Research and Planning: BLS Media Productions

BLS Media Productions is a new production company, which is based in Pinewood Studios. We work on making major motion pictures for the ever growing British film industry. We are currently a low budget company that focuses on the story lines and basics of a film in order to make something great. Recurrence is our first major film yet we have made short films such as:
-The Briefcase
We consist of a production office supported by Debbie McWilliams and Shaheen Beige. In the past have had funding from Film Four and The British Film Council.

Research and Planning: Props

For the opening two minutes of our film, we need the following props:

- Hallway Table

- Candles

- Land Rover Discovery

- Boxes

- Girls' Nightdress

Research and Planning: The Script - Dialogue

The script for the opening of 'Recurrence' does not involve much dialogue as we wanted the audience to be actively involved in the film and so it is up to them to fill in the blanks. We thought that having less dialogue in the first few scenes would mean that the audience would feel the creepiness that we wanted the opening to portay.

Research and Planning: Cast & Crew

Cast
Girl: Rebecca Atkinson:
Lara/The Daughter: Lara Allgood
Paul/The Dad: Paul Allgood
Crew
Film Production Company: BLS MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Writers: Sarah Harris, Lara Allgood & Rebecca Atkinson
Directors: Rebecca Atkinson & Sarah Harris
Camera: Lara Allgood, Sarah Harris & Rebecca Atkinson
Editing: Rebecca Atkinson, Sarah Harris & Lara Allgood
Hair and Make-up: Lara Allgood

Research and Planning: Synopsis of the Opening

The film begins with a scene set 80 years ago. A young girl is seen praying for her life, before an unknown killer murders her.
RECURRENCE appears on the screen with the sound of a girl screaming.
The scene then changes to present day where Lara and Paul Allgood are moving in to their new house, the very same house as seen in the first scene. Lara begins to move in the boxes, yet realises that they are not alone in the house.

Research and Planning: Animatic of Storyboard

This is an animatic of our storyboard.

Research and Planning: Synopsis of the Whole Film

Recurrence

Set in a suburban town a young girl is praying in a very ritualistic way. Yet she is being watched, she kneels down and says the Lord’s prayer which are her last words as she is murdered horrifically by an unknown assailant.

Present day Lara and Paul Allgood daughter and father, have bought a new house near the town center and ideal for Paul to commute to work, yet little do they know that there is much more in store for them as they are moving in to the house where the girl was killed 80 years ago. They arrive at the house and begin to unpack boxes, Lara who is not all together happy about the move places a box on the hallway table, after coming back to the hall after collecting another box, she sees that the box has moved.

After moving in Paul receives a phone call telling him that he is needed at work a day earlier than expected and so he leaves his daughter alone in the house. Lara wakes up and sees that her dad is gone, and so takes the opportunity to explore the local area. She takes a stroll along the river behind the property where she meets Matt Simmons, who turns out to be her next-door neighbour, who after startling Lara offers to help her any time she needs him. Back at the house things begin to change, pictures have been moved and it looks as if the house is trying to get her to follow its inner depths.

Paul arrives home to find Lara hysterical and after discovering the root of the problem is just an “unlikely” and “unrealistic” tale about the supernatural he fails to believe her and thinks that she is merely making it up to get out of the place she didn’t want to move to. Terrified Lara calls upon Matt to help her and together they begin to explore the house finding more than they could ever bargain for.

The House is standing on a secret 300 years ago hundreds of people were killed in the very spot where the house was built. And so for the rest of time the souls of those who died will haunt the house and kill all those who live in it. And the souls next victims are paul and Lara 

Lara and Matt begin to search desperately to find the answer to setting the souls free. Time is running out and the souls are becoming restless. Soon Lara and Matt come to realise that the house will never leave them alone.

THE PAST ALWAYS REPEATS ITSELF.

RECURRENCE. 

Research and Planning: BBFC Age Rating Certification

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/15-2/

We think that the age rating of '15' would be the option in accordance with the bbfc age rating certification link which is above. We also wish to target our film at that particular age range as the main characters are ages 15-17 and so we believe that it will appear to that audience the best.

Research and Planning: Location Shots

The room we might use for the beginning scene.

The house we will be using for the whole opening 2 minutes.