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PASSER LEVITAS : FACT OR FICTION?
SYNOPSIS
Follow James Radcliffe-Winterbottom and Billy Edwards as they embark on an
adventure into the harsh wilderness of Great Britain in search of the mysticalbeast, Passer Levitas or the Lightning Sparrow.
Throughout the ages, ‘sightings’ have been reported in the New Forest of a small
sparrow-like creature which can seemingly vanish at will. Contrary to popular
belief, Scientists have deduced that the creature (known as Passer Levitas or
Lightning Sparrow) is not disappearing but has in fact evolved to be able to
travel faster than the human eye can comprehend. It is assumed that the small,
helpless bird has developed in this way over time to escape from other predators
in its natural environment. Could this be a British relative of the more famous
Lightining Bird or Impondulu?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Bird
Various photos of questionable validity have been published and many locals
speak of tales of the creature, but scientists are yet to put forward any hard
evidence that the creature exists.
Will they uncover the mystery surrounding the bird or expose it once and for all
as delusional ramblings of a bewildered small-town folk?
FORMAT
This will be a one off documentary style video centering on 2 young, explorer
types who have caught wind of this creature and attempt to uncover its secret.It will be shot by one of the 2 lads and the other will present. The video will take
a lot of inspiration from the shooting style of The Blair Witch Project, creating a
sense of mystery amongst the audience in regards to its authenticity.
It will start with an intro into the phenomena with some reference to old material
they have found on the bird: old books, questionable photos (a la lochness/
Bigfoot/ UFOs), newspaper cuttings etc. This will lead to them tracking down and
interviewing witnesses, namely one old woman who claims to have seen the bird,
but only as it flew (at lightning speed) into her eye and blinded her. A few
feathers were found but no other evidence that this was the cause and her
claims were ignored and it was assumed that she was crazy (she does seem very
crazy!). Also a scientist type who will put it down to some kind of
weather/electrical phenomena. Toshiba adverts/products may be scattered
around subliminally in the various places they go.
After the initial research they head out into a vast forest area in search for the
bird. Several clues lead them to believe that the bird does exist and they follow a
trail deeper in. Things vanish etc. They devise a plan to capture the bird: A large
net covering a large area of the forest, from root to canopy and use blow horns
or something similar from opposing corners to attempt to force the bird towards
the net, knowing that it is notoriously a ‘scaredy cat’. As they get closer to thenet we see a CGI effect of something getting caught in the net, then a struggle,
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then it breaks free and you see the host get hit, then something else get hit then
suddenly the camera is knocked out of the camera man’s hand and all goes
silent. He picks it up and looks around; the host gets up holding his face which is
bleeding. Final words about whether it’s a bird or not they should leave.
PRODUCT PLACEMENT
The main Toshiba reference will be the Handycam that the guys use to film the
doc, something like the image below where we can either see it via a second
camera or the cameraman can stop at a mirror and look into it revealing the logo
on the rear of the flip out screen, very quickly much like the Hi Tech Reference in
the Walking on Water video linked at the end of this document. This will show
the audience the power of Toshiba HD video and the ability to shoot high quality
video at an affordable price.
Other than that, we will place Toshiba adverts around subliminally in the various
locations and also possibly have one of the interviewees a manager of a TV shop
in the town and have Toshiba products behind him.
VIRAL POTENTIAL
The aim is to create a doc that is believable (or at least semi believable and
funny). Like the Hi Tec ad, people will most likely spot that it’s fake but this will
not stop them from enjoying it and passing it around to their friends. Witht the
use of clever stunts and CGI for the last scene where the host is knocked down
and the camera is knocked to the ground, people will hopefully be intrigued and
attempt to figure out how it’s done. In addition to the vid we can also release a
making of for this purpose.
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Further Viral potential will be created by showing a fake wiki page in the vid
which we will actually create on the eb so that viewers can click and be directed
to which will further confuse. We will also create a series of video diaries and
blogs which will be searchable on google and other search engines to create
more mystery.
REFERENCE IMAGES
Host
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‘Crazy Old Lady’ ‘Scientist’
Passer Levitas
New forest
The Town
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Evidence
VIDEO REFERENCES
Gap Yah
Blair Witch
Bruce Parry
Springwatch
Walk on Water
Supersonic Plane
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