IN THUS LIFE- script - Research and Planning

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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.