IN THUS LIFE- script - Research and Planning

Uploaded by Shaun Hardwick on Friday 12th December - subject to change if necessary.

IN THUS LIFE                                                                                                      

DATE  WRITTEN 12 TH  DECEMBER  2014

DIRECTED  BY SHAUN  HARDWICK  AND  RYAN  PARSONS

PRODUCED BY SHAUN HARDWICK  AND  RYAN PARSONS

SCRIPTWRITER BY  TIM  LOWDON

SCRIPT 1

SCENE 1 – THE OPENING

ESTABLISHING  SHOT  OF THE SCENE – TUPTON BRIDGE

 

DURATION – 30 SECONDS

 

MAIN  MALE  CHARACTER  WALKING  FROM  THE RIGHT TO  LEFT. WALKING TO THE CENTRE OF THE BRIDGE, LOOKING  OUT TO  THE  TRAIN  TRACK..

CLOSE UP OF THE  MALE CHARACTER  AND  MID – SHOT IS USED IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE OPENING TO THE THRILLER..

VOICEOVER:

JAMES GREEN:   WHY  AM  I  HERE ? (LOOKING  OUT TOWARDS THE TRAIN TRACK )

 

JAMES GREEN:   WHO  AM  I ?

 

FLASHBACK……..

 

GHOSTLY  CHARACTER  APPEARS IN A  DARK  ROOM  IS WALKING TOAWRDS THE CAMERA,

AND  SWINGS A KNIFE AT (TOWARDS) THE CAMERA.

 

FLASHBACK…    (BACK  TO THE BOY)

DURATION - 10 SECONDS

THE BOY  WHO  IS FAST ASLEEP IN A CHAIR IN A CLASSROOM, SUDDENLY WAKES UP FROM THE FLASHBACK  OF THE  GHOSTLY  CHARACTER.

THE TEENAGE BOY IS PUZZLED AND  LOOKING  AROUND TO SEE WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED.

THEN FALLS BACK TO SLEEP IN THE CHAIR.

 

FLASHBACK…

 (HOLMGATE PARK)

 

DURATION – 20 SECONDS

TEENAGER  BOY  IS  WALKING  PEACEFULLY  THROUGH  THE TREES IN THE PARK..

THEN PASSES A TREE AND  LOOKS AT THE PATH  NEXT TO  HIM.

AS HE SEES THE GHOSTLY  CHARACTER  WALKING , LOOKS AT  HIM , THEN  RUNS TOWARDS  HIM.

 

HE TURNS  HIS  HEAD  FROM  RIGHT TO  LEFT THEN  LOOKS BACK  AND  SEE  NOTHING  IS THERE.

 

JAMES GREEN : AM… I  DREAMING , IF SO  WAKE  UP.

 

TITLING  SEQUENCE WITH FOOTAGE ON JAMES GREEN PHOTOGRAPHS, MEDICIAL REPORTS AND LOCATIONS

DURATION  - 25 SECONDS

BUS PARK

DURATION – 25 SECONDS

JAMES GREEN WALKING THE PATH TO  HIS OLD SCHOOL AS  HE IS  GOING  TO  WALK  DOWN TO A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS PARK.

LONG  SHOT TO  CLOSE UP OF JAMES GREEN WALKING DOWN THE PATH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PATH.

THEN 180 DEGREES ROTATION AS HE PASSES THE CAMERA..

MID SHOT OF HIM  WALKING  AND  STOPPING  AT THE TREE.

AS HE STOPS HE LOOKS TO  HIS LEFT- HANDED SIDE .

CAMERA  IS NOW  FOCUSED  ON THE FEMALES  LEGS WALKING  FROM  LEFT TO  RIGHT.

LOW ANGLE CLOSE UP OF THE FEET.

THEN, CLOSE UP OF THE FEMALES FACE  LOOKING  AT THE BOY WHO’S STANDING  AT THE TREE.

SHOT / REVERSE SHOT BETWEEN THE TWO  CHARACTERS.

 

JAMES GREEN : HELP  ME, PLEASE

 

ELLA SHORT : ARE YOU THERE? (DOESN’T  HEAR  HIM )

 

JAMES GREEN:  PLEASE DON’T GO. (RUNS TO  HER)

AS HE IS RUNNING TO  HER, HE SLOWS DOWN AS GHOSTLY CHARACTER RUNS TO  HIM.

ON THE  LAST SHOT, IT IS A TWO  SHOT WILL THEM  BOTH RUNNING  TO  EACH  OTHER.

THEN THE TITLE….

IN THUS LIFE.

Film pitch plan - Ryan and Shaun - Research and Plannning

Title design prototype 1 - Ryan Parsons - Research and Planning

IN THUS LIFE

The first title design - This may change

Location visiting - by shaun Hardwick - Research and Planning

Completed by Shaun Hardwick

Location Visiting from Shaun Hardwick

Planning for "In thus life" - Research and Planning

Feedback - Research and Planning

Audience Theory's and our target audience - Research and Planning

Marketing and Promotion of films - Research and Planning

This PowerPoint explains how films are marketed and promote dafter the film has been edited.

IN THUS LIFE- thriller research - Research and Planning

Research and planning of brief history about thriller films from Shaun

Character profiles - Research and Planning

Character Profiles for "In Thus Life"- By Ryan and Shaun

Detective Small (Ryan Small)
Age: 29
General Information:
Ryan Small was born on the 31st October 1985,
and grow up in South Yorkshire.
At the age of  23, he graduated with a master
degree in Police Intelligence,
at Sheffield Hallam University and gain a job
with South Yorkshire Police.
At the age of 29, he is well known in
the South Yorkshire Police
Department as he has solve many crimes
as shown by his determination in his
work.
Relationship; Single, however he has internet dating for
 a 26 years old woman.
 

Doctor Slobe
(Robert Slobe)
Age: 59
General Information:
Robert Slobe works at St Globe Hospital, USA.
And in charge of seeing and looking after James Green,
when his previous doctor has been murder mysteriously.
As he is a recommend doctor and expert in psychology, as
he's put to the task to help James Green with his problems.
As to help Mr Green, he has to go and visit James in Derbyshire, England.
Relationship : Married and has two daughters, one daughter is aged 39, called Rosy and married
the other daughter aged 26 called Sarah, got a job as a news reporter and
seeing a man over the internet - Ryan Small.
 

Doctor Heart
(Shelia Heart)
Age: 45
General Information:
Doctor at the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
At the start of the film, she is in charge of the helping
James Green with his mental issues,
 however she is mysteriously
murdered.
Relationship: Just got engaged to her boyfriend.
 

Ella Short
Age:16
General Information:
Ella Short has been the only bests friend in James Green's life,
as they grown up together. She knows how James felt when his parents
died in the car accident, and the only one who James trues the most with his problems.
They look at to each other for help in times of need, but over the years she has
dealt feelings for him. And she will do anything to get him to love her.
Relationship: Single, but wants to be in a love relationship with James
(Boyfriend and Girlfriend relationship).



James Green
Age: 17
General Information:
James Green is the main character in the thriller, as he has development mental
issues with himself since his parents being killed in the car accident when he was 12 years old.
He doesn't have a lot of friends or family members, as he doesn't have the time for them
however the only best friend he has is Ella Short, who he grown up with and Mr Calls
who act as a grandfather to he whilst he was growing up.
His mental issue is that he has horrible flashbacks and nightmares of a mysterious person in a black
robe with a ghoul's mask on his face, he trying to get it solve or is it a fragment of his life in his past or present or both.
Relationship: Single, but Ella Short may have feelings for him.
 



Mr Calls
(Graham Calls)
Age: 81
General Information:
Has known James Green from when he was little as he lived next door to his family.
But after James' parents died in a car accident when James was 12 years old, he
has known that James has been different every since.
He is the only one who knows James the most and when Detective Small asks
him for advice about James, then something terrible happens to him as a result of telling the police.
Relationship: Once married, but his wife is now deceased.

Nurse Smily
(Jolly "Smily"- Green)
Age: 29
General Information:
Jolly Smily is a nurse, who works at the Royal Hospital in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
She is the only 'nearly' family member left to James Green, as she is step-sister to him.
They don't very close to one another and don't to speak to one another for help to. And sometimes she wishes that he wasn't there living anymore, as his mother made her promise she will look after him if anything happens to her.
But they only got each other left in their family, as both her parents are dead and James' mother is dead as well.
However she see James more now on a regular basics, as he is always visiting the hospital once a day each week.
Relationship : Has got a boyfriend, living very happily together.
 

Sarah Slobe
Age: 26
General Information:
She wants to be a well known news reporter, as she dreams of deliver the big news to the public.
She is secretly internet dating Detective Ryan Small without her father knowing. Her father is Doctor Robert Slobe, and he wants her to become a doctor and married a man, who is rich.
But she doesn't want that, as she wants to make her own way in life.
However when she gets asked to go to Derbyshire to report of the crimes there,  that's getting the public's eyes; she will meet her worst fears yet, meeting her internet dating person face to face or telling her father, she making her own way in life.
Relationship: Internet dating Detective Ryan Small.

Mysterious Person (the killer)
Age: ??
General Information:
Enjoys killing people and will be revealed in small parts of the thriller.
And show their true identical. Also the antagonist in the film.
Relationship: ???

Sergenat Collins
(Lizzy Collins)
Age: 38
General Information:
Lizzy Collins is a police officer in the South Yorkshire Police, she works with Detective Small very closely,
as she has helped him to solve many of his crimes during his time with the South Yorkshire Police.
She is sometimes seen as to be more of the expert between the two of them, as she has more experience of the field than Detective Small. Therefore she has solve many of his crimes but he has took the credit for them, so she wishes that one day she will solve a crime and take full charge for it.
Relationship: Single Mother, has a six year old boy called Tim.

Storyboard - Research and Planning

Storyboard for the opening of In Thus Life by Ryan and Shaun

The photograph of the first six shots/scenes of the opening
to the film- In Thus Life.
As from the first shot/scene, we will be filming on the location
of Tupton Bridge then Holmgate Park, by using the following shots of
establishing shot, mid-shot, close-up and long-shots.
The Mise-en-scene, the first character that will be seen in the first
moments of the thriller will be dressed in casual clothing and the character
that appears in the six shot/scene of the opening will be dressed in
a dark robe with a ghoul's facemask. 

These seven to twelve shots/scenes of the following part
to the opening, will have the character that appeared in
the sixth shot/scene of the first storyboard part of the thriller.
The locations for these parts will be in a dark atmospheric area then goes back to
the Tupton Bridge.  

These shots/scenes of the following part to the opening, shows
a memory of the main male character has he is having a flashback to one of his
past memories. Showing him walking down a path to school's bus park and seeing a
friendly face. The location for the shots/scenes is a school's Bus park and
the tree which is in the Park. The costumes for the characters in these part of the opening
to the thriller is the female dressing in casual, school-like clothing and the male in
casual clothing too. The antagonist will be dressed in their dark robe with the ghoul's facemask.

A VIEW TO A KILL opening sequence - Research and Planning

Textual analysis of Seven- Reserch and Planning

The film "Seven" with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt is a crime thriller which follows two detectives solving a murder.

The opening of the film shows Morgan Freemans character In an apartment. We have a mid shot of his character getting dressed in to a suit and we have a Point of View shot to show his possessions. The Mise-en-scene of these objects may show that he is a respectful man who follows the rules and obeys orders. He is dressed formally which may show that he has an important job. The lighting in the room is bright which could show his personality and what type of character he is.

When both Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt is in the dark room we get a Low shot of them coming out of the room which shows both characters to be powerful. the dialogue used in this part shows that not all characters in this film lacks empathy. The quote "Who gives a f**k he's dead" shows this and sets the tone for the rest of the film-That people do not show much compassion. The Mid shot used when Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are talking on the street is used to show both characters talking. The sound on the street links to the Mise-en-scene as we hear sirens which can symbolise the crime scene and sets the genre. The sirens can indicate that the street is a disturbing and dangerous place as seen by the damage windows and shops seen in the pan shot of the characters walking by.

Before the main title sequence we see Morgan Freeman in the same hotel room but with only the lamp on may symbolise or show a darker side to his character. The shot in this part cuts to the clock and then back to Morgan Freeman may show that he has a lack of time. the light only shines on one half of the characters face which may symbolise that he has a darker side to him and even may have a disturbed mind.

The titling sequences consists of many cuts which could have been used to foreshadow the fast pace of the film but does not indicate anything else that may happen yet. For editing in this sequence the shots are fast and there is much use of jump cuts which is used to show the passing of time (Montage). The place where this takes place is dark and could symbolise again on the disturbed mind but for the character in this shot. There is also a close up shot of a females eyes being drawn over, as well as some close ups of the texts with the word "female" clearly visible. This could be perhaps a signal that females play a key part in this film. the Text used in the editing is styled to look hand written and the text fades in and out of the shot which could show mystery and for the audience to try and figure out what is happening. The music used  is a disturbing sound with the music containing electrical surges which fits the plot of the mystery and the soundtrack links to the shots with them being quick and the transition being very suttle.




















 

Famous directors - Research and Planning

Over the years there have been several directors who have worked on specific thriller films and how they make thriller films. These specific directors have worked on some famous thrillers over their careers which have been known as cinematic masterpieces.

BBFC PowerPoint- Research and Planning

The BBFC (British Board of Film Clarification) PowerPoint.

Task introduction - Research and Planning

Over the next 4 months I will be creating a opening to a thriller. I will be working with Shaun Hardwick over this period to plan or film and to come up with idea's, research on how to make a film- different directors and film companies- the BBFC ( British Board of Film Clarification), Filming and editing the actual piece and evaluate on our work.

Conventions of Thriller films - Research and Planning

A Thriller is a broad genre used in Films, literature, gaming and television which can include overlapping sub-genre's. The main ingredients for a Thriller is a fast pace, frequent action which involves a hero  who must stop the plans of a more powerful and a better equipped villain.

In literacy Thrillers there are many devices which are used extensively such as suspense- to build up to an event or an action, Red herrings- a device which gives the reader a false impression on either a person or an event and cliff hangers which are used to make the audience wonder what will happen in the next book.

There are many types of Thrillers which include:
Spy thrillers                            Psychological thriller
Military thrillers                     Horror thrillers
Conspiracy thrillers                disaster thrillers
Medical Thrillers                    supernatural thrillers
Forensic thriller                      Religious thrillers

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories which is distinguished by the structure of the plot. Thrillers occur on a grander scale where crimes must be prevented, Assassination's, terrorists and a government conspiracy, These may reflect a "Zeitgeist" in todays world.

The standard plot element of a thriller includes:
A sense of jeopardy and violence
A climax- the mystery is solved and then hero defeats a villain saving his and other peoples lives
Influenced by film noir the hero can die in the process of saving lives.

Thrillers usually take place wholly ore partly in exotic or dramatic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, churches, subways, airports and on airplanes, polar regions or high seas- or in the woods ( a common setting for a thriller.

Example of a thriller film

One of the most popular Thriller films from the 20th and the 21st century is James bond - Originally a series of books by Ian Fleming.Fleming based his fictional creation on a number of individuals he came across during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II. His first book was Casino Royale(1953) The series follows the missions of an MI6 agent James Bond with his famous code name of 007 who stops the plans of several evil corporation's, gang members, specific powerful people and countries who threat MI6 and the British isles. Along with M who is the head of MI6 and Q who is a scientists who is responsible for some of the gadgets which bond has such as the famous Aston Martin vehicle and several gadgets and guns.

Cultural impact

Cinematically, Bond has been a major influence within the spy genre since the release of Dr. No in 1962, with 22 secret agent films released in 1966 alone attempting to capitalise on its popularity and success. These films are known to be a massive hit around the world.

Title task - Practice using Adobe After effects

My task before the holiday was to create a title sequence in Adobe after effects. This was to have a go at creating my own sequence and to learn how to use After effects. After effects is a software which allows the user to add effects after filming a footage. This can range from film colour to changing aspects of characters and adding other objects.

I wanted to create a simple title as this was my first attempt on this software by changing the opacity of the text and adding an effect. I chose to add in an explosion effect. This is a link to the video which is on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vsdAYM_z4o&index=4&list=UUht5fxUjha19_XNfG0mi2EA

 

Evaluattion of preliminary task

1- What I learnt during the task
During the filming and editing process I have learned many new things. One example of this is now I know how to edit films to great detail in Adobe Premiere Pro and how to create a piece of music on Mixcraft 5 to add on to our film and adding this on to Premiere Pro. We manage to film our whole piece in two weeks and edited for two weeks. Altogether the filming and editing process took one month to do. The storyboard process took two lessons to complete with our ideas on camera angles and how the characters were dressed. One issue with continuity was in one scene where the sunglasses on Shaun changed as his glasses broke.

2- Area's of success  

My area's of success during the preliminary task was filming as I was on camera, filming the different scenes with Shaun. The success I achieved with the planning stage was when I suggested several locations where we could film. We filmed at the entrance to Tupton Hall School, The corridors of the school and in a science classroom at the school. I was successful with my editing techniques on the editing process with cutting long shots and shortening them so we could reach our recommended time for the length of the film.

3-Area's for development

if I do a film opening sequence project again in media then I would improve on certain techniques, One of these is to improve on my camera skills as the camera was not very steady during some parts of the opening scene. some other improvements involved editing as the footage was not cut very well and that next time I would need to improve on how to add sound i.e. dialogue as we could not retrieve the sound during the first week of editing.

4- How well did I meet the brief

With this preliminary work we did follow the rule of 180 degree rule as we used this when Shaun walked down the drive way and he stopped, thin I went around Shaun to show what he was looking at. We used Shot/Reverse shot when there was the dialogue between Shaun and me. Every time we said our line the camera focused on the other person. We also used Match on action during the filming when Shaun looked over the car park and the camera focused on what Shaun was looking at.

5- Feedback from others

Amber's group.

3 positive things about our film:

1. They liked how we used specific camera techniques
2. They loved our music and how we composed it in Mixcraft
3. They liked our plot overall and how the opening builds up tension.

3 improvements we could make

1. Make the film a little shorter, cut some of the parts where Shaun is walking
2. Next time make sure that the camera is more steady and more accurate at where the camera is pointing
3. Try not to change props part way through as they saw our change in the glasses

6-Evalulation of my contribution

During the preliminary task I filmed the whole film, helped plan our locations, shots and camera angles, sorted out props and helped with editing. The skills I have gained during this task was  new skills on editing and filming which I can use for future tasks. Me and Shaun did work well together as we helped each other out when working on specific jobs such as the script writing. We also helped each other out with editing.

Overall the preliminary task to me was a success. Thanks to Shaun Hardwick.

The film is on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWdkmMXqfp4&list=UUht5fxUjha19_XNfG0mi2EA



















  

Progress so far

Several weeks into the task and me and Shaun has finished filming our opening sequence and are half way through the editing process using Adobe Premiere Pro to cut certain shots, add sound and special effects and to put the film together. We aim to finish the editing process by next week so the work can be marked.

The storyboard for the opening of the new film The Package. Made by Shaun Hardwick and Ryan Parsons

Post production

The article by Stephen Kelly on wired.co.uk has written on the post-production for the channel 4 thriller Utopia.


Stephen Kelly first explains the plot for the series and points out about how the colour is used in the programme. He says that the director Marc Munden replaced the usual type of colour technology to the Technicolor palette of the 1950's

Kelly writes that Munden and colourist Aidan Farrell carefully colour corrected each shot in the post production stage through the software Nucoda films. Munden says that they "chose certain colours such as yellow and turquoise and painted them on to the shots afterwards". Some examples of what Munden changed was that they made the grass greener and a blue van yellow.
Everything that they did was to make the colours used to have a meaning in the story and to show the contrasts to emotions and feelings and also the events that happen in this series.

Preliminary task- introduction to a film

The task that's worth 10% of my grade in AS Level.

In the past few week, we were given a task that is worth 10% of our AS Level grade.
This task was to create some clips of a movie that does include the following:

1. A person walking down a corridor.
2. A person opening a door.
3. A person sitting on a chair or stool in front of another person and deliver some speech.

This was the main things we needed to show in our short movie of clips,  and anything else we could add to make the short movie more exciting.

We used a range of different shot angles such as close - up,  tilt shot, low angle and high angle shots as well as more.

Even we used some costume to make the main character of the short movie of clips better.

I will be working with Shaun Hardwick to create a new opening to a film called The Package.

Framing a shot: practice with stills

1. LS USING LEADING LINES
CREATES THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, AND THE
EMOTION OF WONDER AND THRILL IN THE AUDIENCE
AS THEY WILL BE DETERMINED TO WATCH
WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.

 

2. LONG SHOT
USED TO AN OPENING OF THE FILM, SETS THE LOCATION OR STARTING LOCATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FILM/STORY.

CLOSE UP USING THE RULE OF THIRDS
CLOSE UP OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S FACE SHOWING THEIR EMOTION AND
FEELINGS AT THE MOMENT OF THE SHOT.
MOSTLY ITS AN SHOT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FACE AND SHOULDERS, HOWEVER SOMETIMES THE INDIVIDUAL'S FACE ONLY.

THREE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
Focuses on one thing that's is very important at the moment of the film, this show is used when two or more characters in the film is meeting up at that location and shows the different angles they enter the site. For examples; one person enters from the right- handed side of the sculpture, then another enters from the left-handed side of the sculpture and both are meeting at the centre of the sculpture.

ECU- EXTREME CLOSE UP
SHOWS THE EMOTION AND FEELING OF THE FACE OR IMPORTANT OBJECT IN THE FILM.
OR USED IN THE OPENING OF THE FILM TO BE AN STARTING POINT OF IMPORTANTS WITHIN THE FILM, FOR EXAMPLES IN A MURDER, THRILLER FILM THE KNIFE THAT KILLS SOMEONE, AS IT SAYING TO THE AUDIENCE WHO'S THIS KNIFE BELONGS TO. THIS WILL CREATE THE THRILL AND MYSTERY OF THE FILM AND ATTRACTS THE AUDIENCE'S  ATTENDION TO WATCH THE FILM.

MEDIUM SHOT (MS) USING LEADING LINES
SAME AS A LONG SHOT USING LEADING LINES HOWEVER THE MEDIUM SHOT IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LITTLE BACKGROUND.
BUT STILL SHOWS THE DIRECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S MOVEMENT IN THE MOVIE.

 

LS- LOW ANGLE SHOT
CREATES THE INDIVIDUAL OR OBJECT DOMINANT IN THE SHOT, THAT THE PERSON OR OBJECT IS IMPORTANT AND FOCUS OF THAT MOMENT IN THE FILM. SHOWS THE PERSON'S EMOTION AND FEELINGS AT THAT MOMENT OF THE SHOT, CREATES A SCARY, THRILLING ATMOSPHERE AS SHOWN OF THE FACE OF THE PERSON.

ESTABLISHING SHOT
SHOWS THE PROBLEM OR SETTING IN THE MOVIE, THAT CREATES A THRILLING, ACTION ATMOSPHERE.

Introduction

Hello I'm Ryan Parsons
This blog will be used to upload ideas and projects  in media. I did not take media as a GCSE subject bit I have been fascinated with the challenges that come from this subject such as how to use a Camera properly and how to identify camera techniques and also to learn new terminology for future career's.

This blog will be updated regularly.
Hope you like my ideas which I will post throughout the year.