Plot synopsis
Our idea for a movie is a psychological thriller, similar in nature to The Buttefly Effect. It would be aimed at a general audience with an interest in horror.
The plot is based around a young man with a very normal life- a job, a flat and a girlfriend- until one fateful day, all that changes. The man suffers with blackouts, and this gets him into real trouble when on a normal workday, he blacks out and regains conciousness next to the bloodied body of his girlfriend- and holding a knife. He is adamant that he would never harm her, and spends the rest of the film trying to work out what really happened to her, with interesting results...
The opening sequence would consist of either a slow pan shot around the living room of the couple, focusing particularly on snapshots of the couple to establish that they are happy, and to show the normality of their lives, or a shot of the couple cuddled together on the sofa watching a romantic film. A black screen will the display the title. We cut to the man in the kitchen, making breakfast and singing along to the radio. This again establishes the normality of the day, although we do not see his face yet. The man then goes in the fridge and finds the bottle of milk empty, and so leaves the house, seemingly to go to the shops. As he leaves the door, the screen fades to black. Next, the black screen shudders away as the man gasps and wakes up next to the body of his girlfriend, and finds himself holding a bloodstained knife. During this sequence we have been hearing a V/O of two men talking about the day- now we cut to a police interview room and see that the man, now bedraggled looking, is being interviewed in connection with the murder.
Character synposis
Matthew
The protagonist of the film. He has been in a relationship with Rachel for three years, living together for a year. He works at an office in a job that he hates but tolerates for the security it brings. At the beginning of the film, he finds his girlfriend dead beside him, but can only sporadically remember the events of the day preceeding this because he has been suffering from blackouts. It transpires that he didn't do it and was framed, but the police do not believe him and he is forced to take on a life as a fugitive, hunting down the real killer. We chose the name Matthew because of it's biblical connotations, implying his eventual innocence, and also because it sounded like an everyman name.
Rachel
The protagonists girlfriend. She works part time in a corner shop and lives with Matthew. He finds her dead near the beginning of the movie and the rest of the film is based on him trying to find out who killed her. We chose her name partially because it sounded very average, and partially because of it's meaning- Rachel means 'innocent lamb', which we felt fit in with her innocence and status as a victim (the phrase 'lamb to the slaughter').
Our idea for a movie is a psychological thriller, similar in nature to The Buttefly Effect. It would be aimed at a general audience with an interest in horror.
The plot is based around a young man with a very normal life- a job, a flat and a girlfriend- until one fateful day, all that changes. The man suffers with blackouts, and this gets him into real trouble when on a normal workday, he blacks out and regains conciousness next to the bloodied body of his girlfriend- and holding a knife. He is adamant that he would never harm her, and spends the rest of the film trying to work out what really happened to her, with interesting results...
The opening sequence would consist of either a slow pan shot around the living room of the couple, focusing particularly on snapshots of the couple to establish that they are happy, and to show the normality of their lives, or a shot of the couple cuddled together on the sofa watching a romantic film. A black screen will the display the title. We cut to the man in the kitchen, making breakfast and singing along to the radio. This again establishes the normality of the day, although we do not see his face yet. The man then goes in the fridge and finds the bottle of milk empty, and so leaves the house, seemingly to go to the shops. As he leaves the door, the screen fades to black. Next, the black screen shudders away as the man gasps and wakes up next to the body of his girlfriend, and finds himself holding a bloodstained knife. During this sequence we have been hearing a V/O of two men talking about the day- now we cut to a police interview room and see that the man, now bedraggled looking, is being interviewed in connection with the murder.
Character synposis
Matthew
The protagonist of the film. He has been in a relationship with Rachel for three years, living together for a year. He works at an office in a job that he hates but tolerates for the security it brings. At the beginning of the film, he finds his girlfriend dead beside him, but can only sporadically remember the events of the day preceeding this because he has been suffering from blackouts. It transpires that he didn't do it and was framed, but the police do not believe him and he is forced to take on a life as a fugitive, hunting down the real killer. We chose the name Matthew because of it's biblical connotations, implying his eventual innocence, and also because it sounded like an everyman name.
Rachel
The protagonists girlfriend. She works part time in a corner shop and lives with Matthew. He finds her dead near the beginning of the movie and the rest of the film is based on him trying to find out who killed her. We chose her name partially because it sounded very average, and partially because of it's meaning- Rachel means 'innocent lamb', which we felt fit in with her innocence and status as a victim (the phrase 'lamb to the slaughter').
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