Our Script

Script:
Opening:
We see a black screen with the title and credits. We hear tensioned string music. As the black screen fades to a scenery showing the outskirts of a forest, the music suddenly stops and is substituted by the sound of a distant, echoing gunshot. This is soon followed by the sound of a crow (Representing a bad omen)
We will need sound effects as well as a tune to play at the credit screen.

Part one: The woods
The scene starts with showing various of shaky slow-motioned close-up shots of the main character as he runs through a forest. You can hear him panting and emphasized noises from the branches and the leaves he runs through.
To make this work we will use a handheld camera.
We then change the angle to see him from the front, running towards the camera. As he runs past it the camera will follow him down to a road where he turns around just in time to see the light from a car the . By the time the camera will follow him to the road, it will slow down and the sound effects will become muffled before his figure evaporates in the light. We will insert the sound of the car braking.
This shot will be difficult, as we will need a tripod, a deserted road and wire to make the camera follow the main character smoothly. We will also need someone to drive the car. For the light effect we will need to use a video editing program such as Adobe Aftereffects.

Part two: Hospital - The Nurse

(Possibly a great time jump)

The sound of the car braking keeps echoing as it forms a smooth transition to the next scene.

You see a close-up of the main character as he lies in a bed. The sheets are white and the lightning is very bright. With a gasp he starts and opens his eyes, looking around. There are signs of healing wounds on his forehead.
You see him from a corner by the bed as he sits up with his back turned to the camera. The only sounds that can be heard are those which the bed makes. The sound of distant footsteps slowly fades in and he turns his head slightly to the side as reaction.
The sound of footsteps is now much louder and you see the close-up of a tray held by a woman. On the tray there is some food and water.
You now see the man's sitting body in front view, his head still turned slightly to the side. Behind him you see a door opening, and soon the woman -- A nurse, holding the tray appears in the door frame and the footsteps pauses.

Maincharacter: Where am I?
Nurse: "At a hospital."
The man twists his head and upper body around and you see a mid close-up of the nurse from the point of view of the main character.
Nurse: " Nice timing. You will have a guest soon, sir."
You see the woman from behind as she enters the room, the sound of footsteps is very low.
The angle changes so the camera rests on a night table, having focus on the main character who is following the woman outside the camera's view. The tray is put in front of the camera and the footsteps are once again heard until they subside, indicating the departure of the nurse. The man looks at the tray in front of the camera, and the screen goes black.
For this we will only need a tripod to rest the camera on, and possibly an effect to make the light at the start seem stronger that it normally would. We will have to get make-up, possibly borrow a room at an actual hospital as well as a nurse and patient outfit. If this is not possible we will find other alternatives or possibly rewrite this scene so it's setting is different.
Part three: The visitor

(Minor time jump)
The camera looks down from above as it pans over the emptied tray, over the night table and into the bed where the man is staring into the ceiling with his hands behind his head. You can hear someone talking from a distance, but the sound is too muffled to make out any clear words.
The next shot shows two nurses talking together, assumingly outside the main character's room.
Nurse 1: Yes, he woke up a while ago. We couldn't find any identification, no clues or any particular reasons for him to be there.
Nurse 2: Have we had contact with the police?
As Nurse 2 speaks, a man in the background is seen walking towards them in a determined pace. As he reaches them he stops and the nurses turn.
Man: I'm here to see Mr. Daniels
Nurse 1 (pointing to her side) : Right in there.
The man nods and walks past her. Nurse 1 looks at Nurse 2.
We are looking into the room from the door frame as the man walks in to see Joe Daniels sitting up against a pillow in his bed. The man walks in with a smile and stops.

Man:Ah, good to see you healthy and alive Joe.
He closes the door, pauses, turns around puts his hand behind his back.
You see his face from side view and he suddenly looks serious.
Man: What happened out there?
The camera shows Joe from a mid close up and slowly zooms in. He is sitting on his bed looking at the floor.
Joe: I don't know. Who are you?
He lifts his head and looks at the man.
This is the last part of the opening. We will not need anything significant except for a good cast and a tripod for the camera. Again, there should be a few sound effects although these should be the ones the camera will pick up.

Many parts of this movie are difficult and will probably require much more time than simply just one day to film. We will need to collect a casting, various of costumes, make-up, and be given permission to film the scenes of second and third part, unless we create an alternative.

The outcome on filming day
On filming day we altered our script and sceneary choices due to circumstances on the day. We ended up with the first part being Jo waking up and the carer seeing to her and talking to her about if she could remember what was going on. Jo seems oblivious to what has happened and then there is a fade to the crime scene. Instead of using bourne woods we decided to use a long alley way that comes out on a road, we did this because we though it would work better.

Questionnaire results

more females were asked the questionnaire than males, the questionnaire included the following questions;






male or female?
age?
education?
fim genre most watched?
hobbies and past times
favourite film stars
book read
advrerts of interest
do you watch thriller movies?
favourite type of thriller?

what certificate should thrillers have?



To summarise everyone asked was between the age of 16-20 and all of them had completed their GCSE's and most are now doing A levels. Comedy movies came out the favourite. Favourite film stars included: Jason Statham, Josh Hartnett, Kate Bekinsdale, Jude Law and Grace Kelly. Their was a wide range of hobbies identified but some of the more occuring ones are as follows: football, playing video games and listening to music. The majority said that they don't read books but one person said that they enjoy teenage books and another said that they like reading autobiographies. Most people didn't know what adverts they enjoyed, so obviously do not pay attention to adverts, however some people listed the following; funny and clever adverts, adverts that play tricks on you, cadburys adverts and lynx adverts. Everyone apart from one said that they watch thriller movies and most peoples favourite type of thriller was: supernatural and romance thrillers. The majority said that thrillers should be rated 15, but one person said that it should be rated 18. Not alot of people knew their favourite thrillers but the ones listed were; seven, Leon, James Bond, I am legend and Pirates of the Carribean. The fact that the majority though thrillers should be rated 15 shows that people think thrillers are relatively scary, however people are obviously not to phased by them or the majority would have said 18.



A 15 certificate as shown below is supposed to

Our idea

Our movie opening will be set in Bourne woods, it will start with a point of view shot so we can see the charactor running through the forest, they are running away from something/ someone so therefore they tension creating music will be used along with panting and shrieking noises to emphasise the charactors apparent fear. At the same time the credits are running over the scene Th Once the credits have finished rolling the screen the screen will go black for five seconds and the music come to a sudden stop. The charactor wakes up in a psychiatric unit and jumps up with fight, it then becomes clear to the audience that hes been dreaming, however the dream is a flashback. The nurse tells him to calm down and she gives him some medication to calm down, as the charactor is covered in sweat the nurse wipes his face, and gives him a reassuring boost basically assuring him shes going to be their for him, and if he wants to be discharged soon hes going to have try and behave well and stop having paranoid flashbacks. I am not sure yet where the psychiatric scene will be shot, as we havent foiund a suitable location yet. I am also not sure how we will get the equipment, a suitable room would be light cloured room, preferably white, and all we need in it is a bed, with white covers and nothing else in the room to give it that psychiatric isolated feeling. The nurse doesn't exactly have to wear a proper nurses uniform, a simple white top and white bottoms will be sutable. The tablets will obviously be some sort of sweets such as Tic Tacs, and he will get them from a white plastic cup. In the forest scene we do not see anyone, we just hear everything instead, and that gives it the strange alone feeling.

BBFC

BBFC stands for the british board of film classification, the independent regulator of the film and video industry in the UK. This is an independant government body that submits films for classification. All movies are classified on three main criteria, they ae as follows:

1) Is the material in conflict with the law

2) Would the material be harmfull to the age group concerned

3) Is the material unnacceptable to broad public opinion.

The movie certificates are as follows:

This certifies universal which meens suitable for all. A U rated film would not contain anything inappropriate such as explicit content or gory/ scary content. It is suitable for viewing for little children so therefore it would be very innocen viewing, A U is suitable for children over 4, A U film should have a positive moral

PG stands for Parental guidance, films that are certified parental guidance, are fairly innocent, but some have scenes that are unsuitable for the younger audience, hence why they may need parental guidance.


A film rated 12 will contain scenes that are unsuitable for people under 12, the scenes will contain more violence and/or sexual nature than films rated U and PG, but less than a 15 and 18. A 12 and 12A are about middle of the range in the classification system.

12A – Suitable for 12 years and over. No-one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. No-one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video or DVD. Responsibility for allowing under-12s to view lies with the accompanying or supervising adult

'15' – Suitable only for 15 years and over
No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video or DVD.

'18' – Suitable only for adults
No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

'R18' - To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults of not less than 18 years.
The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex between adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and videos may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. ‘R18’ videos may not be supplied by mail order.

Looking at these film certificate qualifications I've come to the conclusion that my film will be rated in the 15 to 18 range.