2. Settings/Location
• In a victim’s kitchen (bloody, cleaning away the crime)
• Richard Chase was arrested in 1977, so the character will fit the era but set will be
modernised
• Signs of serious harm having occurred.
• Modernised kitchen but still crime
• Bloody knives
• Two locations (victim’s house/kitchen and door scene of police entering)
• Colour palette fits in with the 70’s so burnt orange, cream, brown etc
• Lighting is cold, desaturated
• Light on his face makes him appear washed out
• It’s all fairly practical. Two locations only needed
4. Characters
Who are they?
• There will be someone playing Richard Chase (serial killer) and two people will be playing police.
How would they look on screen?
• Richard Chase will appear unkept and dirty. He had longish, unbrushed hair and a moustache. He will wear a fairly
basic outfit, fitting to the era. (see next slide).
• Overall just appearing extremely an extremely neglected appearance wise. This will mean that the audience can
understand, from the outset of the film, that
• Richard Chase is an old, troubled man, with oriorities elsewhere than his appearance to others.
• He’s been able to keep getting away from the police
Costumes and props for them?
• Blood stained cutlery
6. Narrative
What happens in the opening sequence?
• There will be no dialoque in the kitchen scenes with Chase, but just an old radio playing contrapuntal
music. However, whenever the scene is cut to a shot of the police car, on their way to arrest him for the
several murders he’s committed.
• These two minutes will show the moments before the police storm into the victim’s house. He begins tidying up
the kitchen and getting rid of evidence to make it look like he’s been gone for ages.
What would be appealing?
• This opening sequence will be appealing to an audience as it will bring in audiences from the 70s who
perhaps remember this exact case happening. It will also appeal to those who enjoy the horror genre/
are interested in serial killers.
Why will the audience want to carry on watching the film?
• The audience will want to carry on watching the film as they want to know how Richard Chase
reached this point in his life. They will want to uncover his childhood and upbringing, as well as
previous murders he'd committed.
7. Also, we decided that he doesn’t get caught otherwise the story would
be ruined. So there’ll be a knock on the door and crosscutting between
the police car and Chase. When there’s a knock at the door, Chase runs
away and the police just miss him.
8. Easy to understand
• Set in a kitchen (bloody, victim’s kitchen)
• Minimal dialogue when police enter – use hand signals etc
• Police lights seen through window
• Chase is calm, he slowly cleans his hands and wipes down knives.
• He slowly begins to leave unaffected by the lights and sirens.
• Perhaps one line of dialogue by police such as “we just missed him”.
9. Theres a shot of police about to storm into a flat, the audience think
that it’s Chase’s flat. Chase opens a door at the same time as the police
but they’re in different locations so the police stormed the wrong flat.
The rest of the film is about the police tracking down Chase to arrest
him but Chase is sneaky and he’s very difficult to catch.
10. Camera shots (specific shot types,
movements, camera angles)
• Handheld shot- authenticity, feeling of urgency, wanting to stay
hidden.
• High angle shots- seems as if someone is watching from the
cupboards above (like CCTV)
• Extreme close up shots of Chase's eyes/fingers
11. Editing techniques (pace, visual effects,
transitions)
• Use of cross cutting between Chase and the police car creating
a sense of urgency and hurry.
• Long takes creating a slower pace in the scenes with Chase,
but shorter takes with the police car as they are hurrying
