Post 8: Plot outline, Basic script

Plot Outline

My short film is about a teenage boy, seemingly normal, who gets involved in the wrong situation and cant decide whether or not to carry on down the path he’s going. At the same time, he does not know how to get out of the situation and wants to help himself. I want it to almost be a informational film that shows the distress that could come out of the situation, and how rough the path could get, as the character has multiple flash backs and flash forwards showing what he thinks he could be affecting like his future work or his past friendships and how it could put a stop to all of this and more. He also thinks of how it could be affecting the people around him in his community and what he thinks could happen if they got accidently involved and how it would make him feel to watch someone participate in the same self-destructive behavior. The whole film is set on a train with an inner monologue, possibly a lot of long cuts to properly show the passage of time and how his thoughts move from one thing to another and then him trying to come to a decision but before the final decision is made the camera pans to him getting off the train and the screen fades to black.

The questions my character will be answering will be coming from the actual actor, I've discussed before hand and think that if the character describes what they actually think would happen if they were to go down this path it would seen a lot more real; the questions they will be answering are:

"Who could you lose"

"Is it worth it"

"Who are you hurting in your community/ circle"

"What happens if you get caught"

"How will you get out of this"

As for stage directions, I need the character to remain seated in the same local area on the train but occasionally cut to him moving position, he needs to display uneasy and restless emotion and body language.

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Post 5: Production diary

Brainstorm ideas Having discussed with my teacher about my idea, I wasn’t completely sure on the location of my short film that I proposed, I was thinking a bus or a train but using these would mean I have to cancel out the noise of the train completely with the voice over. My main idea was to have a lead character sitting down on his seat on the train (next to a window preferably to show the passage of time and space) and then have an inner monologue of a troubling and maybe even dangerous situation he’s involved himself in to do with maybe a drug deal, as in the journey on the train or bus is the journey to what is going to happen. Im also quite stuck on how to end the short film, I was possibly thinking that I could end it with getting g a very low angle and show him getting of the train or bus and letting the audience decide whether or not he decided to do it, or is he chose safety and good conscience. Almost like a battle of inner good and evil. My inspiration for this idea ...

Post 13: Sound

Script The start of the film will be here, I wont be using the diegetic sound of the area because the wind was extremely loud on practice recording every time so instead ill use mild white noise. The heart beat will be a sound i use of YouTube link attached: Fades in from black Samuel walks into the train station, on his phone texting his friends, suddenly he receives a text that seems to put a serious expression on his face. He walks over to the benches to take a seat and wait for his train. He walks onto his train, taking a seat on a table seating area on the right hand corner of the carriage against the window, filmed using a long cut following him from behind onto his seat stopping where the table starts. He puts his headphones on, and it fills the outside sound . Inner monologue begins “I can’t believe I’ve got myself into this.” Said Samuel in a disappointed and worried tone. “I just need to get this over with and then I can be done with it. I can’t let anyone know w...

Over

Narrative The film has a linear narrative, but the events aren’t in chronological order, so the audience see the events in reverse. It is very hard to apply narrative theories, as we don’t get to see any characters in detail or know their personalities, as the story is not about character development, but telling a true story to educate an audience. 11:45PM – Night time on the street 7:30PM – A couple parks on the pavement and gets out to spot a bunch of flowers on the other side of the road. 4:20PM – A man is pressure washing the road and a woman is talking to him. We see that it was probably blood. 3:00PM – A removal van is taking a car away. It cuts to stills of clothes in evidence bags. 12:30PM – Police take the body. 9:50AM – Forensics are taking pictures of the body. Cuts to stills of possessions in evidence bags. 8:00AM – We see the body lying on the street. 7:45AM – The body hasn’t been found yet. People pass by until a man walking his dog finally sees it and calls the pol...

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