Treatment file

Concept:

Our concept is a stop-motion from the POV of the mouse, Mr Jingles, on a journey through the prison introducing the viewer to the characters.

Technique & Approach:

It’s a stop-motion created with a series of still photographs, using models of the various characters and objects the mouse observes on its way through the prison. We will be using a variety of real objects, such as sponges and buckets, and Photoshop to mimic the faded lime green floor that The Green Mile is named for.

Mood Board:

 

Audio:

 

We are considering using another track from the composer of the original score, Thomas Newman, as well as some wind noises, scampering noises and other such noises associated with a prison.

Sequence of Events/ Shot List:

Mouse POV

Camera is set low to the ground

The Title appears ‘The Green Mile’

The shot begins as a close up of a mouse hole. The mouse comes out of the hole and scurries along the prison passing by objects that are hinted to the story, i.e. the sponge.

As the mouse passes through the prison he passes by the cells, there is a hint of the occupant of the cell, e.g. light for John Coffey, urine for Wild Billy, passing by the silhouette of John Edgecomb in the bathroom.

The sequence ends with mouse returning to the mouse hole, camera zooms out fades to black leaving the title and the mouse in frame and the mouse hole is actually part of the ‘n’ in the title ‘The Green Mile’