Capgras research

 Capgras Syndrome Research 

    The mental disorder of Capgras syndrome is something I wanted to illustrate in my project. I wanted to include a psychological aspect to my film and begin to introduce it while also hinting at small plot twists and indicators that something is off. 

    Capgras syndrome is when an individual has a delusion or fear that there are duplicates of evil doppelgangers. They have imagined that something else has taken the place of someone close and dear to them and they have an evil motive. According to NIH, it is mainly present in females, so I am leaning towards a female protagonist for my film, but it can be shown in men occasionally. It mostly occurs to patients with brain damage. The bifrontal, right limbic, and temporal regions being damages usually cause Capgras'. In the actual film during the fight scene, the audience isn't meant to know who it is, but it's the main character is the one fighting. They get a blow to the head that will start this damage, but they wanted the fight to be kept on the down-low so nothing was ever checked at a doctors. 

        In just the film opening, the main character will believe that someone has replaced their sibling. To complete this in my film, I wanted to demonstrate the Kubrick stare. In this look, it can create a 

psychotic look to a character. It is used in many films such as the Shining, A clockwork orange, Psycho, Gone girl, Dark Night, and Silence of the Lambs. When I wanted to use this effect through my film, it is when its closeups of the main character talking to their sibling, and there's a slight flickering of their siblings face between normal looking and the Kubrick stare. I wanted to execute this but stabilizing the camera with a tripod or a stand so the everything stays the same apart from the persons face. I believe this will create a very creepy look adding to the psychological part of my film. This can also help the viewer understand that something is off with the character mentally. Depending on the time I have after this, I might show the main characters reaction to this, as it would be the first time they fully realize that something is off. 

To develop this psychological aspect correctly means a lot to my process because it means I can show and develop certain feelings and visions without coming out and saying it in film. All of this research can help me create a better feel to the film and make sure that everything is as accurate and realistic as possible.