4B Proposal Planning

 

    KIDNAPPING 

Prepared by Lucy Pettifer

DATE

I will produce a 5-6 minute thriller film which will include the conventions of the genre such as a mystery film, escapism and enigma codes within my film.

The film will be aimed at an audience of age of 15+. I have decided 15+ because there will be uses of some strong language within the film as well as uses of violence and maybe some blood within the film. It is also possibly going to subvert the stereotypical roles within society. The films that I have used ideas for this mystery thriller film are the series ‘The Residence’ as well as the series ‘Sherlock Holmes’.

 The narrative is a price show jumper horses was taken called Silver Comet, she has won many Royal Equestrian Grand Prix. She vanishes from the stables just days before an important event, the tight knit world of the elite horse show jumping is thrown into chaos.

The disappearance of Silver Comet shocks the owner who is a champion show jumper Evelyn Hartley. With the media pressure mounting as well as millions of prize money at stake Evelyn takes matters into her own hands trying to figure out who took her prize show jumper. She launches a quiet investigation as she is unwilling to let the authorities tarnish her family’s name.

 

1.         Jack Monrow (first suspect) a charming but bitter former stable hand who was recently fired by  Evelyn under suspicious circumstances. He claims to love the horses, but his debts and anger make him dangerous.

2.         Clara van Doren,(second suspect) she is rival trainer whose horse was always second to silver comet. She is ruthless and ambitious, she has the resources and the network to sabotage the competition.

3.         Theo Hartley (third suspect) Evelyn’s member of her family. A rebellious man with a gambling problem and something to prove. Did he steal the horse to pay off a dangerous debt or is he trying to sabotage the families legacy.

 

As Evelyn digs deeper,  she unravel secrets with hidden alliances, betrayal and a shocking twist that forces her to confront her past. The truth will not only determine the fate of the horse but also decide the future of her family legacy and the sport of show jumping itself.

 Plot Twist: Evelyn turns out to be the one to kidnap the prize horses. She wanted to prove that she could trust each one of her suspects to get revenge on them for different things. Jack Monrow because of her wanting to prove that he was a suspicious. Clara to show that she was the better trainer as well as to stop Clara becoming better then her ruining her reputation and legacy as a horse trainer. And Theo for her to be able to prove to him that he and handle anything to be able to carry on the families legacy one day.

This follows the narrative theory of first binary opposites Evelyn Hartley is a posh, rich horse trainer who is shown at the beginning as a hero of finding out what has happened to her prize winning horse Silver Comet. However, this changes it turns about she is the one to kidnap her horse to try and frame the others. Also the narrative theory of Hall encode/decode By encoding to the audience with Clara being dressed in black decodes to the audience that she is shown as a the kidnapper. As well as the motives for each of the suspects leads the audience to decoded at different points that they are to blame for the kidnapping.

 

The locations I will be filming firstly at a stables as well as in a house as it can be used to film the process of trying to find who done it as well to irrigate the character with questions and I have chosen these because the stables as it makes sense as horses are stalled at a stables so a horse to go missing at a stable makes sense. I have chosen to film as my house as well because it can be used for irrigation when questioning the suspects.

The non-diegetic music I have chosen is ‘Mystical Island’ by Steven Solveig on Spotify  because when listening to the music it is a mystery type of music it has a sense of mystery and fantasy for the audience. There is no lyrics to the music but this add to the sense of mystery to the film. I also want to uses a song that is known for the character Jack to listen to as he is working around the yard I would have it playing through his handphones but then make it so everyone can hear it as diegetic music when

If I can’t get permission then the alternative is … (look at copyright free music websites and add the link to the music)

The use of camera angles such as close angles shots to create mystery to the film such as when some it walking using a close angle of their shoes walking, as well as close shots of the reasons for excusing the suspects. As well as using over the shoulder shot to create mystery again. Establishing shots for the audience to understand where the story is taking place. I would also uses lower angles to show power and high angle to so vulnerability.

Costume has been chosen to represent Clara would be dressed in black which signifies to the audience that she could be the kidnapper as she is dressed in black which as connotations of dangerous. Jack the stable  hand who is dressed in dirty clothes as it encodes to the audience that he works on the yard and with horses. Theo dressed probably wearing jeans but with a posh look as he is representation of a posh person who thinks he is better than everyone else. Evelyn is dressed also posh she is wearing a horse shoe necklace which connotes that she is supersites as some horses riders believe that horse shoe’s bring you luck.

Graphics will be used to add titles and will be bold and black letters as is it evokes  a sense of the unknown and the unseen of what is going to happen in the film. The production company will be called Pettifer production.

I will use my camera on my iPhone as well as using fake blood, stable equipment as props such as brooms and head collars etc.

Legal/Ethical considerations: I will need to make sure I get necessary permission from all contributors and to use any music, and that all health and safety legislation is complied with. To ensure this is completed I will create a contract so the owner of the stables I would like to film at knows what I need from the stables who is going to be filming when and what days I would be filming on as well as a health and safety form so if anything happens they aren’t responsible. I would also need permission from my friends who are acting in the film if I have permission from them if they are over the again of 16 if they are under than I would have to ask permission from their parents. The permission is important because of how they are represented within the film.