BASILISK.

BY JORDAN STREETE AND WILL COLLINS

 OUR COMPETITION
• Raindance is the largest independent UK film festival
• 2019 is when they will hold there 27th Film Festival in which we plan on
entering our Short Film.
• Raindance has been officially recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences USA, the BATFA's and the British Independent Film Awards.
• The Categories we plan on entering is:
-Best Screenplay
-Best Cinematography
-Best Performance
-Best Short of the Festival
-Best UK Short
 RATIONALE, CONCEPT AND EVALUATION
GENRE:
ACTION/DRAMA

Cinematography Get Work completed

- Improve quality
- Improve Lighting Allow me to focus on
-Motion Tracking
-Masking
- Improve Movement my specialism
-Colour grading - Improve the continuity
-Cutting to the beat Sound Help share the work
-L&J Cuts
-Montages - Develop my Foley Skills
Make the best
-Jump Cut
-Timelapse
- Improve dialogue heavy scenes production possible
-Cutting on Action Editing
-Cross Cutting
-Fading In & Out
- Get Jordan to do it Balance out my
-Keying (Greenscreen) --------------------------------------------------- weaknesses with his
-Axial Cuts • Bring in a crew strengths
-Long take/ Holding Shot
-VFX overlays • Bring in Actors
-Wiping
-Standard video editing techniques
• Test shoots
 SURVEY
Promoted survey through:

Questions
1. What do you like?
-Get a one up on Daemon, but still lose overall
2. How would you change/adapt?
-More flashbacks of the team and the girlfriend ~ how they died
3. Is there emotional value?
4. What Locations should we use?
5. What type of characters should play our protagonist and helper?
6. What Platform should we use?
7. What promotion should we use?

POSITIVES
Helper Location Protagonist

Word Cloud

NEGATIVES
 TOPIC RESEARCH - JORDAN
• Mourning - Addiction, Depression and Alcoholism.
- 6 needs of mourning.
• British Military - Task Forces and Ghost Organisations.
-Very frequent drinking.
-After a while without alcohol, he will get a drink and state 'old habits
• Near Future Advancements - Computer Contact Lenses
die hard'.
-Low self esteem and little motivation throughout the start of the film.
BOOKS: Alcoholism -Low energy.
-Protagonist feels guilty and believes he is to blame for the death of
• Alcoholism -Once he begins, he cant stop
his squad.
-Withdrawal Symptoms
• Alcohol Problem -Will drink whatever he can find -Protagonist wants the pain of sadness and substance abuse to
Solving -With Contact Lens Application Arthur consume him as a form of repayment.
• The Special Air Service will have bloodshot eyes -Implement either 'The Increment' or 'Group 13'
Noah wont have bloodshot eyes -Watching back a missions recording through the video captured on
• Britain's Modern Army the contact lens.
• On Intelligence British Army -Time set in 2024 in which new technology will be; Ingestible
-Have their own royal signals Microbots, Designer Antibiotics and Computer Contact Lenses.
-went through a lot of mental
and physical torture
-L9A1 pistol ~ 13 rounds

Alcoholic Problem Solving

-Alcoholic Hallucinations (link with Flashbacks)

On Intelligence
-'I don't want him to talk; I want the truth‘
 TOPIC RESEARCH - WILL
Book research Online Research INTERVIEW WITH GARY MILLS

Special Air Force –

Mental Health Elite UK Forces –
• SAS Trials
Foundation – • The Special boat
• Uniforms
• Symptoms of service
• Ranking systems depression • How they operate
• Different divisions • Causes of depression • Training
• The Increment
This is “ALCOHOL” – World Health • UKN
• Health of alcohol Foundation –
Daily routines
• Effects it has on the • Substance abuse
body • Alcoholism The effects of his drinking
• The diseases and
illnesses that can World Health BLACKOUTS BEHAVIOUR
develop from it Foundation –
Alcoholism – • Substance abuse THE BREAKING POINT
• Spotting the problem • Alcoholism
• Routine of an How he got clean
alcoholic
• Illnesses and BOOKS
conditions that can THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE James G Shortt
develop over time
This is “ALCOHOL” Nick Brownlee
Alcoholism Samantha Harrington-Lowe
TARGET AUDIENCE RESEARCH
 CODES AND CONVENTIONS
Films Analyzed - Jordan
Fight Scene Film Analysis Technology and Futuristic Film Analysis Montage and Time Transition Analysis
• Boyka Undisputed - Fight Scenes • Bladerunner - Futuristic Setting • Real Steel
• Punisher - Fight Scenes/ Gritty action • Young Justice - Contact lenses
• John Wick - Lone Wolf/ Gritty Action
• Sicario 2 - Infared fight/ Military

What did you find out from analysing productions?

TEST SHOOTS - JORDAN
TEST SHOOTS - WILL
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
CHARACTERS
 LOCATIONS
Confirmed Locations
Desired Location

Bar
Warehouse Locker Room
(abandoned)
AUDITIONS
 MISE-EN-SCENE
• Bodyguard – Sniper Scene Bodyguard Mise-en-Scene

• John Wick - Home invasion scene Baby Driver Mise-en-Scene

• Barfly - Bar scene Mission Impossible Mise-en-Scene

• Goodfellas – Bar fight scene Jack Reacher Mise-en-Scene

SOUND
Fight Club

Punisher
STORYBOARD
 HOW DOES THIS SUIT OUR TARGET AUDIENCE?

HOW WILL ALL THIS HELP YOU SUCCEED IN PRODUCING THE ITEM YOU
DETAILED IN YOUR PROPOSAL?