Representation

Costume
Each character will wear a coloured costume that will represent what that character is like. For instance if the character was wearing yellow, or hints of yellow, they would be a happy, calm and mellow person. The eventual murders costume will have hints of green to show envy and give of an evil cunning presence (like the jokers iconic green hair and how it makes him look evil)
Lighting
Before the murder the lighting will look yellow and warm to give of a peaceful atmosphere. This will then be intervened in when the next shot after the murder cuts in with darker colder lighting to show the harsh reality. The contrast between these two shot will be made more diverse when the shot before the murder is a long shot, to show that from a distance everything looks fine, and the shot after the murder is a close up to show under the surface everything is actually different.
Setting
The setting will be in a living room to make the characters feel trapped and that the walls are closing in.
Camera
The camera will go at odd high angles or at a dutch tilt, so that even before the murder something looks wrong and un-nerving. the will be a wide variation in shot to make the opening scene diverse and we will try to film some of it for a long period of time. We will later on when editing speed it up to give the idea of time passing. 

Casting Call & Audition Requirements

Casting Call & Audition Requirements

Our perfect protagonist would be male, mid/late twenties, dark hair, green eyes and clean shaven. In addition to this, it is necessary for our protagonist to have a natural, dominant presence, as he is the protagonist and anti-protagonist. We also want him to look mysterious and to have a stage presence. If i were to choose an ideal actor it would be Benedict Cumberbatch or Tom Hiddleston as both are well know for their work in the drama genre and have a great presence.
We will be holding auditions in January 2017, for the cast. There are 8 roles available: Protagonist, Melissa, Vince, Paul, Pepe, Butler, Guest 1, Guest 2. Only 4 of those roles have speaking parts and the rest are background characters.
People auditioning are as follows: Lily, Morgan, Jade, Jacob, Kyle, Corey, James, Tilly, Finn, Georgia, Charlie and Nyzha.

Time planning

Time planning:

Thursday 5th January - Casting and auditions.
Friday 6th January - Rehearsal run script run through and costume fittings.

Monday 9th January - Location test with voice over of intended shots.
Wednesday 11th January - Voice over recordings and clock scene shooting.
Thursday 12th January - Edit and recording quality check.
Friday 13th January - Main shoot at Lily's house.
Sunday 15th January - Continuation of filming.

Monday 16th January - Check over footage and decide if additional shots or retakes are needed.
Wednesday 18th January - Filming retakes (if necessary).
Thursday 19th January - Editing.
Friday 20th January - Editing.
Sunday 22nd January - Music and sound collection ready to add to movie.

Monday 23rd January - Add finishing touches to movie.

Audience

The audience age rating for our movie is 12A as it has some gore in it but no sexual violence or dramatically bad language.

Our film would appeal to nearly all the demographic's on the demographic table but the main two demographics it would appeal to B and C1. This is because it has a challenging plot that they will understand and hopefully take a liking to it. It will also appeal to students in the E section of the demographic table, this is because student will enjoy it as its thrilling and as it gives them something to think about.

location

The location will be at my house in the TV room, I have chosen this room as there is a round table in in to have the dinner party in. Also there is a bright red sofa in there, it will fit into themes of danger in our movie. Also we have stuck to just filming it in one room to represent that all the characters are trapped until they find out who the murderer is.
My house is easy to get to as most of our planned cast know where it is, I've also got permission to film.

Casting mindmap

Narrative structure

Narrative structure

The narrative structure is non linear as we are following a Quentin Tarantino type of style as too keep the audience thinking and paying full attention to the movie. We will have a lot of the end of the film at the beginning as to get the audience thinking about who killed who and why throughout the movie. 

We are showing the narrative by voice over that says something about one of the characters and you get an idea of what they have been through and that they are a main character. Also they don't know who the character is until the end of the opening scene when you see them.

The opening scene will flash back and forward, in the past the lighting will be warm and there will be people everywhere. Whereas in the present the lighting will be darker and dim, almost film noir. Also there will be close ups in the present and long shots in the past to add diversity in the shots and so they can clearly see the difference between past and present. Also we are partly using warm lighting for the past as it reminds people of the warm childhood and the dark lighting is the dark reality and hardships of being an adult.