MEST2 : Pre Production Edited

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SCRIPT : TRANSGRESSION

FADE IN, ESTABLISHING SHOT OF LOCATION

EXT. THE SUBURBS OF LONDON. THERE ARE TEENAGERS WHO ARE

SITTING AT AN ABANDONED ROOFTOP ­ DAY

CUT TO A MEDIUM LONG SHOT OF THE TEENAGERS

Fade in,to an establishing shot of the location. Cut to a

medium long shot of the teenagers.

A group of teenagers, three females and two males, are

sitting in a circle. Their friendship is quite strong

hence the chatter that is taking place; some of them have

known each other for years but recently a new member JASON

has joined. Amongst the teenagers is an empty Coca­Cola

bottle. JASON

(eager and excited)

Alright, so it’s a really

simple game. Pretend that this

bottle is your life and it

literally holds your fate.

Cut to a close up of the bottle as JASON presents it and

puts it in the middle of the circle to spin the bottle. JASON

So by spinning the bottle,

you’re taking the risk to

gamble your life. Whoever it

lands on has to change their

life within an... hour?

Medium shot of JASON, the camera tracks his actions as he

spins the once more. Cut to a reverse shot of LUCIA who

stops the bottle from spinning. LUCIA

(Rolls her eyes, annoyed)

That is the stupidest thing I

have heard all day.

DEVON gives LUCIA a slight nudge on the shoulder and grabs

her cheek. DEVIN

(teasing)

Give it a rest, Lucia! You’re

always killing the fun. Might

have to start calling you

“killjoy” from now on.

LUCIA pushes DEVON away with force and there is small

laughter amongst everyone.GRACE

(quietly, with admiration)

I think it’s a pretty cool

idea, to be honest.

Cut to over the shoulder shots as JASON winks at GRACE as

she smiles back. TYRA

(pleadingly)

C’mon Lucia, stop being so

negative. What’s the harm in

having a little fun?

LUCIA

(Unimpressed tone)

Ugh, fine. Whatever. Let’s

play your shitty game then.

JASON makes sharp eye contact with LUCIA. JASON

(In a tense tone)

Alright, let’s play then.

Cut to a high angle shot of the bottle spinning, like a bird’s

eye view. Cut to P.O.V of the bottle spinning as it slows

down.

The bottle comes to a halt and there is a silence amongst the

teenagers. The atmosphere is quite tense and the bottle stops

on JASON, indicating that he has been chosen.

LUCIA

(scoffing)

Well well well, what a fucking

coincidence! The bottle has

landed on the “chosen one”,

now go off and do your stupid

little dare. TYRA

Leave it, Lucia. What are you

going to do Jason?

JASON

(thoughtfully)

I don’t know... Something

interesting or daring I guess.

Cut to a medium tracking shot of JASON walking towards GRACE.

Close up of JASON offering his hand. JASON

Would you give me the honour

of helping me change my life

within an hour?

Medium close up shot of GRACE. GRACE has a surprised yet keen

look on her face as she takes his offer by taking his hand.

Cut to medium shot of her taking his hand, medium low angle

shot of JASON as he offers his hand. GRACE

(sense of eagerness, imitating

Why of course! That would be

absolutely splendid!

posh voice)

DEVIN

(teasing)

Someone’s getting a little bit

too excited! I wonder what

they’re going to do.

Medium shot of TYRA as she understands what is happening and

joins in on the teasing with a wink at GRACE and a smirk. TYRA

(teasing)

Don’t do anything that I

wouldn’t do, you two!

Medium shot of JASON and GRACE leaving with their backs to the

group and camera. LUCIA

(mumbles with a suspicious

Something doesn’t seem

tone)

right... EXT. Secluded forest area with an

obscure dirt pathway, near woods­ DAY

Medium low angle shots of trees clearings, and general cuts to

shots of the surrounding area. JASON and GRACE are seen

walking together in the woods. GRACE, an introvert, is too shy

to ask about JASON’S plan and she continues to follow him, who

is increasingly slowing behind her.

Close up shot of JASON reaching for GRACE’S hand. Cut to a

close up of her expression, reverse shot to him pulling his

hand back.

Medium shot as JASON slows down behind GRACE. GRACE turns

around to face JASON. GRACE

(nervously)

What’re you doing Jason?

JASON

(facing away, quietly)

Oh nothing, I’m just looking

around. Keep walking. GRACE

(nervously)

Erm, okay. I guess.

GRACE turns back around and continues walking. Over the

shoulder shot of JASON aimed at GRACE’S back. GRACE

(As she is turning around to

Hey, what are you gonna do for

your da­?

face him)

Slow motion vertigo shots of GRACE as JASON grabs at her neck

and gets her into a choke hold. Close up shot of GRACE’S hands

struggling to push away JASON. Medium shot of JASON throwing

her to the ground. JASON

(Ominous and hysterical tone)

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN TO SHUT

UP! YOU TALK TOO MUCH. JASON

YOU’RE SO FUCKING ANNOYING.

With each strike, JASON exclaims and hits her with hysteria. JASON

(Panting from exhaustion and

putting force with every word)

WHY... THE... FUCK...

AREN’T... YOU... DYING?!

POV shots of GRACE as JASON continues to beat her with blood

splattering all over him. The camera begins the blur more and

more slightly as GRACE is beaten.

GRACE

(pleading)

Please... stop...

Medium shot as JASON comes close to her and watches her face,

bloody, bruised and beaten. The camera is rotated on the x

axis at an angle to create a sense of disorientation. He looks

at her with contentment.

He lands one final blow on her head to kill her and throws the

bat away. JASON

(As he kicks the limp body)

I never knew it would take

people so long to die.

As he is panting with exhaustion and cleaning his face/hands

of the blood. JASON

(Mumbles)

This life is nothing but an

illusion; we must fulfil the

needs that lie within our

hearts.

Medium/long shot of JASON walking away in the background, with

GRACE’S lifeless and bloody hand focused in the foreground. CUT TO BLACK.

Mise en scene

Cinematography/Inspirations

Gone Girl, in terms of the mentally disturbed protagonist and the general psychological .

In terms of cinematography and actual filming styles:

House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Drive, use of colours and palettes, and general cinematography, possible use of soundtrack
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters.
Trance, use of editing in post production to create disorientating effects etc
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz), possible use of the "montage" stylised cutting of scenes.

Casting

The characters with the most focus during the 3 minute extract will be Grace and Jason. Atousa will be playing Grace. Izaaz will be playing Jason. Lucia, Tyra and Devon will be played by 

Locations

A quiet and reserved area such as the woods near a park will be needed for the scene where Jason kills Grace. Another area where the entire location looks abandoned and old will be used for where the teenagers are hanging out.

Props

The props needed are a baseball bat which could be substituted later if we don't find one. Also a bottle will be needed as it is the central part of story line. 

Possible props, cigarettes, beer/alcohol containers?

Costume and Make up

Normal clothing because the characters are all teenagers, make up will be needed for the violence and the blood when Grace is killed.

Jason - Typical guy outfit (jeans, t shirt, hoodie, trainers) extremely casual almost bordering on the sense of lazy. Generally needs to have a very "rugged" and not caring look to his attire. This generally to show the idea of how he reflects himself as disorganised and unlike normal stylish guys.

Devin - A bit more stylish but also casual, shows his a lot more trendy and generically up beat personality. He's a lot more of a laid back but cultured guy and likes to show it.

Lucia - Fashionable and trendy attire, as she's considered and seen by her peers as a "popular girl". This has to be portrayed appropriately through her costume. It must still hold to the casual theme of teenagers.

Grace - She's a lot more of a shy and reserved girl who doesn't care too much about how she presents herself. She still wants to look good so that she can fit in with her peers and so tries her best to reflect her personality of being a nice and shy person through her costume. 

Tyra - Laid back and but generally a much more perspective person who isn't easily fooled. She's shown as very casual and chilled. Use of hoodies would be good to show this and matched with trainers and t shirts.

Lighting

Generally, we will use natural day lighting but can use some high key lighting to create dramatic emphasis if need be. Lighting will have to be essential to create a vivid colour palette that resembles an indie film such as Drive.

La Haine - Summary

The movie La Haine is a black and white, French film. It is about three men that were surrounded by french gangs and living in a 'ghetto' area based in Paris. They were all from different backgrounds (one was Jewish, the other was an Arab and the final person was a black male). Since it is a ghetto area, they are many police around. One day, a police officer had left his gun somewhere. Then in some many scenes later, the Jewish protagonist had found the gun. In the next couple of scenes, there was a lot of rioting going on and the protagonist, with the gun, used that weapon on the police who were also at the riots and were trying to stop it from happening. At one scene the Jewish character, Vinz, started arguing with a policeman where he then started to insult him. after that scene, he then met that same policeman at where they went to after and that same police man would start to threaten him with a gun. This led to the policeman accidentally pulling the trigger of the gun with led to targeting and killing on of the main protagonist (the Jewish character).

The mise  en scene, throughout this film, was all to do with gang violence. Therefore, there were many different things that was related to gang violence, e.g. guns, bandannas and rioting. The fact that there was a gang, instantly brought to the audience attention that the setting of the movie is going to be really rough and the atmosphere would either be quiet or even dangerous because people in the movie wouldn't know where sense of danger would be coming from.

Throughout the whole movie, many panning movements were used when all the different gangs were running through the riots. This specific camera movement was powerful to the audience because it made them feel like they were in the movie with them and they were following the gang to where they would target next in the riots. Also, a lot of shot/reverse shot was used between the three main protagonists when they would be having their conversations.

However, this movie is very stereotypical because of the fact that even if someone was wearing a specific item of clothing that a gang member would wear, the police would instantly target those people even if they were innocent.

Audience research focus groups: blog task

In the last lesson before the December half  term, our group didn't get to show our pitch idea because  of some error between my group and therefore, we never recorded anything. However, in the half term, we had come up with a few different pitch ideas which will be shown down below:

THE ORIGINAL IDEA

Title and tagline:

TRANSGRESSION: Their fate belongs to the hour

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):

Modern-Noir

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):

Thriller, psychological thriller

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):

A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers

Other successful films that are similar to yours:

Gone Girl, in terms of the mentally disturbed protagonist.

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):

The film will start with a bored group of teenagers going to their hangout place, where they invent a new version of spin the bottle, the objective of the game is to change your life within an hour if you have been chosen. They begin to play the game and the protagonist, who is mentally unstable gets chosen. With the hour he has been given he decides to invite a vulnerable and naive friend to join him, which she immediately does. The naive friend is unaware about what he is planning to do but continues to eagerly join him on their walk to the woods. This is where he brutally murders hers and disposes her body of. When the protagonist arrives back after an hour his friends ask where the naive and vulnerable friend is, he dismisses the questions and says she went home. Over the next 2 days people begin to grow suspicious, with Friend 2 starting to accuse him over her sudden disappearance. Despite this the group of friends decide to continue playing the game and when Friend 1 gets chosen, she is put under pressure by Friend 2 and decides to kill him before killing herself by self drowning in a river.  The scene ends with a suicide note stating “Gone for an hour”.

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

The main protagonist, who is the killer, has a manipulative characteristic which he hides through his charisma and charm, it could almost be argued that he’s mentally unstable. He desires power and attention, something which he lacked before he brutally murdered a vulnerable friend. His killing gave him a sense of superiority, but it also adds onto his paranoia. He faces several conflicts such as one member of their friendship group getting suspicious about his sudden change in personality, as his lies increase and increase.  

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

1) Grace: She’s quite naive and easy to manipulate. The quieter character of the group, her characteristics and tragic death will create some pity for her from the audience

2) Devon:  Humorous character, he is quite lively and is the driving force of all their friendships

3) Lucia: She is quite reserved and laid back but pays attention to surroundings in quite a lot of detail. She is the character who gets suspicious, and her intelligence appeals to the audience.

4) Tyra Close friend of the vulnerable friend, she is who kills the protagonist. It is quite surprising for the audience as her friendly characteristics contrast the crime she commits and her sudden decision of committing suicide.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

• The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film  
• I believe male and females would watch it, it has an appeal to all genders i.e. the friendship, the conflicts and the violence.
• Working class/middle class
•  Those who are interested in thrillers with a psychological element to it, or who want an insight into the lives of teenagers with an interesting twist.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:

The three-minute extract would appear about 5 minutes into the film. It will consist of the group of teenagers spinning the bottle and starting to play the game and the protagonist, who is mentally unstable (his friends aren’t aware of this) being chosen. He is given “one hour to change his life”, and this scene will consist of a shots of him trying to kill the vulnerable friend after leading her on. The scene will end with the protagonist walking away, which will create a cliff hanger and enigma codes on what happens next.

THE SECOND IDEA

Title and tagline:
The title of the movie is 'The Equation Part 2' and the tagline of the movie is 'Expect the unexpected'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
The topic that we have chosen from the brief is Modern Noir.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen to make it a "Thriller" with a lot some slight emphasis of it being a "detective movie" where it is riddled with a lot of enigma codes and generally gets the audience thinking and hopefully ends with a cliff hanger that leaves the audience asking for more.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):
A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:
To Kill A Mocking Bird and Sin City, the fact we will be using the black and white layout and having a quiet introduction in the beginning.
House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order:

At the beginning of the story, there was this detective who was on his way to work. Once he got to the office, his manager told him there were numerous gunshots in different places; He was sent to a scene downtown and a couple of other detectives around the city went to the other scenes. They believed it was just the one person who did this mess and it was hard to find her as the CCTV cameras weren't working. He tried many different solutions but non of them hadn't worked. Therefore, he went back into to time and re-try different solutions. On the fourth time he went back into time, he felt like he was getting even closer. One night, he had a dream about how a homeless man had whispered something in his ear and it was, "Think the unexpected". Once he had woke up, he kept this saying in his head despite it being only in his dream and is only a fantasy. However, he stuck to it and thought about it long and hard. Then, he went to a discrete located pub where he would think that people who don't want to show their face because they may have done something bad to a public. Once he went their, he saw this glamorous lady (femme fatale) sitting there and was quite odd because you wouldn't expect a lady sitting in a discrete pub. She looked as if she would spend most her day in a casino but she didn't which was odd for the detective and felt something didn't feel right. They both started talking to one another and suddenly, she shot the detective after playing one round of 'spin the bottle'... (Story left on a cliffhanger).

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The main protagonist will be the detective
• The antagonist is going to be the femme fatale but she will only be shown at the end of the film. 

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There will also be the detectives manager who tells him the job and situation
• Another character is the different suspects the detective finds before going back into time.
• Also, there will be a bartender which will only have a short cameo scene.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

• The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film  
• I believe males would watch it simply due to the fact we will have a femme fatale in it and the fact that men are attracted to things like this.
• Working class/middle class
• Those who are interested in film noir/'olden days' movies.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
The part we will be using from this film is where the detective and 'femme fatale' meet up in the pub and when she shoots the detective and is left at a cliffhanger. The fact that this will be left at a cliffhanger, obviously states that this will be at the end of the movie.

THE THIRD IDEA

MEST2 Film Pitch

Title and tagline:

The title of the movie is 'Who was it?' and the tagline of the movie is 'The more prettier, the more dangerous they can be'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):

The topic that we have chosen from the brief is 'The Secret'.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):

For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen two different genres we will try to work around and they are 'Action and Horror'. We have also taken into account that we may try and add a little bit of 'comedy' too but there could be a possibility where we may take it out as it is quite hard to make a movie with comedy.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):

A hidden, silent detective who is on a case to find a mass killer in the town, Greenford.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:

The films that have inspired us to do this movie are the following:

• Casino Royal
• Sin City
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• The Hitch-Hiker (Beginning)

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):

At the beginning of the movie, there will be numerous gunshots. The boss will go to the main characters (detective) office and report the case. The detective will then start the case of who is the murderer. This is a hard task for him as he has a hidden identity and doesn't speak at all. There will be some hard times for him, as everyone in the city is very quiet. However, there is a new girl in town that no one has never seen. The detective gets quite close to her until he finds out that she's the one who did all of this.

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The Main Protagonist is going to be the detective in this movie

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There is also the boss of the detective who only has a short cameo scene in the movie as he is only reporting the case to the main protagonist.
• We will also have a 'femme fatale'. She is going to be a main character in the actual movie but will only have a cameo in the 3 minutes film.
• Many different suspects which will be there. They are going to be questioned by the detective. When this part is happening, it will almost be a stare-off with the suspect and the detective as the detective cannot speak.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

From what we have made this film noir into, we would think that this film is located to people that are aged between 10 and 35. This is because this isn't an ordinary 'Film Noir' ; Its is more of a parody as there are some scenes of humor involved in our version too. We would also think that this is aimed at mostly male because there isn't much that female can relate too as this film is only based around men and one female. Therefore, the majority of viewers of this film would be male. People who like comedy and thriller would find this film more enjoyable than the people who would like horror or action.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:

In this extract, we will be filming the beginning of the movie because I believe that this is the more effective bit of the movie.

MEST2: Pre-production

My role in the group is that I have to complete the project schedule and make the storyboard. Also, Sunny had the role of making the script, Rashida had to do the shot list and Ladan had to complete the part of finding the different actors and what we will be needing to record our 3 minute movie.

The things of which the group had contributed in, is shown in the link below:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9lJZsZTDdsJRjRVWTJ1Y0Vmenc#

The following down below is showing what I have contributed to in the group:

Written by Ladan

TRANSGRESSION

THEIR FATE BELONGS TO THE HOUR

FADE IN, ESTABLISHING SHOT OF LOCATION

EXT. THE SUBURBS OF LONDON. THERE ARE TEENAGERS WHO ARE

SITTING AT AN ABANDONED ROOFTOP ­ DAY

CUT TO A MEDIUM LONG SHOT OF THE TEENAGERS

A group of teenagers, three females and two males, are sitting

in a circle. Their friendship is quite strong hence the

chatter that is taking place; some of them have known each

other for years, but recently a new member Jason has joined.

Amongst the teenagers is an empty Coca­Cola bottle.

JASON

It’s a fairly simple game. Pretend the bottle is your life, it

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BOTTLE

(JASON reaches to spin the bottle)

(In an eager and excited tone)

basically holds your fate.

JASON

­and by spinning it you have pretty much gambled your life.

Whoever gets chosen has to change their life within an...

hour? It’s fun trust me, i’m so fucking tired of people not

committing to spin the bottle games.

MEDIUM SHOT OF JASON, THE CAMERA TRACKS HIS ACTIONS AS HE

SPINS THE BOTTLE ONCE MORE.

CUT TO A REVERSE SHOT OF LUCIA WHO STOPS THE BOTTLE FROM

SPINNING.

LUCIA

(She rolls her eyes in an annoyed manner)

That is the most stupid thing i’ve heard all day.

(DEVON gives LUCIA a slight nudge on the shoulder and grabs

her cheek)

DEVON

(In a teasing manner)

Give it a rest Lucia you’re always killing the fun, might have

to name you killjoy from now on.

(LUCIA pushes Devon away with force. There is small laughter

amongst them at this)

GRACE

I think it’s a pretty cool idea, besides it’s SOMETHING to do

(With admiration in her voice)

rather than just sitting around here.

CUT TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT, JASON WINKS AT GRACE AS SHE

SMILES BACK.

TYRA

C’mon Lucia stop being so negative. When will you stop holding

(Pleadingly)

a grudge against Jason?

LUCIA

(In an unimpressed tone)

Yeah, yeah whatever... Go on then, let’s see how AMAZING this

little shitty game of yours is Jason.

JASON

(In a tense tone as he makes sharp eye contact with Lucia)

Alright, let’s play then.

JASON goes to reach for the bottle and places it in the middle

as they form a circle.

CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF THE BOTTLE SPINNING. P.O.V OF

THE BOTTLE AS IT SLOWS DOWN.

The bottle comes to a halt and there is silence amongst the

teenager’s. The atmosphere is quite tense and the bottle stops

at JASON, indicating that he has been chosen.

LUCIA

Well well, what a fucking coincidence! The bottle has landed

on the “chosen” one, now go off and do your stupid little

dare.

TYRA

I don’t understand, how are you meant to change your life

within an hour?

I don’t know... you just have to do something interesting or

JASON

(Thoughtfully)

daring.

CUT TO MEDIUM TRACKING SHOT OF JASON WALKING TOWARDS GRACE.

CLOSE UP OF JASON OFFERING HIS HAND.

JASON

Do you want to take the honour of helping me change my life

within an hour?

CUT BACK TO A MEDIUM CLOSE UP SHOT OF GRACE.

GRACE has a surprised yet keen look on her face as she takes

his offer by taking his hand.

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF HER TAKING HIS HAND

GRACE

(In an imaginary posh voice, there is a sense of eagerness

within her voice)

Oh why of course! That would be splendid!

DEVON

(In a teasing manner with a smirk)

SOMEONE is getting a bit too excited; I wonder what they’re

going to do...

(TYRA joins in with DEVON’S teasing as she winks at GRACE)

TYRA

Don’t go and have too much fun the both of you!

(As JASON and GRACE leave, LUCIA mumble’s)

LUCIA

Something is not right.

FADE INTO THE NEXT SCENE. SEVERAL SHOTS OF THE TREE’S AND THE

SKY.

EXT. NEARBY WOODS – DAY

JASON and GRACE are seen walking together in the woods. GRACE,

an introvert, is too shy to ask about JASON’S plan and she

continues to follow him, who is increasingly slowing behind

her.

GRACE

(Nervously)

What are you doing?

JASON

(In a strange manner)

Oh, nothing. Keep walking, i’m just looking around.

GRACE

Oh, okay.

SLOW MOTION, OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF JASON BEHIND GRACE AS

HE SLOWLY FOLLOWS HER

(GRACE continues to walk, until she finally has the courage to

ask JASON about his dare)

GRACE

(As she is turning around to face him)

Hey Jason what are you planning to do as your da-

SHOT OF JASON GRABBING GRACE INTO A CHOKE HOLD. CLOSE UP SHOT

OF GRACE’S HANDS STRUGGLING TO PUSH AWAY JASON. THEN MEDIUM

SHOT OF JASON THROWING HER TO A GROUND AND GRABBING A BAT.

JASON

(In an ominous and hysterical tone)

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP! YOU TALK TOO MUCH!

(With each strike JASON exclaims)

YOU’RE SO. BLOODY. ANNOYING.

(JASON continues to beat her with the bat with hysteria)

JASON

(Panting from exhaustion as he continues to use all his power and

force)

WHY... THE FUCK... AREN’T YOU... DYING?

P.O.V OF GRACE AS HE CONTINUES TO HIT HER. BLURRY SHOTS OF JASON AS

GRACE BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS.

GRACE

(She pleads for JASON to stop with her last breath)

Please... Stop.

(JASON gives one last blow to her head which finally kills her. He

chucks the bat into the river)

LONG SHOT OF JASON THROWING THE BAT INTO THE RIVER WITH GREAT ANGER

AND FORCE.

JASON

(He slightly kicks her limp and dead body while panting)

I never knew it took humans so long to die.

(JASON slowly mumbles to himself as he walks away)

This life is nothing but an illusion; we must fulfil the needs that

lie within our hearts. CUT TO BLACK

Arthouse film screening: extra homework

Run Lola Run (Review)

The film Run Lola Run was very fast paced. This movie was about a lady and her friend who was in big trouble; They were both the main protagonists but the girl red headed girl had a bigger part to play despite it being her friends fault. In the beginning, it started of with her friend losing a bag with a lot of money in it which needed to be given to someone very dangerous. However, someone stole that bag. Then the main protagonist had to help her friend and went across many different friends. Some how she kept repeating herself by going back in time and finding different ways in getting that money back, which her friend had lost to a homeless man who only had a couple of bags and a bike. Sometimes, in order to get it her own way, she would scream extremely loud so that she gets everyone to pay attention to her.

The camera movements of the film would always be very quick and at a fast pace; It would always use the panning movement, This is because of the main protagonist always running to find the quickest possible solution to help her friend. This is due to the fact that she only had 20 minutes to find the money in the quickest possible way and which was conveyed three different times. When the character was running, they would always show a long shot of her but never a close up. This is probably to show the audience that she is running quite quickly in a large area and where it is very time consuming.

Also, there were a numerous shot/reverse shots that happened throughout the entire movie. This was done when there was a two way conversation happening between the many characters throughout the play. There would also being different diegetic sounds being played in the background. This is known to be diegetic because it was a fast and pacey sort of song and it was only being played while the red headed lady (main protagonist) was running which went quite well and it was fast linking up with fast.

Film Pitch (Edited)

Title and tagline:
The title of the movie is 'The Equation Part 2' and the tagline of the movie is 'Expect the unexpected'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
The topic that we have chosen from the brief is Modern Noir.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen to make it a "Thriller" with a lot some slight emphasis of it being a "detective movie" where it is riddled with a lot of enigma codes and generally gets the audience thinking and hopefully ends with a cliff hanger that leaves the audience asking for more.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):
A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:
To Kill A Mocking Bird and Sin City, the fact we will be using the black and white layout and having a quiet introduction in the beginning.
House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order:

At the beginning of the story, there was this detective who was on his way to work. Once he got to the office, his manager told him there were numerous gunshots in different places; He was sent to a scene downtown and a couple of other detectives around the city went to the other scenes. They believed it was just the one person who did this mess and it was hard to find her as the CCTV cameras weren't working. He tried many different solutions but non of them hadn't worked. Therefore, he went back into to time and re-try different solutions. On the fourth time he went back into time, he felt like he was getting even closer. One night, he had a dream about how a homeless man had whispered something in his ear and it was, "Think the unexpected". Once he had woke up, he kept this saying in his head despite it being only in his dream and is only a fantasy. However, he stuck to it and thought about it long and hard. Then, he went to a discrete located pub where he would think that people who don't want to show their face because they may have done something bad to a public. Once he went their, he saw this glamorous lady (femme fatale) sitting there and was quite odd because you wouldn't expect a lady sitting in a discrete pub. She looked as if she would spend most her day in a casino but she didn't which was odd for the detective and felt something didn't feel right. They both started talking to one another and suddenly, she shot the detective after playing one round of 'spin the bottle'... (Story left on a cliffhanger).

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The main protagonist will be the detective
• The antagonist is going to be the femme fatale but she will only be shown at the end of the film. 

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There will also be the detectives manager who tells him the job and situation
• Another character is the different suspects the detective finds before going back into time.
• Also, there will be a bartender which will only have a short cameo scene.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

• The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film  
• I believe males would watch it simply due to the fact we will have a femme fatale in it and the fact that men are attracted to things like this.
• Working class/middle class
• Those who are interested in film noir/'olden days' movies.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
The part we will be using from this film is where the detective and 'femme fatale' meet up in the pub and when she shoots the detective and is left at a cliffhanger. The fact that this will be left at a cliffhanger, obviously states that this will be at the end of the movie.