Film Synopsis

The film opens with our main character Alex, a nomal student walking home, his usual route goes past the phone box, but today is far from usual, the phone box rings, hesitant at first he walks over and cautiously answers, all he can hear is brething from the other end. He gives up andputs the phone donw. For the rest of the night e doent giveit a second tought, assuming its just some kids prank calling. It's a gloomy night. As alex walks home he listens to his music, oblivious to the fact that he's big watched.

As he walks home the night becomes darker until it's pitch blck, but he gets gome to find the door open.This doesn't phase Alex as he realises his parents have probably just left the door open so he thinks nothing of it. He takes is coat and shoes off and walks upstairs at the precise moment a masked figure appears at the window. He goes upstairs to pour himself a glass of water, leaving the tap running he walks across the landing, the light flickers quickly on and off bringing thr masked figure into view. he climbs into bed and goes to sleep. He is then woken up later by his phone ringing, again he thinks nothing of no-one being on the other end. He goes back to sleep only to be woken up by he light rapidly flickering on and off and standing opposite him the masked character wielding an axe. (This is our three minute thriller opening, and now this is  vague outline fo the rest ofthe movie)

Alex is captured after a struggle in his house, he has a broken leg. He is bound and gagged and trown into the back of a truck. He travels for hours and finally comes to a stop. He is thrown into a small cell like room. He is questioned for days. None of the questions ever make sense. They are in the same lnguage but mean nothing to him. After a few days there is noise. He is grabbed again, leg still broken he is dragged across the floor and outside into the burning sunlight. He blacks out.

He wakes up to a nurse standing over him. After a few days of recovery he is sat down in front of the police. They need his help to raid the main base of the people who captured him, the are people known as the resistance Alex, is told to compare this to the antagonists in Fight Club. The reason they need Alex is because he should know the layout of the base. He claims to know nothing but the people say they can access his subconcious to find any thoughts. As he agrees they take him to a room and strap him in the chair, they anesthatise him.

He wakes up to the seemingly startled faces of the scientists. "Did you find anything?" Alex asks."Yes, but not what we were hoping for" he replies. "Oh?" "Yes, it would seem that we found out the leader of the group, which may help us just as much" "And?" "It's you..."

Filming Changes

This week we decided that our film ending was not inkeeping with the research we did with our questionnaires and the rest of the film in general. We are hoping to do some re-shoots later in the week to alter this and make the film better. We will have to see if we can use the camera again this week but if all goes well we should be well into the editing process by the end of the week.

Script

SCRIPT

Phone Box Scene:
(Abandonment plays in the background)

Alex - "hello... hellloooo.... Is anyone there?........ (in confused, inquiring manor)

Ed - ........ (silence - slight breathing)          (hello - creepy voice)

In House:


Alex - "Hello"?...

Ed - "Silent slight breathing..."

Alex - "Is anyone there"?!

Ed- "hello" (creepy voice)
'
Alex appears shocked and the scene cuts to an abrupt ending followed by a static sound'

Camera Shot Plan

Camera Shot Plan

Opening with an establishing shot. A man walks past a telephone box. It rings and the shot switches to an over the shoulder shot facing the telephone box. Another shot of Alex walking towards the phone box. A closeup on Alex answering the phone.

He hears breathing down the phone. Switches to a shot of the mouth of the person of the other end of the phone. Keeping it anonymous. Back to previous shot and Alex slams the phone down. Alex opens the door and walks away, as the door closes you see Ed hang up his mobile phone.
Alex begins to walk home and in the background you can see Ben. An over the shoulder shot reveals a light on in his house. A side shot of Alex walking up to his house. A match on action as he pushes the already open door. The shots carries on to see him put down his bag, as he moves away from in front of the mirror, Tom becomes visible.

Alex continues to walk through the house with a handheld camera shot behind him. He pushes open the door, we see this from the other side. The television is static, we see this from the front at the televisions level and then from the side. The phone begins to ring and we have a close up on the phone. We see Alex pick up the phone and we have a shot from directly behind his head. As Alex speaks into the phone we see a side profile of Ed and Alex, which as Ed hangs up the phone switches to a shot in front of Alex with Tom, Ben and Ed visible behind Alex as he discovers he is not alone.

The shot then switches to a static picture with the credits scrolling down. And as the credits stop the screen fades to black and a phone disconnected sounds pays and fades out after a few seconds.

Character Choices and Bios

Characters

Ed (Leader) - (Hooded character 1) – This character is a dark and mysterious person who is set on turning Alex's (Victim) life upside down by phoning him randomly at a phone box & then follows him home in which he brings some of his tormenting friends (Ben & Tom). We only hear this character say one word, and this word will change Alex's life forever........ “hello”  Ed is sizably bigger than Alex which shows us his dominance & power over him. This is one call Alex will never forget.

Alex (Victim) – This character is your “average joe” student minding his own business, he is a peaceful and a non-harmful 'happy chap', when suddenly the phone beside him starts to ring and of course out of human curiosity he has to answer it, in doing so Alex seals his fate in which his life will be turned upside down by 3 hooded psycho's.

Tom (Hooded character 2) – Tom is one of Ed's accomplices, we first see Tom in the reflection of a mirror & a second time side by side with his 'master' Ed at the end of the scene. Tom is also a mysterious psychopathic killer determined to prove himself to 'master'.

Ben (Hooded character 3) – Ben is the third and final accomplice of Ed he is seen when alex is walking home & in the final scene with Ed & Tom, but have no fear he is presently watching Alex even though he is not on screen,  his presence is undoubtable.

Casting of characters
When it came to the casting it was easy, we decided to keep the casting within our group to reduce risk and chances of an outsider not turning up or dropping out. The main character we casted was Alex who is the victim in our film – we casted him because he is the smallest out of the 4 members and we thought this would show his vulnerability and innocence well. The second character we casted was Ed who is the Leader of the Hooded psycho's – we casted Ed as the leader because he is the biggest out of all 4 of us and this shows the dominance and power over alex. The third character we casted was Tom who is the second hooded character – we cast him because we needed extra hooded psycho's in our film and he makes up the dominance and numbers. The last person we casted was Ben who is the third hooded character – we casted Ben because we needed a third and final hooded psycho and he also shows dominance and power over alex.
Putting all three of these people together makes for one big scary call for alex.

Inter-Textual Reference

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1.Reasons for choice or ideas:
•Phone box – we have chosen this because it creates a feeling of isolation and claustrophobia. Also this is proven to have worked in the “Phone Booth”
•We used the idea of hooded and masked characters so that there would be a much more mysterious feel to it. This heightens the anxiety of Alex, and keeps the audience on edge throughout. This is a proven technique in the film “Hot Fuzz”
•We used the entire idea of phones because most people have one which means everyone is at risk. This is also a message to show technology could be taking over our lives.
•We felt that the soundtrack we chose was in fitting with our production because the whole idea of the story is mystery and suspense so we thought what was better than wind. To keep the suspense of the story as it has been successfully used in previous films, such as the graveyard scene in 'the omen'.
•The reason we used such casual and modern music during the scene which Alex is walking home because it confirms him as a normal member of society. Whilst Alex is listening to his music, he is unaware of the situation that he is currently in.

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