Film Screenplay (Creative Project) - Zach

Disgredarded

Internal Location – Black Screen
A Voice over of the female lead is used as she is describing how she is alone.

Dialogue:

"People say that the internet is your friend. Even for people who don't know how to make friends in reality. I think that we'd agree this is bullshit. Take me for example." 

(FADE IN)

Internal Location – Female leads bedroom (Friday Morning 8.05AM)
Cut from black to a shot of the female leads bedroom floor. Books on how to make friends and an opened bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey are all scattered underneath her bed. Tracking shot.

Medium shot with a bird’s eye view of the female lead as she wakes up. Her glasses are hanging off her face and one of her books lay across her chest. Quiet non-diegetic sound/music playing in the background as part of the films soundtrack.

Medium shot of the female lead as she sits up while in her bed. Two ‘geeky’ posters are visible on her wall behind her of Pythagoras and Einstein. Medium shot while she adjusts her glasses. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot.

Long Side shot of the female lead sat up in bed. Another ‘geeky’ poster, this time Darwin is visible behind her. The female lead then swings her legs around to get out of bed. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot.

As the female lead gets out of bed there is a close up of her foot as it knocks over a bottle of Jack Daniels near her bed which has obviously recently been consumed by her. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. There is also the sound of the Jack Daniels bottle clicking against hardback books.

Internal Location – Kitchen of the female leads house (Friday Morning 8.34AM)
Close-up of the female leads breakfast, which is a plate of pancakes. Her hands are visible as she picks one of them up to eat. Sound of the kettle boiling also in the background as she is eating. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot.

Medium shot of the female lead sat at her kitchen table while eating her pancakes. Quiet non-diegetic sound and kettle boiling from previous shot continues into this shot. The female lead is wearing what is stereotypically known as ‘geeky’ clothes as she is about to leave the house for a day at college.

Close-up of a bird’s eye view of the female leads breakfast plate which is now empty. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. She grabs the plate to clear her breakfast up.

Internal Location –Hallway of the female leads house (Friday Morning 8.45AM)
Long shot of the female lead used as she is in her hallway walking towards her front door to leave the house. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot.

Close up shot of female leads face. She takes a deep breath with her eyes closed and exhales with her eyes open. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. Her breath is also heard over music.

Close up shot of female leads hand as her hand is on a door handle leaving the house. The door slightly and slowly opens before cutting to the next shot. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot.

Internal Location –College Canteen/Dining Hall (Friday Morning 11.54AM)
Point of view tracking shot from the view of the female lead while she walks through her college dinner hall/canteen. People already sat in there will pull chairs near them in as she walks by them. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. Noise of the crowds of people in the canteen is also heard. Female lead spots an empty table and a tracking shot is used again as she approaches it. 

Medium shot of female lead sat alone in canteen. Other students sat out of focus in the background. Slow motion action is used as other students walk past her. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. The crowd of students in the canteen is also heard. 

Medium shot in slow motion of a random boy who is pointing and laughing in the direction of the female lead. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. The crowd of students in the canteen is also heard as well as the boys laughter. 

Dialogue:

"Look who's got no mates."

Female lead sees this happen and a camera tilt is used as she looks down at a point of view shot from the boy to her lunch on the table. Slow motion is used for this tilt. Quiet non-diegetic sound from previous shot continues into this shot. The crowd of students in the canteen is also heard. Overlaying this sound we can hear the female leads heavy breathing which continues into the next shot as the shot fades to black. 

(FADE TO BLACK)

Internal Location – Black Screen (Friday Morning 11.56AM)
Heavy breathing continues from last shot. After six seconds all noises stop immediately. 

Internal Location –Hallway of the female leads house (Friday Afternoon 4.30PM)
High angle long shot of the female leads front door as it opens, this shows that she is inferior and not in a high position. Female lead walks in clearly upset and makes not much noise. The door opening creates a creaking which can be heard as well as the female lead sniffling to show she has been crying. 

Close up shot from the ground level as female lead throws her bag down to the ground. Female lead continues walking out of the shot leaving her bag.

Internal Location – Staircase of the female leads house (Friday Afternoon 4.31PM)
Low angle close up shot of the female leads legs running up the stairs, still with shoes on. 

Internal Location – Female leads bedroom (Friday Afternoon 4.31PM)
Long side shot of female leads bedroom. She climbs into bed and lays down quickly, eager to be comfortable. 

Medium shot of the female lead crying into her pillow, still with her glasses on which are crooked because of position on the bed. Crying heard as well as quiet non-diegetic music. 

Close up shot of the view from under the female leads bed like the second shot, showing her books and a Jack Daniels bottle. Her hand comes down and grabs the Jack Daniels bottle which knocks against the books underneath her bed. 

Close up side shot of the female leads head as she drinks from her Jack Daniels bottle. Slow zoom to her mouth.

Extreme close up from zoom, only the bottle and half of her face is visible in the shot. Non-diegetic music getting gradually louder. 

Close-up pan to the left as the female leads grabs hold of her laptop and puts it on her bed. Non-diegetic music played. Zoom out from pan to a medium side shot of the female lead sat on her bed. Non-diegetic music continues. She opens laptop slowly. 

Internal Location – Female leads bedroom (Friday Night 11.09PM)
Close up shot of the female leads face as she is drinking and smoking while crying to show how upset she is. Non-diegetic music continues. 

Scrolling screenshot of female leads online blog "Lonely Hearts Blog", showing her past video posts that are on her blog. New non-diegetic music.

Handheld video recording from the view of the cam recorder of the female lead as she makes a video post for her blog. She is still smoking and drinking while crying like in an earlier shot. Non-diegetic music and she describes how she feels. 
"College was awful today.. I hate it all. It's almost like no matter how hard I try I don't fit in anywhere, I just wish someone would accept me... It's been that bad that the highlight of my day is coming home to drown everything away through drinking and smoking and this fucking internet never helps me". 

Internal Location – Black Screen
Non-diegetic sound, music fades out. 

Internal Location – Female leads bedroom (Saturday Morning 7.00AM)

Handhled camera still in use at a medium shot as the female lead had forgot to turn it off, however this time she is not in the shot and only an empty alcohol bottle and her posters are visible in the shot. No sound is used.

Close-up shot of female lead passed out on the floors pan across her floor to show bottles, her ashtray and her head. Queit non-diegetic music used. A red flower is seen in the female leads windowsill as the camera pans to the window and zooms out through the window. Quiet non-diegetic music continued. 

(ZOOM OUT)

External Location – Local Park (Saturday Morning 9.32AM)
Long shot of the female lead walking through a local park in the early morning. Quiet non-diegetic music used. 

Medium shot of the female lead sat on a bench, people in the background walking through the park whilst she sits. Quiet non-diegetic music continued. Shot will be sped up as people walk in front of her and the camera. A boy sits on the same bench, notices the female lead and walks away. Shot continues to be sped up. 

Medium shot is used to show more strangers walk past the female lead until a different boy sits on the same bench. Close up of the boys face as he smiles and moves closer to the female lead. This is done in normal time speed with non-diegetic music.

A medium two shot is used to show that both characters have a connection. Non diegetic music continues though this.

Cut to close up of the male character as he starts to talk to her, saying that he recognises her from her online blog. Diegetic speaking and non-diegetic music continues.

"Hey you're that girl aren't you? I've seen you before... From the lonely hearts blog. Just so you know, I don't want you to feel alone"

Close up of girl as she smiles for the first time during the film as she lowers her head due to being embarrassed but also very happy. Non-diegetic music continues.

Medium two shot of both characters talking and smiling. Diegetic speech and non-diegetic music continues. 

"Maybe we could go get a coffee or something sometime?"

"Yes I'd like that a lot"

(FADE OUT)

Animatic (Creative Project) - Zach

Here is the completed Animatic for my and Emma's short film storyboard. We used an app to take photos of the storyboard and strung them together in a video which is out animatic.

SSRP: Deselected Items Ideas (Draft 1)

Ideas of SSRP Deselected Items

1. True Romance (Film):

My original idea was to use this film as one of my selected items as it was written by Quentin Tarantino, however I have realised that the film is not directed in the same was as Tarantino film because he did not have a part in the directing aspect of the film. Although it is clear that the film is still written in the style of a Tarantino film, however because the main thing my SSRP is investigating is Tarantino's directing style so I think it would be best to make this film a deselected items as I believe that there are better Tarantino directed films that I could use in my SSRP. 

2. Empire Magazine Online, Django Unchained Review (Web-based Source)

At first I thought that it would be a wise idea to find a review of Django online. I wanted to use a source from film magazine 'Empire', however it soon came to my attention that it would be difficult to find a copy of Empire that had an article on Django. Also the fact remains that Empire magazine doesn't really use professional language when reviewing films. What I mean by this is that the reviews tend to be more about the films plot and how entertaining it is rather than actually analysing the film. Therefore I have decided not to use this source for my SSRP.

3.

Candidate C & J Short-Film Analysis - Zach

Candidate C:

Mise-en-scene:
-Black and White filter to add to the horror genre conventions

-Use of mirrors which helps the audience see more

-More often than not it is very light 

Cinematography:
-Black and White 

-Hand-held camera occasionally used (creates realism)

-Possessed objects in the film are zoomed in on to increase viewer focus

-When the protagonist is feeling fear, slow motion editing is used

-Camera is also tilted in the parts of the film to show that the character and narrative are disorientated

-High angles used in the film to show who has dominance

Sound:

-Sinister ambient background noise

-Horror genre stereotyped music which makes scenes more tense and increase fear in the films atmosphere

-Actors footsteps are loud

-Tension is increased when the protagonist screams

-Volume has been increased on the characters breathing and heartbeat during the editing process

-VoiceOver is also used to create fear for the spectator

Editing:
-Fast editing inbetween shots 

-Some shots are repeated in the film, such as close up to the protagonists boots

-A linear timeline of events through the film

-Many fade ins/outs to show a change in events during the short film

Candidate J:

Mise-en-scene:
-Car in drive way covered up with a sheet

-Use of smoke in the house and garden

-Prop - Saw (not a conventional murder weapon)

-Car scene make the audience feel more involved and creates realism

-Lighting in the film isn't great as some shots aren't very clear

Cinematography:

-Dark setting in the house

-Close-ups used often to show the emotions on the characters faces

-Tracking shots have been used which lets us follow the narrative story of the short film

-Low angle shot looking up at the antagonist near the fire at the end of the film. This shows us that the character is not in a dominant position

-Hand-held camera usage makes us feel part of the group visiting the house

-Characters looking into the camera and speaking keeps the spectator interested in the short film

Sound:
-Quiet dialogue throughout the film (many parts of the dialogue I could not understand due to the poor editing of sound)

-Radio in the car creates realism, like we are in the car with the characters 

-Diegetic sound disorientated and not very clear throughout the duration of the short film

-This could have been vastly improved if they instead decided to record dialogue separately to the sound from the video

Editing:

-Hand-held camera used

-Fade ins and outs not effectively used, especially during the car scene. This would have been used better if when that particular scene finishes.

-Straight cuts used mainly throughout te course of the film

Locations (Creative Project) - Emma

Female Lead's Bedroom - 
The bedroom used for the majority of our short film is a stereotypical girl's bedroom with geeky posters in (as the female lead is a "geek")

A Park - 
The park used for the end scene of the short film is a stereotypical park with a bench where the female lead meets the boy.

Character Costumes (Creative Project) - Emma

Female lead - 
She is a geeky girl who enjoys learning and has no interest in fashion or looking nice.
Here are the things our protagonist will be wearing -

Supporting male - 
He is a stereotypical 19 year old boys, wears band tshirts and skinny jeans and converse.
Here is some examples of what he will be wearing -

Props (Creative Project) - Emma

Laptop - 
This is the laptop used by the female lead to use the internet to gain friends.











Half empty whisky bottle - 
This is the alcohol that the female lead drinks in attempt to forget her loneliness.












Cigarette - 
The female lead smokes this because of her stress of being so alone.















Park Bench - 
This is where the female lead is sat when she meets the supporting male.

Casting Considerations (Creative Project) - Emma

Ellie Beaulah -

Positives - Ellie lives close to me and would be available to shoot the film a lot of the time. She is a stereotypical looking girl which is good because we want our short film to appeal to many teenagers/young adults.
Negatives - Ellie is going on holiday in early November and we would have to postpone the filming for two weeks.


Sabrina Vizor - 

Positives - Sabrina is very good at acting and is good friends with Emma so is easy to rely on with the shooting schedule. 
Negatives - Could not think of a negative.


Abieey Weaver - 

Positives - Abieey is good friends with Emma and is very reliable.
Negatives - Abieey's appearence looks too young to be using alcoholic abuse and smoking and our female lead is 18 years old.

 

Supporting Male -

 

 

Liam Dale -

Positives - Liam is good friends with Emma and is available most of the time to shoot the film.

Negatives - He is not the best at acting but will be able to do what our short film requires.

 

 

 

Josh Parish - 

Positives - Josh's appearance works well with the supporting role.

Negatives - Josh lives in Barton Upon Humber which is far away from us so it will be hard to shoot with him.

 

SSRP: Tarantino book research and new films to discuss.

I have found a book on the director Quentin Tarantino that I think I will be using for one of my items in my catalogue. This book is called Tarantino and was written by Jim Smith and was published by Virgin Film Books in 2005.

I am considering using this because the book discusses several Tarantino films that I will be talking about in my SSRP and I believe that it would be a useful source when researching. For example, the books talks about Pulp Ficiton and Reservoir Dogs which at two of my selected films. However I thinking about discussing From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) due to Tarantinos large acting role in the film. This is because in my SSRP I will be discussing his auetur styles and the use of cameo appearances within his films. From Dusk Till Dawn is an example of this and is discussed in the book which will be even more helpful when it comes to doing more research on the film itself.

The book also triggered me to think about discussing the film True Romance (1993) as well. However due to Tarantino not being the director for the film it is very unlikely that I will choose it as one of my items. Although because of this I could instead use it as one of the deselected items of my catalogue, because it may not be directly useful to my SSRP. 

Inglorious Bastards is another film that after researching Tarantino I believe would be useful to include in my SSRP, however I wanted to avoid using to many films as items as it may make me unable to use many other sources to support my point and be used as evidence. After watching the films more and researching into them more I shall come to a decision. I will also be updating my blog on my thoughts throughout my research. 

I have found yet another book that I think I will be using as a source for my SSRP. The book is specifically on Pulp Fiction. The book was written by Dana Polan and published by BFI (British Film Institute) publishing in the year 2000. 

There are also two magazines that I have found that I believe would be effective to use. The first one is the October 2003 issue of Sight and Sound which has a Kill Bill interview from Tarantino himself. I will be using this as a source in my SSRP.

The other magazine is an article on Inglorious Bastards from the September 2009 issue of Total Film. It includes a small double-page spread article on the film. I am considering using this as one of my source for my SSRP.

I recently found a Tarantino book on Amazon that I thought could be useful for my SSRP. The book is called ''Quentin Tarantino: The Man and His Movies'' by Jami Barnard (21 Aug 1995). I will put a photo of the book up onto my blog once I have read through it as it arrived at my house yesturday. Then I will catalogue it along with my other sources. Finding this book means that finally my SSRP catalogue is on its way to completion within the next few days.