My work partner, Joe, is much more imaginative when it comes to plotting a story, than myself. He took the lead role in this one. My imagination skills are much better when I have a camera at hand and am on set.
Joe suggested a plot where we have a grounds man who is associated with our local castle. This lead me to suggest the title of ‘The Keeper’.
From this, the plot developed to a complicated story with characters that aren’t quite what they seem.
There are 2 main characters in the film, Lucy and Danny. We decided on a pairing of male and female as there are some classic theories that we can use with this.
One of these theories is the ‘male gaze’ that could play an interesting role in our film. I will explore this in more depth later on.
The main plot is all about how Danny wants to visit the castle to find out more about his brother’s disappearance. Upon arrival at the castle, strange things start happening. Things aren’t quite what they seem with his faithful girlfriend, Lucy either. Lucy comes across as sweet and kind. This is quite the reverse of the truth.
We soon find out that ‘the keeper’ has murdered Danny’s brother. The main twist comes when Danny realises that the Keeper is actually the father of Lucy. Lucy is in on the crime from the start and now has to decide for herself what she does.
Myself and Joe had a divide in opinion on this part of the plot, I preferred to include an emotional element to it by making Lucy decide what she wants, her murdering father, or her boyfriend (and best friend) Danny. Joe preferred to have a much more evil Lucy.
We did not have to decide on one of the two as the trailer would not reveal this to the audience, as it would give far too much away. So, we had an agreed general plot for the film, we now just needed to advertise the film to the target audience.
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