY: Not a lot TRAITS: Unaware, innocent and panicky ROLE: One of the three friends at the train

station, he along with Ronny leave to buy their tickets and aren’t seen again

Character profile: Johnny Radical

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AGE: 21 BACKSTORY: none … this is the mystery element TRAITS: Thuggish, mysterious and dark ROLE: Antagonist

Character profile: Granary Laceboot

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AGE: 18 TRAITS: an intimidating woman on her way to

catch a train ROLE: as a ‘red herring’ figure. She will walk past

Emile Keeway in an intimidating manor and to be the decoy to the real antagonist. Her costume is black to help disguise her and build the mystery. She will stare at Emile Keeway to ease the tension as it will become apparent she isn’t the real antagonist.

Character profile: Janet Snakehole

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Location

We have chosen the local village of Long Buckby as our filming location. The village has a relatively isolated and quiet train station.

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Location Conventions…

The antagonist will be wearing mostly black. This will include a hat which is a prop. The hat will be a black beanie hat. This supports the Hermit Nickel theory in which the bad characters wear darker clothes and the protagonist wears lighter clothes.

Props

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We are using a phone when Emile Keeway checks the time to show his concern that his friends have not returned. We are using a phone instead of a watch to show the more modern times and to relate to the target audience of teenagers.

Props

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