Lone Ranger

The scene we devised took inspiration from many different films like The Lone Ranger and StageCoach (1986). The story to the short film is that Protagonist is looking for the antagonist, who is threatening to blow up the world, and finds him lurking in the canteen. After his fist attempt to spot the antagonist, The protagonist realizes that he has snuck up behind him in an attempt to surprise the protagonist. The protagonist realizes this turns to face him head on. The two continue to stare at each other as time passes around them and the tensions start to boil and they prepare to fight. Then the School bell rings and they are forced to leave the encounter as the place will soon fill with students. So they leave and both prepare for another encounter on another day.

 The location is very key to scene as it is the setup for the whole short film and provides the perfect setting. An empty canteen is great as it has a lot of places to be used for filming. one thing that was really key about the location was that its a place where loads of people flood into. So its makes story wise a lot of sense to use it. it creates the perfect excuse for the characters to leave due to the amount of students that would have descended during their stand off.

 The characters add something that it needed. something to focus on it. Honestly with out characters it would just be a lot of jumping shots of air, and frankly that would suck. But both characters help to add a lot of tension to the piece as they are the prime creators of  the tension.
 The choice for putting the camera where we did was based purely on the best way to create tension. So it features plenty of over the shoulder, extreme close ups and a move I like to call the twisting rotation. its a move that requires  the cameraman to move a semicircle around the actor as he turns around so the camera can see his face as he turns a full 180 degrees.

The impact of your extreme long shot and extreme close ups adds a lot of really good tension as it builds with the canteen scene. That is the aim of the shots to drive up the tension so that when the climax of video is reached and the fire bell goes off all the tension is released in one go.

Mise En Scene

In this scene I can see several different things that lead me to believe the woman in the foreground is cleaner of some variety. First on my list of reasons is what she is dressed in. It appears to be a jumpsuit, of an unknown color, which is commonly used by specific professions like cleaners, plumbers and general maintenance. The other thing that I see to make me believe shes a cleaner is the women sat in the chair through the door is making no attempt to acknowledge her and looks upper class compared to the woman in the foreground. 

In this photo what is evident to me is that the couple appear to be in an argument with each other. One thing that points me to this conclusion is the way they are staring at each other. The stare makes it evident that the couple are stressed at each other. The woman has appeared to taken to drinking most of the bottle of wine to help settle her nerves which in normal situations shows anxiety and stress. With the man its appears he was reading the newspaper at the start of the argument hence why its on the table in front of him. What I can see from this is that he might be attempting to find a job. Possibly to pay for the problem that needs fixing which  could be shown by the step ladder in the background.

For this particular picture I can see that she is love lorn and is staring at the place that either her lover was last at or someone very dear to her had passed away. This is evident to me by her expression and where she is staring. The bed is slightly disturbed and could be evidence for someone leaving during the night or that it hasn't been touched since the deceased was removed. Either of these reasons explain her expression and how she looks at it so I would like to believe that is correct.

This picture is certainly an interesting one as the simple choice for what I see is a she is a prostitute of some form. My reason for thinking this is because of how the man is dressed very professionally. He  likely has little time for relationships because of work and in those times a busy man would often turn to a prostitute in situations where they needed release.

Review of My 1st and 3rd person Films

Looking at both videos very simply story wise they are no different. Its just the shot that changes. For example below I have the same scene from 3rd person and 1st person.

(3rd person above.
1st person below.)

Apart from the change in color the scenes hold the same effect and purpose. The difference with the shots is the color which was done in the 1st person video to add the effect of it being viewed through the eye. The effect of the cold blue does add a very chilling and dark feel to the video. The 3rd person differs from this because I felt it didn't need to be as cold and harsh. I prefer the crisper and more realistic style I went with on the 3rd person video.

When producing both videos I had a great time directing and editing both as I felt I had great control over the creative process. Recording the video was great fun because working with Simon, Liam and Josh because they are very co-operative and can see the ideas I try to get across really well. Filming the shots were interesting because doing it in third person was so much easier then first person, with first person you have to have someone with a camera basic holding it in front of you while you walk. it can be a very uncomfortable process and highlights how much easier third person is.

Overall I really enjoyed making the video with my group and would gladly work with them again to make another video. Making videos like this are what I aim to make similar in the future so its great to experience the process now.

Script Work

  

“Mysterious button”

By

William Regan

Based On Tim Dickinson’s classic tale

The Mysterious Button And Joe

pan in from the left to a block of flats located in the Devonport part of plymouth, CORNWALL, at night.

Scene name: Adverage day.

From the exterior of the building you see that only one light of the flats is on and is rapidly pulsating with different colors, while various game noises are heard.

Swish Out

Swish In

Interior view from below the TV that TOM JONES is facing, a controller in hand and flashing colors on his face and body.

Tom jones

“Arghh YOU PIECE OF S**T! I’ll get you next time! God damn controller is faulty!”

TOM Proceeds to hit the controller repeatedly and throws it to the floor then turns off the TV.

Camera stays under TV and TOM proceeds to walk to his bed and climb in without care and bangs his head on the headboard.        

TOM JONES

“GOD FREAKING DAMN IT! I HATE THIS PLACE!”

TOM is shown in bed then the camera Pans to the window on the right as it Time lapses to the next morning and pans back to TOM who is still in bed and is awakening.

tOM jONES

“Urghh… screw…you…controller…bullshi…”

TOM mumbles groggily as he attempts to turn over and is greeted by a ray of sunshine directly onto his face. This wakes TOM abruptly.

Tom jones

“URGHH…sun…why you do this? Arghhh…whats the time?”

TOM looks to his old fashioned alarm clock to see it reads 9:42am. TOM just grunts and gets up and walks to the door.

SCENE NAME: IT ARRIVES

Camera is at an OTS position following TOM as he travels from the bathroom to the kitchen stopping to pick up a pair of shoes as he passes the door. As he walks into the kitchen the Camera leaves his shoulder and glides to the side opposite TOM and settles on the counter emphasizing the fact that the parcel is sat on the table. TOM is busy making a bowl of cereal (Crunchy Nut) when he realizes he saw the parcel on the table.

TOM JONES

“Huh…”

TOM puts down his cereal and then sits in front of the parcel contemplating what to do with it. He Checks for a name and doesn’t find one.

Tom jones

“A parcel…with no name or address…how did it get here?”

TOM shakes the box and hears a faint call Emanate from the center

Button master

“Unwrap us you fool!”

TOM drops the box abruptly but doesn’t move away. Just hovers his hand over the top. He leans to the box ear first.

TOM JONES

“Hel…hello? Is someone in there?”

TOMS cautiously puts his ear to the box and is greeted by a very loud shouting from within that causes the box to bounce around.

Button master

“YES I AM IN HERE! NOW OPEN ME UP PEASENT!”

TOM reacts by pushing the box away and taking a deep breath.

Tom Jones

“No… I’m not hearing things. I can’t be. Not again.”

TOM moves to stand up but is cut short in his actions by the box again.

Button Master

“YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND THEN YOU WILL OPEN THIS BOX THAT I AM TRAPPED IN!”

The voice that emanates from the box is very hypnotic and TOM sits down without thinking and then proceeds to open the box and places the object in the box in front of himself. It appears that the object is nothing but a simple button with no leads no battery holes. At this point it seems that TOM now has no control over what he does.

Button master

“Good. NOW PRESS ME!”

The world around the button and TOM starts to shake violently. The bowl shatters along with the glass in the kitchen. The Button then rises into the air above the table and emits a shining white light that blinds TOM and the camera.

Cut to black.

           “I am at long last… UNLEASHED!”

The End

The picture below is of my script to show how I set it out.