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Silent Terror: Overcoming Mimefection

Explore the human mind's fear of mimes in this silent film. Follow Harry as he battles a malevolent mime in a struggle of reality and illusion. Shot in college, Preston town center, and Avenham Park, this film delves into facing fears and triumphing over them. With intricate character biographies, thrilling props, and intense editing plans, the protagonist must confront the mime's reality-bending abilities to survive. Get ready for a suspenseful and visually captivating journey as Harry fights for his life in a silent world of terror and mimefection. 8 Relevant

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Silent Terror: Overcoming Mimefection

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  1. Name of short film – deafening silence Short silent film pitch

  2. The Human mind • This silent film relates to the human mind is that fear is in the human mind and people are afraid of mimes. This could be related through coulrophobia and a mime is a silent clown to some people. This links into our silent movie as it’s about facing your fears and triumphing over them.

  3. Plot • A silent film which involves a mime that traps an innocent bystander named Harry in a mimeified box ( that nobody can see) and passes the mimefection onto Harry by holding him at mime point. But everything this mime mimes is real.

  4. locations • College-so people don’t think we’re murdering someone and call the police • Preston town center- streets and alleys that will be useful to film. Have many options on where to film • Avenham Park – lots of oppurtunities for filming such as a good view with trees, river and walkways.

  5. Character biography • The Mime: • Able to click fingers • Can mirror peoples actions • Ability to make the things he mimes be real • Harry: • Average height • Young • Naïve

  6. Props • Beret / Stereotypical French hat • Striped Top • Face Paint • ‘Fake’ blood • Rock

  7. Editing Plans • Quick cutting • Fade to black at end • Blood splat on camera lens (visual effect) • Slow paced/quick paced editing to build tension • Black and white to make it look like an original silent movie • Old fashioned text to make it seem like an original silent movie

  8. Music • Slow music for calm flowey moment • Faster music for tension building • High pitch screeching for the scary murdery parts

  9. Time Scale • Pre-Production: Half of a week • Filming: One and a half of a week

  10. How to make sure it’s professional • Have back-up actors incase the actor isn’t available or isn’t good • Shoot shots multiple times • Multiple angles of shots to chose which shot is the best • Multiple settings • Different lighting techniques • Make no contingency errors • Clean editing • No repeating shots

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