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PT1 Planning 2020

PT1 PLANNING 

2020

Addison Saxby:

 Brainstorm

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PT1 TASKS AND ROLES

Rational for PT1 Short Film

(addison)

Our film opening starts with a wide shot showing a door in an underground car park and our female lead (Hollie) walks past our camera and walks towards the door. We will be using match-on-action to show her opening the door and entering. Once inside our room, we will have some old materials lying around in the scene to create a sense of a dirty, old, and "grunge" type feel. Hollie greets our male lead (Jack). Here will be using shot-reverse-shot in order to show our characters talking and also to show the setting that they are in. As these shots are taking place we will add some music to build the atmosphere and help the audience know that this is a thriller without even knowing the mean context of the story so far. There conversation will hint to the topic of the film however will not spoil the story, this will give the effect of unknowing to the audience and build the tension within the scene. Music will build further here. Jack will be cleaning a weapon with a dirty rag and we will show him wiping off blood and bandaging his injured leg. Hollie will leave the scene first and storm off as she is paranoid about the whole situation and doesn't want anyone finding out. This plays on the female stereotype of females always being worried however jack, will remain calm and try to work the situation and lead them to safety. The next shot will be of Jacks back and Jack will be very close to the camera so it blacks out the frame. As Jack leaves the scene will emerge and will we see an old car parked badly in a car park, we will use a tracking shot to follow jack to the back of the car. Music will be at its highest here. We will use match on action to show jack open the boot of the car, here we will use an over the should shot to show what is in the boot. We will see the victim with ripped clothes and blood on her. We will have a black bag place over her head and she starts to panic when the boot is opened. The next shot will show jack close the boot and walk round to the front of the car, this shot can be a pan. Match on action will be used to show jack open the car door and get inside. Our finale shot will be in the point of view of someone sitting in the back of the car and we will see jack drive off and we will hear the music die down and the banging and screaming of the victim in the back of the car. End    

Kayla:

Location 

Our thriller is tied together around a kidnapping that takes place in an underground car park. We wanted to make the atmosphere look as grungy as possible so that the audience gets an idea of the class and status that our two main characters have. Meaning that they are not wealthy and have to meet in an almost abandoned warehouse/shed in order to actually pull off their plan/heist. 

We decided to use the side door leading into the garage instead as it adds more of a simplistic tone and can also be used for our match on action shot. We also want to get a shot of the ‘authorised  personnel only’ sign as it tells the audience that they are somewhere they almost shouldn't be.  

The female lead is going to be seen walking through the door and our male lead (her partner in crime) will be standing at the workbench almost as if it will bring a more serious manner to the scene as if he is just doing “human-like” activities that an average male man would be seen doing. There are a lot of tools and working type equipment adding to the fact that they are in some type of grungy looking work space adding suspense in the fact that the audience doesn't know what the characters are going to do in their as it looks like an isolated area.  

Little elements are going to be seen in different shots. For example when we have our shot reverse shot, when the two lead characters are having a conversation, in the background you will see  a metal cabinet with a HAZCHEM sign of the front indicating danger and as the scene progresses we will see our male lead use the cabinet to store different types of “kidnap” looking equipment. 

Our scene then moves to the outdoors giving an airy and lonely tone. There is almost no one there and by doing this it will add to the effect of sneaky and almost guilty behaviour. The car will be stationary in the car park. By having a wooden background and concrete floor/pavement it almost emphasises on the fact of money and how they cannot afford to take their hostage in a more wealthier setting for example a flash hotel. It adds to the thriller as it creates darkness and a foreshadowing of fear. 

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Script:

DSL Films.

Garage - Night

Female lead enters garage door to find her male partner working with different equipment.

POV:

Female lead walks towards the white door from the camera (almost over the shoulder shot).

turns the door handle, opening the door: match on action shot.

Walks to the significant other standing in the work space...

                                                                       

                                                                         Female lead

                                                      (Paranoid tone) "Did you get her...

(short pause) "I saw her hit you what if someone else saw as well we could be done for if this gets out".

Male character walks with an almost distinct limp on the right side of his body.

                                                                         

                                                                            Male lead

(sarcastic tone, almost confident) "Yes, we got her... she was just sitting there. Calm down before you cause a scene or worse someone hears you".

Actions

Both walk outside in an accelerated pace towards the car

Female lead sits in the front passengers seat whilst male lead makes his way to the back of the car...

Opens the boot to find tied up hostage.

(Hostage acting scared and frightened)

Celtx screenplay

Camera angles/shot types 

Close up shots will be an essential part of our film as this can build tension and suspense. We never see the full picture that is happening around our characters we will just see there emotions/facial expression and in some cases actions speak louder than words.

Our match on action shot will  be clearly represented when our female lead is opening the door to meet her ‘partner in crime’. She will be shown opening the door from the outside then our camera will swap to the inside of the building where she will be shown walking through the door frame, matching the action in which she has just made.

    

Shot reverse shot will be used in order to capture our characters dialogue between one another. This filming technique is used in many big time movies/films, one of my particular favourites is in the hunger games when the are supposedly doing an interview and the camera is not only doing “shot reverse shot” but it also shows an over the shoulder shot, allowing the audience to get a better picture of what is taking place in the scene. 

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