Initial Planning
Final Idea - a non-linear film about a girl who hallucinates when she falls asleep and does not want to escape from it. At the end, a flashback reveals that her actual life is worse than the nightmares she has. Casting Choices - 1 female child (aged between 10-15) Character Profile(s) - Child (aged between 10-15) - the child will be female and will have no speaking parts (silent film accompanied by relevant Foley and music), they will be very anxious and on edge constantly throughout the film. Mise-en-scene application - Hair and Makeup - this will need to be quite naturalistic and stereotypical for a girl of this age. However, I would like to alter the hair and makeup to show that hallucinations show a different side to her personality/imagination. Costume - this will need to also be naturalistic and fairly ‘normal’. I don’t want the costume to reveal much about the character until the hallucinations start to occur where the costume will change slightly to ...