Sunday, 2 October 2011

First Script


"Gemini"
Rough Draft
Written by Justin E
          
INT.CHURCH - BLACK AND WHITE                                     
                                                                           
          Master shot of the stage of the church                           
                                                                           
          Camera (on a track) gets pulled back slowly and shaky til it     
          reaches the entrance, where the door closes on the camera..      
                                                                           
          In Bold letters "Gemini" slowly comes up                         
                                                                           
          INT.HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT                                    
                                                                           
          A woman, mid 40s is crying whilst sat down on the dining         
          table, cuddling a photo of a teenage girl, she’s being           
          comforted by her husband about the same age, wearing a smart     
          shirt and trousers, hugging her and telling her it’s all         
          going to be OK.                                                  
                                                                           
          From a distance A girl sings Itsy bitsy spider, in a creepy      
          and weird way                                                    
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    It’s going to be ok, Father                            
                    Anderson, said he’s done this                          
                    before.                                                
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                         (in tears, she emotionally                        
                         can’t contain herself)                            
                    But why? why’s this happening to                       
                    her?                                                   
                                                                           
          she takes another glance at the photo, she takes deep            
          breathes connoting that she’s been crying for awhile.            
                                                                           
          EXT.HOUSE - NIGHT                                                
                                                                           
          Outside A man steps out of a taxi, he wears an over coat,        
          covering most of his torso, he starts walking towards the        
          house                                                            
                                                                           
          INT.HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT                                    
                                                                           
          The woman still cries her head on the table with her arms        
          cross, the man comforting her by placing his arm around her      
          shoulder.                                                        
                                                                           
          Suddenly the door bell rings.                                    
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    It’s him.                                              
                                                                           
          The man pulls away from the woman, she pulls him back            
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                           (CONTINUED)     
                                                                           
CONTINUED: (2)                                          2.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                    Tell him, I wanna help.                                
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    I’ll ask him, okay.                                    
                                                                           
          the man leaves the room,                                         
                                                                           
          INT.FRONT DOOR - NIGHT                                           
                                                                           
          The door opens, revealing Priest Anderson, a middle aged         
          man, wearing an overcoat and a medium suitcase.                  
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    Father                                                 
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Evening.                                               
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    Please come in                                         
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    How’s Jenna doing?                                     
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    She’s been crying non-stop.                            
                                                                           
          The Priest has settled in, he’s taken his coat off, his          
          Bible out.                                                       
                                                                           
          Jenna walks in the scene, her eyes red from crying               
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                         (approaching the priest)                          
                    Father, Please tell me we’ll get                       
                    her back.                                              
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    We’ll do our best okay. But you                        
                    have to do something for me,                           
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                    Anything.                                              
                                                                           
          Jenna hugs onto him and cries.                                   
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Stay here.. and don’t come up till                     
                    I say it’s okay.                                       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
3.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
          INT.HOUSE - NIGHT                                                
                                                                           
          Ian and the Priest walks up the stairs, faint sounds of          
          crying and speaking in an unrecognizable language.               
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (from the room, screaming out                     
                         in a possessed voice)                             
                    Terribilis .... cogitationes animum                    
                    inundavit cum viveret, nunc sum                        
                    animo omnia hebes esse videtur. Non                    
                    ut homines dicerent sit pretiosa,                      
                    non est deus, non caelum. Ut saluto                    
                    nobis solum post mortem est                            
                    terribilis foveas inferni.                             
                                                                           
          The 2 reaches a closed door.                                     
                                                                           
          The Priest looks back at Ian, he notices that he looked back     
          a few times.                                                     
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Listen, it’s better for her to stay                    
                    there, we can’t show any weakness                      
                    after we’ve entered this door or                       
                    else it’ll overcome us, OK                             
                                                                           
          Priest slowly opens the door                                     
                                                                           
          Then closes it, giving himself a couple of seconds to            
          prepare himself                                                  
                                                                           
          INT.ROOM - NIGHT                                                 
                                                                           
          Reveal a girl, her hair black and sweaty covering her face       
          , her hands and legs tied to the bed.                            
                                                                           
          She breathes Slowly and Heavily.                                 
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                         (quietly to Ian)                                  
                    Remember,be strong.                                    
                                                                           
          Ian Nods                                                         
                                                                           
          INT.HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT                                    
                                                                           
          The woman still crying,hears the door opening from above and     
          the Song that the possessed girl is saying                       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
4.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
          INT.ROOM - NIGHT                                                 
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Emily.. How are you doing honey?                       
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (Deep morphed voice)                              
                    My name’s not Emily..and I heard                       
                    you (Laughter)                                         
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Oh you heard me? What did I say?                       
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (mocking)                                         
                    Be strong Be strong Be strong!                         
                    (laughter)                                             
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    Please Emily stop honey, we’re                         
                    trying to help you!                                    
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (grunts)                                          
                    I told you, My name’s not Emily.                       
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    What IS your name my friend, and                       
                    why are you here?!                                     
                                                                           
          Emily sways her head left to right for a few seconds             
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (head sways stops)                                
                    Life is precious, people say, Life                     
                    is wonderful, they said. I was                         
                    nothing short of 6 years old when                      
                    my father raped and killed me.                         
                                                                           
          The woman peeks through                                          
                                                                           
          Emily stares directly into the woman’s eyes.                     
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (With her lowest/demonic voice                    
                         and tilting her head sideways)                    
                    Hello Mummy. *Grins*                                   
                                                                           
          This sparks the Woman to again burst into tears and run          
          away.                                                            
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                           (CONTINUED)     
                                                                           
CONTINUED: (2)                                          5.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                              IAN                                          
                    Jenna!                                                 
                                                                           
          Ian acts as if he want to go to Jenna but then is halted by      
          the Priest                                                       
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Stay here, we have to do this now!                     
                                                                           
          Priest hands a small bottle to Ian.                              
                                                                           
          The 2 slowly approaches Emily’s bed                              
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    When I tell you to, I want you to                      
                    whisk some holy water on her                           
                    forehead and chest.                                    
                                                                           
          Ian nods                                                         
                                                                           
          Priest opens his Bible                                           
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    The Lord is My Shepherd..He                            
                    refreshes my soul, he guides me                        
                    along the right paths for his                          
                    name’s sake.                                           
                                                                           
          Ian looks at the Priest                                          
                                                                           
          Emily starts Swaying around like she did before, but this        
          time more intense and harder, moving the bed bit by bit.         
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                         (more intense)                                    
                    The Lord is My Shepherd..He                            
                    refreshes my soul, he guides me                        
                    along the right paths for his                          
                    name’s sake. Even though I walk                        
                    through the darkest valley I will                      
                    fear NO evil, for you are with me                      
                    your rod and your staff will                           
                    comfort me..                                           
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                    Faggot...                                              
                                                                           
          Emily Laughs uncontrollably                                      
                                                                           
          Ian whisks the holy water on Emily                               
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                           (CONTINUED)     
                                                                           
CONTINUED: (3)                                          6.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    In the name of Jesus Christ of                         
                    Nazareth, I’m commanding you!                          
                    Gemini! Leave young Emily’s body.                      
                                                                           
          The swaying stops..                                              
                                                                           
          It looks like Emily’s back to normal                             
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Emily?                                                 
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                    ...Father..*in her normal voice*.MY                    
                    NAME IS GEMINI!!! *Laughter* - back                    
                    to the exorcised voice                                 
                                                                           
          Ian slowly moves backwards                                       
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    Ian...Go to your wife now!                             
                                                                           
          Ian leaves the room                                              
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                    Looks like it’s just you and me                        
                    father.                                                
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                         (confused)                                        
                    I-I-                                                   
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                    Your "faith" is not strong enough                      
                    it seems father                                        
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                         (checking his pockets for a                       
                         crucifix and his voice more                       
                         intense and emotional)                            
                    The Lord is my shepherd I shall not                    
                    be in want He makes me lie down in                     
                    green pastures, he leads me beside                     
                    quiet waters He restores my soul.                      
                    he guides me in paths of                               
                    righteousness for his name’s sake.                     
                    Even though I walk through the                         
                    valley of the shadow of death, I                       
                    will fear no evil for you are with                     
                    me                                                     
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                           (CONTINUED)     
                                                                           
CONTINUED: (4)                                          7.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                         (Simultaneous with Priest’s                       
                         speech)                                           
                    Non possum Non possum subsisto                         
                                                                           
          Emily starts sticking her tongue out and starts making           
          obscene remarks with it.                                         
                                                                           
          Priest takes out a crucifix.                                     
                                                                           
                              PRIEST                                       
                    In Jesus’ Name I command you to                        
                    leave right...NOW!                                     
                                                                           
          facing the crucifix to Emily.                                    
                                                                           
                              EMILY                                        
                    I win *Laughter* I win.                                
                                                                           
          Emily makes a loud Screeching sound, sort of like getting        
          possesed/getting a fit, pulling her body up as hard as she       
          can, she holds this for a few seconds then she drops onto        
          the bed seeming like the Evil Spirit has left.                   
                                                                           
          The Priest takes a closer look at Emily her face back to         
          normal,                                                          
                                                                           
          he brushes her hair to the side. His face looked ecstatic as     
          he sees that Emily’s back to normal                              
                                                                           
          The door slowly opens.                                           
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                    Father..                                               
                                                                           
          Priest shifts his attention to Jenna,                            
                                                                           
          To his terror, He sees what’s become of Jenna,                   
                                                                           
          Her face Pales as rice, blood Marks her face and clothes,        
          she holds a long bloody chef’s knife.                            
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                         (Exorcised)                                       
                    I told you.. I win.                                    
                                                                           
          EXT.HOUSE - NIGHT                                                
                                                                           
          Then we hear a brief scream/shriek and a body falling down.      
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
8.       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
          INT.ROOM - NIGHT                                                 
                                                                           
          The Priest lies Dead on the Bed his neck slit end to end.        
                                                                           
          Jenna stands over the Priests’ lifeless body. Blood both on      
          the knife and around her mouth                                   
                                                                           
          Jenna walks towards Emily who just woke from a few days of       
          being possessed her eyes blurry and can only see the figure      
          walking towards her.                                             
                                                                           
          Fade to black                                                    
                                                                           
          Fade in                                                          
                                                                           
          Close up on Jenna’s face                                         
                                                                           
                              JENNA                                        
                         (Exorcised voice)                                 
                    Death be not proud. Though some                        
                    have called thee mighty and                            
                    dreadful, thou art not so. Though                      
                    soonest our best men with thee go,                     
                    rest of their bones and soul’s                         
                    delivery but those thou dost                           
                    think’st thou dost overthrow die                       
                    not, poor death nor canst thou                         
                    kill/stop me....                                       
                                                                           
          She looks straight into the camera, frowning seeming sad...      
          she looks down then looks back at the camera, leaving us         
          with a spine tingling smile with blood dripping out her          
          mouth                                                            
                                                                           
          Fade to Black                                                    
                                                     

Rejection Letters

This is the basic lay out for our letters, when doing this we didn't want to offend the people who came to our audition making them feel as if we had wasted their time, but wanted to sound professional at the same time, we had to try and give them the bad news softly as we could.






REJECTION LETTER LAYOUT:






Dear.....





Thank you for coming to our audition last Wednesday.





We all thought that you performed well, with enthusiasm and talent. However, there were some very strong candidates, and we had to make some tough decisions. Unfortunately, we came to the conclusion that somebody that we auditioned was more suited to this particular role.





Thank you so much for coming over and we wish you all the best in the future.

Saturday, 1 October 2011

Auditions

The auditions for my short started off very slow, with the first Auditionee coming in about 30 minutes late, but all was well because at the end of the day, we had ten people who came and auditioned.

The First Auditione
Paul



Paul an actor from Kent gave his all as he auditioned for the part of the priest, but in the end we didn't think that he looked the like a stereotypical priest.


The after Paul was
Mechelle


Mechelle was the only female actress to make it to the audition, she wanted to play the part of Emily, she gave it her all and with that we was quiet interested with it but we personally thought that she looked too old to play as Emily so we may decide to give her the part of Jenna.

The next Auditionee was
Danny


Danny came in to the audition with confidence, he auditioned for the role of Ian, but we persuaded him to try the lines of the priest. Danny Got the Ian Part. After contacting him saying he got the part, he then got back to us saying that he had scheduling conflicts.

The next one was
Chris

Chris came in the audition a bit shaky and anxious, but he surprised everyone when he took centre stage, he didn't get the part he auditioned for (the priest) but we are considering for him to play as Ian.

The next auditionee was another
Paul




Paul was maybe the strongest candidate for the role of the Priest, it was just due to Geography why he didn't get the part, he literally pulled away from the other actors who auditioned for the Priest (except for one).

The next and last audition is...
Aaron



Aaron came in for the role of the priest, but as he started reading out the lines, he got all the things I was hoping for out and about, Intensity emphasis and power, hence why he got the part, the only problem is that he looks too young which makes the character of the priest look as if he hasn't had much experience.

From The first Audition we managed to get 1 (maybe 2) roles filled, which is one of the important roles, to fill the other 3 (or 2 depending on Chris' response) I think video Auditions would have to suffice, considering the time and money spent from both parties getting to the audition.




At the moment, Video Auditions are coming in, here are 2 so far..




Auditioning for Jenna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FVkoiaCxA




Auditioning for the Priest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxM7tL5dJfQ

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Textual analysis on Bulldog


I have decided to analyse a short film directed by Jamie Maddox, I found his short film on You Tube, this short film was made for his A2 course work so there was little or no money put towards it. Jamie Maddox decided to go for a horror genre, but there was something’s that was counter typical of this genre, as in his film most of the killings happened in broad daylight and Jamie Maddox doesn’t show or tell the audience that the characters have no way of contacting people or help, this is because we are never told that they have ran out of credit, lost batteries to their phones or didn’t bring their phones with them, which is critical for the audience to know especially in a slasher  type horror film. However, there is another part of the film that makes it a typical horror film as the setting is in a remote area.

Jamie Maddox’s group didn’t make much of a storyline as there are a group of boys just going to camp in some woods, where there have been some people reported missing just recently. There is no obvious reason that the audience would know why the killer is there in the first place and why he is killing them. We can tell the film is targeted for an audience between 16 and 24 as there are young actors, as these are the age group where inspirers would most likely be because in between this age group the teens and young adults would be trying to impress their mates by keeping their status up, like the character does in the short film when he’s about to attack his mate, this would give the audience something to relate to, we can also tell that this is aimed towards the young adults and teens as one of the characters talks slang which would relate to their target audience, most of them would be male as they typically would watch horror films that would make them jump, they would be some female audience as some would come to watch the actors they fancy but the other females would just come to see the film it self.

Jamie Maddox didn’t use many shoots or any interesting camera angles. The most interesting shots Jamie uses is point of view shots, a low angle shot and a high angle shot but these are all through point of view, the way Jamie Maddox films his short film makes it look like someone there is filming for a hand held camera as he uses a lot of unnecessary zooming in. during the chase scene Jamie uses well placed shots building tension to the chase, he has cameras in different angles and heights which makes the chase all the more thrilling, as the different tilts in the camera give it the more out of the ordinary feeling to the film. There are sometimes the odd cut which makes the audience think ‘why was that added in?’, as we see a fade to black for no obvious reason and by doing this it breaks continuity to the film. The lack of different shots suggest that Jamie couldn’t be bothered with his film, as he could have easily added in close ups of the characters faces to show the reaction when they are being killed, but again the acting was amateur like as we can see some of the characters with blank expressions on there faces when they have just been stabbed or being choked to death, again this would break continuity. There are very little effects that Jamie uses, as it looks like he just used the footage as it is, when he does use effects they make no sense why they are there, the mise-en-scene is not well done as the killers mask doesn’t look well thought out, they didn’t think much of the lighting when filming as in typical horror films the killer strikes at night making it more jumpy and spooky, but the location was well planned as just like a typical horror film where the killings take place is in a remote area where little or no people come through suggesting there’s no help. Jamie also doesn’t use build up in the editing as when the killer is trying to kill some one there’s no fast pace editing to build up the tension, and because there’s no build up the kills don’t seem as good as it could be.

In my opinion I think that Jamie Maddox didn’t give much effort to his film, it had the potential to have been a good short film but it seemed rushed and not well planned out. I think that the acting let them down massively and the lack of shots, the only good part of the film was during the chase scene as Jamie made fast pace edits and cuts to different camera angles to build up the tension and suspense. It also should have been filmed at night to make it more typical of a horror genre. There wasn’t a wide variety of shots in this film which makes the audience lose interest as we can’t see the reaction shots of them about to die, there are no shot reverse shots, no match on action, everything seems to be in a long take. From their mistakes I think I could improve on my film as I have seen what the out come is if when there is lack of shots and amateur actors as I would like to aim at a higher standard than what Jamie Maddox has achieved.

Abandoning our original idea

Our original idea was about a group of teens going off into the woods and staying the night there, just for a laugh but then they witness a killer trying to bury a body deep in the wood. The killer finds out that they have seen him burying the body so he tries to get rid of the eye witnesses one by one. This idea was abandoned as the council didn't reach to us in time about getting permission to film in the woods as there would be fire and people screaming. We then quickly came up with another idea which is about an exorcism on a 18 year old girl and her parents has called for a priest to take the demon soul out of her, this priest has had past experience with exorcisms, which is why the parents of the daughter has called him. He tries his best and gets rid of the demons soul from the daughter, but little does he know that the demon has just moved to another body, the demon has just switched into the daughters mum's body and then kills the dad and the priest, we like to leave it on a cliff hanger that if the demon killed the daughter or if the mothers soul fights back preventing the demon to kill her daughter, I like where the demon just switches body as it gives a twist to the story.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

CD cover experimenting with Photoshop

In this I used the pencil filter to give it the sketchy look to it, I then brighten up the picture to suite the artists name. In the text I made one side of it brighter to make it look as the light on the cover is shining the light on the text.

Thursday, 7 July 2011

muzzleflare production

We have come up with a few ideas as a group, the first idea was to have a similar plot to American Psycho were this rich man has it all but kills other people that he is jealous of as they might have a better car then him, we scraped this idea as it would of been hard to get the mise-en-scene right. Our next idea was to have some boy leaving school and looking at the school as a nightmare but in the end he realises that he would actually miss it. Our third idea was about a group of people having a camping trip out in the woods when one of them see a killer getting rid of his last victim and so the killer starts to kill the witnesses.