Friday, 23 October 2009
My brief
i will be producing a short movie of 3-5 minutes. My aim is to have teh film done for christmas 2009. In my film i am the director the screenplay writer, camera women ect. For my actor and actress's Louise Baker, Jack And Mark are taking part and helping me out. My genre is Horror, and my aim is to reflect the work of Hitchcock in my own short movie.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Part of my unfinished Screenplay
INT - Jessica’s house - stairs -night
Non-diegetic music playing. Don’t worry be happy playing.
Jessica running up the stairs. We hear a faded gasp while she runs up the stairs over the music. She reaches the top of the stairs.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room
She runs inside a room. She looks around and runs towards the phone on her computer desk. While running to the phone she trips and falls. She gets back up as soon as she can she grabs the phone and she turns around. ECU her eyes, tears gathered. Uncompleted Eye line match, camera looking into a mirror so we see reflection, lighting low and we see a knifes reflection in the mirror. Then a closer look we see the knife being held up high in the air and going towards Jessica. We follow the knife in his hand, CU turns into a MS and the knife comes down. Slow motion as the knife gets close to the body.
In one frame shot we see the knife in one corner and the girls body on the other side. Then in fast motion the knife hits the girl and then raised in the air again and hits the girl rapidly. The camera then becomes a point of view shot as we follow Jessica to the floor as she drops and we see guy running out the door. Black out.
Non-diegetic turns diegetic. Same song still playing.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room - day
A very bright setting. Day time. Close up on a phone calling, same music playing. So the non-diegetic sound turns into Jessica’s mobile phone ring tone. Someone grabs the phone and answers it. Its Jessica.
Jessica - hey, (pause) how are you? (pause) good, am not too bad. Was just cleaning my room. (pause)
While Jessica walks around her room, she holds a towel in her hand and she starts to clean the mirror while on the phone.
Jessica - Well why don’t we watch a movie tonight? (pause) well I have
She walks towards her DVD shelf. She has a few Horror movies. ’The village, Silent of the lamb, one miss call, Psycho’
Jessica - Horror, Comedy, Drama, Romantic? (pause) Horror? Well The village, silent’s of the lamb, one miss call and psycho? (pause) really? You want to watch that?
She takes Psycho out of the shelf and looks at the cover.
Jessica - okay why not!
She puts the DVD on her computer desk, next to the house phone.
Jessica - (pause) (chuckles) yeah sure. (pause) okay I’ll see you at 6 don’t be late. (chuckles) okay bye! (pause) bye.
She presses the red button and throws the mobile on the bed and carries on cleaning the mirror. Jessica’s door opens, a guy peeks in. Its Jessica’s room mate.
Mark - right, jess am going now! Staying at Lilly’s tonight so don’t wait up!
Jessica - (turns around) oh (winks) you have fun! And take care of yourself
Mark (laughs) yeah you two, ring me encase of any emergency.
Jessica - oh I will do thanks, oh by the way Mark, Sammy left this morning for the weekend to go and visit her parents so its just you and me this week so come back tomorrow don’t billy me too long! Oh and Kurt’s coming tonight.
The two laugh.
Mark - I wont do, I be back 9 in morning just for you (points at her and laughs) there something about him I just don’t get!
We hear the letter box open.
Mark - that must be the newspaper, ill put it on the desk for you! Anyway You just take care! Bye.
Jessica - thank you! bye (smiles)
EXT - street - evening - house (establishing shot)
Camera looking at a house, violin playing the camera moves closer towards the house while the violin is still playing. The camera looks at the house window and starts to zoom in. Violin still playing. The camera goes through the window and into the bedroom.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room
Jessica in the middle of her room playing the violin, we then hear a stone hit the window. Camera turns and we see a stone hit the window again. Point of view shot Jessica goes towards the window and we see Kurt outside waving. Jessica smiles and waves back. She grabs the DVD from her desk next to the phone and then her phone from her bed, the phone vibrated and a text message appeared, its said Sammy, she didn’t read it and ran down the stairs.
INT - Jessica’s house - stairs/ door
She opens the door and hugs Kurt.
Jessica - hello!
Kurt - hey, you okay?
Jessica - yeah am great thanks. Was just playing the violin.
Kurt - that’s why you didn’t hear all my knocks.
Jessica - come in
Voice over.
Jessica - How should I have known he ended up being a Psychopath. I should of really read Sammie’s text before I invited him in.
INT - Jessica’s house - living room
He comes in and the two make their way towards the living room. He sits down on the sofa and she goes towards the TV. She opens the DVD player and put in the disk. She closes the curtains and jumps on the sofa and sits beside him. The film started and the two got cozy. Camera looks around the room on the desk there is a newspaper. Jessica’s phone rings again. It’s another message. We tilt to the film its got to the shower scene, camera tilts towards Jessica and Kurt. Jessica is asleep on Kurt’s chest while Kurt is wide awake watching the film. Over the shoulder shot of the stabbing sequence in the shower scene. Close up on the screen the girl screaming and the stabbing taking place. The DVD starts to jump and pause it self at the stabbing shot.
Voice over
Jessica - my dream kind of gave it away I be lying if I didn’t admit it scared the living hell out of me!
Straight cut to Jessica sleeping.
EXT - Park - night time - grass
Jessica is laid on the grass on her own. We see a guy from a distance walking towards her.
Jessica- Kurt?
He says nothing and comes towards her.
Jessica- Kurt is that you?
She tries to stand up but she cant she looks down to her body she’s tied up. Camera looks at her and she has a plastic tape on her mouth. She screams through the tape.
Jessica- umm! Umm!
She looks the guy from a distance is closer. She looks away and struggles to move and the guy gets even closer. She struggles some more and turns around and looks at the guy. EXCU of her eyes point of view shot.
Her eyes opens. She gasps and jumps up. She’s in the living room asleep on the sofa. She looks at the TV, its paused at the eye scene of the shower scene in Psycho. She looks around Kurt’s not there.
Jessica- Kurt?
Vibrate her phone goes off again. She jumps, frightened. She looks at it and reads the text
Its Sammy it says.
‘JESSICA READ THE NEWSPAPER! PAGE 7! STAY AWAY FROM KURT! HIS A PSYCHO!’
She gets up from her seat and runs towards the newspaper on the desk, she turns to page 7, and its true in a little article there is a picture of Kurt, his real name displayed as ‘SIMON’
Non-diegetic music playing. Don’t worry be happy playing.
Jessica running up the stairs. We hear a faded gasp while she runs up the stairs over the music. She reaches the top of the stairs.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room
She runs inside a room. She looks around and runs towards the phone on her computer desk. While running to the phone she trips and falls. She gets back up as soon as she can she grabs the phone and she turns around. ECU her eyes, tears gathered. Uncompleted Eye line match, camera looking into a mirror so we see reflection, lighting low and we see a knifes reflection in the mirror. Then a closer look we see the knife being held up high in the air and going towards Jessica. We follow the knife in his hand, CU turns into a MS and the knife comes down. Slow motion as the knife gets close to the body.
In one frame shot we see the knife in one corner and the girls body on the other side. Then in fast motion the knife hits the girl and then raised in the air again and hits the girl rapidly. The camera then becomes a point of view shot as we follow Jessica to the floor as she drops and we see guy running out the door. Black out.
Non-diegetic turns diegetic. Same song still playing.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room - day
A very bright setting. Day time. Close up on a phone calling, same music playing. So the non-diegetic sound turns into Jessica’s mobile phone ring tone. Someone grabs the phone and answers it. Its Jessica.
Jessica - hey, (pause) how are you? (pause) good, am not too bad. Was just cleaning my room. (pause)
While Jessica walks around her room, she holds a towel in her hand and she starts to clean the mirror while on the phone.
Jessica - Well why don’t we watch a movie tonight? (pause) well I have
She walks towards her DVD shelf. She has a few Horror movies. ’The village, Silent of the lamb, one miss call, Psycho’
Jessica - Horror, Comedy, Drama, Romantic? (pause) Horror? Well The village, silent’s of the lamb, one miss call and psycho? (pause) really? You want to watch that?
She takes Psycho out of the shelf and looks at the cover.
Jessica - okay why not!
She puts the DVD on her computer desk, next to the house phone.
Jessica - (pause) (chuckles) yeah sure. (pause) okay I’ll see you at 6 don’t be late. (chuckles) okay bye! (pause) bye.
She presses the red button and throws the mobile on the bed and carries on cleaning the mirror. Jessica’s door opens, a guy peeks in. Its Jessica’s room mate.
Mark - right, jess am going now! Staying at Lilly’s tonight so don’t wait up!
Jessica - (turns around) oh (winks) you have fun! And take care of yourself
Mark (laughs) yeah you two, ring me encase of any emergency.
Jessica - oh I will do thanks, oh by the way Mark, Sammy left this morning for the weekend to go and visit her parents so its just you and me this week so come back tomorrow don’t billy me too long! Oh and Kurt’s coming tonight.
The two laugh.
Mark - I wont do, I be back 9 in morning just for you (points at her and laughs) there something about him I just don’t get!
We hear the letter box open.
Mark - that must be the newspaper, ill put it on the desk for you! Anyway You just take care! Bye.
Jessica - thank you! bye (smiles)
EXT - street - evening - house (establishing shot)
Camera looking at a house, violin playing the camera moves closer towards the house while the violin is still playing. The camera looks at the house window and starts to zoom in. Violin still playing. The camera goes through the window and into the bedroom.
INT - Jessica’s house - her room
Jessica in the middle of her room playing the violin, we then hear a stone hit the window. Camera turns and we see a stone hit the window again. Point of view shot Jessica goes towards the window and we see Kurt outside waving. Jessica smiles and waves back. She grabs the DVD from her desk next to the phone and then her phone from her bed, the phone vibrated and a text message appeared, its said Sammy, she didn’t read it and ran down the stairs.
INT - Jessica’s house - stairs/ door
She opens the door and hugs Kurt.
Jessica - hello!
Kurt - hey, you okay?
Jessica - yeah am great thanks. Was just playing the violin.
Kurt - that’s why you didn’t hear all my knocks.
Jessica - come in
Voice over.
Jessica - How should I have known he ended up being a Psychopath. I should of really read Sammie’s text before I invited him in.
INT - Jessica’s house - living room
He comes in and the two make their way towards the living room. He sits down on the sofa and she goes towards the TV. She opens the DVD player and put in the disk. She closes the curtains and jumps on the sofa and sits beside him. The film started and the two got cozy. Camera looks around the room on the desk there is a newspaper. Jessica’s phone rings again. It’s another message. We tilt to the film its got to the shower scene, camera tilts towards Jessica and Kurt. Jessica is asleep on Kurt’s chest while Kurt is wide awake watching the film. Over the shoulder shot of the stabbing sequence in the shower scene. Close up on the screen the girl screaming and the stabbing taking place. The DVD starts to jump and pause it self at the stabbing shot.
Voice over
Jessica - my dream kind of gave it away I be lying if I didn’t admit it scared the living hell out of me!
Straight cut to Jessica sleeping.
EXT - Park - night time - grass
Jessica is laid on the grass on her own. We see a guy from a distance walking towards her.
Jessica- Kurt?
He says nothing and comes towards her.
Jessica- Kurt is that you?
She tries to stand up but she cant she looks down to her body she’s tied up. Camera looks at her and she has a plastic tape on her mouth. She screams through the tape.
Jessica- umm! Umm!
She looks the guy from a distance is closer. She looks away and struggles to move and the guy gets even closer. She struggles some more and turns around and looks at the guy. EXCU of her eyes point of view shot.
Her eyes opens. She gasps and jumps up. She’s in the living room asleep on the sofa. She looks at the TV, its paused at the eye scene of the shower scene in Psycho. She looks around Kurt’s not there.
Jessica- Kurt?
Vibrate her phone goes off again. She jumps, frightened. She looks at it and reads the text
Its Sammy it says.
‘JESSICA READ THE NEWSPAPER! PAGE 7! STAY AWAY FROM KURT! HIS A PSYCHO!’
She gets up from her seat and runs towards the newspaper on the desk, she turns to page 7, and its true in a little article there is a picture of Kurt, his real name displayed as ‘SIMON’
Friday, 9 October 2009
My finished Synopsis!
Year 2009. England. Kurt is a very bright boy. At the age of 15 his parents are killed in a car crash accident which lead him becoming homeless and after losing his grandmother he became an orphan. This lead him becoming mentally ill. In 2006 he was moved to a Psychiatric hospital to be treated. Three years go past and he has had enough. After escaping from the hospital, he wanted revenge from the person who had been involved in the car crash.
Imogene’s dad. Imogene, a young university student aged 19 lives in a student house with some friends. Her dad has recently just passed away.
One day she visits her old house, there was a knock on the door.
Its Kurt going by a false name and presenting himself as one of Imogene’s dad’s co-workers. She shows him in and informs him about the death. He becomes a shoulder for her to cry on. After a few dates the two become close.
A rainy day the two stay home and watch a movie, after a slight argument Kurt leaves while Imogene is a asleep. Waking up to a text from one of her friends, she realizes that Kurt is missing from a Psychiatric hospital. As soon as she see’s the article her phone rings. Its Kurt. She makes her way upstairs and looks for a phone to ring the police. But its too late. Kurt is standing outside her room. As a result of his actions Imogene gets stabbed and dies. The mystery of what happens to Kurt is left up to the audiences imagination.
The reason why I have chosen the classification of 15 and over for my target audience is because I believe that the younger generation tend to watch ‘Horror’ more than 25 and over. My main character is based on Jennifer Aniston the reason for this is because I believe that the audiences can get emotionally involved with her style of acting. On the other hand for my main male character I believe Jason Statham would be the best option, the reason for this is because not only does he look like a dangerous character but he also looks like a very clever character.
Imogene’s dad. Imogene, a young university student aged 19 lives in a student house with some friends. Her dad has recently just passed away.
One day she visits her old house, there was a knock on the door.
Its Kurt going by a false name and presenting himself as one of Imogene’s dad’s co-workers. She shows him in and informs him about the death. He becomes a shoulder for her to cry on. After a few dates the two become close.
A rainy day the two stay home and watch a movie, after a slight argument Kurt leaves while Imogene is a asleep. Waking up to a text from one of her friends, she realizes that Kurt is missing from a Psychiatric hospital. As soon as she see’s the article her phone rings. Its Kurt. She makes her way upstairs and looks for a phone to ring the police. But its too late. Kurt is standing outside her room. As a result of his actions Imogene gets stabbed and dies. The mystery of what happens to Kurt is left up to the audiences imagination.
The reason why I have chosen the classification of 15 and over for my target audience is because I believe that the younger generation tend to watch ‘Horror’ more than 25 and over. My main character is based on Jennifer Aniston the reason for this is because I believe that the audiences can get emotionally involved with her style of acting. On the other hand for my main male character I believe Jason Statham would be the best option, the reason for this is because not only does he look like a dangerous character but he also looks like a very clever character.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
First dratf of my aim and context essay.
I will be producing a short movie which will hopefully last 3 to 5 minutes. The genre I am basing my story on is ‘horror’. With using the horror convention I am aiming to attract my target audience, 16+. Researches show that the younger generation tend to visit the cinema more often, and a horror genre movie is a popular choice of movies to watch. It may be argued the reason for this is because a horror movie offers more thrill which usually attracts the under 25 audience.
For my short film I would like to adapt to Alfred Hitchcock’s way of directing. Am going to base some of my shots around the shower scene in his film ‘Psycho 1960’. The six famous camera shots have had me thinking about the style of shots and camera movements. As I have also learnt a lot about the ‘French New wave’ it attracted me to also adapt to some of the rules. The movie ‘Breathless 1950’ is a good exam. The unique shots and type of filming created a lot of fresh ideas for me and my short movie. The idea of starting my short movie from the end of the plot was adapted by the movie ‘Memento 2000 directed by Christopher Nolan’. The film was a challenge to watch. It didn’t just include a viewer sitting down and watching the film, it got the audience thinking and linking scenes together.
In my short movie I am going to take the role of a Director, plus screenwriter, editor, camerawomen. My aim is to create a shocked, confused feeling towards the audience at the beginning of the short film. My motto is also to create tension, and a emotional detachment with my main character. A voice over might be recommended just to lead the audience in the right direction.
For my coursework in AS I also produced a horror storyboard. I think I have learned a lot more since then so I can produce a better layout of a story.
Overall my aim is to produce a shocking 5 minute movie, and by achieving the reaction I hope I have reached my goal.
Behnaz Bazmi
For my short film I would like to adapt to Alfred Hitchcock’s way of directing. Am going to base some of my shots around the shower scene in his film ‘Psycho 1960’. The six famous camera shots have had me thinking about the style of shots and camera movements. As I have also learnt a lot about the ‘French New wave’ it attracted me to also adapt to some of the rules. The movie ‘Breathless 1950’ is a good exam. The unique shots and type of filming created a lot of fresh ideas for me and my short movie. The idea of starting my short movie from the end of the plot was adapted by the movie ‘Memento 2000 directed by Christopher Nolan’. The film was a challenge to watch. It didn’t just include a viewer sitting down and watching the film, it got the audience thinking and linking scenes together.
In my short movie I am going to take the role of a Director, plus screenwriter, editor, camerawomen. My aim is to create a shocked, confused feeling towards the audience at the beginning of the short film. My motto is also to create tension, and a emotional detachment with my main character. A voice over might be recommended just to lead the audience in the right direction.
For my coursework in AS I also produced a horror storyboard. I think I have learned a lot more since then so I can produce a better layout of a story.
Overall my aim is to produce a shocking 5 minute movie, and by achieving the reaction I hope I have reached my goal.
Behnaz Bazmi
6 shots
These are the six camera shots that have influenced what i will be doing for my stabbing sequence. Alfred Hitchcocks film 'Psycho.'
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