Two detectives in the 1960s are investigating a string of mysterious murders in which the victims are found with unusual marks and a clock placed in their hands set to the time of death. Detective Barnes grows suspicious of his partner, Detective Rosalie, and discovers she may be the killer. The film will be shot in black and white and use shadows to depict the murders without fully showing the killer. All the victims are revealed to be ex-boyfriends of Detective Rosalie, adding an unexpected twist.

1. STAKE OUT
By Hattie Freer, Grace Jones and Rose Donaldson

2. CONCEPT (SIMILAR FILM COMPARISONS)
• Dracula
• Life On Mars (TV Show)
• Sherlock Holmes
• Van Helsing

3. NARRATIVE-STRUCTURE-PLOT-ENIGMA
Plot-Two detectives are investigating some mysterious murders, when the bodies are
examined they discover some unusual marks that appear on all of the victims. Little do they
know the murderer is in their midst.
We will follow the life of Detective Barnes as he attempts to solve the murders, as he
becomes exceedingly suspicious of his fellow detective.
The significant object will be a clock left in the hand of the victims leaving the time that they
were killed.
The murders will be shot using the shadow of the characters to show the struggle but not to
give away the twist. The short will also be shot in black and white to show it was set in the
past rather than present. All the victims will be ex boyfriends of the killer, this will add another
twist.

4. CHARACTERS
Main Characters Suspects
• Media people
• Detective Barnes (age 35)
• Detective Rosalie (age 29) – Killer
• Boss (age 55)
Victims-all males
• John Potter (age 27)
• Peter Clark (age 23)

5. MISE-EN-SCENE
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6. SETTING / LOCATION / ERA-1960
Guisborough – Main location for filming
• Outside the church
• Arch in college
• Graveyard
• The Priory
Old art/media office - Police station
Sound proof room in Media – Morgue / Interrogations

7. COSTUME / PROPS
60s Clothes
• Men - Suits
• Women – Parker coat/shirt
• Morgue character – Lab coat (white)

8. LIGHTING
• The film is going to be in black and white, so we will
use spotlights for shadowing, especially with the
interrogations and murders.

9. AUDIENCE PROFILE
• The target audience will be fans from films like Dracula
and Sherlock Holmes, linking in with the theme of our
short film which is vampire/detective. The main target
audience will be film students and film festival audiences
mainly being teenagers.

10. THEMES, TIMES AND TECHNOLOGY
• The theme of the short will be horror and detective, it will be set in the 1980s where
there was a lack of technology, meaning our film will not be based around
technology. The enigma will be the boss looking over Rosalie’s file discovering her
past, this will include flashbacks of her past. The clocks found on the bodies will be
set at the time of their death.

11. ANIMATIC
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