Sunday, 19 April 2009

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While you were sleeping presentation

While you were sleeping presentation

Spoken with presentation

Brief

for this assignment I had to produce a 6 minute fictional film centered around at least two main characters and also a 40 second promotional pilot

Research

from my research I decided to produce a dark comedy horror, based on the story and relationship between a hostage and his capturer. The best example of this type of film was a Spanish film produced by Pedro Almodovas entitled “Atame” or in English “tie me up, tie me down”.
The film follows a young man, who had recently been released from a mental institution, the man becomes obsessed with a female actress, who he had previously had a one night stand with.

Character Histories

Terry
Terry is a musician at art, its the only thing he knows how to do well, his had a bad life, he when to a run down school,but worked hard and made it into college, but after his father died, he left college to start working, where he met John.

John
john was brought up in a wealthy family, he went to a private school and got a good education, after school john when to a normal college, where he achieved high and when to university. when he left university, his father handed over the family business to him, this is where john met terry, john interviewed terry and terry was automatically fixated on John for showing him compassion.

Stacie
Stacie is a intelligent women and just after finishing university, she started to work in john department, but within a year she left the company to start up her own company, terry saw Stacie in work and became obsessed with her.
A few months after Stacie leaving, Terry met Stacie in a bar and there relationship started their.

Location
I looked at a few different locations around Nottingham to do with the cellar concept. Some of these places being Nottingham cave, and a few pubs around Nottingham that have been built into the landscape, for example “the Loggerhead”.
With the Nottingham caves I was unable to gain private hire to film in the caves, due to the fact that it is a tourist attraction.
That left me with 5 Noel Street.

Actors

you will already recognize these names as fellow students on the audio/visual pathway, but what you most probably don't know is that these three students had previous acting experience.
Both Jack and Janet are great people to work with in front off and behind the camera.
The reason I choose coworkers to act in my film is because I have previously seen there talents in acting, but I also through it would be a good idea to have them on set for support and help with the technical side of the film as well.

First Script
my first script was a film based on vampires and how they try to coexist with human. The storyline had a lot of twists and underline stories of betrayal and lies, however this story was a lot longer then 6 minutes, and if I cut it down the storyline would have lost its contents, so I scraped this idea until a later date.

Second Script
my second script had more of a basic plot or storyline, and had less twists in the story.
The story is about a man called jack who is having a guest over for dinner, Stacie. The who of them are having a romantic meal for two, however Stacie is unaware of a third guest in the house, this person being John, John has been held captive in Terry's house since Terry fired John for stalking the other workers.

Storyboards
for the storyboards I used frame forge, a 3d software to plan out my scripts path, to be able to visualize how the scenes are going to be laid out and whats going to happen in each scene.
At first I found frame forge difficult to grasp, but after some help and a bit of patients, the software started to come naturally

40 Second Pilot
I wanted my 40 second pilot to be an inverse of what the actually film was going to be like, but after some researching, I realized what I wanted to achieve was more like a trailer then a pilot, so I decided to take my favorite 40 seconds from my film

Title Sequence
for my title sequence I wanted my titles and credits to stay in tune with the genre and design aspect of my film, I decided to make my titles video footage as well to stay in the same design aspect.

Production File - While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping
By Danny Peachey

I had to produce a 6 minute fictional film centred on two main characters or more, this is the production file that documents all of the processes I used to produce my final product and a 40 second pilot.
For this piece of work I want to create a dark comedy, based around two primary characters and one secondary character.
I first started with researching different types of films involving hostages or hostage situations, these being such as the “Saw” trilogy starting in 2004 and most recently Saw 5 released in 2008, films revolving around people being taken hostage, and given a choice, that would decide their freedom or their death. I also looked at some short films similar to the type of design and I idea I had in mind. I was also looking on You Tube for short films revolving around dark comedy for example Hoodoo for Voodoo, High Expectations and The Inside Job - Mafia Dark Comedy. But my favourite example of a hostage film, that revolves around the relationship between the hostage and its capturer is the film “Tie me up, tie me down”
Tie me up tie me down follows the role of a young man, who has recently been released from a mental institution, he man becomes obsessed with an actress, who he had a one night stand with and doesn’t want to let her leave.
Throughout my project I had to keep a journal of every aspect I did, from research and pre-production all the way to the final product and an evaluation, however I am currently at the post production stage, and the final product being the 6 minute fictional film has not been finalised and evaluated.
I also have to use a piece of 3D software called frame forge to produce a full storyboard of my film as and avi document as well as storyboard stills to visualise how my film will be structured, how it will look and how it will feel.
My primary idea was a fantasy story about vampires in the modern age, living with and around humans, and how they lives can become twisted and manipulated by lies and betrayal, titled “A Memory Of Blood” and you can find the script here. However this script was a lot longer then 6 minutes and I felt that I didn’t have enough knowledge to complete it to a standard that I wanted to achieve and cut it down to 6 minutes while still keeping the main storyline intact.
My secondary idea was the idea of a dark comedy about a hostage and his captures day and what he does throughout the day, the primary script can be found here, I have also written an alternative ending and that script can be found here.
I also wrote a short proposal of an overview of my film, what the characters were like, what makes them significant to the piece, and some basic research, my proposal can be found here.
After I had written my script I started to write some brief character histories for each character, Terry, John and Stacie’s can be located on their names.
After writing the character histories, I searched for actors that I wanted to use, but without funding in my current situation, I decided to go with actors that I knew and who also had experience of working behind the camera as well, but didn’t need being paid for payment for travel or a hotel room, these people being Danny Peachey, Jack Boyles and Janet Chu .
After these three people accepted the desired take I had to write a detailed filming schedule as well as numerous release forms that had to be agreed and signed by the actors and signed of by someone of authority this being Simon Perkins.
I had some locations in mind but I wanted to investigate a range of different places and pick from the best, the place I ended up deciding would be most suitable was 5 Noel Street. The reason I felt 5 noel street was most suitable was because the main reason being, it being where I lived so I didn’t have to get permission to film there, also it has a run down cellar, but the rest of the apartment is well maintained and large enough to hold a crew with a low risk level, the only place with the higher risk level was the cellar, however the cast and crew had high knowledge of the cellar location and the risks involved.
Once the footage was shot, I started to think about how my title credits could be made to look in the same aseptic theme as the 6 minute fictional film and pilot would be and this is what I came up with, the credits title sequence can be found here.

Location Stills





Map for directions

evaluation

Evaluation

throughout this assignment I had to continuously review and evaluate how I carried out my project, from the pros and cons to how I overcome the problems that arose and how I developed my ideas from my primary idea into my final finished movie.
During this piece of work I had to keep a journal that should have made use of my on line web log utilities, my journal was used to document and reflect on my work as my project progressed.
My primary idea was an in-depth story revolving around two families entitled Memory Of Blood, however I had to scrap this idea due to the face that the final films predicted run time would have been well over the desired six minutes, and If I had to cut the film down to six minutes then a lot of the storyline would have been lost in the process, so I decided to scrap that idea and start over again.
My secondary idea was a collaborative idea that I established and elaborated on with a fellow Audio/Visual Student Jack Boyles, my secondary idea was the idea that I went for as my final idea, the storyline consisted of two primary characters and one secondary character, and the relationship between a hostage and his capturer.
Two days before the scheduled day of filming, both my primary and secondary actor contacted me and to my disappointment pulled out, due to conditions that there car had broken down and it was too late for them to arrange a alternative means of transportation.
As a last result I asked two fellow Audio/Visual students if they could participate in acting in my film, these two people being Jack Boyles and Janet Chu. To my surprise they both agreed to lend me a hand in order to produce my film, because me and jack came up with the storyline together, he already had a good idea of what I wanted and what I expected to gain from the filming.
On the day of the shot the main problem that arose was that the microphone cable wasn't picking up sound but it was still registering on the camera that the sound was being captured, it was only after filming and capturing the footage, that I discovered there had been a problem with the microphone, however I decided to overcome this problem by using a sound booth to reproduce the audio and a soundtrack that was produced by a amateur sound designer and my house mate, Henry Girgis.
While editing the biggest problem I found was not the footage or sound, but cutting the footage down to 6 minutes without losing the storyline.
Day one of filming I wrote on my on line journal “I had a lot of fun working on my film today, there was a lot of funny out takes and for the first time i really had fun filming a piece of work, this was also the first chance i got in a long time to actually be on camera not just the guy behind the lens, the face no one ever remembers,” I feel that this quote sums up the whole experience I gained from the production work I produced, Working along side two very good and close mates was a great opportunity.
The software I used to capture my footage and compile my movie was a software designed for Windows called Adobe Premiere, the version I used of the software was Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, I didn't use the latest edition which is CS3 because I feel comfy with the design and layout of Pro 2.0, if I had a choice I would have used Final Cut Pro for the Mac, the reason being is that have had two year pier experience with Final Cut Pro, and I am more confident with that piece of software, however to have the advantage in my field of work, I need to experience and develop my knowledge and skills In a range of different softwares and achieve in-depth knowledge into my area of expertise. I feel that working on my own for this assignment allowed me to learn about my own personal strengths and weaknesses and how I can overcome the weakness and mature my strengths, thus gaining a better grasp and knowledge of my own capabilities and my potential to develop future in the future, to achieve my own goals.
When I finished a draft version of my film, I sent my father a email to ask his opinion on what he thoughts were on what I had done so far and if there was anything he thought I should change or try to improve, within a hour he replied to my email saying, and I quote “ I am amazed that I piece of work such as this was done by my son, you make me and your mother so proud, you was the first one in the family to go to university and you are living my dream, we are both proud of what you have become and achieved.”
What my father said to me in that email gave me a large burst of confidence, but he also gave me some ideas and pointers on how I could improve my footage and from what he said I feel that I developed and improved the final outcome of my movie.
One major problem that arose near the end of my final footage was that my external hard drive where my data was kept malfunctioned, and I lost all my work on it, lucky enough, I had most of the assignment in other locations, the production folder was handed in a few weeks pier to the malfunction, so that was one part of work already completed, most of the footage was already uploaded onto youtube, the cuts and shots had been listed, so all I had to do was recapture the footage and from the shot list I had already written, cut the footage to the shot list and I had the footage that I originally lost.

Overall I was satisfied with the outcome of my final movie, however the final film could have been better, if problems hadn't occurred such as my hard drive malfunctioning and losing my in progress work, I could have maybe developed the final film and spent more time developin , but I am grateful that these problem did arise because these problems gave me the oppitunity to develop my knowledge and look at my work from a different








Intro - While You Were Sleeping

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Filming location, date and time,contact details

Danny Peachey
Filming location, date and time,contact details

Contact Details:
Danny Peachey
flat1, 5 Noel Street
Forest Fields
Nottingham
NG7 6AQ

Date:
25.02.09

Time:
0900 - 1800

Location:
Flat 1, 5 Noel street
Forest Fields
Nottingham
NG7 6AQ

trailer 2

trailer

shows a man putting on his best suit, setting up a dinner table, lighting candles, shows part of a women,him pulling out her chair, him taking her jacket, shows closeup of a wine glass,him pouring the wine into the glass for her, romantic music in the background,

shows a man putting on his best suit
- close up shot of back of terry, puttin on his suit jacket.
-camera closeup of front, buttoning up his suit jacket
-slightly pulled out shot, of terry brushing of his suit jacket arms

setting up a dinner table
-shows whole table, and a white sheet being thrown over it
-cuts to two plates, candles on the table,wine glasses on table and terry putting last knife table.
-candles on the table, closeup of candle and terry hand lighting a candle

shows part of a women
-shows a womens legs, starting off at her feet and working its way up,when it gets to the top half of her body, terry enters into the scene and takes her jacket off her,

him pulling out her chair, him taking her jacket
-shows a chair, terri pulling the chair out and stacie taking a seat

Wine bottle
-closeup showing terry hanf pouring a glass of wine for stacie,

trailer

trailer

shows a man putting on his best suit, setting up a dinner table, lighting candles, shows part of a women,him pulling out her chair, him taking her jacket, shows closeup of a wine glass,him pouring the wine into the glass for her, romantic music in the background,

shows a man putting on his best suit
- close up shot of back of terry, puttin on his suit jacket.
-camera closeup of front, buttoning up his suit jacket
-slightly pulled out shot, of terry brushing of his suit jacket arms

setting up a dinner table
-shows whole table, and a white sheet being thrown over it
-cuts to two plates, candles on the table,wine glasses on table and terry putting last knife table.
-candles on the table, closeup of candle and terry hand lighting a candle

shows part of a women
-shows a womens legs, starting off at her feet and working its way up,when it gets to the top half of her body, terry enters into the scene and takes her jacket off her,

Terry pulling out her chair, him taking her jacket
-shows a mid to close range shot of a chair, terri pulling the chair out and stacie taking a seat

Wine bottle
-closeup showing terry hand pouring a glass of wine for stacie,

Flicking
-shows Stacie flicking through the t.v channels
-goes onto the wrong channel and sees john

Keep you mouth shut
-shows terry hitting john and then saying sorry

Summary of timing

Summary of timing

30 sec- intro with credits
15 sec- shows john waking up,looking around
30 sec- show terry cooking and then his phone goes off, stacie is phoneing him
30 sec- terry putting suit on and talking to himself
15 sec- terry walking down stairs
60 sec- talking to john
15 sec- terry leaving room
30 sec- terry having meal with stacie
30 sec- stacie flipping the tv channels
15 sec- terry going in kitchen
15 sec- stacie going in cellar
30 sec- terry going down to the cellar with two plates

Storyline

Storyline

terry is a well presented, smart, professional young man but with a big secret.
He may have a ragged appearance,but he is well manned and dresses smartly and to the trends, he is able to play the piano to a professional level as well as numerious other musical instruments but just like his music, he also has a darker, quieter side to him.
He shows a lot of affection to people, he wants to be admired and loved by everyone,
Terry lives on his own but yet he always has company
and when someone he shows affection to doesnt show it back, he takes it and makes them have affection, he is like a child. Takeing what he wants even when he ben told no.

Schedule - While You Were Sleeping

“ While You Were Sleeping”

Project title
While You Were Sleeping
Proposed Date of Shoot
22/02/09 Full Day
Locations
5 noel street
Directions to locations
See attached sheet
Contact
Danny Peachey – Producer/ Director

Tel: 07871232824
email: N0194311@ntu.ac.uk
D.peachey@hotmail.co.uk

Nearest Police Station
Main Switchboard 0115 967 0999
City Division
North Church Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BH
Tel: 0115 948 2999
Nearest Hospital /A&E
Queens Medical Centre University
Hospital
Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
Main Switchboard 0115 924 9924
In emergencies call 999
Equipment
Sony HDV Z1, Headphones,
Microphone K6, Tripod, Boom, Boom
Extension Pole, Spare Batteries,
Digital Still Camera
Hire company
Nottingham Trent University
Lunch/Break
25/3/2009 - 1330 - 1500
Clothing
Crew – Comfortable clothing, preferrable trainers, due to cellar scenes

Actors – See Below
Scenes to be Shot
See Shot List

Clothing
wardrobe set
Terry
John
stacie
1
Tshirt and jeans
Jeans and tracksuit top
Smart going out dress wear, jeans, high heels, earrings
2
Black Suit, white shirt, black tie, shoes
Jeans and tracksuit top
Smart going out dress wear, jeans, high heels, earrings

Shoot Schedule
Project: Whle you were sleeping
Date: 25/02/2009 - 26/02/2009
Start Time – Crew Member: 0900
Start Time – Actors: 1000
Finish Time: 1930-2000

Day 1 - 25/02/2009

Time
Task - crew
Task - actors
0900
Crew arrive at 5 noel street – equipment already at location

0930 - 1000
Debriefing and set up

1000 - 1030
Debrief actors
Actors arrive at location – wardrobe set 1
1030 - 1330
Cellar Shots ( see shot list )
1330 - 1500
Lunch Break
1500 - 1900
Cellar Shot Continued
1900 - 1930
End Of Day 1

Day 2 - 26/02/2009

Time
Task - crew
Task - actors
0900
Crew arrive at 5 noel street – equipment already at location

0930 - 1000
Briefing and set up

1000 - 1030
Briefing actors
Actors arrive at location – wardrobe set 1 and 2
1030 - 1100
Bedroom Shot ( see shot list )
1100 - 1230
Dining room/ Kitchen Shots ( see shot list )
1230 - 1300
Cut Away Shots
1300 - 1330
Cellar Shots Part 2
1330 - 1430
Finish Filming / Clear up equipment
1430 - 1730
Take Cast & Crew out for “Thank You” meal


Contact details
Crew
Director: Danny Peachey 07871 232824
Producer: Janet Chu 07900 977676
Director of Photography/Sound: Jack Boyles 07597 972333
Production assistant/Sound:Jason Bickerley
Camera Operator #1:Jack Boyles
Camera Operator #2:Janet Chu
Actors
John – Danny Peachey
Terry – Jack Boyles
Stacie – Janet Chu
Shot List – Cellar - HDV-Z1


INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

Scene 7
LDS, shot from bottom of cellar stairs looking up as Terry walks down
Scene 8
WS, Terry talking to John, who is captive in the cellar
Scene 11
CU, Terry getting aggressive with John, hitting him and pouring drink over him

Shot List – Bedroom - - HDV-Z1


INT. BEDROOM- EVENING

Scene 1
MCU, Terry putting on suit jacket
Scene 2
ECU, Terry sorting out tie
Scene 3
ECU, Terry buttoning up blazer

Shot List – Dining Area- HDV-Z1


INT. DINING AREA - EVENING

Scene 4
MS, Terry setting up dining table
Scene 5
OSS, Stacie taking some prawn crackers
Scene 6
MS, Terry saying he going to sort out dinner
Scene 9
MS, Terry and Stacie having dinner
Scene 10
OSS, looking at Terry as he says he is going to the toilet

Shot List – Cellar Part 2- HDV-Z1


INT. DARK CELLAR – EVENING

Scene 12
LDS, Stacie walking down into the cellar
Scene 13
WS, Stacie and John both hostages down in the cellar
Scene 14
LDS, Terry leaving the cellar laughing



CU – Close Up
OSS – Over Shoulder Shot
WS – Wide Shot
MCU – Medium Close Up
MS – Medium Shot
LDS – Low Down Shot

ECU – Extreme Close Up

Locations and Directions

Flat 1, 5 Noel Street, Nottingham NG7 6AQ
Tel: 07871232824
Walking direction to Nottingham NG7 6AQ

0.5 mi – about 8 mins
1.Head northwest on Waverley St toward Arboretum St
2.Waverley St turns slightly left and becomes Mount Hooton Rd
3.Slight right at Mount Hooton St
4.Turn right at Noel St
5.Destination will be on the left


6.

Proposal

Proposal

For this piece of work I have to produce a 6 minute fictional film centered around two main characters. I also have to use a piece of 3D software called frameforge to produce a full storyboad of my film to visualise how my film will be structured, how it will look and how it will feel.
For this piece of work I want to create a dark comedy, based around two primary characters and one secondary character. The main primary character will be a man called Terry Jack Thugson, he is an affectionate man however he doesn’t completely understand his actions.
Terry is the primary character in which the dark comedy is situated around.
I have considered creating the pilot as an inversion of what my 6 minute film is going to be about, right until the very end of the pilot.
John is the secondary character, he use to be terry boss and felt compassion towards him because terry tried hard to fit in with other people and make friends at work but because of his rough appearance no one wanted to associate with him at work.
I was considering filming more then one ending to have a few veariations of the story with a few alternative endings.
For this piece of work to be successful I need to dedicate a lot of time and effort to this piece of work, I have been studying some short films on youtube revolving around dark comedy for example Hoodoo For Voodoo.

Problem Questions

1.what is the story actually about?
2.Who is it about?
3.Do we empathize with the main character(s)?
4.Are they likeable?
5.What exactly do these people want?
6.Who is stopping them getting it?
7.Why?
8.Are there surprises, thrills, revelations: is the audience led one way before the oppisite is revealed?
9.Is the audience lifted and let down and then lifted again, th peaks and throughs going higher and plunging lower as the story builds?
10.Do the main turning points appear for maximum impact and interest?
11.Do I have the elements I would expect for the genre?
12.Have the principal characters gone through major irreversible changes?
13.Are these changes credible?
14.Will those changes move and effect the audience?
15.Is the underlying theme clearly revealed?
16.Is there a satisfactory ending which gives the audience what they expect, but not exactly how they expected it?

Pilot

Pilot

The pilot is a 40 second taster of my six minute film, they 40 seconds I decided to use was my favourite scene to do, this is the scene where Terry, goes mental at John. Terry hits john and then chucks a liquid beverage in Johns face. Terry uses some comparisons of Johns attitude and behaviour to hansel and Gretel, in the way John is being greedy.

Character History - Terry

Character History List - Terry

Full Birth Name: Terry Jack Thugson
Birthplace: Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height: 5'9”
Relationship With Mother: he mother died when he was 8 years old, police came to investigate his father but the case was dropped as suicide
Relationship With Father: terry's father was an alkaholic and a heavy smoker
Education: Terry when to a run down school, but made it into college which he quit in his final year to get a job due to his dads death at 45 years old
Occupation: Terry is currently in-between jobs
First Memory: His father putting a cigarette out on his arm
Favorite Food: Chineses/ Indian takeaways
Favorite Drink: Strongbow, coffee
Talents: Terry can play the piano, as well as several other instruments, he has a way with words and is very romantic
Flaws: Terry's biggest flaw is that he doesnt understand how to accept no, he is still like a kid, if he wants something, he goes to any length to get it
Worst Fear: being alone
Occupation of Parents: Terry's mother worked in the local town cafe, Terry's father was a truck driver and was away from home a lot of the time
Social Status: From peoples first impressions terry is treated as an outcast and some people dont want to associate with him.
Pets: Terry has a dog
Travels: Terry has never left his home town, after his fathers death he move into his own flat and he has never moved or been abroad.
Favorite colour: Green
Sense of humour: Terry's look at life as a joke, he doesnt take anythign seriously, he can make any situation into a joke, his care free attitude seems to attract a lot of attention from people, but due to his appearence, a lot of people tend to ignore him.

Character History - John

Character History List - John

Full Birth Name: John Penned
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Height: 5'8”
Relationship with Mother: John was very close with his mother, when he was a kid she took me everywhere with her while Johns father was at work
Relationship with Father: Johns father was the perfect dad, he took john to play ball in the park, he would take he everywhere he could when he wasnt at work, this was mainly on the weekends
Education: John when to a private school, but then when to a normal college, and finally gained the grades to go to university
Occupation: John is currently the manage of a chain of shops, he use to be Terry's boss
First Memory: Johns first memory is of him and his father sitting on the floor in the living room playing with lego while his mother was sitting in the chain smiling and watching the two bonding together
Favorite Food: Johns favorite food is a traditional english meal, fish and chips
Favorite Drink: John likes a range of different drinks but due to the long hours he work, he is usually seen drinking energy drinks
Talents: John has many talents, and is a very skilled man,
Flaws: he feels pity on people and give them the benefit of the doult, espically at work he tries to befriend the new employees, so that they feel more easy at work
Worst Fear: Johns worst fear is that he will be forgotten, he likes to make a lasting impression, and he doesnt want to die with no-one to miss him
Occupation of Parents: John's mother use to work for the chain of shops that john now manages, but due to a back problem she had to give up working, johns father works in accounting.
Social Status: John is a high mantainence guy, who is well liked by a lot of people and has made many friend throughout his life
Pets: John ownes a yorkshire terrier
Travels: Johns travels as much as he can when he aint working, he knows you only live once so he wants to see as much of the world as he possible can
Favorite Colour: Blue
Sense of Humour: John is quite a serious guy at work, but he likes to play silly jokes to make the other workers feel easlier, this was the first thing Terry noticed about john

Character History - Stacie

Character History List - Stacie
Full Birth Name: Stacie Mesmeric
Birthplace: Oxford, United Kingdom
Height: 5'4”
Relationship with mother: Stacies mother treated Stacie like an adult from a young age and they told each other everything, she got everything she asked her mum for, her mum worked full time but always found time to go shopping with her daughter.
Relationship with father: Stacie was a daddies girl, he brought her everything
Education: when to private schools, worked hard in class to achieve her place in life, but at the same time was liked but her class mates,
Occupation: owns her own modeling company
First Memory: Stacies mother in the kitchen making cakes
Favorite Food: stacie favorite food is her mothers home cooked chicken stew, because she is always away on business, she loves her mothers cooking when she returns home
Favorite Drink: Stacie loves a good bottle of vintage white wine
Talents: Stacie is a business women and is very talented with talking and manipulating people into getting what she wants, business and personal wise
Flaws: Stacie is easily flatted by someone who is charming and, does everythign for her
Worst Fear: Stacie is afriad of being on her own in the dark, and in small spaces
Occupation of Parents: Stacies father was a world famous solicitor. Stacies mother worked for the same company Stacies father owned and that is how the two met.
Social Status: Stacie is a powerful figure, she owns her own modeling company that her father helped her set up
Pets: Stacie doesnt have any pets because she is always traveling due to work
Travels: Stacie travels a lot due to her job
Favorite Colour: Yellow
Sense of Humour: Stacie is a very happy, lively person, who love to meet people and have a laugh when she isnt working

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Script Edit 3 - Alternative ending

While you were sleeping
By Danny Peachey
SCENE 1:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

the capture is sitting in a chair, he wakes up confused, he looks around trying to figure out what has happened,he struggles to reach for his pocket,he finally manages to get his phone out of his pocket, he tries to phone someone,

SCENE 2:

INT. KITCHEN – EVENING

the camera cuts to a kitchen where another man is preparing dinner, his phone is on the side and it starts ringing, he cleans his hands and answers the phone, but it is a womens voice,

STACIE
“are we still on for dinner round yours tonight?”

TERRY
“ yea of course. Im just preparing the food now”

STACIE
“Ok.great.i will see you at 8 then.bye”

she puts down the phone,

SCENE 3:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

the camera cuts back to the cellar, and the phone is showing it has no signal.

SCENE 4:

INT. BEDROOM - EVENING

the man putting on his best suit, he looks in the mirror and is very pleased by the way he looks, he looks at his watch

TERRY
“ only a few more hours and she will be here, hope she likes what ive cooked for her”

TERRY
“o that reminds me, I better feed him,”

closeup shot showing to pieces of toast popping out of the toaster. He puts them in a dog bowl, and walks to the cellar door, he slowly opens the door, camera is shotting the back of his head, and it cuts to in the cellar looking up and the door opening..the capture walks down the stairs, and puts the dog bowl down on the floor, and walks away,

fades to black

SCENE 5:

INT. KITCHEN - EVENING

fades back in romantic music is playing, and we are seen in the kitchen as the capture is cooking a romantic meal,

SCENE 6:

INT. DINING AREA - EVENING

cuts to dining table.. a cover is being thrown over the table, plates and glasses are bin places on the table, candles are also put on the table.

SCENE 7:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

He then goes back down to the cellar to retrieve the dog bowl...

TERRY
“ arr your not eating whats wrong?”

camera pulls out to see a man tied to a chair

TERRY
“are you still mad at me because of what I said earlier?”

still he doesnt reply

TERRY
“kk kk give me one sec”

fade to black

SCENE 8:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

comes back in with two ties

TERRY
“ would you say the black or the red one for my date tonight?...o I almost forgot, would you like me to turn the page?”

JOHN
“Terry, id rather you let me go!”

TERRY
“you know I cant do that. What about your magazine, are you finding it interesting, would you like me to turn the page?

JOHN
“well I have read the same fucking page for the past four fucking days!”

TERRY
“didnt your mother teach you to show respect to other people”

hits the hostage round the face

TERRY
“im sorry I didnt mean too..”

he strokes the hostages face and then gives him a kiss on the cheek

doorbell rings

TERRY
“ that would be her.. wish me luck”

fade to black

SCENE 9:

INT. INTERCOM - EVENING

door bell is ringing, terry is looking through the camera at who it is. Camera as over the shoulder of terry,camera slowly pans in to have a closeup of the video screen of the girl,

TERRY
“ill be right out”

STACIE
“ok”

SCENE 10:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING
a pan of the womens body starting from her feet up to her neck, when it gets to her neck, terry enters the shot and takes her jacket from her, terry then pulls the chair out for stacie
a closeup shot of terry pouring a glass of wine for stacie.

Fade to black

SCENE 11:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING

fade in

terry picking up the plates, and leaving the room,

fade to black

SCENE 12:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

shows a bottle of wine and two glasses at the side of the sofer, with two pairs of feet, slow pan up to the bodies of terry and stacie

STACIE

“ theres nothing on tv”

flicking through the channels

TERRY

“well we can put a film on if you fancy one?”

stacie flips onto the channel where john is bing filmed

STACIE

“whats this?”

terry snatching the tv remote from stacie

TERRY

“its that crappy russian big brother, were not watching that”

STACIE

“I want to see what its all about”

TERRY

“No its boring. Lets just talk instead”

gets up. Walks over to t.v and turns it off

TERRY

“but before that im going to have a quick shower and freshen up”

SCENE 13:

INT. SHOWER - EVENING

shows closeup of shower and terry turning shower on

cuts to shower door closing and closeup of door locking

SCENE 14:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

stacie turns the tv back on and see john

JOHN

“terry. For fuck sake you cant keep me locked down here forever, and you got a fucking date upstairs... god I wish someone could hear me...HELPPPPP!!!!”

stacie mutes the tv and hears johns faint cry for help

SCENE 15:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

stacie quite as possibility, unlocks the cellar door and slowly creeps down, to her puzzle and amazement she finds john down there, crying,

SCENE 16:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

terry walks into the front room to find that stacie is no longer in there, he looks at the tv and sees stacie trying to untie john,

terry rapidly turns and exits scene

SCENE 17:

INT. CELLAR – EVENING

stacie is trying to untie john when a shadow suddenly appears on the wall

a quite voice is heard

TERRY

“ I didnt want you to see this stacie, I liked you”

STACIE

“your fucking mental”

TERRY

“now stacie lets not say things we dont mean”

camera focuses on the shadows on the wall, shows jack grabbing stacie by the neck, and pushing her to the floor

fade out
SCENE 18:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

terry walking down the cellar stairs just like at the start of the film, but this time with two plates,

TERRY

“i hope you two can behave yourself today... im entertaining a guest tonight, wish me luck”

terry turns and flicks the light off

cuts to pitch black

lights come back on and evryone is standing around

Janet

“ cut...cut ..cut...im not really feeling the ending.. danny you got to make john more of a weaker character... and jack... to need to show more of a change in terry's mental state... lets start from the top tomorrow”

the end

Script Edit 2

SCENE 1:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

(the capture is sitting in a chair, he wakes up confused, he looks around trying to figure out what has happened,he struggles to reach for his pocket,he finally manages to get his phone out of his pocket, he tries to phone someone,)

SCENE 2:

INT. KITCHEN – EVENING

(the camera cuts to a kitchen where another man is preparing dinner, his phone is on the side and it starts ringing, he cleans his hands and answers the phone, but it is a womens voice,)

STACIE
“are we still on for dinner round yours tonight?”

TERRY
“ yea of course. Im just preparing the food now”

STACIE
“Ok.great.i will see you at 8 then.bye”

(she puts down the phone,)

SCENE 3:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

(the camera cuts back to the cellar, and the phone is showing it has no signal.)

SCENE 4:

INT. BEDROOM - EVENING

(the man putting on his best suit, he looks in the mirror and is very pleased by the way he looks, he looks at his watch)

TERRY
“ only a few more hours and she will be here, hope she likes what ive cooked for her”

TERRY
“o that reminds me, I better feed him,”

(closeup shot showing to pieces of toast popping out of the toaster. He puts them in a dog bowl, and walks to the cellar door, he slowly opens the door, camera is shotting the back of his head, and it cuts to in the cellar looking up and the door opening..the capture walks down the stairs, and puts the dog bowl down on the floor, and walks away,)

(fades to black)

SCENE 5:

INT. KITCHEN - EVENING

(fades back in romantic music is playing, and we are seen in the kitchen as the capture is cooking a romantic meal,)

SCENE 6:

INT. DINING AREA - EVENING

(cuts to dining table.. a cover is being thrown over the table, plates and glasses are bin places on the table, candles are also put on the table.)

SCENE 7:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

(He then goes back down to the cellar to retrieve the dog bowl... )

TERRY
“ arr your not eating whats wrong?”

(camera pulls out to see a man tied to a chair)

TERRY
“are you still mad at me because of what I said earlier?”

(still he doesnt reply)

TERRY
“kk kk give me one sec”

(fade to black)

SCENE 8:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

(comes back in with two ties)

TERRY
“ would you say the black or the red one for my date tonight?...o I almost forgot, would you like me to turn the page?”

JOHN
“Terry, id rather you let me go!”

TERRY
“you know I cant do that. What about your magazine, are you finding it interesting, would you like me to turn the page?

JOHN
“well I have read the same fucking page for the past four fucking days!”

TERRY
“didnt your mother teach you to show respect to other people”

(hits the hostage round the face)

TERRY
“im sorry I didnt mean too..”

(he strokes the hostages face and then gives him a kiss on the cheek)

(doorbell rings)

TERRY
“ that would be her.. wish me luck”

(fade to black)

SCENE 9:

INT. INTERCOM - EVENING

(door bell is ringing, terry is looking through the camera at who it is. Camera as over the shoulder of terry,camera slowly pans in to have a closeup of the video screen of the girl,)

TERRY
“ill be right out”

STACIE
“ok”

SCENE 10:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING
(a pan of the womens body starting from her feet up to her neck, when it gets to her neck, terry enters the shot and takes her jacket from her, terry then pulls the chair out for stacie)
(a closeup shot of terry pouring a glass of wine for stacie.)

(Fade to black)
SCENE 11:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING

(fade in)

(terry picking up the plates, and leaving the room,)

(fade to black)

SCENE 12:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

(shows a bottle of wine and two glasses at the side of the sofer, with two pairs of feet, slow pan up to the bodies of terry and stacie)

STACIE

“ theres nothing on tv”

(flicking through the channels)

TERRY

“well we can put a film on if you fancy one?”

(stacie flips onto the channel where john is bing filmed)

STACIE

“whats this?”

(terry snatching the tv remote from stacie)

TERRY

“its that crappy russian big brother, were not watching that”

STACIE

“I want to see what its all about”

TERRY

“No its boring. Lets just talk instead”

(gets up. Walks over to t.v and turns it off)

TERRY

“but before that im going to have a quick shower and freshen up”

SCENE 13:

INT. SHOWER - EVENING

(shows closeup of shower and terry turning shower on)

(cuts to shower door closing and closeup of door locking)

SCENE 14:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

(stacie turns the tv back on and see john)

JOHN

“terry. For fuck sake you cant keep me locked down here forever, and you got a fucking date upstairs... god I wish someone could hear me...HELPPPPP!!!!”

(stacie mutes the tv and hears johns faint cry for help)

SCENE 15:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

(stacie quite as possibility, unlocks the cellar door and slowly creeps down, to her puzzle and amazement she finds john down there, crying,)

SCENE 16:

INT.  FRONT ROOM- EVENING

( terry walks into the front room to find that stacie is no longer in there, he looks at the tv and sees stacie trying to untie john,)

(terry rapidly turns and exits scene)

SCENE 17:

INT. CELLAR – EVENING

(stacie is trying to untie john when a shadow suddenly appears on the wall)

(a quite voice is heard)

TERRY

“ I didnt want you to see this stacie, I liked you”

STACIE

“your fucking mental”

TERRY

“now stacie lets not say things we dont mean”

(camera focuses on the shadows on the wall, shows jack grabbing stacie by the neck, and pushing her to the floor)

(fade out)
SCENE 18:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

(terry walking down the cellar stairs just like at the start of the film, but this time with two plates,)

TERRY

“i hope you two can behave yourself today...  im entertaining a guest tonight, wish me luck”

(terry turns and flicks the light off)

(cuts to pitch black)

the end

Script Edit 1

While you were sleeping
By Danny Peachey
SCENE 1:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

the capture is sitting in a chair, he wakes up confused, he looks around trying to figure out what has happened,he struggles to reach for his pocket,he finally manages to get his phone out of his pocket, he tries to phone someone,

SCENE 2:

INT. KITCHEN – EVENING

the camera cuts to a kitchen where another man is preparing dinner, his phone is on the side and it starts ringing, he cleans his hands and answers the phone, but it is a womens voice,

STACIE
“are we still on for dinner round yours tonight?”

TERRY
“ yea of course. Im just preparing the food now”

STACIE
“Ok.great.i will see you at 8 then.bye”

she puts down the phone,

SCENE 3:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

the camera cuts back to the cellar, and the phone is showing it has no signal.

SCENE 4:

INT. BEDROOM - EVENING

the man putting on his best suit, he looks in the mirror and is very pleased by the way he looks, he looks at his watch

TERRY
“ only a few more hours and she will be here, hope she likes what ive cooked for her”

TERRY
“o that reminds me, I better feed him,”

closeup shot showing to pieces of toast popping out of the toaster. He puts them in a dog bowl, and walks to the cellar door, he slowly opens the door, camera is shotting the back of his head, and it cuts to in the cellar looking up and the door opening..the capture walks down the stairs, and puts the dog bowl down on the floor, and walks away,

fades to black

SCENE 5:

INT. KITCHEN - EVENING

fades back in romantic music is playing, and we are seen in the kitchen as the capture is cooking a romantic meal,

SCENE 6:

INT. DINING AREA - EVENING

cuts to dining table.. a cover is being thrown over the table, plates and glasses are bin places on the table, candles are also put on the table.

SCENE 7:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

He then goes back down to the cellar to retrieve the dog bowl...

TERRY
“ arr your not eating whats wrong?”

camera pulls out to see a man tied to a chair

TERRY
“are you still mad at me because of what I said earlier?”

still he doesnt reply

TERRY
“kk kk give me one sec”

fade to black

SCENE 8:

INT. DARK CELLAR - EVENING

comes back in with two ties

TERRY
“ would you say the black or the red one for my date tonight?...o I almost forgot, would you like me to turn the page?”

JOHN
“Terry, id rather you let me go!”

TERRY
“you know I cant do that. What about your magazine, are you finding it interesting, would you like me to turn the page?

JOHN
“well I have read the same fucking page for the past four fucking days!”

TERRY
“didnt your mother teach you to show respect to other people”

hits the hostage round the face

TERRY
“im sorry I didnt mean too..”

he strokes the hostages face and then gives him a kiss on the cheek

doorbell rings

TERRY
“ that would be her.. wish me luck”

fade to black

SCENE 9:

INT. INTERCOM - EVENING

door bell is ringing, terry is looking through the camera at who it is. Camera as over the shoulder of terry,camera slowly pans in to have a closeup of the video screen of the girl,

TERRY
“ill be right out”

STACIE
“ok”

SCENE 10:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING
a pan of the womens body starting from her feet up to her neck, when it gets to her neck, terry enters the shot and takes her jacket from her, terry then pulls the chair out for stacie
a closeup shot of terry pouring a glass of wine for stacie.

Fade to black

SCENE 11:

INT. DINING AREA- EVENING

fade in

terry picking up the plates, and leaving the room,

fade to black

SCENE 12:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

shows a bottle of wine and two glasses at the side of the sofer, with two pairs of feet, slow pan up to the bodies of terry and stacie

STACIE

“ theres nothing on tv”

flicking through the channels

TERRY

“well we can put a film on if you fancy one?”

stacie flips onto the channel where john is bing filmed

STACIE

“whats this?”

terry snatching the tv remote from stacie

TERRY

“its that crappy russian big brother, were not watching that”

STACIE

“I want to see what its all about”

TERRY

“No its boring. Lets just talk instead”

gets up. Walks over to t.v and turns it off

TERRY

“but before that im going to have a quick shower and freshen up”

SCENE 13:

INT. SHOWER - EVENING

shows closeup of shower and terry turning shower on

cuts to shower door closing and closeup of door locking

SCENE 14:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

stacie turns the tv back on and see john

JOHN

“terry. For fuck sake you cant keep me locked down here forever, and you got a fucking date upstairs... god I wish someone could hear me...HELPPPPP!!!!”

stacie mutes the tv and hears johns faint cry for help

SCENE 15:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

stacie quite as possibility, unlocks the cellar door and slowly creeps down, to her puzzle and amazement she finds john down there, crying,

SCENE 16:

INT. FRONT ROOM- EVENING

terry walks into the front room to find that stacie is no longer in there, he looks at the tv and sees stacie trying to untie john,

terry rapidly turns and exits scene

SCENE 17:

INT. CELLAR – EVENING

stacie is trying to untie john when a shadow suddenly appears on the wall

a quite voice is heard

TERRY

“ I didnt want you to see this stacie, I liked you”

STACIE

“your fucking mental”

TERRY

“now stacie lets not say things we dont mean”

camera focuses on the shadows on the wall, shows jack grabbing stacie by the neck, and pushing her to the floor

fade out
SCENE 18:

INT. CELLAR DOOR- EVENING

terry walking down the cellar stairs just like at the start of the film, but this time with two plates,

TERRY

“i hope you two can behave yourself today... im entertaining a guest tonight, wish me luck”

terry turns and flicks the light off

cuts to pitch black

the end

Sunday, 12 April 2009

Bad Times

this week has gone from bad to worse.the start of the week my computer malfunctioned and i had to transfer everything onto my external hard drive, and last night my external hard drive malfunctioned and ive lost all my work, so im having to restart my assignment, but hopefully if i take my hard drive into the shop they can recover even if not all the data atleast some of the important data.

a measure from my father

When I finished a draft version of my film, I sent my father a email to ask his opinion on what he thoughts were on what I had done so far and if there was anything he thought I should change or try to improve, within a hour he replied to my email saying, and I quote “ I am amazed that I piece of work such as this was done by my son, you make me and your mother so proud, you was the first one in the family to go to university and you are living my dream, we are both proud of what you have become and achieved.

My throughs and feelings

I had a lot of fun working on my film today, there was a lot of funny out takes and for the first time i really had fun filming a piece of work, this was also the first chance i got in a long time to actually be on camera not just the guy behind the lense, the face no one ever remembers

Thursday, 9 April 2009

Journals

Journals

It is a widely accepted fact that reflection is one of the key components of effective learning. Nearly all of us reflect on what happens to us on a daily basis, perhaps mulling over the day’s events on our journey home from work; thinking ‘out loud’ to our family and friends or coming up with bright ideas in the shower. Most of the time, these reflections are strikingly consistent or those bright ideas never come to fruition. The reason for this is that the link between reflection and action is often tenuous because our thoughts are often fleeting or because we are distracted or because it’s easier to put off doing something about them.

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Day two of filming

I decided to tell everyone last night to come to set a hour later then we had arrange, the reason being that yesterday everyone worked extremely hard and we was over a hour ahead of schedule, because everone worked so hard, i wanted them to have a lie in, the filmin will commence at 11.30 instead of 10.30. its 10.30 now so got one hour before everone arrives, i will put up another post later tonight to say how the 2nd day of filmin went

the BIG DAY of filming

ok so today was the big day for filming, and everything when great, all the crew and actors turned up 15minutes before i expected them too, and they worked constantly and very hard to achieve what i wanted, i am very greatful for what everyone has done on such short notice and it has been a great benefit to me that they could help me on such short notice.

Forget Actors - True Firends Will SAVE You In A Time Of Need

Due to the recent problem i have had with my actors, i have had to ask around for two people who are willing to star in my film, and my heroes who come to my rescue are two university coolegues and co-workers, Jack Boyles and Janet Chu.. these two are life savers, they are both going to be my actors but also they already have experience on and behind a camera, so these two will be great assets to my film,
thank you guys

Two Days before Shoot

ok right i had arranged some actors to star in my short fictional film... however within the space of 4 hours both have had to pull out due to conditions of filming. the main guy characters car has broken down, so he wont be able to drive up to nottingham from london and the actress, i wanted to star in the film doesnt feel it is suitable to sleep at anythign other then a hotel, and due to my lack of funds at the moment i cant afford to pay for a hotel for the whole weekend for her

Saw 1.5 reference

Whle doing my research on hostage situations, the first film that sprang to mind was to film trilogy SAW, i discovered that SAW was orignally a short film by some russian university students, and it was titled SAW 1.5

Fictional Film Reference - tie me up, tie me down

The film follows Ricky (Banderas), a young man recently released from a mental institution, who has been obsessed with Marina (Abril), an actress, former porn star, and recovering heroin addict, since the pair shared a one-night stand one year before the drama of the film. Ricky was orphaned at the age of three, and afterward subjected to the state system of foster-childhood and psychiatric care. He is a wily and ambiguous character with an imbalanced personality. He kidnaps Marina, and admits that his plan is to make her fall in love with him, live with him, and produce his children. Eventually, Marina does fall into some kind of love with him, however still considers herself his prisoner, and tells him to keep her tied up so that she won't try to escape. Subsequently, she reluctantly escapes with the assistance of her sister Lola (Loles León), but the lovers are eventually reunited.

Perhaps the major focus of the film explores how sex affects personal relationships. Sex is shown to be a prime determinant of emotions and actions. It directs, in no small part, the entirety of the dramatic content of the film. It is the seed of obsession. The obsession over sex drives Ricky to kidnap. It drives the paralyzed, porn-watching, wheel-chair-bound director (Francisco Rabal), into a neurotic pursuance of Marina. It initiates a softening of Marina's attitude towards her captor.

The film also deals with victimization and violence. Victim and predator blur, and violence and love are mixed together curiously. Almódovar deals with all serious topics in a very even-handed manner. In this film, it is clear that violence and victimization produce predatory and so-called "crazy" behavior (i.e. behavior worthy of psychiatric detention). Marina is a victim as much as Ricky - exploited for her beauty as a porn star, she becomes abuser and addict of smack. She is so used to being treated as a sexual object that she ultimately falls for the battered and imbalanced Ricky. At the end of the film she reminds one of the two young, run-away lovers of The Graduate. She seems entirely unsure and confused.

Monday, 6 April 2009

Film Production

http://ukfilmproductions.com/Pages/contact.html

Sunday, 5 April 2009

The Big Apple.. or Gum Tree

http://forums.gumtree.com/post-3292579.html

i found this work experience.. and i applied for this. ive also got adam sumner and janet chu involved.. ive got to go down to london on tues the 7th for a meeting with the director, and hopefully janey and adam can make it down with me. this work experience will last roughly 3 weeks, the travel, food and accomadation will all be paid for by the company.

so lets just hope we get the part