THE

GARDEN(Lucas Trinh-Frost)

Short film - Mystery/Horror/Thriller

Inspiration

Old pictures
Old Paintings in films
Dark blue and warm colour grading
Wide angle\fisheye cinematography
Character: Wednesday Adams
Living with schizophrenia, dementia.
 THE
GARDEN
Mystery/Horror/Thriller

OUTLINE

• A teenage girl loses her best friend.

• Overwhelmed as she has no one else.

• She believes it was murder and begins to search for clues to how her friend died.

• She suffers from dementia and struggles to retain information to what clues she
found.

• She starts to get flashbacks when she stops crying, making her memory slowly get
better.

• Eventually she finds out who killed her friend, she then commits suicide.

Run Time: 7-10

Social context
• Dementia
• Schizophrenia
LOCATIONS

• Gothic fantasy style

• Walled Gardens
• Protagonist's house
• Forrest
CHARACTER

Protagonist:

Late teenage girl Age: 17-19

Personality:
Introverted with very little
friends. Quite coldhearted.
Gets worried a lot.
Target Audience

15-25
Bolton International Film Festival

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• The deadline for entries shall be midnight GMT 18th June 2024.

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Production Schedule

Research and planning Research and planning

Filming Editing | Feedback | Evaluation

Thank you any Questions?