Abridged Screenplay

Screenplay

Abridged

By IGS AS Media Students

POST PRODUCTION SCRIPT - 7th December 2015

Young boy: Kieran
Man: Michael

OPENING:

1. EXT: Opening montage

This opening montage will show clips of the two main actors getting up and how this part of their life, like many other aspects of their lives, is so different from each other. The montage does not include any dialogue hence the lack of a script for this part of the film.

The first shot of the montage includes the man waking up early and looking to his bedside table and picking up a picture. He sheds a tear and puts the picture down. The camera then focuses on the picture of his once happy family as he gets up to leave the room.

The second shot of the montage includes the young boy waking up in a dirty room and turns to his bedside table to find a cigarette. He sparks a cigarette and then proceeds to get up.

The 3rd shot of the montage includes the man in a nice bedroom putting on his tie whilst looking in the mirror.

The 4th shot of the montage includes Kieran looking in a dirty mirror putting his hood up.

2. EXT: Graveyard

The old man walks into the cemetery slowly. The old man is dressed in a suit, holding a bouquet of flowers and walking respectively through the cemetery towards a specific tombstone. He looks sad and depressed with his head looking down to the ground.

3. EXT: Tunnel scene

Kieran is loitering around in a tunnel located under a dual carriage way. He is looking suspicious and constantly looking both ways to see if someone is coming. He has one hand in his pocket and he is smoking a cigarette in the other. He is dressed in a full tracksuit and can be stereotypically associated as being a 'chav'.

Kieran looks left as he sees another young male enter the tunnel and walk towards Kieran. Kieran immediately throws his cigarette onto the floor and grabs the male by the neck pushing him up to the wall aggressively.

Kieran

Yo bruv where the fucks my money

Young male

*breathing heavily and stuttering*

Kieran

where the fucks my money

Young male
*breathing fast and heavy* I'll get it to you for 6 man..... Please man allow me i'm sorry

Kieran

*smiles*

4. EXT: Graveyard scene

The old man reaches the tombstone in which his wife's name is engraved. The old man takes a deep breathe and kneels down to place the bouquet on to the grave. A tear runs down the face of the old man as he closes his eyes for a moment. He then stands up and walks off with his hands in his pocket.

5. EXT: Drug deal scene

Kieran takes place in a drug deal with another young male. Kieran walks down an alleyway and very smoothly hands over a small bag of drugs whilst the other male hands him a £20 note. The two people then walk opposite ways down the alley. Kieran then emerges into a council estate in which he walks down the street.

5. EXT: Bridge scene

Kieran is walking down a bridge whilst talking on the phone and with a cigarette behind his ear. He walks past the old man who is stood looking out over the river. The boy when past him continues to look back and watch what the old man and what he is doing.

The old man then proceeds to try step up onto the edge of the bridge but fails to lift his leg up completely and stumbles back. The young boy consequently saw this and runs over to stop the man from proceeding with this suicidal intention.

Kieran

Oi! get down from there!

This was the screenplay created by Milo (Wong Productions)

Mock Practice (White Chappel 2009)

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of class and status in White Chapel

In the Mise-En-Scene props and costume were used to help identify the difference in status and class. In the opening we can already see a difference in class with two sets of people. In the first scene it shows a higher class. The chief police officer scene was set in a lounge where they were wearing suits, had comb overs, drinking whiskey and smoking cigars. This simply said 'upper class'. The language was also very formal which is another signifier of higher class. The other scene showed the standard police officers fending off youths who were throwing glass bottles at them. This scene was set on a street of council houses and showed general grime. The costumes of the youths were mainly hoodies. This was done, as hoodies can be a stereotype of youth and working class. 

In terms of camera angles and different shot types a tracking shot was used to film the chief police officers sat in the lounge, this choice of shot was used as it is a calm shot which can denote class and sophistication. To show the murderer a Dutch angle was used, this was done to create narrative enigma and suspense, in this shot it shows him stood in the green lit, industrial street. During the riots a lot of hand held shots were taken to make the audience feel more involved and get a better sense of the working class people.

The sound in the opening consists off violins varying the tempo to change the amount of tension as it switches from the different scenes; the reason violins have been used is because the violins could be a symbol of class. 

Film Opening - Abridged

We decided to call the film "Abridged". This was because the important location in our opening is on a bridgea and also the word abridged means to shorten so this could have connotations with the shortening of a life.

The production company is Wong Productions in association with JR Productions and the distribution company is Atko Studios. 

Roles:

• Director- Tom
• Cinematographor- Tom 
• Sound- Louis
• Editor- Milo 

• Screenplay- Milo 
• Storyboard- Tom 
• Call Sheet- Louis

We went on a recce to look for some possible locations to film our opening. Here are some photos that were taken:

Ilkley Graveyard 

Ilkley Graveyard 

Ilkley Graveyard

Ilkley Swing Bridge 

Ilkley Swing Bridge 

We have 2 main characters:

• Kieron  (Kezza) - Milo 
• Michael - Mike (Toms Dad)

Pitch

My initial idea is to a create a social realist film about a man revisiting the estate he used to live on. As he is making his way down the road he will be having flashbacks of his past as a teenager. He will be able to see himself with a girl he was in love with but got all fell to pieces when he got involved in gang violence and drugs etc.

Genre: The genre of the film will be a hybrid genre of social realism and romance, this way it also appeals to the female audience.

Locations: I have looked into a few possible locations in Burley in Wharfdale and Ben Rhydding locations I have and i narrowed it down to two ex councils estates at the bottom of Ben Rhydding.

Cast: As the film is looking back on his past as a in his younger years the general cast will be all teenagers in groups creating gangs. As I am around this age range i know a lot of people that will be able to fit the roles of these characters.

Costume: For the costumes of the characters the protoganist walking down the road dressed smartly in something like a suit, this will help let the audience know that he has turned his life around and is doing well. For the characters in the flashbacks costume and hair will be need to be clothes that fit a stereotypical "chav" about 10 years ago

I have looked into the BBFC rating guide and I have decided rate my film a 15. My opening may contain strong language and drug taking. I will be able to show the drug taking as a whole but won't promote or encourage dug misuse. I am able to show strong violence but it won't dwell on the infliction of pain and injury.

Music: I aim to ask friend who has is currently studying sound production at university to create some music that will suit the genre of the film.

Feedback- In terms of feedback I was asked how I'm going to show the person in the flashback and whether I was going to use the same actor for the past and the present. After seeing my answer to this question and listening to Mr Burrowes feedback it made me realise that that it could potentially be quite challenging to to use the same use the same actor. By using an older person and shaving off his beard to make him look younger this could cause some problems if an re shoots are needed to take place as it takes time for the actor to grow back facial hair.Mr Burrowes suggested using a long wig with a baseball cap to show that the protagonist is younger. I also got told that i needed to think in more depth about props. Props are a key thing in this film idea as I need to show that there is an obvious time difference in which each scene is set. I received this advice and make actions accordingly by including more props into the scenes like mobile phones, bikes, cars. 

Tyrannosaur Swede- Final Cut

Tyrannosaur Swede-Task

At first we watched the opening of the film Tyrannosaur and were sat a task to do a swede of the opening. This involved changing the opening from a warp style film into a more working title style. We then went out to do the shoot we were unplanned and didn't take much time to think about it in depth.

Following that we reviewed what we needed to do to improve the shoot. When we did the re shoot we had certain people with different roles in order to plan it. The shoot improved due to story boards, screen plays and call sheets. With these we knew the exact way it was going to filmed with the camera angles etc and how it will appear on screen once edited. All dialogue was already planned so it was more time efficient and there was no confusion whilst filming.

Barry Ryan- Head of Production for Warp Films

This is England Film
The film this is England had a 6 week shoot and an 18 week edit. It made roughly £1.8 million in the Uk box office and had roughly 180,000 people going to see it. The Companies involved in the film were: Film 4, Uk Film Council, Screen Yorkshire, EM Media, The Works, Optimum Realeasing and Sales & Leaseback.

This is England 86'
Channel 4 helped do a massive marketing campaign going for it, this felt unusual for Warp because they are such a low budget production company. 2.2 million people watched it on TV. This was a massive leap from the relatively cheap film to the TV series. The Companies involved in 86' were: Channel 4, Madman Realeasing and Non Stop. Channel 4 gave Warp £500,000 and hour to make the series. Madman Releasing are an Australian company and Non Stop are Scandanavian which widened the market.

The predominance of the work is still in film but also doing work on TV like:
Fur TV (2007), This is England 86' (2010), The Midnight Beast (2011), This is England 88' (2011), Sky Arts (2012), Talking to the Dead (2013), The Midnight Beast 2 (2013)

Since 2010 appetite has been in making TV. People do TV if you want regular work and people do films because that's what gets you other work. There is a snob value between films and TV, this means that if you are seen on TV then people do my think you are good enough for a feature film.

When Warp shoot their films they are very quick and film them in about 5 weeks, some even in 18 days (Dead Mans Shoes)

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Bridget Jones's Diary Opening Analysis

Genre: 
Rom-Com
Romantic Comedy...


The Players:
Richard Curtis- Wrote the original book of which the film was based upon, Andrew Davies adapted that to create the film.

Production Budget:
According to box office mojo, the procession budget was: 
$25 Million

Production Companies

The first few shots taken from Bridget Jones's Diary are the production companies involved in making of Bridget Jones's Diary.

'Working Title' are a major film company, and attract the biggest stars, typically American, and if British, white and southern, this is because, from a marketing point of view, this sells more copies, therefore, more income for Working Title, which is the primary focus of the company.

-4 company idents:

-Universal Studios // 20 seconds

-Studio Canal // 16 seconds
-Miramax Films // 14 seconds

-Working Title // 10 seconds
Altogether 60 seconds

The 1st Shot:

• In BJD, the opening shot contains the main character, with a medium close up shot. Rarely do you see the main characters face immediately, however due to the nature of the film, it is logical with reference to the non-diegetic sound of her thoughts, therefore we can see who's voice it is, helping the viewer follow the plot. 

• Female main character, this could suggest it relates to girls more than guys, potentially making it a romantic film, or 'chick flick'. Uses cross fade for transition between shots. The mise en scene has only a small level of importance, however, it is key in determining the time of year and what this could denote it is Christmas/winter due to the weather (snow).

• The film opening lasts 11 minutes and 54 seconds.

• The opening sequence begins at 60 seconds / 1 minute.

Titles

• Main Title is in bold, and a larger font than the subtitles
• San Serif.






Positioned left side of the screen.
They include names of directors and procures etc
Each last the same length of time and fade in and out
each are the same size apart from the main title
The size of the sub titles don't change, signifying each person has contrubted the same to the overall production and making of the film
The job of which each person named is smaller and thinner, whereas the name is a bigger font and in bold.
the colour stays the same throughout
there is no animation to the titles 
 

Subtitles before main title...

• These subtitles come before the main title... 'Bridget Jones's Diary', the subtitles are a lot thinner in comparison, this could denote that every person involved in production adds up to something much bigger, 
• Signified by the font // Serif font.
• All positioned on the left and in the same font and size.
• 19 subtitles in total before main title
• Each title has a 9-10 second gap between each one and last for 4 seconds each
• Overall the subtitles last 1 minute and 40 seconds after 1 minute of company idents.

Sound, Music:

• The opening sequence has non diegetic and diegetic sound.

• Non diegetic is in the opening shot, we hear 'Bridget Jones's' thoughts over watching her go to her mums for Christmas denoted by the heavy snow, which leads to verisimilitude.
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• All By Myself, as linked at the top - https://youtu.be/t8iTZm8-mbA

Characters:

The opening scene follows the main character, and uses non diagetic speach from her, from this we get to know the character and can see things from her perspective. There is also binary oppositionbetween 'Bridget', and a 'divorced single man' who her mother tries unsuccessfully to set her up with to begin with.


Shot Variety:
The shot type varies throughout the opening sequence, including and establishing shot in the opening scene. Along with a close up which brings power to the scene.

Source: (http://shottype.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/bridget-joness-diary.html)

Atonement Opening Analysis

(Joe Wright, 2007)
Produced by Working Title (+2); distribution: Universal
Budget:$30m
Box Office: $130m (world); $51m (USA), £11.5m

The titles in this opening include:

• Universal (company idents)
• Working title (company idents)
• Universal pictures presents
• In association with studio canal and relativity media
• A working title production
• Atonement       

The titles in this film are unconventionally short and there are only 6 which is strange. Usually there can be up to approximately 30 titles at the start of a movie. This however allows the user to get straight into the film. The title sequence includes 2 company dents including: universal (the distribution company) and working title which can be identified as the production company. The sequence then includes 4 titles which all follow the same format of a black background with white text which follows the conventional documentary style opening giving it a sense of importance. The universal ident lasts 20 seconds whereas the working title ident lasts 10 seconds. This creates the effect that universal is bigger and more important than working title. The opening title sequence (and idents) lasts exactly 52 seconds which again is unconventionally short in regards to film opening durations.

The title 'ATONEMENT' then appears as to be written by a type writer to signify the time period in which it was set achieving a sense of verisimilitude.

The transition into the main film sequence and into the 1st shot is a sudden frame switch which takes place at 53 seconds. This is an example of a cut shot as there is no smooth transition between the frames.

The opening of this movie includes a variety of things which can be connoted and detonated. For example at the start after the titles have played you can simply hear a type writer. This is an example of verisimilitude as it shows that the movie is set in the time of the typewriter, 1939 to be exact. The first shot is one of a big child's play house. This can be denoted to signify wealth and childhood. It also helps the setting of the first scene which is in the bedroom of a young girl. The setting of the whole opening of the movie is mainly in this one house. The camera then follows a long trail of child's toys which further signifies the fact of wealth and the abundance of non-essential play toys.

The sound of the type write keeps playing throughout the first couple of scenes. This is an example of diegetic audio which allows the reader to understand that there is actually a type writer present in the scene. the room in which the first scene is filmed is a big posh children bedroom which again signifies to the viewer the extent of the wealth that the people of the house own.

You quickly learn from the scene that the girl is writing a play which sets the story line going for the film. The girl in context to the whole film may be seen as an antagonist as she plays a part in a sinister role throughout the film. As the girl leaves the room the pace of the recurring type writer increases even though the girl has actually stopped using it. This is an example of non-diegeticaudio. This increase in pace works with the fast pace of the girl almost running through the massive estate which is her home. 

The use of camera shots varies between shot reverse shot which aids the viewer in seeing the whole conversation which is involved in the shot reverse shot, and the use of other shots such as close ups which the 1st shot is. The 1st shot is somehow ironic in the sense that it is a close up shot of a doll's house representation of the house in which the film is set. This then leads to the medium over the shoulder shot which sets the scene and introduces the main character.

Source (http://wongproductions.blogspot.co.uk/)