Initial Screenplay Task

Screenplay: Initial Task 

The Third Eye 

Genre:  

• Short film. 
• Thriller. 
• Supernatural. 

Technical Features linked to these genres:  

• Saturated colour palette. 
• Suspenseful soundtrack. 
• Intimate cinematography. 
• Accelerating editing and pacing. 
• Abnormal mise-en-scene. 
• Possibly mysterious setting. 
• Special Effects. 
• Emphasised use of sound. 

Synopsis: 

• A main character is victim to some oppression or threat (by an antagonist), innocence makes conflict unjustified. 
• The character feels helpless. 
• The character gains some form of telepathic ability (a Third Eye) with which they can hear peoples thoughts and implicate thoughts or visions into people minds. 
• Discovering this power, they experiment with it. 
• They take revenge on the oppressor. 
• The revenge goes to far and the revenge has bad consequences. 
• The character is now stuck with this curse of The Third Eye. 

A single moment: 

• The final moment in which the character realises the significance of their newly-found ability. 

How I picture this moment: 

• The intimidating male protagonist lies badly injured on the floor, a close up revealing blood around his body. 
• Close up on the main characters face to show audience the realisation of the consequences of their actions. 
• Quick pans around as a crowd of people gather around the body. 
• Sound builds as the character hears the crowds thoughts loudly in their mind, shown by an extreme close up of their eyes. 
• Editing speeds up the entire time during this, showing several people in the crowd not talking, therefore showing that it is their thoughts that are being heard. 
• Large build of soundtrack for tension. 
• Release of tension during long shot, character screams with hands clutched to their head, breathing heavily.