Mariana, a psychologist driven crazy by jealousy towards her films star sister, who struggles to cope with pressure from fans, starts to lose her mind and commit deadly crimes.
Character profiles:
Adriana: She is a very dramatic film star who is passionate and proud of her work, (often referred to as a “Golden girl”) She however does not cope with fans and all the attention they give her and frequently speaks to her sister and psychologist about this issue to help her cope with this. She has a dark sense of humour and finds the prospect of murder quite funny.
Marina: She is a quiet psychologist whois highly jealous of all the fans that adore her sister. She wishes that she had that admiration and believes she would appreciate her fans much more. Because of her jealousy and the fact she has to hear her sister complain about something she wants it has caused her to have a second personality. This second personality is a heightened version of Nicole who kills her fans. Marina isn't aware of this second personality.
Synopsis
Fade in, Adriana, a well dressed film star is being hounded by fans and paparazzi. Cut shot to a series of close ups between her and the paps. She gets into her car. Cut to close up, as she dials Marina, her sister and psychologists number, to complain about the fans. A fan pokes their head up from the backseat. Cut to long shot, Adriana runs from the car horrified, pursued by the fan. Fade out. Marina sits on a chair across from Adrianna, who sits on her bed complaining to Marina about her fans. Close up of Marina looking closed off and envious at this. Close up of a door handle being fiddled with. A fan is outside. Adriana looks annoyed. Cut to close up of her turning to Marina and telling her jokingly about how she wants to kill her fans. Marina is shocked at this. Adriana as she walks out the door to go to a signing. Cut to Mid shot Marina stands up and rips the page out of the notebook that she has been writing on in anger. Fade out. Fade in, Adriana sits in a backstage dressing room doing her makeup. A shadowy figure walks past the door. Cut to Mid shot, Adriana worriedly at the doorway. A PA’s voice is heard “Adriana we are ready for you.” Cut to mid shot of a dark hallway, Adriana exits into the hallway, behind her is a shadowy figure who’s face is obscured by darkness. Fade out. Fade in, Long shot Adriana walks out onto a stage to an applause from her fans, but the fan from the car is looking down at a map of the theatre on her phone. Cut between close ups of Adriana annoyed, observing the fan leave the group and mid shots of the fan leaving the Langford theatre. Cut to long shot of the fan walking down the back room hallway, pursued by the dark shadowy figure wearing a mask of Adriana’s face. The fan walks into Adriana’s dressing room . Mid shot, She looks up into the mirror. A montage of short 1 second shots of different angles of the fan being stabbed by the Killer ensues, till she is left dead on the floor. (fade out) (fade in) Cut to mid shot, Adriana is interrupted by Mariana who tells her that the police need to be called and that she has found a dead body. Cut to a series of close ups between Marina and Adriana as they speak of the murder. Cut to mid shot of a police officer walking over to the girls. Close ups between police officer and two girls follow as he suggests they continue the discussion back at Adriana’s apartment. Cut to a mid shot of the Police officer sitting on a chair in front of Adriana’s bed and Adriana and Marina sitting on their bed. Cut to close ups between Marina and Adriana and of the Police officer as the Police officer conveys that she has found Adriana’s psychologist session when she said she wanted to kill her fans. He claims this is damning evidence against her and that she is under arrest. Cut to montage of 1 second shots where Adriana is taken away by police officers. Libby is left alone in the room. Cut to close up of her smiling, then reaching into her bag and pulling out the “Adriana” mask, revealing that she is the killer.
Justification:
Story line:
I chose to include many specific Hitchcock storyline features in my actual storyline as a homage to his films. Almost all of his stories involve some kind of murder so naturally I had to create the murdering of a fan to trigger some of the events in the play. I also want dot delve into the psyche and what people will do when their boundaries are pushed. For Marina, her boundaries are pushed due to her jealousy of her sister and as a result she is driven crazy and wants to sabotage her sister and frame her for murder. Framing the innocent for murder is another Hitchcock signature plot line. I also chose in several ways to make it look like Adriana was the killer, (such as the fact she claims to hate her fans, wants to kill her fans and gets repeatedly angry at one particular fan, who ends up dead) when in reality Marina was the killer. This plot twist pulls the rug out from underneath the viewers, something that Hitchcock loved to do.
Characters:
For both characters I wanted to embrace the technique Hitchcock uses for many of his characters which is to have them be more than surface value, and what meets the eye. For example when Adriana is first seen one would presume she is a film star who is adored by her fans and adores them back when the truth of the matter is much darker and she actually finds her fans extremely hard to cope with to the point that she is seeking professional help to deal with the issue. Adriana also finds the concept of murder very funny, another common trait of Hitchcock films. In the same way, Marina seems quiet and unassuming, helping her sister out when in reality she is exceptionally jealous of her and wants to undermine her in any way she possibly can even if it means murder.
Cinematography
I chose to do several very “Hitchcock techniques” regarding the filming process. I used several techniques that Hitchcock commonly uses. A lot of his techniques were used to convey a story through pure cinema.
I used the “Action reaction” technique where I would film a characters face then what he was seeing then their face reacting to what they were seeing to tell a story without dialogue. I also used many close ups to convey characters true feelings through their facial expressions, dialogue was far less important than this aspect of film. I also used montage shots and more specifically a 77 second stabbing scene between Marina and a fan. This shows conflict without dialogue, a classic Hitchcock manoeuvre. Alongside this I also used colour as a symbol, when Marina is feeling jealous she wears a green outfit and there is a green tinge to the room. I also used shadowy lighting over Marina often to show that there was more to her than there seemed. For a lot of the film though I chose to use bright lighting as a lot of murder stories, for Hitchcock happen in bright daylight.
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