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Todorov's Narrative Structure:
Self-Marking Work
We had a specific audience for our film opening we thought that we should make a horror film opening with those that enjoy the psychological sub genre of horror that is who we had in mind to aim our film opening at .We haven't included any credits yet, however when we do we will be adding the names of the people who played characters in the film as well as our name of the film and the names of everyone in our group we will be adding them in at the beginning and not at the end as this confuses people and they may mistake our opening for a trailer .When we were editing the film we thought that we should include some eary music to relate to the theme of horror and to stick to the mise en scene or horror. When filming the kill scenes we decided that Charlie who plays our killer David Donnell should wave into the camera every time he killed someone. We did this as it clearly shows to the audience that our film is a horror film as the scene is very disturbing and creepy. When filming we carefully moved the camera as steady as possible as we didn't want to make the camera wobble or move a lot. When filming our opening for our film Viral Terror we thought about using a shot where is looked like we were watching it through the eyes of a security CCTV camera. Apart from this shot we didn't really take into account any other types of shots, we would just put the camera in a position and start filming as long as it looked good and we could see the faces of the characters. Although we did this the finished product is good. Their are no mistakes that are visible to do with the camera work. It does not shake or jolt at any time throughout the opening.
Action Plan
To improve our work I personally think that we need to re-film some scenes as they are either comical, the camera moves slightly or because something isn't right and it doesn't look as well as we had hoped. We need to take into consideration using different shot types such as more pans and a Dutch tilt maybe to make our opening seem less repetitive as there are more varieties of shots and we are not using the same ones every time. Finally we could record some of the lines of the script again using the recording studio as this will increase the volume of the voices of the characters therefore the audience will be able to listen to the voices of the characters and will not be struggling to make out what is being said as the cameras are not the best at picking up specific sounds it takes in every sound that is occurring throughout filming. This is our plan and my opinion of what I think will make our film opening the best it possibly can be and to ensure that we score a high grade for our efforts.
Group Action Plan
We as a group think that we have to re-film a lot of the scenes that we have previously filmed. We have agreed that we need to re-film a few of the scenes that we have. These scenes include the opening scene with Emily and Charlie we have decided upon changing the dialogue and the kill scene to having Charlie in the apartment cooking food and then dunking Emily in a sink full of blood. As well as this we are going to re-film the scene where Kim and Junior are attacked and killed by Charlie. We are then going to re-film Sam's scene where he is filming himself for his YouTube channel and then he is killed on screen as he is watching it. We have decided that Sam is going to wrestle with Charlie and then Charlie is going to flip Sam onto his back and stab him in the back using splice cuts when editing. Finally we have also decided that it would be a good idea if we recorded the script in the schools recording studio sot that when the final piece is complete you would not hear rustling noises in the background. We will only be able to do this if we have enough time.
We agreed that at the moment our work is sitting on a level 2 medium. However when we re-film some of our scenes, change the script a little bit and dubbed over the lines for the opening of our horror movie we think that our work will be at least a level 3 high if not higher.
Script for Viral Terror (1st Draft)
Jamie
Stuart (Main Character)
David
Donnell (Killer)
Victims:
(In order of death)
1.
Antonio Borelli
2.
Carl Jackson & Laura Hodge (Couple)
3.
Robbie Andrews
4.
Daisy Williams
We
see the victims of the killer all enter the apartment, on four different CCTV
monitor screens on the same screen, split into four sections. Each character is
then murdered one by one, on screen, seen in the last above. The killer appears
one by one in each section of the screen, and kills them in notorious ways. When
the killing takes place the shot then switches to that individual section of
CCTV and after the victim is killed it turns back to all four shots, and then
to the next, etc. The end shot is all four screens looking empty, and the
victim dead. The shot which will be focused on will be highlighted in green
with wording on the script.
SCENE 1 THE MEMORY
ANTONIO
BORELLI DEATH
top left corner on split camera shot into 4 shots.
Is
walking down the stairs within the flat before he hears a wining and groaning
sound from David Donnell.
David
then approaches Antonio from behind and walks slowly down the staircase, silent
and we see Antonio turn around twice. When Antonio does this David is standing
there still staring at him, on the first time Antonio looks at him before
turning away. On the second Antonio stops as he hears David’s foot-steps and
confronts him.
ANTONIO
“Hello?um..may
I help..you?”
When
Antonio says this David moves closer to him before standing him square in the
face. Antonio should be on the lower part of the stair case, whilst David is on
the higher to show how David is more powerful, and feared
David
grabs Antonio before hitting him with a hammer around the head, and brutally
beating him to death on the floor with the weapon.
Antonio
remains silent and is left for dead, with blood dripping from his head. We see
David standing still and waving at the camera, holding the weapon in his right
hand. David then slowly walks off.
END
OF SCENE
CARL
JACKSON & LAURA HODGE DEATH
Top right corner on split camera shot intro 4 shots.
Couple
walking into the apartment block and see David lying on the floor in front of
them, groaning. Laura whispers to Carl on camera
LAURA
“Carl
we’ve got to call an ambulance! He’s in pain!”
Carl
“I’ll
check his airways you dial 999!”
LAURA
stays well back and is shaking. She struggles to dial 999 and with her fingers
shaking on her phones keypad. She is in a panic and constantly looks up at
Carl. CARL is knelt over David and places his hand on his neck to check his
pulse. Carl’s hand is now touching David’s neck, and suddenly David grabs Carl
by the throat, and pushes him away from himself whilst still grasping firmly
onto his throat.
DAVID
stands up holding Carl before smashing Car’s head against the wall. Carl is now
dead and LAURA hides within the corner on camera and finds no way of escaping
underneath the staircase, crouches down in the corner (depending on the
location and what’s available).
LAURA
should be panicking in the corner and seem distressed. Her arms are wrapped
around her legs whilst she’s crouched in the corner and she is rocking back and
forth, scared. Laura hidden in the camera is visible in the corner however
David is covering the front of her whilst beating her to death. We hear
screaming before the screaming dies out.
DAVID
(laughs in an evil tone)
2 seconds then…
“Come
here beautiful”
LAURA
(screaming for a moment before we hear a loud
thud)
David
emerges from beneath the staircase walks underneath the camera. We do not see
David for a moment before he is at that the same height as the camera and
stairs into it whilst smiling.
END
OF SCENE
ROBBIE
ANDREWS DEATH
(Scene which is the focus and zooms into)
Bottom left corner on split camera shot split into four shots
Has
a backpack on and walks into the staircase from the outside. Robbie looks tired
and is worn out, has headphones on. Robbie goes to walk up the stairs before
seeing a hammer with blood on, laying on the floor. He bends down to pick it up
and when he picks it up he feels a water droplet fall on his head. He looks up
to see nothing. Robbie now faces back down to the hammer and carefully twists
it in his hands to examine it. Robbie again feels another water droplet on his
head.
Now
getting anxious Robbie begins to look around at what is surrounding him. He
suddenly hears a voice which is fairly quiet but loud enough to hear.
DAVID
“Smile
for the camera, its your turn to say cheese”
Robbie
looks behind him and as the audience they do not see David standing in front of
him. When Robbie looks forward again the camera zooms in behind him to see
David standing In front of him, Robbie then looks shocked and panicking.
ROBBIE
“Bloody
hell! Who the hell are you, what do you want?!”
(gasp)
Robbie
now begins to back away from David and as he does this David begins to wave at him
and slowly grins at Robbie. Robbie holds the hammer firmly, and David then
says.
DAVID
“Don’t
play with my toy”
(starts
to laugh with an evil tone)
Whilst
laughing David grabs the hammer whilst Robbie struggles to hold it, however
uses force to keep a grip.
ROBBIE
“Get
off! I’ll kill you with this!”
“Back
up man!”
(making a groan with the
amount of force to keep a grip on the hammer)
DAVID
(begins to laugh louder)
“Will
you Robbie?”
Robbie
then looks shocked as David says his name and tries to escape David’s grip.
David then pulls a knife out and brutally stabs Robbie.
ROBBIE
(struggles and is screaming
in pain)
“NO!
GET OFF ME! AH!”
Robbie
is then murdered and drops to the floor, and David then faces the camera and
waves at it, whilst Robbie lays on the floor bleeding.
END
OF SCENE
DAISY
WILLIAMS DEATH
Bottom left corner on split camera shot split into four shots
Daisy
goes to enter her apartment and is waiting outside the door, and sees a bucket
of blood outside her door which is full. The camera is at a birds eye view of
the bucket which appears to be full. When we film the bucket will only be half
full so the actress can breathe.
David
then whispers in Daisy’s ear
DAVID
“Hello
Gorgeous”
(he says this in a
whispering tone, and in her ear without her noticing he’s there)
David
then goes to kiss Daisy before Daisy resists and pushes him off, and is now
shaking
DAISY
“Get
off you creep! you dirty man”
(heavy breathing and
gasping)
David
then grabs Daisy’s head and kicks her shins. She trips over and then struggles
to get back up as at this stage David is pinning her down.
“GET
OFF!”
Daisy
is now struggling whilst David is making a sound of force trying to pin her to
the ground. He gets her head and grabs her by the hair forcing her head down
into the bucket, causing her to make struggling movements to get away from
downing and David’s grab. This should last for between 10-15 seconds before
Daisy’s head is in the bucket and the rest of her body is sprawled over the
floor. David walks away and is out of the shot whilst Daisy is left there dead.
At
this point her body position is her head within the bucket with messy hair and
her body sprawled out over the floor.
SCENE 2 INTRODUCING JAMIE STUART
Jamie
has recently moved into his new apartment and is a vlogger which is well
recognised and famous on the web for his videos. This scene takes place 18
years from when the flats were first built. Jamie’s apartment is clean and
looks fairly new but cosy with the odd few cups and plates left out on the
floor or table, to make it seem realistic. Jamie places the camera on a table
facing towards his sofa. The camera is recording before he enters and watches
him enter the room.
JAMIE
“Hey
guys! Well sorry I haven’t uploaded in a while unfortunately, I’ve been busy
with my studies and in fact I’ve actually just moved into this new place, got a
nice TV! Got an area to chill out with my friends which to me well is something
important. You see I’ve actually done it you know I did say in my last video
I’d surprise you lot, and well yea I’ve got a home, some where safe and a calm
place to come and chill out, I’ll show you around later! In a bit!”
Jamie
waves at the camera then a different shot shows him switching off the camera to
end the footage.
He
says these lines in a confident manner and is friendly.
SCENE 3 REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE TO FIND DAVID
Jamie
is sat reviewing the footage of his introduction video to his new flat. He
begins to watch it on his laptop however as the audience we only see the
footage he’s watching which switches back to him watching it, however we don’t
see the footage actually on screen when it reverts back to Jamie watching it.
We
then see David halfway through the video appear and he attacks Jamie by beating
him brutally on camera. He hits Jamie in the head and causes him to bleed on
camera. Jamie looks shocked and doesn’t understand what is happening, so he
slams the screen of the laptop. No one is in the room with Jamie however when
he feels something on his head he touches it to find blood pouring from his
head.
The
screen fades out
END
OF SCENE
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