Synopsis
16 year old, Madeline is sent to a
mental asylum for psychotic and dangerous behaviour. She speaks to
her therapists about a certain recurring memory. As a back story the
audience finds out that Madeline was raped by her father at 14 years
old but was forced to continue living with him as her mother
committed suicide when Madeline was 10. Her father is forcing her to
keep her mouth shut about the event which leads to Madeline having
several stories that she tells the therapists to cover up the truth.
This results in the asylum therapists thinking she is mentally insane
and unstable and she is kept against her will in the asylum for the
next 8 months. Over that amount of time she begins to look for escape
routes through back doors and security camera and decoding the
security system. On the 2nd night of her 9th
month, Madeline launches her escape and is successful however whilst
leaving through the final door she does not manage to break the
security code properly which sets off the alarm. Madeline sets off
running back home, knowing she does not have a lot of time till they
come to get her. She runs home frantically to confront her father,
Madeline finds a gun on the kitchen table and keeps it for
protection, however as she barges through the door she walks in on
her father raping her younger sister Kaitlyn. Madeline is in such an
emotional state by now that she reaches for the gun right as the
security team from the mental institute violently knock on the door.
There is a moment of tension as the she points the gun to her father
and the security team threaten to break in. The moment they break the
front door, Madeline attempts to shoot her father but is frightened
by the security team and ends up shooting her sister instead.
Opening Sequence
A combination of quick and short shots
with slow disturbing, intimidating music. Shots of a 16 year olds
room, with a dark tone. Shots of pictures on the wall, very dark
meaning and scribbles. Themes of depression. Blurred and shaking
shots of broken toys, blood on the floor, blades and scars.
Madeline screaming and banging “Im
not crazy” on the door and Kaitlyn on
an autopsy table being covered by a white sheet with blood dripping down her legs foreshadowing her being raped.
Class Feedback
As this was the piece that I chose to present to the class, i received both positive and negative feedback. There was positive feedback on my opening sequence as they said that it was god to incorporate the quick shots to create suspense and not give away too much in the narrative. I was also told the creativity of the piece was very good and detailed however it may be too harsh as a film for the AS course, it should not include scenes of such violence as well as the use of younger actors being violated.
an autopsy table being covered by a white sheet with blood dripping down her legs foreshadowing her being raped.
Class Feedback
As this was the piece that I chose to present to the class, i received both positive and negative feedback. There was positive feedback on my opening sequence as they said that it was god to incorporate the quick shots to create suspense and not give away too much in the narrative. I was also told the creativity of the piece was very good and detailed however it may be too harsh as a film for the AS course, it should not include scenes of such violence as well as the use of younger actors being violated.
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