Story board and script

After doing a spider diagram of ideas I focused on the ideas I thought were the strongest. I had decided that it would be interesting to do my teaser trailer about a boy (teenager, around 17 years old) with a split personality. I chose this because it seemed the most interesting to do. I had to research about split personality disorders and how people who had the disorder acted so that the actor that I cast for the character knew how to act. "The development of MPS (multiple personality syndrome) is almost always triggered by severe abuse, including sexual abuse. During the traumatic experience the person becomes dissociated from the experience, becomes 'not there', and an alter personality takes over the pain. For every traumatic experience an alter is created." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A446393

Once I had planned my trailer I decided to organise the production stages. Firstly I chose my actors, I cast them on how well they performed my script and if their appearances fitted the roles of the characters. For the role of Freddy (the main character) I cast Grant Sterry, who has done GCSE Drama, is doing A Level Drama and has a Grade 8 in his LAMDA (The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). The role of Freddy’s friend, Joey, I cast Harry White who is also doing A Level Drama. The role of Freddy’s girlfriend I cast Abby Neal, who is doing GCSE Drama.

Continuing my research I decided to draw a story board of what I would want my trailer to possibly look like. I drew it by hand but then I also drew it on Paint on the computer (pictured left). It would start with an image of Freddy (played by Grant) with a cross-fade to an image of the clown, therefore it would look like Freddy was turning into the clown. It would then go to a scene where Freddy is drawing something on a table and then cut straight to a scene of Freddy standing outside staring at his girlfriend, Abby. Scene 5, Joey (played by Harry) will walk through the door and say, "Freddy, are you alright?". Scene 6 Joey will walk into the house and Freddy will be standing behind him, scene 7 follows quickly behind when Freddy has now turned into the clown. I have an idea for this, which if I get right will work brilliantly, scenes 6 and 7 will be 1/24th secs each and will play alternately so it will look like Freddy then clown, then Freddy again, then clown and this will happen for at least 2 seconds and if done correctly it will look terrifying. Scene 8 will be Freddy (as the clown) standing behind his girlfriend, Abby, with a torch on that Abby will be holding which will flicker.

I have also put together a script.

Characters:

Grant - Freddy

Harry - Joey

Abby - Abby

[Kitchen]

Grant: [slouching at the table drawing]

Camera angle, medium close up

[Grant looks up and then looks back down at his paper - Camera angle, over the shoulder shot - to see "kill her" written in blood.

[Living room]

Abby: [sitting on sofa reading/watching TV]

Camera angle, long shot

Grant: [Standing outside of one of the windows and is looking at Abby menacingly]

[Front door and hall way]

Camera angle, medium close up, low angled shot of Harry walking through the door.

Harry: [walks through the front door] "Freddy, are you alright?"

Camera angle, long shot so you'll be able to see Grant when he comes into the shot

[Grant comes into the house after Harry and stands at the door, REPEAT SCENE IN CLOWN COSTUME.

[Outside]

Camera angle, very low

Grant: [forces shovel into the ground]

[Dark room]

Camera angle, head shot - medium close up

Abby: [holding torch which is starting to flicker, Grant is behind her as the clown. the torch turns off and she screams]