Planning – Initial Ideas

Costume• Black suit/clothing• Dark colours

Sound• Music with credits

• Non-diegeticCharacters• Antagonist in

shadows.• May not show

face of the antagonist.

Camera• Close ups.• Extreme close ups.• Maybe mid shot.

Colours• Black• Dark colours

such as blue, grey, brown, red.

Theme• Mystery• Crime

Film Inspirations• Se7en (seven) –

credits are excellent• Gosford Park

Setting• House

• Dark room• Unknown location for

the audience.

Make up• I might not need any make up for my film opening however I could use for colours or to add effect in the opening.

• Colours – red, black

Lighting• Very dark• Dim lights – candles

or torches• Small lights.

Editing• Fast paced – credits/what is

happening on screen• Flashing titles• Colours – red, black, white

titles/theme• Videos edited together quickly

to create suspense.

Props• Fingerprints, handprints

– could need make up to achieve this, or I could edit them on

• Highlighter• Paper• Pen• Photos of people• Blood – paint, icing

sugar• Knife• Map

Narrative• Antagonist in shadows highlighting words, tracing paper with his finger.

• Close up shots of the objects he’s tracing/objects on the table/room.