Psych
Intro:
The following production
design is a film noir short film based of the Grim brother’s tale of Hansel and
Gretel. Psych tells the story of two detectives who are sent by their boss to a
location on a case to uncover a murder mystery. The two detectives arrive at
the location only to be lured in by a mysterious man who introduces himself as
a nearby resident of the area, and claims to know information and the exact
location of the recent murders that have been taking place. Unsure about the
mans intentions or sincerity, the two detectives take a leap of faith and
follow the man to the supposed location of the murders, only to be captured and
held hostage at the mans house. With the two detectives being gone for such a
long period of time, their boss decides to take matters into her own hands and
arrives at the location and finds the two detectives dead, killed by the
mysterious man. She enters the house acting surprised at first yet a
conversation starts with the two about a previous business deal between them,
and we find out that the mysterious man is actually a hit man who had been hired
by the boss to kill the two detectives, because of competition at their work
firm. Despite their business deal the boss refuses to pay the man and ends up
killing the hit man as well.
Synopsis:
A quick montage of close-ups, reveal a man being murdered. Amanda’s high
heels are shown. Two detectives walk away from the camera through a corridor. A
medium shot from behind them shows the desk and a chair facing away from them.
The chair turns around and their boss, Amanda, assigns them to a murder investigation. Amanda
stands up dismissing them. As they walk out the door she says “don’t let me
down.” Then sits and chuckles to herself.
The two detectives leave Amanda’s office to begin the murder case, they
are shown leaning against a wall with a map of the area. Marking areas on the
map where they suspect to find any evidence or knowledge of where the murderer
could be located. The next shot shows a suspicious man slowly approaching the
two detectives (with harsh shadows cast across his face). He tells them that he
has information on the recent killings that have been taking place. Expressing
interest the detectives ask about what he knows, they receive no response from
the suspicious man except a gesture to follow him as he walks away. Apprehensive
and confused the detectives follow in the mans directions anyway despite their
suspicions, they follow the man as he leads them under the bridge. Only the
silhouette of the three can be seen. The suspicious man suddenly grabs a
baseball bat and begins beating the two detectives to their death. Regaining
composure the hit man exists the crime scene swiftly, looking pleased of his
work. Shortly after the hit man enters into another office firm and sits down
in one of the chairs in front of a large desk. He then speaks to another person
in the room who has yet to be identified,
“The job has been done, i can’t believe you actually went through with
it, you’re an intriguing woman. ” The chair spins around to reveal Amanda who smiles
in response to his words. The hitman begins asking about a form of payment he
is yet to receive from her ‘So… about the money.’ Amanda laughs stands up walks
around to stand behind his chair “You didn’t think I was actually going to pay
you for the job did you? she laughs.
‘Unfortunately for you, this will be the end of your career You’re a bad man, mr
lingley…”. Confused and uneasy the hitman rises from his seat and looks at
Amanda. The screen fades to black and then reveals a close up shot of Amanda on
the phone to the police as she says “911, My two best detectives have been
murdered and I have the murderer”, she then continues to say “he’s here for you
to come and collect. Please hurry, I’m worried he will regain consciousness”. Amanda
hangs up the phone and has a sly expression on her face as she exists her
office. The film ends with a shot of her walking in the corridor of the office
firm, panning slowly down to reveal her wearing a pair of red heels, the hitman
dead lying in the foreground.
Character Profiles:
Hansel is a 24 year old male with short brown hair. He is short in slim
in build with brown eyes. He is a very smart detective with very good problem
solving schools. He works as a very professional detective. He is very
confident in his work as he has never left an assignment unsolved and believes
nobody knows of him or what he does as he is very subtle when solving his
assignments. This is not true as although he is very good at solving crimes he
is not always so subtle. He's biggest fear is not completing an assignment as
he prides himself on his work.
Gretel is a 23 year old female with long blonde hair. She is slim and
average in height with blue eyes. She is partners with Gretel in the detective
business. While she not as good of a problem solver she is good at covering her
tracks and keeping her work on the down low. She is more of an introvert but is
very smart. Though she does not fear much, is very independent and keeps to
herself, when it comes to her work with Gretel she is a very good at teamwork.
Amanda is a 28 year old female with long blonde hair. She has a slim
build and average in height with blue eyes. She is Hansel and Gretel’s boss and
is in charge of appointing their assignments. She is very smart and deceiving,
also very used to getting her own way no matter what. She is very good at mind
games and tricking people into doing things. Her biggest fear is being caught
for murder.
Mr Lingley is a 29 year old male with brown hair. He has an average
build and not very muscular and brown eyes. He works as an undercover hitman
and is the best in his line of work. He is smart and deceiving and very highly
regarded in his line of work. He is good at tricking people and lying with out
showing it. He does not have many fears and is quite brave be one thing he does
fear is loosing his reputation.
Resources:
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A detectives office
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A business firm
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City like area (under a
bridge)
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Notepad and pen
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Map
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Baseball bat
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Red heels
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Laptop
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Justification:
Throughout our film canted shots and
high angle shots, as well as harsh shadowy lighting commonly seen in film noir
films will be used. These camera techniques will be used to further show that
our film is a film noir. These techniques will also convey a mysterious vibe
towards the audience and will set the mood. Our locations (an office firm and a
bridge setting) will demonstrate a sense of realism and professionalism and
will show that our characters work in an office firm. The music used throughout
out film will be quiet suspenseful music, which will slowly rise in intensity
during murder scenes.
