Script for Voice Over

I think this would be a film that the UK Film Council would be interested in; it is an original idea that would work well in cinema. They would be an ideal source for money to make the film.
This film would be watched by a number of groups, anyone interested in horror or thriller films would watch it. Also, many teenagers would be interested as the main character is a teenage girl.
The titles in my opening sequence list the key members needed to make the film, such as director, producer, costume and star actors.
Screening for my film would start small, then if successful more screenings would be considered. A film that has been released like this is My Summer of Love. First released at Edinburgh Film Festival in 2004, film festivals are good places to start with small films such as mine.
The UK Film Council work on making 'non-mainstream' movies more accessable to a wider audience, they do this by having a Digital Screen Network which screen non mainstream films regularly.
Once my production company have finished the film, they would try and make a deal with a distrbuter, who would print coppies of my film and dispatch it to cinemas.

My video with annotations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SrZ-Jc05SU

Looking back at my Preliminary Task, I see that I have learnt a lot about editing and filming in general. Before doing this project I had vague knowledge of editing, only knowing how to add titles and cut the footage, now I would feel confident in editing something more complicated. My Preliminary Task was very basic but the camera work was quite good. In my film because I wasn't working in a group (with no one to help me), i found it hard directing and filming at the same time, I had to re-take many of the scenes until it was right. But this ending up being a good thing because some of the scenes were unusable.
Because the Preliminary task was about continuity I was very careful to keep everything looking the same without any mistakes. This proved very hard, as I has to film over two days and we were using my sister's room which got more messy in between filming. However, I made sure that I stuck to the 180 degree rule, as this would make the video make sense, breaking the rule would confuse the whole film.

Because my character is seen drinking in this scene, it must have an 18 certificate.

Using Adobe Premier Pro to edit my film on a Dell computer.
The tripod I used, very useful, minimising camera shake.
The camera I used to shoot the footage.

I have learnt many things about media from this task, how to use editing software, setting up equipment ready to film and the process of filming. I feel that I have made good progress in furthering my knowledge of camera and filming, as before this production my knowledge was minimal. To carry out such a task it was necessary for me to use many different programs, such as; youtube.com, blogger.com, adobe premier, photoshop, facebook.com, and paint. With this software it was much easier for me to complete this task.

email for permission

The title of my film is clearly visible in the 4th still in the image above, shown over a shot of the pills is a good background for the title. The setting, as you can see, is a teenage girl's bedroom, which looks normal at first glance, but in the 3rd still you can see that the pictures stuck on the wall have their eyes crossed out. The costume I chose to dress my acress in are all/mostly black, which adds to the character's dark life. There are two panning shots in this film, one going from the left to right of the wall, the second is from the right to left, I think this works well, as it gives you some of the setting in two simple shots. The font I chose to use is simple and doesn't take anything away from the footage, at the same time it is bold, so that it is noticed.

The opening to my title sequence is key to the whole story, as she is blogging about her class mates and the words "The End" are typed onto the screen. This makes the viewer wonder about this small detail, which ends up being a huge part of the movie.

My title sequence is quite dark and this makes the film fall into it's genre of thriller/horror movie, we don't see Billy's face clearly untill the end of the opening, before that she is shown from the back, or in a mirror. This adds some mystery to her character.

Kirsty Linfoot, the actress in my video. And a screenshot of Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club.

These two characters are quite similar, they both are ignored and bullied for being different, holding grudges against their peers. They are also similar in dress, choosing to wear black, in Kirsty's case this is to blend in, so she is not noticed and bullied. But i think in Ally's case, her character wore black as a statement of personality.

Lithium By Nirvana

I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.
They're in my head. I'm so ugly. But that's ok.
'Cause so are you. We've broke our mirrors.
Sunday morning. Is everyday for all I care.
And I'm not scared. Light my candles. In a daze cause I've found god.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah.....I'm so lonely.

And that's ok. (alt: 'cause today )
I shaved my head. And I'm not sad, and just maybe
I'm to blame for all I've heard. And I'm not sure.
I'm so excited. I can't wait to meet you there.
And I don't care. I'm so horny. But that's ok. My will is good.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.....
(Chorus)
I like it. I'm not gonna crack.
I miss you. I'm not gonna crack.
I love you.I'm not gonna crack.
I killed you. I'm not gonna crack. (x2)

I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.
They're in my head. I'm so ugly. But that's ok.
'Cause so are you. We've broke our mirrors.
Sunday morning. Is everyday for all I care.
And I'm not scared. Light my candles.
In a daze cause I've found god.Yeah yeah yeah yeah.....
(Chorus)..

This is the song i will use in my video. Staring when Billy presses the play button, and ending when she slams the door.

Actress

Kirsty Erin Linfoot will be playing the part of Billy in my opening to Vermillion.

Treatment

The first image we see if of a girl's hands frantically typing on a computer keyboard. The hands stop momentarily to press the play button. Rock music begins to play as she gets ready for school, we see small snippets of her routine, her facial expression is distant, vacant and detached. The camera pans over her room, it looks like any average teenage girl's room but there are objects that seem out of place, a year book comes into shot, the faces of the students are scratched out and scribbled over. We see her pulling on a dress and then a cardigan, making sure her wrists are covered. We then see small clips of her applying dark eye-make-up and pale foundation, then a silver necklace, as she reaches for the necklace the camera follows her hand and a razor blade comes into the shot, placed in a mess of jewelery. We never see the whole of her face, as some of it is always in shadow, looking as if she is hiding. As she walks out of her bedroom and slams the door, the music stops.

Pitch for Title Sequence

My film is called Vermilion, it centres around the life of main character Billy, a teenage girl from London. Billy is the outcast at school for the way she dresses and acts, her class-mates bully her and push her over the edge, throughout the film we see hints of Billy's failed suicide attempt. Billy takes out her anger in an online blog, making up dark and twisted stories about her peers, in which they are tortured, and eventually killed. As the story progresses her class-mates mysteriously disappear. We gradually learn that a serial killer is the reason for their disappearances, he has been using the stories from Billy's blog and made them reality. In the end Billy finds out who he is and informs the police. Throughout the story Billy is batteling with her inner hatred for the bullies and what she knows should be done. This is an original idea for a film, and will be targeted at teenagers. Many teenagers have blogs, so they will feel some connction to this film, also many teenegaers have at one point or anoher felt that they don't fit in, they will feel empathy for Billy. I think this will be a sucessful film, a lot of teenagers enjoy watching thriller films.