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Crew: Robin Booker (producer) Jordan Deakin (director) Joe Butterworth (cinematography) Joel Danby-Irons (sound) Amy Jackson (post production) Christi Elkins (art direction)

Working title: A Short Story in Brutality

Film Genre: Drama

Length: 2 minutes

Target Audience: 15+

Synopsis: Dean, a young man has grown suspicious of his girlfriend, Jenny, and fears that she is cheating on him. After walking her to the train station he hangs around to see if his doubts are true. He stalks her as she as she meets her lover, Tom, and follows them back to his apartment. After waiting outside for what seems an eternity for Dean he finally enters Tom’s home where his suspicions are confirmed. He savagely beats Tom in a fit of rage and frustration while Jenny can do no more than sit and watch in horror. After the attack Dean calmly steps up and begins washing the blood off his hands in the sink as if cleaning away his guilt.

Visual Style: this film is like no other dramas of its kind as the whole story is told in reverse, and we see Deans story unfold backwards. As the sound is non-sync then this is possible. The overall tone of the score should be atmospheric. The film will be converted to black and white in post production in a nod to classic film noir productions.



What perhaps isn't made fully clear here is our intention of visually telling the narrative in reverse whilst the sound will be sequentially linear creating a striking contrast between what is seen and what is heard. The conversion to black and white will further our experimentation with contrast, focusing on the use of light and dark and the prominence of shadow through the use of chiaroscuro that was integral to the noir films of the forties. We have also considered using a chroma-key effect for a single injection of colour to highlight the blood spilled and a gift-box containing a ring. Reversing the footage will inevitably carry complications, especially with continuity regarding the injuries sustained from the fight. On saturday we will have a practice shoot as a 'proof of concept' to make sure that the idea can be executed without drastic complications.