INNOVATION OF INTERFERENCE'S
SHORT FILM POSTER
CULTURE AND IMPORTANCE
The use of legal or illegal drugs by a person without the approval or guidance of a doctor or any other competent authority can cause detrimental effect on a person’s health. When a person frequently consumes drugs such as opioids, cannabis, ecstasy & LSD etc. especially in large dosages then this can lead to addiction, permanent brain damage, paranoia, hallucinations, anxiety etc. & in some cases even death. However, many people use these drugs for recreational purposes in order to escape from their reality. When a person is under the influence of these drugs, their brain finds it difficult to process information due to the release of dopamine & endorphins within their body, that allows them to experience an out of body sensation.
However, if a person was watching a horror genre film (which acts as a stimulus) while under the influence of such drugs and was experiencing the uncontrolled fear from this film, then in this situation their nervous system would stimulate their brain to produce adrenaline (fight, fright, flight effect) as a response to overcome their overwhelming fear. At the same time, the effect of these drugs on the brain would cause the person to experience hallucination, feel anxiety, experience irrational fears, insomnia and paranoia which can put stress on their mental health.
In many instances, people struggle to cope up with this stress and find themselves in a predicament where they have to differentiate between their reality and this surreal nightmare that they were experiencing, which could have a long-lasting effect on their life and affect the social fabric of the society, as drug abuse is one of the biggest problems faced by countries across the globe.
RESEARCH
In the year 2013, the National Drug Use Survey Pakistan was conducted by U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with the government of Pakistan to deduce the extent of drug use with in Pakistan
MOTIVATION AND THE REASEON BEHIND IT
This story is motivated by my fascination of the psychological/horror film genre. Over the years, I have watched many films such as “The Shining”, “Shutter Island” & “Jacobs Ladder” etc. that have dealt with this genre, where the protagonist in pursuit of his goals tries to explore and endure the dark side of human psychology to the point that they can no longer differentiate between their reality and the surreal experience of their imagination, which at times is attributed to side effects of drug abuse or mental disorders, while in some instances the reasoning is even more sinister, supernatural and Evil.
storyline
Scene 1 -
- Still camera shot in front of the main door of the apartment
The main character “Zoya” enters the apartment and with her purse, laptop bag, and food
- The camera follows the Zoya as she enters her lounge and drops her belongings
She puts her bag on the couch and keeps her purse and food on the kitchen counter and moves towards her room, while messaging on her phone. (message details on sides)
The door is open and its dark inside the room
Cut
still shot
inside the room shows Zoya enter the room using the phone
Zoom shot
switching lights on
Then she proceeds towards the bathroom
Scene 2
She gets out of the room and enters the lounge
She puts her food in the microwave to heat it and moves towards the stereo to play some music and keeps her phone on the table.
Then she ties her hair like a bun and dances to the kitchen to take the crockery and the food in the kitchen and dances her way back to the couch to eat it
- still shot from lounge
captures Zoya move towards the kitchen counter and put food in the microwave and then returns to the lounge to play some music.
- Close up shot
fixing her hair
- still shot from lounge
she dances towards the kitchen to pick the crockery and food and the returns to the lounge to sit on her couch to eat her food
Cut
The other shot will be from the balcony angle showing that she brought her food and crockery and kept it on the table. As soon as she keeps it her phone rings with notification.
- Zoom shot
She picks the phone and reads it
(the message on sides that the person wont be able to join her for dinner)
She feels angry and keeps her phone on the table and sits on the couch to eat
She picks the remote and switches the tv on
- Over head shot
from behind the couch as she sits on the couch and switches the tv on
- The shot continues
She scrolls through Netflix to watch something and finds a horror film
She decides to watch it and goes to switch off the stereo, lights and pick her blanket
She returns to the couch and begins watching the film
Cut
- Moving shot from behind the tv
as she watches it sitting normally with food on her plate from one side of the tv and as we move to the other side of the tv the plate is empty and she is scared wrapped in her blanket.
Cut
- Full frontal shot of Zoya on the couch
Cut
A jump scare scene from the film pops up
Cut
- The shot continues
Zoya is scared shitless and closes the tv, grabs the blanket and phone
Cut
-over head shot behind couch
She goes back to her room scared and slams the door quickly
Cut
Scene 3
-still shot from inside the room
She jumps to the bed and covers her head and forces herself to sleep
-zoom shot
Focuses on her facial expression as she feels scared remembering the film
She puts her head under the pillow
-The shot continues
She hears a noise and takes her head out and looks around
Cut
- shot of the room
the room is dark and she can’t see anything
cut
-The shot continues
She thinks it’s her imagination and just tries to sleep on the pillow
Suddenly, she hears another sound and her eyes are wide open. She switches on the lamp on the side of the bed and looks around. Her eyes are moving left and right while she is thinking that it might not be her imagination
Cut
- The shot of the room
Nothing in the room but the door was slightly open
Cut
- The moving shot from behind
She slowly gets out of the bed and goes towards the door. She picks up a bat from behind the door and slowly tries to look outside
Cut
-zoom shot from lounge
Focuses on Zoya looking from the side of the door towards the lounge (*Dark setting)
-Full frontal shot
she slowly opens the door with the bat in her hand
cut
- Still shot.
She switches on the light and searches the house thinking there might be an intruder
finds nothing and decides to return to her room
Cut
- Full frontal shot
All of a sudden the bell rings
She looks at the time on her watch/clock
- Zoom shot on time
She wonders who could it be
- Still shot from lounge
She moves towards the camera intercom and see’s, who it is
Cut
- Shot of intercom video
There was no one
- zoom shot
Her facial expressions that were puzzled
- The still shot continues
She ignores it and decides to return to her room
However, the lights go off
Cut
- Zoom Shot
Her terrified face looking right & left in the darkness
Cut
- The moving shot
Her mobile phone starts ringing in the room
She slowly moves towards the room
She looks for her phone on the bed and finds it
Cut
- Still shot in the room
She picks the phone and looks shocked
Cut
-zoom shot
Focuses on the caller id on the phone which says “Zoya”
Cut
- zoom Shot in the room
She answers the call and says “Hello?”, “Hello?”, “Hello?”. But there is no response and the phone call is terminated
She feels terrified and confused in the darkness
CUT
She runs out of her room and find herself standing
Cut
Zoom shot from front and back
Last scene
She wakes up and it was all a dream
LOOK AND FEEL
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