Proposal

I got my idea after hearing a song called "where is my mind?" performed by Yoav featuring Emily Browning. The song was the sort that I would like to make a music video for. I then thought that if I made a film, I could make a music video for the song using some clips from the film. - Like an advertisement for the film that doesn't give away too much of the story. It's going to be half film clips and half characters miming. After I started developing the final idea from listening to the song for inspiration and think about as many strange ideas I could. I thought about having it about toys they would have a dark, creepy theme. I decided that I wanted it to be about a teddy bear that messes with a girl's mind.
The final film is aimed to be between 5 and 10 minutes. The breakdown for the story is this: A young girl is given an old fashioned teddy bear and she loves it. When her back is turned it comes alive and leaves drawings around her house for her to discover. It also projects a shadows on her walls to scare her in the night and appears with an unfamiliar face. The girl has a photo of her favourite memory (in a village hall). The bear draws a version of that memory on the wall and the girl realises she has to go to the village hall to find out whats going on - taking the teddy bear with her. Completely oblivious that the teddy bear is the cause of strange goings on she searches the hall looking for any clues of any kind. After circling the building she finds a mini stage on the large stage. It presents a shadow puppet stage that portrays the story of the bear and the girl. Whens he realises she goes looking for her bear. When she finds it she takes it to a bowl she finds in the backstage area and drowns the bear. She returns home and destroys all her toys that she can now never trust again. It is revealed that she now has teddy ears implying that she will now become a teddy bear.
To film this I will be using a Canon 650D because I wanted a camera that is of a good quality that I create depth of field with - as my last camera did not have that ability. I decided to use my own camera so that I wouldn't have to rely on booking from the college in case there were any complications or the camera I want isn't available when I need it. I will be filming mostly using a tripod and some shots will be done using a hand stabiliser to create smooth free hand. Most shots will be lit in a way to look like lamp light and some shots will have bright spotlights to create effect. In post production the film will be given a dark, vintage colouring to make it look a lot better and suit the tone of the film.
My target audience is both children and mature audiences. I came to this audience when I thought about the feeling of the film. I think children (not too young) want to watch horror films but are too young, so I think they would enjoy dark stories that aren't of a high rating. The main character is also a child and there is a possibility of the audience relating to her.  I think that young teens would also fit into this bracket. I think mature audiences would enjoy it for the concept and cinematography; I'm hoping it will look very appealing.
When it comes to filming dates and timescale, I intend to get a lot of filming done in a short amount of time. All the scenes in the village hall will be filmed on one day that I can book the location. The house scenes will likely be filmed over 2 days so that the filming isn't too rushed on one day. The village hall scenes will be filmed in the middle of the 2 house days. To do some scenes I need a photo taken in the hall. And for many scenes I need the teddy bear, but there bear may be ruined on the hall day. I need to work out what scenes can be done on each day so that everything is done in the correct order and in time.
Alongside this production I will be creating a music video using clips from the film and lip-syncers for my Music video project. Considering a song gave me inspiration for my film I decided that I should use that song.