Group: Group Treatment

Title: In order to come to a decision for the title of our film we researched the following words which describe the plot of the film and the characteristics of the murderer:

• Skitzophrenia
• Psycho(path)
• Double identity/life
• Murder
• Disturbed
• Sinister
• Capture
• Guilty
• Mysterious
• Lonely
• Outsider
• Obsessed
• Isolation
• Delusional
• Idenity

At the moment our favourite for the title is Identity as it does not reveal too much about the film but does connote some mystery



Here is a brief analysis of some of the event we want to produce in our final project :

Characters:

•  Main character who is shown as both a murderer and as a normal person is called Jake Nolan. He is and investment banker in a large London bank, owning a large house with quaint possessions, he lives on his own and many people around him begin to become suspicious of his goings on.
• Secondary characters include murder vitcims, who are shown only briefly and mainly by CU's of body parts as the murder(s) take place.

Locations:

• A high key lit kitchen where (insert character name) lives with birght colours depicting a normal life
• A low key lit 'dungeon' where his murders take place, includes toolboxes with various tools that could be used as weapons.
• A dimly lit street with dark alleys and nothing going on around it, where an abduction takes place by Jake Nolan.

• START :
• Man waking up for work and getting dressed, no face is shown
• Cut to man dressing in long sleeved top, jacket and generally dark clothes, finish with balaclava over face.
• Dressed man begins to start his daily routine, killer is following someone in the street

• MIDDLE :
• Series of action match shots, one will be making breakfast / getting ready will be juxtaposed with man at night killing of / disposing of a body. Examples of ones we might do listed below :
• Map with different locations being drawn // matched with to do list on fridge
• Putting tools into a bag // papers in a work bag
• Stabbing of a victim // putting a knife in a knife block
• Throwing body onto table // slapping bacon in pan
• Wrapping a body to a table in cling film // wrapping sanwiches with cling film
• Blood dripping on the floor// a leaky faucet
• Two tables one of murder weapons one of kitchen utensils
• Fastening cable tie // tieing shoe laces/tie
• Bringing knife down over limbs // cutting food
• Opening a freezer to put a body in // Opening fridge to get food out
• Pouring acid/body remains // pouring liquid into a mug
• Screaming // kettle boiling
• All actions have credits overlayed throughout in a dark/plain area of the screen

• END :
• Man in suit pulls up cup of tea to reveal his face as he lets out a satisfied 'ahh', camera zooms out.
• Camera continues zooming out and cuts to CU to MS of a murderer who is revealed to be the same man
• Cut to black with title card over the top, sound climaxes to silence.

Soundtrack

• the soundtrack will include both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. There will be mysterious sounding music, including strings and wind/brass insturments, with not too much sound so that there are silent moments in the soundtrack. At times of intense action eg. killing, the sound mix will be altered so that the music becomes dramatic and loud. Other non-diegetic sound may include some sort of screeching, heart beat.

Mise-en-scene
Titles