The document provides details for the film brief of a thriller/drama film project. It includes sections for preliminary tasks, the film brief, film research, graphic breakdown, shots, audience research, and Pearl and Dean research. The film brief outlines the plot, which begins in a mental institution and flashes back to a group of friends at a house party where one is murdered. It also includes character profiles, location details, props, sound, lighting, and risk assessment. The goal is to create a teen-oriented drama/thriller that explores what happens after a murder at a party.

1. Preliminary task-
•Film brief
•Film research

2. Film brief-
•logo

3. Film brief-
-Mood board
1. Starts off in a mental institution and goes back in time
2. Starts of with the image of her getting wheeled in ,while this is
happening the directors and producers names comes up , then
when it gets to the second image the flashbacks start.
2.Goes back in time , the group of friends having a little
house party and drinking. (party montage)
3. While the group fall asleep, the
camera focuses on bloody heels
leaving the house with bloody heel
prints on the floor behind her.
4.After the group wake up the
next morning , they find one
of there group member (Amir)
dead, the group are in shock
and Imogen pleads to call the
police but Jason hesitates and
tells Imogen and Will to stay
in the house and clean it and
him and Aria will take care of
the body. (birds eye view)
5. The opening ends with Jason
burying the tape and the pair of heels
from shot 3 whilst him and aria are
burying the body and the evidence.

4. Film brief-
-Story board

5. Film brief-
Character profile-
5 characters- 2 girls ,3 boys
Aria- 19
Similar to the character of Norman from
bates motel, not aware of her crimes.
Split personality, murderer
•Self confident
•Outgoing
•Sensible
•Mum of the group
Imogen-17 (blonde)
•Fun, childish
•Open minded
•Doesn’t think about consequences
•Baby of the group
Jason-20
Close friend of Aria , aware of
all her crimes but doesn't tell
her about it hoping she will
snap out of it.
•Loud
•Outgoing
•Arrogant
Amir – 18 (gets killed off)
•Flirty (ladies man)
•Show off
•Makes bad decisions
Will – 18
•Quite
•Innocent
•Doesn't think things through
•Introvert of the group

6. Film brief-
Genre/storyline/audience /theories -
Theme: Drama/Thriller
Viewpoint: From the viewpoint of the group of main characters.
Mistake is a teen oriented drama/thriller which follows a group of teenagers as they try to
find out who killed one of their closest friends. (Draws on some ideas from Bates’ Motel)
We’re going to use the lighting and non agetic sound to illustrate this theme . We are
also going to use the lighting to make the audience understand the mood of the
characters and the scene.

7. Film brief-
Location- 1 day
The scene opens in a mental hospital (20
seconds) the character getting wheeled in
on a wheel chair (tracking shot), during
this scene it cuts and introduces the
producers name etc.
Then it flashes back to a montage of a
party located in a living room (30 seconds)
The scene ends in a forest focusing on the
two characters digging ( 40 seconds)
The mental hospital bit can be filmed
in the drama studio. 233
The party scene can be filmed in a
‘living room’.- 223
The digging bit can be filmed in the
calthorpe project.

8. Film brief-
Location- 1 day

9. Film brief-
Risk assessment-
Area of concern-
•The room of production is small and therefore not a lot of people can be in together
because they may trip over the cables on the floor and the equipment we are going to
be using. Therefore to avoid this we are going to have to be aware of spacing and
attempt to only shoot once so the room wont be over crowed with the actors and
production crew.
•And just in case 0f a fire, the room we have chosen is next door to a fire exit and
therefore there is easy access to enter and exist the room.
•Another area of concern may be the graveyard scene, because its outside the weather
may be an issue for instance if its raining the rain may damage the camera and lighting
used , it may also distract the actors. In this case to avoid these issues we are going to
have to the check the weather in advance and bring extra people in case it is raining to
help cover the equipment .
•The level of risk is very low as we are aware of these issues and know how to avoid it
and have back up plans made just in case .

10. Film brief-
Props-
•Wheel chair
•Patients outfit
•Pink or red heels
•Fake blood
•Alcohol bottles
•Shovel
•Recording tape
•torch

11. Film brief-
Sound
For all the dialogue we are going to aim to use digetic sound but however because
most of our filming is going to be outside and weather conditions may make it hard
to hear so in that case we are going to record over the dialogue.
But during the opening we are going to use non-digetic sound to play from the
mental hospital scene to the ‘party/gathering’ changing the volume to illustrate the
mood-
• peking duk- high
•Mr bright side

12. Film brief-
Lighting
In the opening scene we going to use sterile lighting to emphasis that its starting in a
medical institution.
However in the second scene we are going to use natural lighting , mid key lighting
because we want overall highlights minimal shadow.
In the digging scene we are going to be applying low key lighting , overall shadows
minimal lighting .

13. Film brief-
Camera angle – shot list
The scene opens with a tracking shot following the patient getting pushed on a
wheel chair facing the patient focusing on the patient not the person pushing
them.
Then we fade out by using our music while its getting louder we zoom in on the
patients face then when the tempo changes we go into our next scene ,starts off
dramatically then changes mood.
Then the next scene is a montage of the five characters taking shots(fast forward
montage) the montage starts with the clock , then start focusing on the
characters (clock behind the five shot glasses, the camera focuses on the clock
then camera shifts to the other side and the montage starts) .Then it focuses on a
clock to show the difference in time cuts into the characters sleeping and the do
the scene where they exchange dialogue

14. Film brief-
Audience-
Target audience-
The age certificate which we have placed on this film is a 12. This is mainly because of the
level of violence in the film, we would have rated it a 15 if we had brutal images which
people under the age of 15 may be to sensitive to watch. Also because the violent images
are not dwelled on for long periods of time we felt placing an 15 certificate on the film was
not necessary.
The age group which our film is aimed at our 12 and above this is because the characters
and also what takes part in the film, this age range will be more impacted by the film in
terms of how good the film will be to them. Some of this targeted audience could relate to
main plot of getting involved in situations which get out of hand. Also this targeted
audience involves a group of friends innocently enjoying themselves till the situation
takes a turn for the worst so the impact on this audience will be stronger.
So overall we decided to target our audience at who will the film have the most impact on
and which age range will be most interested to watch the film. As well as this we looked at
the criteria of BBFC and how they go about stating a films age certificate.

15. Film brief-
Script-

20. Film research-
Bates motel is an American thriller programme.We are going to
use the character of Norman Bates from bates motel and
psycho as a foundation for the main character of Aria.
In bates motel, non digetic sound it used throughout the
trailer to help set the tone of the upcoming episodes. However
dialogue is used to give the audience a little taste of what the
programmes is about and what they should expect. Bates motel
has inspired us to use similar sound for instance we are going to
start with non digetic sound during the mental institution
scene and use the volume of the music to make the transition of
scenes, from a very sinister dark scene to a fun loud brighter
sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=7lCWKKNGiKs
Further on in the programme , the programme goes through a series of flash backs and flash forwards
to help create suspense and explain the story , this is where we got our original idea of opening our
movie with a flashback, we are going to try recreate this to help illustrate the emotions experienced.
The motel is the location in which the violent murders and deaths occur, therefore we tried to
represent this by having the scene 0f the death occur in a specific location as well within our Media
Project to help illustrate the importance of the location. Laura Mulvey theory of film is that women are
often objectified in media , they are often looked at with a male gaze , generally seen as sex objects and
there are only two roles for them in the film industries which is a virgin or the whore. However in bates
motel they go against this theory similarly our film we break theses roles and introduce a more
masculine character for the role of the women with a twist of insanity.

21. Film research-
The tall man is a mix of horror and thriller , this is
something we originally wanted to recreate. We are using
the character of Jessica Benning to help build the character
of Jason, who is aware of the crimes, however in this case the
character of Jason doesn't condemn this behaviour and
hopes it would stop. The use of the notice broad with the
missing children is the main focus of the opening
illustrating the importance of this allows the audience to
understand and get a taste of the movies plot. The opening
starts of with dietetic sound. The sound of a child
humming/singing this plays with the innocence and turns it
into something sinister, setting the mood of the movie. This
is broken by the use of non digetic sound using the volume
to change the mood , this is something we are going to use
for transition between scenes .
Angela Mcrobbie s theory of film suggest that men and women are often represented
through stereotypes and traditional roles. However in tall man , the use of the women
being the most ‘powerful’ and the main male character being the ‘sidekick’ rebels against
the stereotypes of the role of male an d women .And goes against what the audience are use
to watching therefore we have agreed to go against this theory and use it as a strength ,that
surprises the audience.

22. Film research-
How To Get Away With Murder genre is crime,
mystery and drama, it is about a group of ambitious
law students and their brilliant criminal defence
professor become involved in a twisted murder plot
that promises to change the course of their lives. We
plan to use parts of the TV show How To Get Away
With Murder for inspiration for the mis en scene and
cinematography for the opening sequence by using
contrasting colours in the flashback and flash
forward scenes .
For example in the flashback scenes the
cinematography is generally cold from using mainly
blue lighting , during the main flash forward scenes
the cinematography is warm as mainly yellow, and
occasionally white , lighting is used.
We are also using inspiration from How To Get Away
With Murder for some of our theme as the TV show
also follows a group of friends who engage in burying
a body and keeping it secret.

23. Film research-
In scream the heading goes from big to small in bold on a black background, This
suggest that the word scream has great significance within the film suggesting that
there will be a lot of screaming going on from the characters but also from the
audience. Also the colour of which it is being displayed in also connotes bad
atmospheres where red can be seen to illustrate danger and white can be seen to
suggest deadliness. In Scream extreme and close and tracking shots were used to
build momentum and intensity for the on screen moment and to allocate the
audience to get into the mind of the actor which helps the audience understand the
emotions of the actor better. This was done when tracking the main character
where she is hiding from the suspected villain in which she is portraying emotion
shown from facial expressions and actions.
In Scream panning shot was used to allow the audience to see what the character is
viewing but also in this case builds intensity because it allows the audience to see
and be aware of something that the character cant.
Close ups were used to portray facial expressions and to introduce the characters so
the audience can get a sense of their personality from the off for example it helps
explain the characteristics of the goody and the villain, this links to Propp’s
narrative theory because a close ups enables you to see facial expressions which
then allows the audience to tell by the expressions if the character is a villain or
victim. In addition the pace of the zooming is either slow which suggest that
something is going to happen at that moment where as, fast zooming with loud
non diegetic sounds brings a moment to where shivers may go down the audiences
back.

24. Graphic break down -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3VVJb562Y
The lighting used illustrates the feeling of a horror film. In this case the darkness is
used to represent fear, these are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear,
horror and terror from viewers. Darkness was used to capture the fact that the
genre of the film is scary/horror with a connotation of darkness which is danger
and evil. The dark mise en scene immediately alerts the audience to the genre of the
film, which is important to get across in the opening minutes.
Harsh fluorescent light was used in Creep and slightly in Saw. In Creep it was used
in a point of view shot with jagged shots which makes the lighting more effective.
Also it allows the audience to ponder on why is the character viewing these
disturbing images of bloody knives and bodies where it appears that someone is
attempting to murder another in one of the stories. But also most importantly it
sets the scene in terms of how scary the film is going to be and what it contains in
terms of weapons.
American Horror story opening is from a characters perspective which breaks down
the four walls and involves the audience to get into the mind frame of the character.
Non- diegetic sound is used throughout the opening, the volume is used to
illustrate the suspense and create tension.

25. Shots -
Insidious is a horror film with a unexpected
twist. It is about a family who have recently
moved into a new house , where disaster
strikes the young boy and the family start
experiencing surreal episodes of something
ghostly , before long their lives turn up side
down and they go to get help and answers.
At the beginning of the film, a shadowy old
woman is seen inside a house while the
inhabitants sleep.

26. Shots -
We see an establishing shot to set the scene and to
make the audience aware of the surroundings.

27. Shots -
This is an aerial shot looking down at the staircase and the shadow
allowing the audience a sense that someone is watching which creates
suspense and mystery which keeps the audience intrigued.

28. Shots -
The slight dutch tilt on the clock illustrates a
sense of confusion and discomfort.

29. Audience research
“Snake Eyes” (Brian De Palma) 1999
“Snake Eyes” isn’t really even a good movie, but because
the opening is so intriguing it does the right tricks to get
your attention. Kicking off with an absurdly complex 12.5-
minute tracking shot that combines De Palma’s dual loves
of seediness and nested images as it follows Nicolas Cage,
as he works all the angles in the lead up to a title fight in
Atlantic City. lizard -men ,snipers and conspiracy … it’s
such a scrumptious set-up, you’ll never believe the taste the
film eventually leaves in your mouth. https://vimeo.com/3235512
“The Lion King” (Rob Minkoff) 1994
The opening scene of “The Lion King” offers up the only
African chant that’s immediately recognizable to most
Americans this side of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album.
The sun rises, the song continues, and all the animals
herald a new dawn. This was the last golden era of
Disney animation, and this opening scene goes a long
way toward explaining why they held the pole position
for decades, mixing stunning animation with a
overpoweringly positive worldview.

30. Pearl and dean
http://www.pearlanddean.com/
The range of product has also broadened significantly with cinema no longer being the
sole preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. Nowadays you are as likely to pop to your
local cinema to watch a heartfelt documentary, an intriguing indie-film or even live
opera as you are to see a big 3D family film or action flick.
All of this has resulted in an increasingly diverse range of audiences going to the
cinema on a regular basis, all of them highly targetable by any number of criteria
including film choice and location.

31. Pearl and dean
Because a high majority of their viewers are 7-14 or 15 + therefore our thriller
will fit in perfectly because we have rated it a 12 so it might be a bit sensitive for
viewers younger then 12 but for viewers 12 and over it would fit because they
would be able to understand the plot, the only reason we have rated it a 12 is so
we don't restrict our audience and therefore it can also turn into a spooky family
film etc. However because it is a thriller even though it is rated 12 , it is still
aimed at older viewers as well.

32. Research the institutions that might
produce , distribute and exhibit your film -
Independent Cinema Office
The national organisation for the development and support of
independent film exhibition in the UK. We exist to bring a wider
range of films to a wider range of audiences. Our primary aims are
to:
Promote diversity in exhibition content, audience and location.
Develop a culturally-led approach to an economically sustainable
independent exhibition sector.
Provide access to industry leading exhibitor training.
Our main activities are:
Film booking and programming for cinemas
Training and events for cinemas, festivals and film society staff
Distribution of films that would not otherwise find an audience
Consultancy and providing advice
Developing audiences for world cinema and artists’ film.
Because our movie is going
to be independent and not
directed or produced by
known people , we are going
to have to start small and try
to make our movie
remembered we can do this
exhibiting our film with the
independent cinema office
and once we accomplish this
we can move on to bigger
worldwide cinemas but first
we have to start local.

33. Research the institutions that might
produce , distribute and exhibit your film -
Independent specializes in the development, financing,
production and distribution of independent feature films. Led
by CEO Luc Roeg, who has over twenty years experience in the
film business, Independent has a team of highly motivated and
experienced professionals with expertise in project
development, production, structured finance, distribution,
sales and marketing.
http://www.independentfilmcompa
ny.com/about.php