RESEARCH AND PLANNING TASK: FILM BRIEF

Overview of the film

A teenage girl received mysterious messages from an anonymous person, which contain threatening language.

Plot summary

After being left home alone at night, Ivy is working on her essay, before she receives mysterious messages from an unknown caller ID. She receives the same message not once but three times, and the last message was sent to her at 23:59pm. The content of it appears to be strangely intimidating and aggressive. However, Ivy doesn’t seem to be fazed by it. As she felt like she was getting pranked by her friends. After a while, Ivy walks downstairs toward the kitchen, she has the feeling like she is being followed by someone, though she is by herself. Once she reaches out to get a glass of water, a burned and a scalded hand appears right before her… tbc

Characters

Ivy (main protagonist) – Played by Fahima Akther

Ivy is a 17-year-old college student. She is very independent, confident, intelligent and outgoing, the type of girl everyone wants and wishes to be friends with.  At times she has a high self-esteem and occasionally can be sarcastic. But only because she stands up for what she truly believes in. When it comes to family and friends, Ivy can become very protective. This is the main reason why she is different from girls in horror films, as she never acts weak in front of anyone ever.

Antagonist – Played by Pear Emwan

The antagonist in our opening two minutes appears near the ending. We did this on purpose, in order to conceal and hide the identity of the antagonist. This keeps the audience on high alert causing them to be intrigued by the plot line.

Location

The location for our opening minutes is the protagonist home. We will be filming around a few different areas of the house. The two key areas where most of the filming will be taking place are in Ivy’s bedroom and the kitchen.

Sound

At the beginning of our opening two minutes, there will be calm non- diegetic music in the background. However, as the scene gets intestine so will the background music. Additionally, there will be diegetic sounds too such as dialogues and sounds from within the scenes.