PLANNING: Pitch Task 1 - Deborah

Final Ideas

Title of the film:

• Terrell

Plot:

• Terrell, an average 17 year old was a really reserved guy. He rarely went out unless his best friend told him to follow him to parties, he was a lot more focused on being successful in his future. He wasn't like the other boys who were interested in girls and making money, he just wanted to be successful in the future. One thing that is a hinderance in his life is that he suffers from a mental illness which affects his mental and physical abilities. His best friend is affiliated with the wrong type of people for Terrell especially in the parties he attends. In one of these parties, he meets a girl called Hayley who has strong interests in him, as he opens up to her about his mental illness she wants to help him find a way to get a way to get rid of it.
•  A* student Terrell receives a lot of peer, social and family pressure to do a lot of things but his number one priority is to get rid of his illness. He looks up on the internet how to get rid of his illness and he sees that the medicine he has to get has to be transported in a heavy black bag. When he opens it, he sees two objects... the medicine and a gun. Both will end his life and save him from the misery of the mental illness. The gun will be  fast and easy death but the medicine will be painful yet a slow death, which will should he choose?

What will be shown in the title sequence?

• Terrell in the beginning with his hands on his head and there is an extreme close up of him thinking really hard.
• While this occurs, we add non-diegetic sound to this scene using a heartbeat sound to build intensity of Terrell's character.
•  Straight after this, we show a shot of Terrell walking in the park trying to figure out what to do with his mental illness and he meets Hayley.He opens up to Hayley about his mental illness and she feels very sorry for him and wants to help him.
•  The next shot, the camera is focused on the floor from a low angle, a heavy bag is dropped creating a loud noise as it touches the floor. 
• Medium shot or close up of the bag for about 5 seconds, then we have a transition from this angle to a high angle of Terrell opening the bag revealing whats inside. (suicidal pills and a gun)
• Terrell picks both the objects in astonishment and looks at the camera (long shot) thinking what to do, in the background Hayley's voice will be added saying "I can help you."
• The screen goes black for 5 seconds and we hear bullets being fired, confusing the audience to think Terrell shot himself. 
• The screen remains black for another 10 seconds, then from a high angle in a toilet or very closed narrow room we see Terrell's lifeless body laying on the floor. The high angle shot moves into a medium shot then eventually to an close up while the focus still remains on the body. (transition from a high angle to an extreme close up)
• In the extreme close up shot, we see drool running down his mouth and next to him we see the suicidal pills next to head which confirms he took the pills instead of being shot. We move the camera swiftly, to see a death letter which seems to have been written by Terrell for Hayley - camera focuses on that for 5 seconds. 
• Suddenly, Hayley comes into the closed room and sees Terrell's body laying there , she kneels down and bursts into tears.