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RISK ASSESMENT

 

 

Risk	Damage	How to Avoid
Large Logs	Could fall over them	Be cautious
Wet Leaves	Could slip and injure the participant	Don’t rush, be cautious
Not wearing enough clothes	Could cause an illness as we are filming in late Autumn/Winter	Wear more clothes
The cliffs	You could fall off and be seriously injured	Be cautious and don’t venture too close to the edge



Screenplay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A LOVER’S PICNIC

By

Georgia Corrigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXT. THE GARDENS – DAY

James, a wealthy, seemingly ageless man, and Mary, a young and beautiful woman, are frolicking in the Gardens of James’ stately home. They appear to be madly in love and content with each other as they laugh and joke around.

EXT. JAMES’ MANSION – DAY TURNS DUSK

James and Mary are sat at a table outside of his stately home. They are smiling and look happy, but as the camera swoops around them, the tone changes and Mary is gone. James appears to look sad. It seems as though James is reminiscing about the time’s he has had with Mary.

EXT. THE GARDENS – DAY

James and Mary are together again in the gardens and the montage continues as they laugh and kiss. James pulls a necklace from his pocket and puts it around her neck. She smiles, happily.

EXT. JAME’S MANSION – DUSK

James is alone at the table again, and he rings the bell to call for his staff. There is also a long shot of James’ land and we see the beauties of nature that flourish there.

EXT. THE BEACH – SUNSET

James and Mary are walking hand in hand down the beach and into the sunset. Mary kisses James and he holds her face, lovingly.

EXT. JAMES’ MANSION – DUSK

James kitchen staff brings out a shiny silver platter and places it in front of him. The lid is removed and the beautiful meat is revealed. We see the necklace draped over the meat.

EXT. THE BEACH – SUNSET

Mary is smiling as the necklace glistens around her neck.

EXT. JAMES’ MANSION

James smiles sadistically and seasons his meal with a mysterious red liquid.

EXT. THE BEACH – SUNSET

Mary is smiling again, from a different angle, as we get a close up of the necklace.

EXT. JAMES’ MANSION – DUSK

Close up of the necklace as James finishes his meal. He puts the necklace in his pocket and rings the bell to pay his kitchen staff.

FADE OUT

EXT. THE GARDENS – DAY

James is with another girl, Belle another beautiful woman, and she kisses him. James gets the necklace out of his pocket and puts it around Belle’s neck. The last shot we see is of James, smiling.

 

FIN

 

Storyboard

Audience

AUDIENCE

Certificate: 12A, this is because of the nature of the theme of cannibalism. Because i do not show any graphic or disturbing images the certificate is able to be lower.

Gender: I do not think that my film is gender specific because in today's society, shocking films containing strong themes are accepted as a form of art.

Age Range: 15-25

Type of Audience: People that are interested in student films.

Storyline: My film doesn't possess the narrative structure of a typical blockbuster movie because there is no resolution.

Genre: A romance film in the style of a horror film. A student film.

Type of Film:Arthouse, Student Film

Narrative

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

 

EQUILIBRIUM

 

The couple appear to be happy together.

 

DISRUPTION

 

Mary seems to have disappeared from James’ life.

 

RECOGNITION OF THE DISRUPTION

 

Mary hasn’t disappeared, however she is being served to James on a plate.

 

AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE

 

None.

 

RE-EQUILLIBRIUM

 

James appears to be happy with another woman, Belle.

 

I will create the narrative of my film by using a montage sequence to interlink present and past events so that the audience can be lured into a false sense of security when they see the apparently happy couple.

 

Prop List

PROP LIST

-   COOKED MEAT
I will need some meat for James to eat. I chose pork because it  imitates most efficiently what human meat would most look like. After doing some research into the best meat to use i came across an article. Wesker and Son Butcher's in London had opened their store and dressed up the meat to resemble real human hands and feet. I contacted them to see if i could possibly buy some or get instructions on how to make it. This will make the meat seem more authentic. However, i didn't recieve a reply.

  
 

-   NECKLACE
The necklace is an essential prop to my whole film as it suggests that James Malum has been eating his victim. I used a white neckalce with flowers to symbolise that James has been murdering the innocent and beautiful.

 

-   KNIFE AND FORK
I needed a Knife and Fork so that James could eat the meat

-   PLATE
I needed a plate to put the meat on.

-CANDLES

I used the three candles as a framing device to show that James is trapped. He is trapped by the obsession and is unable to lead a normal life.

 

 

-DEAD FLOWERS

Dead flowers to symbolise the death of beauty and innocence within James' life.

-REFLECTIVE JUG

I used the reflective jug to show that James' is two faced and that there is two sides to him.

 

Film Locations

Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens.

The Band Stand

I will film the romantic montage in this location. Shots 1,2 & 3.
I really like the setting of this shot because it reflects the genre conventions of a romance film. I have made the lighting very warm meaning it mirrors the character's feelings towards each other in a typical romance film. However, here it is ironic because James' intentions are a little more sinister than the audience would expect. I filmed on a relatively sunny day which gives a warm, happy atmosphere about the location. I want to juxtapose the romantic shots to the sinister shots so that when the audience realise that he is eating her it is more shocking. He takes a mouthful and then we see a shot of her smiling happily.

The Pathway

I will film more of the romantic montage here. Shots 4 & 5. This location is also very romantic because it has a fairy-tale type atmopshere that suggests Mary is living her fantasy. The trees and the gargoyles that surround the two shows that she is trapped and cannot escape what is to come.

The Gardens

I will film more of the romantic montage here. Shots 6,7,8, 9, 36,37,38,39,40 &41.
This location is very romantic and interesting. The flowers are a typical convention of a romantic film so therefore fit the criteria for my film. It is very bright and almost magical, it gives a sense of mystery.
 



The House: Exterior

I will film shot 10 here as Mary and James enter the house. This shot suggests that he is very wealthy and therefore gives him power.

The House: Interior

I will film shots 11,12,13,19,20,21,23,24,26,27,28,30,31,32,33,34,35.
The interior of the house is very antique looking and grungy. I wanted this to reflect how you would imagine the house to look from the inside, but also to reflect his character. It is very dark which suggets that James has something to hide. The candles surround him to show that he is trapped by his own obsession that he himself has created, although he doesn't know it.

The Beach

I will film shots 14,15,16,17,18,22,25,29.
I filmed at the beach just as the sun was setting so that the lighting was very romantic. I wanted to have a shot of the two characters walking into the sunlight to suggest that she will soon meet her end and "walk into the light".