Idea 2

In class, we were given the task of producing a pitch for a short film based on 4 mains details picked at random. They were:
                              
                              - Name (Cynthia)
                              - Prop  (iPhone)
                              - Mise-en-scene (High Rise Flat)
                              - Shot (Zoom Out)

From these we created the idea of a 25 year old girl called Cynthia, who is blonde and played by Scarlett Johansson. Her parents are mutil-millionaire Russians who have spoilt her all her life, however this doesn't mean she lives off them for money now; she currently has a job as a leading editor for Vogue magazine in New York. She lives in a high rise flat in Manhatten, New York and lives alone.

The film starts with Cynthia getting ready for her night out with the girls from work. As she's finishing up she goes to call one of them to ask if they were downstairs. iPhone users will know that iPhones have a mechanism called Siri, which enables the user to speak and the phone will search/dial for answer. In this case, she asks to dial her friend and it denies a response. She then finds that Siri starts shutting down or turning on electronic devices in the apartment EG. Electric Fire turns on, fridge turns off. Cynthia starts to become anxious and gets her bag and heads to the door to get out. As she goes for the door handle she sees that the lock is turned in the door, she ignores this and tries to open the door and as expected it is locked. She panics and begins to breathe deeply. Siri then speaks "Door Out of Action". This of course preturbs Cynthia. She goes to email her friends on her phone but Siri denies this. She realises that she can try to contact someone by going on her laptop as Siri should not be able to of hacked into the system. She goes to turn on her laptop when yet again Siri speaks "Laptop Out of Action". She then turns to her home phone which is also out of order, so Siri returns with the same answer "Landline Out of Order" As she looks around the room she becomes aware of the strange goings on.
A light bulb then switches on in her head, and she believes that if she turns her phone off, then Siri will no longer have this control. She goes to turn off her phone, only to have Siri reply "Phone in action. Access Denied". Cythnia by this point is in no mood or look to go out; her perfect hair is no longer perfect, her makeup smudged. Getting angry, she turns to her last resort of smashing her phone, so throws is against the wall cracking the screen. This enables all technology features to return to normal. Cynthia sinks to the floor with her head in her hands and deeply breathes trying to regain normality.
The film then cuts to her tousling her hair into an acceptable state and her make-up being altered in a reflection shot, though she does not take her time as she is still on edge about the previous events. She scurries out of the flat and checks the open plan living space as she leaves. The door slams and there is a pan towards the iPhone on the floor. A close up of the film is then shown with a slow zoom out. During this zoom out the phone comes back to 'life' and Siri's evilness reappears locking the door so that Cynthia cannot return into the apartment. The screen then fades to black. 

Film Idea Extended - OCD

What is OCD?
OCD is an anxiety disorder that comes in a variety of forms. The four main 'obsessions' are Checking, Contamination, Hoarding and Intrusive thoughts.

From my previous blog post, my group and I have come up with the idea for an Over Compulsive Burglar.
The film could start with a young male, dressed in the stereotypical burglar outfit, with face covered, breaking into a house. He starts to steal items such as TV's, Games Consoles, Laptops and any left behind mobile phones. As he is about to leave, he sees a plate left by the sink...this is where is disorder kicks in and affects him. He cannot leave the house without washing it up and putting it away. Once he has done this, he goes to leave again, but sees a light turned on in the lounge. Yet again he has to turn this off, otherwise his anxiety will strike and his burglary mission will be over. From here he begins to reorganise the kitchen. The film will begin to end with him out of the mask and in a cooking apron and cooking a meal e.g lasagne. The homeowners then come home and it finally ends with both the burglar and family looking shocked.

I don't think that the film will need any dialogue because it seems to be more plot driven, and often with media course it is the dialogue that brings the quality down.