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New Pitch Idea Evie, Ellis, Darcy and Phoebe
Settings/Location • In a victim kitchen (bloody but being cleaned up). • Richard Chase was arrested in 1977, so his character setting will be fitting for that era, but the set will be in modern day. • Signs of serious harm having an occurred. • Kitchen from this time but he dresses and acts in the 70s • Jars filled with organs such as hearts, livers etc. • Two settings, in a victim house kitchen/Police door scene • Color palette fits in with the now so bright, modern, cleaner etc. • Lighting is cold, desaturated • Light on his face makes him appear washed out • Police lights could reflect onto him • It’s all practical.
Characters Who are they? • There will be someone playing Richard Chase (serial killer) and two people will be playing police. How would they look on screen? • Richard Chase will appear unkept and dirty. He had longish, unbrushed hair and a moustache. He will wear a basic outfit, fitting to the era. (see next slide). • Overall, just appearing extremely an extremely neglected appearance wise. This will mean that the audience can understand, from the outset of the film, that • Richard Chase was a troubled man, with priorities elsewhere than his appearance to others. Costumes and props for them? • Blood-stained cutlery • Dirty Mugs • A fridge • A police car (undercover)
Narrative What happens in the opening sequence? • There will be no dialogue in the kitchen scenes with Chase, but just an old radio playing contrapuntal music. However, whenever the scene is cut to a shot of the police car, on their way to arrest him for the several murders he’s committed. • These two minutes will show the moments before his victim house is stormed by the police, showing him to be putting blood strained cutlery back, different jars of organs in cupboards, putting out the rubbish, taking sips of ‘blood. What would be appealing? • This opening sequence will be appealing to an audience as it will bring in audiences from the 70s who perhaps remember this exact case happening. It will also appeal to those who enjoy the horror genre/ are interested in serial killers. Why will the audience want to carry on watching the film? • The audience will want to carry on watching the film as they want to know how Richard Chase reached this point in his life. They will want to uncover his childhood and upbringing, as well as previous murders he'd committed.
Not Caught Also, we decided that he doesn’t get caught otherwise the story would be ruined. So, there’ll be a knock on the door and crosscutting between the police car and Chase. When there’s a knock at the door, Chase runs away, and the police just miss him.
Easy to understand • Set in a kitchen (retro 70’s – grubby) • Organs in glass jars • Chopping board and sharp knife with a chopped organ • Frying pan on with hot oil on stove • Minimal dialogue when police enter – use hand signals etc. • Police lights seen through window • Chase is calm, he slowly cleans his hands and wipes down knives. • He slowly begins to leave unaffected by the lights and sirens. • Perhaps one line of dialogue by police such as “we just missed him”.
Police Lights There's a shot of police about to storm into a flat, the audience think that it’s Chase’s flat. Chase opens a door at the same time as the police but they’re in different locations, so the police stormed the wrong flat. The rest of the film is about the police tracking down Chase to arrest him, but Chase is sneaky and he’s very difficult to catch.
Camera shots (specific shot types, movements, camera angles) • Handheld shot- authenticity, feeling of urgency, wanting to stay hidden. • High angle shots- seems as if someone is watching from the cupboards above (like CCTV) • Extreme close-up shots of Chase's eyes/fingers
Editing techniques (pace, visual effects, transitions) • Use of cross cutting between Chase and the police car creating a sense of urgency and hurry. • Long takes creating a slower pace in the scenes with Chase, but shorter takes with the police car as they are hurrying
Sound (music, foley) • Use of contrapuntal music on an old radio.
