Starting Ideas

Rough Idea

In lesson we were split up in to three groups. Each group had a Producer, a Director and an Art Director. We were then sent off to think of a scene featuring un-canny events that were in each of our proposals, for example, it would contain dripping/splattering blood coming from a book or a wall, Hannah's proposal contained a fly buzzing around and once squashed produces smoke, Alex's idea was a persons hand that was on fire and they seemed oblivious to this.                                                      

With what ever idea we came up with we had to interpret this in to the other groups ideas (there is three groups overall), thus carrying on one big story all containing un-canny elements.

As we would be making a set, we had to think about special effects, designing a set, decoration, green screen, costume, props and actor/actress, to make our story come alive.

There are three groups of about 4 or 5 people.

Group 1 came up with this idea.
A man is sat on a bookcase, this man starts to itch his arm and pulls at his skin irritated by something. A fly or object begins to emerge and come out of the arm. From a different angle we then see that the man is tiny stood upon a bookcase.

Group 2- Part 2 (My Group)
We only wrote down in rough what should happen in the entire scene. With a few ideas given to us by our tutor our story would start with the main actor/actress waking up. We wanted to try and interpret this waking up scene by having the bed up-right on the wall so the main character kind of floats off of it all dream like. We will be using a dolly so as the character floats off of the bed the camera will move back with the character coming forward. The only example of this from a film I have seen is in 'The Grey' (Carnahan, J. 2012)

The example is between (1:00-1:05) The character is in a safe dream world and then he is plunged back in to reality. This is the only example from a film I can find (and I've done a lot of research). However I have can envision what I want to create so I will attempt this and see if we succeed or fail.

Once the character has woken up they will look at a bookcase from where the source of noise which has woken them is coming from.

Another idea I came up with is if we had the character on a dolly and where ever they travel to it seems like they are floating, this is uncanny and I have seen this in some films and want to interpret this. The only problem we would have is the availability of dollies and the amount of room we will have on set.

Once the character approaches the bookcase they see the tiny person which is actually them self, the taller character creeped out knocks the tiny man on to the floor and drops a book on to him. The taller character looks to the floor and sees a blood splat and a tiny arm twitching.  

The character then looks up at the door signifying to the audience a sound has been made. (the whole 'short story' wont contain sound). The character proceeds to the door where smoke is rising from a key hole, the character looks through the eye piece on the door and sees a horrific sequence.

Sequence 3-Group 3
Through the eye piece we see an older women chopping vegetables. We switch back to the main character still looking through the eye piece. The older women is then blood splattered and chopping up body parts and children's dolls. On the floor nearer the women a grey creature crawls and shuffles up to the door its body twisting abnormally.

I dont know yet if the other two groups will be adding to their pieces but from what we discussed these are the initial ideas.