Delirium-kill board in focus

 

This is a picture of my group completing and drawing our killboard for our film delirium. We decided to include red rope to represent a web which links the ideas on the board together. This is standard iconography of thriller films which will indicate mystery because the audience will be wondering why particular elements are connected to each other and why some elements are not connected to each other.

        



This is a birds eye view picture of the kill board which is highly detailed to add verisimilitude to our film which will make our target audience believe our film is more realistic of small scale police investigations. It features original photographs taken by each member of my group including myself with the photographs consisting of potential suspects, victims and significant locations in the narrative.

Shots list- Delirium

Trailer

Introductory montage of shots

• Close-Ups regularly used; This connotes higher intensity and intertwined with camera movements such as zooms, it will result in the audience feeling much more involved in the situation and will result in them feeling a lot more psychologically uncomfortable.

These shots will involve;

• Intertwined 'work life' and 'home life' (abrupt quick shots) 

• paper slamming against table, pencil scribbling on paper (cross cutting back, increasing the pace and intensity every time it's shown), drink falling over and water spilling, quick laptop typing.

• Smashing bottle at home, arguing with wife, pills falling over/no pills left in container, sitting alone, away from family.

These shots could be pivotal in the beginning of the trailer as they could establish more pace and discomfort in the editing and beginning to leave the audience uneasy.
The connotations of these shots could be vital as they connote to the audience the beginning of the deterioration of the protagonists life - showing his psychological collapse and growing alcoholism.
The increasing speed alongside the continuing chaos of the pencil writing close up, emphasises the stress and mentality collapsing within the protagonist and the shot type heightens extremity of the situation. This has an effect on the audience helping them establish the plot within the non-chronological montage, and leaving them in suspense of what is to happen.

Disruption of shots (non-chronological)

• *Phone Ringing* distorted editing of mid-shots and close-ups establishing the protagonists mental collapse as the diegetic voice over indicates his brother has been murdered.

This allows the trailer to show the audience his rage, mixed with sadness, and establishes his seek for vengeance as he has nothing left to live for.

Resolution montage of shots

• close-ups and mid shots of kill-board, investigating onto his suspects.

• connotations of murder scene, body bags, police tape etc.

• more shots increasing damaged mentality, cross cutting with the work life

• continued work life and home life.

Ending cliff hanger shots for the final conversation

• "why didn't you meet him that night?"..... "I was out, I was drunk"

• Extreme close up as protagonist saying he was out

 There are continual jump cuts back to the scribbling pencil as it gets harder, each shot continues to get closer and closer until the pencil snaps and the title appears.

Script for Delerium

Introductory slow pace montage of him at work with small distractions e.g. people banging on the window of his office, a pile of endless books placed on his desk etc and his home life: extreme alcohol consumption and aggressive confrontations with his wife. This all builds with a white noise sound effect going back and forth with him writing with a pencil. The breaking point is when he breaks the tip of his pencil and the white noise stops. along with a sound bridge in the form of a phone call that links to the next scene.

 

The protagonist is then suddenly woken up by the phone call, he then relaxes and answers his phone to his ex wife.

 

Protagonist: What do you want?

Ex wife: I'm sorry to say this but your brother is dead. 

 

Protagonist comes to realisation and drops the phone on the floor with a zoom in shot of his face as he curls up on the flioor in disbelief.

Panning shot of him looking at a bloody shirt and knife on the floor.

Fast pace montage of protagonist drinking whisky, at work, shouting at the camera, looking at a kill board

 

Inter title: Was he framed?

Inter title: Or is he the murderer?

 

Ex wife: Well you must know where you were that night!

Protagonist: I was drunk! I can't remember.

 

Title appears on screen 'Delirium'

 

Final shot of protagonist looking at the camera with a knife in his hand.

Target audiences

 

Psychographics

Props list- initial ideas

This is the props list which has been created using prezi which is a mind map creating platform.

In addition to the Prezi above below are some original images of extra props that will be  used in our narrative:

Pitch-initial planning ideas

Click here to view our pitch

Above is a link to our initial pitch which details our ideas through extended verbal communication and a Powerpoint presentation which is all recorded and has been uploaded to YouTube. Immediately after the pitch ended we were given in depth feedback on the presentation quality and they asked us questions about our future plans.

Mood board for Delirium

This is our mood board for our trailer opening delirium which showcases a variety of images, colours and imaginative themes that all precisely link to our trailer opening.
















This is a very dark hand with a central composition in the picture it is hovering over a foggy area. we picked this image because it shows a very dark atmosphere which was something we wanted to reflect in our trailer opening for Delirium, we hope to do this by using low key lighting and carefully timed fade to black cuts which we think will keep our audience on edge throughout the trailer. In addition to the micro elements above we also intend to use pathetic fallacy to show our audience the intense mood of our trailer.


















The following picture above was very easy to choose for our thriller themed mood board. It features a shallow focus that is zoomed in on the gun with the barrel clearly seen. A handgun is a very significant prop in any thriller and is standard iconography of the genre. In terms of the background information there is also stereotypical cinematography for a thriller or action film. This is emphasised by the rundown building in the distance. The shot also loosely focuses on the male with a soft focus revealing his hand and his face whilst covering his eyes. his head is covered by a hood so this is indicative to the audience that he is a working class criminal in a poverty stricken area. At the top of the image there is a phased out set of police lights that connote the influence of the police force in thriller and action themed titles. This is significantly linked to our film trailer because our main character is also acting outside of the law which will be revealed once our trailer is completed and available for viewing.












This particular snap is particularly interesting, The eye is from the front cover of the infamous silence of the lambs which suggests that our film will involve suspenseful moments that will correlate to the sequences in silence of the lambs. In addition to that image there is a cropped image of a house. This is a very large house isolated in a dark setting. For me this picture perfectly represents myself and my groups vision as to what our trailer should look like: low-key lighting, naturally grim weather which creates pathetic fallacy in tandem with verisimilitude and a general sense of eeriness and uncertainty.

The final section of our mood board focuses on Inception: the ingenious blockbuster directed by |Christopher Nolan and a staircase leading up to a rundown area of France. Inception being a science fiction epic features many scenes that are unexplainable, especially for sound. Many scenes in the film feature non diegetic sound in the form of heavy electronic pulses. This is something we have added to our cuts in our trailer in order to build tension and to entice our viewers. In addition to sound, Inception also explains that through dreams reality is distorted to the persons unconscious mind. This distortion of reality will be applied to our lead character who's perception of reality becomes distorted due to his alcoholism and the grief over a family members death. This will cause his behaviour to become irrational.