Look and Feel
Ghost Writer will have two distinct visual styles. One for the haunted cabin sections of the movie and one for the story-within-a-story, “The Painted Lady”. When Jill first
arrives at the cabin, the ghost is doing its utmost to scare her away. This is the haunted cabin story...
The Haunted Cabin Story
This will have a modern day film noir style. Contrasty lighting filled with shadows will emphasize the haunted house feeling. The effect will be more creep than horror.
Trying to scare her, the ghost alters Jill’s insipid children’s book with a darker story. Jill loves it! She seeks out the ghost and they begin writing “The Painted Lady” together.
The Painted Lady Story
This will have a more saturated, hyper-real look. It will be as if the illustrations in a children’s book had come to life.
The collaboration between Jill and the ghost goes well until they start having creative differences. Now Jill has to deal not only with an evil demonic entity bent on her destruction but also some very annoying notes!
Animatic
In a wanton theft of the techniques of Hitchcock, every scene of Ghost Writer has been meticulously planned with set-accurate "animatics". These are crude cartoon-like videos that will allow for precise control of the production process. Here is a sample...
Storyboards
