Friday, 12 December 2008

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.

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