Rough Storyboard

Full storyline treatment

Full storyline treatment

Length of film is 2 hours

Title of film : Hum

Our chosen distributor is Universal

The certificate of our film is a 15 due to mild violence in the film, at the beginning a person is shown dead but the killing of the person is not shown. Mild scenes of blood and gore are shown as well as the use of drugs (cigarettes) however we show this mildly and do not heavily promote it.

The target audience for our film is 16-25 year olds because the main age range of cinema goers and people in that age range prefer horror/crime films.

Beginning

Our film starts in the setting of a house where a murderer has killed an innocent civilian, the victim is shown covered in blood and the murderer dances to music whilst remaining anonymous (the audience does not see his face.) The story hits the news immediately and the murder watches it back at home whilst the family of the victim also watch it.

Middle

More murders go on to be committed by the murderer, the audience can see the murderer but the audience can’t. The investigation into the murder of the victim is an ongoing process through all of the film.

End

The murderer is said to have been found and jailed which brings closure to the family. However, at the end of the film the actual murderer which the audience remembers is walking down the street humming the distinctive tune that the hummed after he committed all of his other murders.

Short storyline Treatment

Short Treatment

 

Film Title – Hum

Length of introduction – 2 Minutes

Chosen distributer – Universal

The certificate of our film is a 15, this is because there will be mid violence in the film, at the beginning a person is shown dead. However the killing of the person is never shown on screen. There is also mild scenes of blood and gore are shown as well as the use of drugs. However we show this mildly and do not heavily promote it

The target audience for our film is 16-25 year olds because the main age range of cinema goers and people in that age range prefer horror/crime genre.

A murder is committed by an unknown person, the murder is committed in a house and the person is left lying on newspaper which is covered in blood. The boy who has been murdered drifts in and out of consciousness after being stabbed numerous times until he eventually dies. The murderer is unknown, all the audience sees is a hand holding a blood soaked knife. The murderer then proceeds to turn on a record and dance to some music by the Beatles, the murderer remains unknown, all the audience sees are the feet of the murderer dancing along to the song that they have just started playing. The murderer then goes on to leave the building, slamming the door, leaving the house a mess. The murderer then lights a cigarette and walks down the street humming a tune. The titles for the film then come on. The screen immediately cuts to the murderer sat in his house watching a news report for the murder which he has just committed. The screen then cuts to the victim family watching the same news report.

Character Profiles

Production logo

Risk Assessment

Shot list

 

 

 

 

Pre-production questionnaires

Film script

Film Certificate

Film Certificate

For films in the United Kingdom there is the use of film certificates that show what age is suitable for someone to watch the film. This is implied by the British Board of Film Certificate which is responsible for providing a film with an age rating. There are many age ratings that can be applied for example there is U, PG, 12, 15, 18. For our film we will be focusing on the age ratings of 15 and 18. The following will show what is included in a film for the age ratings of 15 and 18 to be given.

Age Rating – 15

Discrimination

The work must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the work must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.

Language

There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the way it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work and any special contextual justification.

Nudity

There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. There may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Threat

There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat is unlikely to be acceptable.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

Age Rating – 18

Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:

• where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence

• where material or treatment appears to us to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities

• where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the context of a sex work (see below) or where the primary purpose of the images in question is sexual arousal in the case of video works, which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at 18

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform, and educate in matters such as human sexuality or safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at 18

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed 18. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at R18 is also unacceptable in a sex work at 18.

For our film, I think that we will be under the 15-age rating, the reason for this is that it will have a heavy amount of violence shown, blood and gore but won’t be the strongest gory images. Also, it will feature drug taking but it won’t to an extent where it promotes or encourages drug use and it will also have been shown briefly in a montage clip. In the film, it may for a brief time have strong language but not much throughout the film.

The reason on why we have decided to aim our film at the 15-age rating, the reason for this is that the cinema goers age demographic is at 16-25 years old. This would mean that the film has a better chance of success at the box office. In the film, it will also feature similar age range actors that are target audience will able to engage and relate with.

Sub-Genre - Titles

Titles

In all films at the beginning they feature the titles which may vary on what is shown on them however for crime films it follows a template of what to include, this is the following that would be included:

      ·         Newspapers Articles

·         Blood

·         Weapons (key items to do with the crime)

·         Establishing shot of settings

·         Actors Names

Example of Titles

This is from the film Dial for murder which shows all of the above and also gives a theme of the phone that is used will be used in this film.

Sub Genre - Iconography

Iconography

In crime films, there is always iconography that can be related to the sub-genre, which most time you will see in most of the films. For example:

·         The police – In most crime films police will feature to solve the crime, successful or not and try to find out who has caused the crime that the film will be focusing on.

·         A Criminal Act – Usually in crime films there will be the focus of a criminal act for example in The Silence of the Lambs the criminal act that is committed is the focusing on the serial killer that skins his victims.

·         Weapons – In most crime films there is a weapon that is used to kill the victim, for example in The Godfather there is the use of a gun which is the weapon.

·         Special FX Makeup – This is used to make the injuries to the victims look realistic, for example when there is an open wound they are able to show the audience a believable look of it.

Certificates of Films

Certificates of Films

In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released.

 

15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a 15 rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.

Language

There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.
Nudity

There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. There may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail.

 

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Threat

There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat is unlikely to be acceptable.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

18 – Suitable only for adults

No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema. No one younger than 18 may rent or buy an 18 rated video work. Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment.

Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:

• where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence
• where material or treatment appears to us to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities
• where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the context of a sex work (see below) or where the primary purpose of the images in question is sexual arousal In the case of video works, which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at 18

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality or safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at 18

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed 18. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at R18 is also unacceptable in a sex work at 18.

Final storyline

Our final detailed group storyline for first 3 mins

 

 

A murder is committed by an unknown person, the murder is committed in a house and the person is left lying on newspaper which is covered in blood. The boy who has been murdered drifts in and out of consciousness after being stabbed numerous times until he eventually dies. The murderer is unknown, all the audience sees is a hand holding a blood soaked knife. The murderer then proceeds to turn on a record and dance to some music by the Beatles, the murderer remains unknown, all the audience sees are the feet of the murderer dancing along to the song that they have just started playing. The murderer then goes on to leave the building, slamming the door, leaving the house a mess. The murderer then lights a cigarette and walks down the street humming a tune. The titles for the film then come on. The screen immediately cuts to the murderer sat in his house watching a news report for the murder which he has just committed.

 

Rest of the film

During the rest of the film, more murders are committed by the murderer as the police chase continues, many suspects have been named however the actual murderer never gets put under suspicion. The story of the victim’s family is followed throughout the whole film, the murderer is thought to be found out and jailed but right at the very end of the film we see a replica of the scene right at the beginning where the actual murderer is lighting a cigarette walking down the street humming the same tune as before.

Film Certificates

 

I believe our film will be a 15 as there is going to be swearing, blood and limitable language but it’s not going to go as far as an 18.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.

Language

There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.

Nudity

There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. There may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Threat

There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat is unlikely to be acceptable.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

18 – Suitable only for adults

No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema. No one younger than 18 may rent or buy an 18 rated video work. Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment.

Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:

• Where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence

• Where material or treatment appears to us to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities

• where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the context of a sex work (see below) or where the primary purpose of the images in question is sexual arousal In the case of video works, which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at 18

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality or safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at 18

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed 18. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at R18 is also unacceptable in a sex work at 18.