1st Treatment
Genre- Comedy, Horror because we
wanted to use all the convections of a horror film and bring humour to show
that some funny things in life are just messed up! Length- 3-5mins max! Characters- Nigel (main character):
unfortunate nerd, who repels everything and everyone, including love,
friendship and luck. The only things he attracts are misfortune, bullies, good
grades and a very unfriendly ghost who after years has been tormenting him and
now has finally broken Nigel down spiritually and is now possess Nigel. Ghost, this ghost is very mischievous
spirit bent on ruining people’s life, attracted to Nigel because he is an easy
target. Ghost was observing kids and saw Nigel
Storyline
A montage in the beginning narrating
the Nigel’s rubbish life of being bullied, not getting the girl he likes and
just general things that have not been going right for him. This would last a
minute max because they’d be really quick clips. The short film would then start when
Nigel wakes up and he has been possessed we would show this by editing the
colour of his eyes. The middle part of this would be
Nigel at college and all these bad things happening some of these would be him
bringing up the courage to the girl he likes but then he switches and
completely messes up his chances. Another one would be he’s in class and people
would be bullying him and he changes on them. The ending would be that Nigel is
kicked out of college and his home and ends up in a mental home. And with this
because the ghost has successfully done his job of messing up Nigel’s life he
moves onto his next victim.
Synopsis
Nigel is bullied and tormented and attracts the attention of a
mischievous ghost. The ghost makes it his mission to destroy Nigel’s life
anyway possible. However Nigel found God and his life began to get better. The
ghost then tries even harder to destroy his life and makes Nigel loses faith
and when he is finally spiritually weakened he gets possessed. Under the
ghost’s influence Nigel, now a puppet ruins his life. This then results in him
being kicked out of college and home and ends up in a mental home. With this
the ghost is happy with his results and moves onto his next victim.
What films inspired us
Paranormal Activity Ted Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jennifer’s Body
Logistics and Feasibility
in terms of equipment we would be
using the normal standard equipment like a HD Video Camera with tripod Other equipment we would use in terms
of for the actors, contact lenses (for the possession) maybe blood and fake
teeth but it all depends. Our locations for this short film
would be Nigel’s house, his college, the street and woods
Ethical Issues
One ethical issue that pops up in the
face and may cause red flags is that some people may find the whole thing of
Nigel becoming a Christian and then getting possessed. This may cause a problem
with our audience and may take it the wrong way and get offended.
Where would this be
screened/distributed?
As a group we all decided that
YouTube would be the best place for this to be distributed. YouTube is widely
known by everyone so it would be seen by quite a lot of people
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