Twist ending task

WRITING A TWIST TASK

A man is running through the woods being chased by someone dressed in black. [An Ariel shot is used which gives the viewer an understanding of what is going on] They run at fast speed through the trees and duck under overhanging branches. We follow the POV of both the man and the strange figure darting through the trees. The figure dressed in all black gains the most speed and in quick edits we see the man's face covered in sweat and looking frightened for his life, but the figure looks calm. This is the scene when I will use a close-up shot of the hooded figure.

The man falls over and the figure catches up with him. The figure leans over and outstretches his arms. The man screams at him not to kill him and the figure's hands start to smoke and reach for his face. Then the figure freezes and does not move. The man gets up, looks at the figure's arm and pulls up its sleeve. In a close-up shot, we see a small display screen in his arm that says: 'battery empty'. The man gets up and walks away as he believes the android to be dead. He calls a friend to say that he has the documents that he stole from the laboratory that will prove his innocence. Behind him we see a close-up of the android's display screen that clicks into life: 'emergency battery operated'. We then see the man talking on his phone. Then, a dark figure creeps up behind him slowly. The screen goes black and there is a loud scream from the man. We now see a group of people around a screen in a laboratory. The person at the other end of the line puts down his phone on the desk and says: 'android successfully reactivated'.


HOW WOULD THE TWIST OF MY SHORT FILM BE INFLUENCED BY OTHER FILMS?

This short film has been influenced by the short film 'High Maintenance' as the idea that a character is actually an android and not a human was influenced by that storyline. My short film also has two twists in it like the ones in 'High Maintenance'. The first twist was the figure dressed in black who was revealed to be an android and the second twist was that it came back to life and killed the man right at the very end. This is often used in horror films when a creature is thought to be dead but comes back at the end - like in 'Alien'. I will use similar camera shots and camera angles as 'High Maintenance' when you find out the man following the protagonist is an android. These camera shots will include an establishing shot at the beginning of the film so the audience gets a feel for the location and can guess the genre since it's going to be filmed in a forest. My film has also been influenced by 'Portals' due to the chase scenes in the film and both characters are seen trying to escape. In 'Portals', the protagonist is trying to escape the prison while in my short film, the protagonist is trying to escape the hooded figure chasing him. Towards the end of my short film, I subvert the expectation that the android is dead but actually isn't as the figure creeps up behind him and kills him.

Another way it is influenced by one of the short films is with 'Pitch Black Heist' when it starts off in one genre and shifts genre by the end. This will be done by changing the lighting at sometime in this film.  This is done in my short film when it starts off as an action/thriller when there is the chase scene throughout most of the film and when you find out the figure is an android and when the android kills him in the last scene it turns to a sci fi/ horror. The lighting will darken at the end to make the characters feel more vulnerable and isolated making it feel more like a Horror opposed to the start when the lighting is bright and the chase scene in the day will make it feel like an action film. This was done In 'High maintenance' when the lighting used makes it feel like a drama but is actually a sci fi when it is revealed he's an android. When the audience realises it's a sci- fi story with the android at the end of the film it should surprise them. The lighting will also be dark for the chase scene in the woods to make it conform to the horror genre. The dark lighting will make it similar to 'Pitch Black Heist' when the heist is being carried out and it is dark while they're doing this. The costumes will also be dark for the hooded figure to make it seem more mysterious and eerie. The film is also influenced by 'La Jetee' as for most of the film it is silent with no dialogue just like in the short film. This makes my short film focus mainly on the chase scenes rather than the story focusing on dialogue. In my film, when the android's arm starts smoking it foreshadows this character to not be human as up until this bit, you assume it just to be a dark, mysterious figure.