Tuesday 17 January 2012

Main task working script

THE HOOD Script

By Taiwo Bali & Shani Travers

Characters
The hood -played by Shani Travers
Young girl -played by Shannon Brown


The film openings begins with titles and three blacked out backgrounds with the words “Strange killers have been occurring, all victims are young girls, all these deaths have something in common”

1. INT.
Camera cuts to young girl in her living room that is very apprehensive and scared. She gets up and walks out of the room. The hooded person appears in the room after she has left and continues to appear behind the girl unrenowned to her.

2. INT.
The young girl walks to through the hall way and up the stairs. “The hood” shadows her, following her around the house. It is obvious the girl knows there’s something wrong up she’s unaware what exactly it is.

3. INT.
“The hood” continues to follow her upstairs appearing in flashes until it corners her in her bedroom as the girl lies down to sleep. “The hood” grabs hold of her throat and strangles the girl to death. The opening ends and cuts to credits.

Friday 9 December 2011

Research and Planning Questionnaire


Questionnaire 



Circle your answer:
1.Age?
13 or younger
13-15
16-18
19-21
22-24
25+
2. Gender?
Male
Female
3.How often do you go to the cinema?
Never
Once a week
Every two weeks
One a month
Other
4.Is dialogue important in the first two minutes of the film ?
Yes
No
Don’t mind 
5.What do you expect the opening pace of a new film to be like  ?
Fast Paced
Slow Paced 
A mixture of fast and slow
I don’t mind 
6.Where do you prefer an opening to be set?
Indoors 
Outdoors 
Mix of the two 
Other 
7. What editing do you prefer in the opening of a film?
Fast paced
Slow
8. How much of the plot would you expect to see in the opening?
All of the plot
Half of the plot
None at all
9.how important is music in a film opening? 
Very important
Important
Not bothered 
Don’t mind 
10. How much information would you expect to see in the opening of a film?
Title, Company 
Title, Company, Actors starring
Title, Company, Actors starring, Director
Title, Company, Actors starring, Director, Producer

Preliminary Task Storyboard



Preliminary Task 



Preliminary Task Script



Why?
by
Taiwo Bali & Shani Travers 




background information:
A fifteen year old girl is being stalked by an older man. He showered her with gifts at first but when she wanted to cut all ties with him he started ruining her life. He began to blackmailing her and when she did not listen to him he killed her best friend. This is a dark, twisted psychopathic one sided love story.
Int. scene - description 
Long shot of a girl walking down a long dingy hallway, it is obvious she is anxious from the way she is walking she doesn’t want to be there. She walks through the door to meet another person. The girl is clearly upset about something. She is familiar with the person she is meeting. She stills down to talk to him.
               GIRL
              (upset)
It was you that killed her wasn’t it Why are doing this to me
              


                MAN 
           I’m doing this because I love you