Extended Ideas And Extra Research !

I will be using my Panasonic Lumix G10 DSLR as my film camera of choice as well as my tripod for some shots for 'smoother viewing' (not all jagged and difficult to watch) which will then contrast with my Point of View shots where I'll be the character's eyes (held in hand, more natural movement).

Audience research: The target audience for my film would be for those who are 15 to 25 years of age if I were to complete the OTS into a film. The audience are a similar age range to my characters in my OTS, therefore easier to relate.
From the British Board of Film Classification, a 15 certificate states:

"Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.


Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification."

Typography: My title will show up as 'Doppelganger' in an outlined font as this would represent what a doppelganger is: the same on the outside but different, almost empty on the inside. It will be the colour black as this colour represents evil and death.


Location: My chosen locations for my main task would be from the outside of the character's house, through Anglia Square as well as the city. This makes this situation seems like it could happen to any ordinary person - whether they have been a good person or not and this would hopefully play on the viewer's beliefs and make them paranoid after watching this.

Lighting: Natural lighting from outdoors (hopefully it won't be too murky when I film). This would break the convention of negative situations happening only at night therefore playing on the viewer's paranoia as well.

Sound: I will be using diegetic sounds throughout my main task as well as subtle background music. The background music will hopefully affect the viewer's mood without them realising - like a subliminal message.

Costume: My 'normal' characters and the doppelganger will be wearing normal everyday, casual clothing.
Props: I will have ordinary props which the characters will use and these will be:
*two mobile phones
*headphones
*game case in Swallow Games
*two coats - one black and one grey
*glasses
These props will help make this main task seem realistic and believable.

Casting: I have chosen Jason as my protagonist as he's reliable, confident in front of the camera, I co-operate effectively with him and he is able to point out any problems with filming as he's a fan of films.
I have chosen Jay as my other character, as he's Jason's close friend and I know that they get along well without any complications. He's confident in front of the camera and from what I know - he used to study A Level Film Studies, therefore could help out if I come across any problems.

Storyboarding 'Doppelganger'

Here is the storyboard of my main task which shows all the shooting sequence of different shots and angles I'll be using as well as the audio.

I Got An Idea !

It took me a while to think up a really good idea for this main task. In the back of my head I always wanted to film something that's rather simple yet effective.

How I came up with the idea was thinking about playing with paranoia and things out of the ordinary. I then thought 'Hmm, what about someone feels like they're being watched or followed and it escalated?'
I thought again, realised it's too cliche and then decided to go in a little deeper.

Next I thought of someone having an exact copy of themselves and it meant a bad thing!
I forgotten the name of this so I did a little research and found out that it's called a 'doppelganger'.
The definition I found from Wikipedia:

In fiction and folklore, a doppelganger (German "double walker") is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune.

From this definition, it intrigued me, so I decided to research a little more deeper until it frightened me and made me paranoid!

The plot summary of my main task is that I'll start off with one character walk from their house and decided to head off towards to city to meet up with a  friend. I'll get shots of them of their journey up there, then a few odd occasions will pop up for the viewers and not the character.
They'll pop into a shop and whilst distracted, their doppelganger walk out of the same shop.
Another 'happening' would be the doppelganger to come out from another shop and then the character walks past the shop.
Then the scene completely changes and sees the friend who's waiting and the doppelganger walks past him and seemingly blanks the friend.
The friend's confused, thought it was the character.
Next there would be a conversation on the phone between the friend and the character about the confusion.
After the phone call, the character will seem more paranoid and looks all around them.
When the two characters finally meet in person, they start to talk, then the character will notice their doppelganger and they both will give eye contact to each other.
The clip then ends.

My chosen location shots:
*outside of my protagonist's house [establishing shot]
*areas where there's some trees in the background [establishing shot]
*outside of Swallow Games [establishing shot]
*outside of Game [establishing shot]
*outside of Ye Olde English Sweet Shop [establishing shot]