Section 8: Production Material

Section 7: Reece and location sheets

Section 6: Character outlines and shooting script

Name: James Taylor. (The Killer)

Age: 44

 

Seeks to gain revenge on Detective Inspector. Kennedy on what he believes to be the wrongful incarceration of his brother; Michael. He tries to gain revenge by putting D.I. Kennedy through what he has experienced the past 15 years. The removal of what he cares most about; his colleague, his wife and the chief of police. James suffers from chronic psychosis which causes James to have a lack of connection with reality and severe depression, this has actually lead him to believe that his brother was wrongfully imprisoned by D.I. Kennedy. James believes that by taking what D.I Kennedy cares most for he'll be given back what he most cares for; his brother.

 

 

Name: Marianne Kennedy

Age: 49

 

Wife of Detective Inspector. Kennedy and self-employed business woman. Works throughout the day at home looking after the house and running her business. D.I Kennedy and Marianne have been married for 4 years and are wishing to start their own family soon. She's a quite, shy person who keeps herself to herself.

 

 

 

 

1. Behind the Woman in the Dining Room - see the laptop - Pans round to her side
2. Long side shot of the woman
3. Medium close up of her face from the side
4. Over the shoulder, high angled shot looking at the laptop
5. Low angle/Close up of her to show she's tired
6. Close up of her watch - to show time is passing from a high angle (her point of view)
7. Long shot from the side - to show she's tired as she rubs her face
8. Long, low angled shot of her walking to the door
9. High angle of her closing the door
10. Extreme close up of her hand locking the door
11. Mid shot behind the woman looking through the blinds
12. OUTSIDE SHOT! Long shot of her looking outside, blinds begin to shut
13. Over the shoulder shot, behind her, closing the blinds
14. Very low angle of her sitting down from the side
15. Point of view shot grabbing a file and filing something
16. Over the shoulder shot of her typing
17. Point of view shot with the cup of tea - high angle
18.  A close up of her typing. A cup of tea and door are in the background
19. Mid shot from the side: typing, filing, looking tired, drink a bit of tea and eventually fall asleep - Editing stage we'll quicken this shot up
20. Same as 18 but different dark lighting - she's waking up
21. Long shot walking to the light switch
22. Almost a point of view shot to turn the light switch on
23.  Close up of the light switch being turned on
24. Tracking shot of her going into the kitchen
25. Mid to long shot, titling sideways of her walking past
26. Low angle from behind when kettle is on - she looks back quickly
27. Long shot of her turning round from behind/side back to the kettle
28.  A close up of the kettle boiling
29. Close up of kettle finishing and the knife in the background- blue light to the normal setting
30. Point of view shot looking at the knife
31. Close up putting knife back in the knife holder
32. A close up of the tea bag falling into the mug
33. Mid close up shot of the kettle pouring water into the cup
34. Low angled shot of her making a cup of tea
35. Long shot from behind of her stirring the tea
36. Camera is placed on the worktop - Woman walks with tea and goes off camera
37. Mid shot behind her into the dining room
38. Point of view shot from the computer of her sitting down
39.  Low angle long shot from the side of her suddenly looking to the side (not at the camera)
40.  Mid shot from the side, she looks back and starts to shiver
41. POV shot from the computer of her shivering and looking towards the door
42. Long shot of the open door
43. Mid long shot from behind of her starting to get up
44. Long shot from the side of her walking towards the door
45. Low angle long shot from behind
46. Mid shot from the side tracks to the door
47. Close up shot of her locking the door
48.  Close up shot of her face looking down
49. Low angle shot moving towards her
50. Mid close up from the side of her turning round
51. Shot from behind becomes close up the extra close up.

 

Section 5: Treatment

Deadline

Synopsis

A pair of police officers are given a date and time to stop another murder from happening. They soon find out that their own lives are about to become entangled and on the line in this chilling crime-thriller. How will the officers cope with the pressure and will they meet their Deadline…

Treatment

The opening sequence opens with a scene that has a female character inside -what the viewers believe to be - her own home working on a computer. She looks tired, as if she’s been doing work for a long time. We see her looking out of her house window as she’s paranoid someone’s watching her from the outside. She closes the curtains despite it being daytime as she believes it will pass her fears, this shot would be filmed from the outside so the audience can see what kind of setting she’s in. It will also be from the killer’s perspective before he’s entered her home so the viewers are introduced to this mysterious character without any reason as to why he’s watching her; this creates anticipation for what the sequence will include. Before this shot we’d give a point of view shot from her to show where she thinks this unseen person it hidden. This shot will be used to portray how she’s on edge in the confinement of her home. She decides to lock her houses so she can feel some kind of security. This implies how a safe location of your own home can become a threat to you. Therefore the audience can sense something will occur soon as tension is being purposely built. Effects used to show the passage of time, for example strobing to portray her working; typing, researching, filing her documents. This passage of time shot will show her feelings of her becoming more and more exhausted throughout the day. In addition to this there’s a cup of coffee next to her which will go down to show that time is passing to the audience. She wakes up later on at the computer and it’s now night time. She’s still tired and goes downstairs, to the kitchen, to make a cup of coffee. The audience are given the feeling that she’s being followed. As you see her moving around the house the viewers identify certain clues in the background, for example a knife is shown and a handprint in blood on the wall. Through certain camera shots such as point of view shots and angled shots, the audience will realise someone is watching the woman in the house and towards the end of this opening sequence the camera moves rapidly towards her to give the feeling that she’s being attacked. This would be from the attacker’s perspective so viewers can’t identity what his appearance is but can see her initial reactions to his portrayal of violent actions.

The police then investigate the scene of the crime yet they find no motive or evidence as to why the criminal would do this. One of the detectives goes home to find a blood message written on a wall inside his house in a different language. An investigation begins on the message as to what it means and how it can relate to the intentions of the killer. The police decode the message and find out that it is a date and time relating to a planned killing that'll take place in the future with another innocent victim. Several clues are left for the police in the message to lead them on a trail as to finding where the killer is. The given clues tell the detectives that the next person in line will be killed soon, in a short space of time. The clues get more specific as to who will be killed and in what location, they seem to point towards the victim being the chief of police as the killer seems to have been wronged by the police in the past. The killer’s incentive to do this stems from actions he’s performed that lead him to be in jail for a long time. This time in prison lead him to create and prepare a plan to take back revenge for his time in jail.

However the detectives soon find out that other people may also be involved and their lives are soon to be in danger. The audience find out that only one of the police officers is being targeted and his wife and colleague are captured and taken to an unknown location where the killer is set up. The detective has to make a tough decision on which member of his family he's going to save before the given upcoming deadline. After an intense but thrilling scene, the detective chooses to save the love of his live, his wife. Although she gets brutally killed and the killer frees the others as he’s taken his plan into action by committing his aim to target and get revenge on the police officer. The audience then see the two main characters in the confinement of their own home with the outcome of the attack complete. The Killer is feeling accomplished whilst the Police Officer is heart broken and helplessly lost.

Target Audience Interview

Section 4: Audience research

QuestionaIre Results

Section 3: Brainstorm of content and classification of film

We have chosen to make our opening scene a 15 certificate. One reason is because it can be viewed by a broader audience; 15 and above. Also we don't plan on using any violent or sexual scenes that would have constituted it being an 18 certificate.