The doppelgänger was considered an omen or a death sign by the Germans. Some people believe the doppelgänger was an attempt by the ghost to counsel the person they had shadowed, while others believe it was an attempt to confuse them by implanting evil concepts into their minds. They were once thought to be sinister, if not downright malevolent. Seeing a double was thought to be a bad omen. As evidenced by reports from doppelgängers, this is the most common today.
Since this is for a festival, I want to create a terrifying atmosphere since what kind of festival would it be without the spooks?
The entire purpose for my project is to fit the theme, which is pocket planet.
So, for my FMP, I would like to make a short film with animation, and the theme will be horror. When I was brainstorming this idea, I was talking to my classmates about how I could tie it back to the theme, so I had to change a few things from the original idea, such as instead of being a double ganger, the protagonist was supposed to have a disability that caused her to have a split personality, however, because this is a family festival, I changed this because there will be children who will not comprehend what is going on. Another example is that in the initial idea, I planned to kill off the protagonist, but I decided against it because it should be family friendly. Because it has become a horror film for children, my aims with this project are mostly aimed at children, as it is primarily for misbehaving children. As it is a horror film, my intentions are to create a frightening environment to scare children.
I already have a general idea of how I’ll approach this project; I’ve planned out all of the locations and shots; the editing software I’ll use is Premier Pro; and an animation app that I’m familiar with is Flipaclip. I’ll start by recording all of the footage for the film, then clip the bits I’ll be animating, and finally put the entire video together. I’ll also need individuals to assist me in recording the film; because other students will be busy, I’ll have to construct a schedule based on their schedules.
The location for this music video is going to be the college specifically the gallery room for the piano scene and also the girls bathroom this is because in the music video it must include a mirror and the only other place that has mirrors are the bathrooms.
When it comes to the piano scene I want to include an arc shot this is where the camera moves 360, I want to have a scene where the camera takes a 360 . shot of the piano whiles the doubleganger is playing the piano. I also want to include a birds eye shot when the doppelganger is chasing.
Audience
My experimental music video is for children between 12-15 this is because the Germanic mythology was mostly told mostly aimed at children, as it is primarily for misbehaving children. Therefor my target audience is for pre teens.I want to create a terrifying atmosphere for pre teens. The entire purpose for my project is to fit the theme, which is pocket planet.
So, for my FMP, I created a experimental music video, and the theme will be horror. When I was brainstorming this idea, I was talking to my classmates about how I could tie it back to the theme, so I had to change a few things from the original idea, such as instead of it being a doubleganger, the protagonist was supposed to have a disability that caused her to have a split personality, however, because this is a family festival, I changed this because there will be children who will not be to comprehend what is going on. Another example is that in the initial idea, I planned to kill off the protagonist, but I decided against it because it should be family friendly. Because it has become a horror film for children, I have decided to add a bit of violence at the end but nothing too explicit.
Proposal
The clients I am working for is Deer Shed who is hosting a festival. The theme of this project is pocket planet, my idea for my FMP is to create a short music video that has animation as effects. The film is about a teen girl whose reflection [doppelgänger] decides to stop being the reflection.
For this project I will have certain scenes in my music video [experimental] where the reflection of the protagonist is doing different actions to what the protagonist is doing. I know how to create and edit this part however the only problem is that the timings of their actions sometimes doesn’t work out well, for example in one of the scenes I want to create a scene where the character is washing her face but the reflection just stares at her then the reflection resumes and continues to do what the person is doing, if I don’t do this perfectly the tings will be off. In order not to mess the timings off I will be counting in my head and keeping the actions to the bare minimum.
The client I’am working for is Deer Shed who is hosting a festival, the theme of this festival is pocket planet, therefore I decided to create a music video with a horror story line film, the reason is because all festivals have something scary going on, in my film there will be a doppelgänger, I got inspire mostly from then Brothers Grimm however I will be avoiding some gruesome parts. Since the client, Deer Shed, is doing a festival, there will be a lot more kids then adults therefore I decided to make it pg13. There are few changes from the original idea for example the protagonist was suppose to have a split personality but I decided to change that for the protagonists reflection/doppelgänger that’d be too complicated for some children to understand another example would be that I was planing on killing off the protagonist but I decided to the ending where the protagonist ends up being trapped in the mirror.
The doppelgänger was considered an omen or a death sign by the Germans. Some people believe the doppelgänger was an attempt by the ghost to counsel the person they had shadowed, while others believe it was an attempt to confuse them by implanting evil concepts into their minds. They were once thought to be sinister, if not downright malevolent. Seeing a double was thought to be a bad omen.
Aims
One of my aim for this project is to create a story line that has no dialogue and have it still tell a clear story, this is because I want to challenge myself and prove to myself that I am able to create a clear story line. Another reason why I want to have clear story line is because in this project is a experimental music video meaning there is going to be a music on top of the video.
Another aim I have is that I want to have animation in my film this is because this is also something i want to challenge myself on and prove it to myself that i can make animation in feel look good and not scruffy.
Intentions
My aims in this project is to combine film and animation together, however in this project the animation is going to be mostly used as effects. I am also looking forward on my story telling , because in this film there is no dialogue I want to make it super clear on what is going on just by their actions.
My intentions for this project is tell a scary myth to the children and make them feel frightened. My goal is to ultimately develop an atmosphere/mood that puts the audience on edge and scares them.
The Idea
It begins with the protagonist waking up and going to the bathroom to do her everyday routines. As she stares in the mirror, she notices something is wrong but decides she’s still too tired and ignores her thoughts. As the day progresses, she becomes increasingly paranoid.
[Time skip to where the girl is in college]
When the protagonist senses that someone is watching her, she goes to the bathroom to wash her face yet again and then stares at her reflection, who smiles back at her as her eyes slowly begin to turn black, causing her to flee the bathroom.
[later on]
The doppelgänger is playing piano, [there will be animated music notes on the video} The camera would be placed on a certain ground level so I can capture a shot of the clone using the piano peddles. Next up the camera would slowly move upwards. This will be a medium shot of the clone pressing keys, the camera will zoom into the doppelgängers face and reveal her fully black eyes. [animated eyes]
In the next scene the doppelgänger stands up and closes the piano, in this scene there will be a close upshot of her hands closing it. In the next shot there will be a close up shot of the clones shoes walking towards a wide hallway then stop, as the cameral keeps on moving forwards it stops at the another pair of shoes. They both face each other and make eye contact, whiles they are having eye contact the camera angle will be over the shoulder. The normal human turns around and starts running, the clone slowly starts walking towards her whiles counting from 10-1, once she reaches the number one the clone starts chasing after her.
The doppelgänger catches up with the actual person and as the human turns around the corner the clone follows and gets hit in the face making the clone fall on the ground, in this scene there will be a medium close up shot of the clones reaction. [in this scene you will see animated smoke]
In the next scene the person is hidden and the clone is looking for them, the clone disappears somewhere giving the person gets the chance to run, in this scene there will be a follow shot of the actual person running [as the background starts to turn black this is going to be animated] as the clone is following close behind.
The doppelgänger catches up and grabs the person and takes her into a bathroom where the doppelgänger will lock the person in a mirror.