It’s not all about Lucy - Script

It’s not all about Lucy

Written by Jared Morgan

Two young male characters are shown through a long shot walking down a busy street at night in a built up area. They are laughing and smiling and this is audibly shown through diegetic speech. The camera changes to a free hand close up of the pair stopping and continuing their conversation, clearly they are drunk through their expression and voice.

Matt: It’s... It’s fucking sick mate.

Simon: You what?

Matt: It’s all fucking… sick mate.

Simon: You’re fucked mate

He laughs and the pair continues to walk through an over the shoulder shot.

Matt: I fucking love you

Simon: I know mate I know

The screen straight cuts to black and the title is shown through white text, non-diegetic music (Show me love by Robin S) builds as the black screen straight cuts to the pair sitting in a bus shelter, Matt is eating a kebab while his brother is clearly more sober. The music fades but is still heard as an underlay. The brother sings quietly.

Simon: Coz baby if you want me… you got to show me love.

He turns to look at Matt

Simon: Words are so easy to say oh I.

Matt joins in quietly with a hint of confusion in his voice.

Matt and Simon: But you’ve got to show me love. Heartbreaks and promises I’ve had more than my share, I’m tired of giving love and getting nowhere, what I need is somebody who really cares, I really need a lover, a lover that wants to be there.

The volume and their passion for the song increases as they turn to each other and start smiling.

Matt and Simon: Coz baby if you want me! You got to show me love! Words are so easy to say oh I! You’ve got to show me love!

The sound cuts and there is a straight cut to the pair sitting next to each other on a night bus. The bus is more or less empty; they are shown through a mid-shot. Simon is looking out of the window while Matt rolls a cigarette. Still looking down, Matt speaks.

Matt: You going Michaela’s?

Simon: S’that tonight?

Matt: Yeah

Simon: Nah I can’t be fucked, are you?

Matt: Yeah, Lucy’s gonna be there.

Simon smiles and shakes his head.

Simon: Don’t be back too late or mum’s gonna kick off again.

Matt: Nah I won’t.

The camera changes to a close up of Matt, he looks as if he is about to say something but he can’t bring himself to do it.

Matt: I bought this.

A close up shows an ecstasy pill in a see through bag in Matt’s hand. A close up shows Simon turning to look at him.

Simon: You’re fuckin mad.

Matt remains silent.

Simon: Is it safe?

Matt: Of course it’s-

Simon: Is. It. Safe?

Matt: Yes mate

Simon: Good, only take half yeah?

Matt: Yeah.

A mid shot behind the pair shows them leaving the bus, the shot shows them speaking.

Simon: Be safe yeah?

Matt: Yeah?

Simon taps him on the arm and walks away to the right.

Simon: See ya tomorrow.

Matt remains silent.

A low angle close up shows him taking the whole pill and swallowing it with a hint of doubt in his face. The mid shot shows him walking out of shot in the opposite direction to Simon.

A straight cut reveals Matt sitting on a sofa alone at the party, there are people either side of him talking, drinking and smiling. He takes in a deep breath and gets up and walks out of shot. A medium shot shows him enter the dining room of the house, he sees his friend Smally, they clasp hands as Smally rises out of his seat.

Smally: You alright mate, didn’t realise you were coming

Matt: Nah man I changed my mind

Smally: You alright dude, your eyes are fucking huge

A close up of Smally’s ear shows Matt leaning in to whisper.

Matt: I took a pill

The shot returns to a mid-shot

Smally: Mate you are gonna be loving life

They clasp hands again

Smally: Make sure you drink plenty of water yeah

Smally taps Matt on the back and leaves

Smally: Talk later mate

A close up of Matt reveals him standing still staring past the camera as if his mind is in a completely different place, the background music and conversation becomes a muffle and his head begins to move side by side.

A sudden straight cut shows Matt standing in the living room with some mates through a medium shot; he looks a lot happier and alert, holding a beer. Straight cut to a close up of Matt.

Matt: I fucking love you guys!

His mates stop the conversation and cheer loudly through a medium shot. A close up shows Matt smiling.

A straight cut shows Matt in the garden with his friend Jake. The night has progressed since we last saw him and he is chatting away in an uncontrollable manner.

Matt: It’s like everything fucking stopped you know. I just hit it and it flew in like a bullet, you should have been there mate it was mad. I’m so happy Lucy saw it she must have been –

Jake: You really like her don’t you

Matt pauses for a moment and nods.

Matt: Yeah

Jake: Go talk to her

Matt: Nah man later

With more encouragement

Jake: Go talk to her

Matt: Mate

Jake: You’ll hate yourself if you don’t, go talk to her

A straight cut shows Matt talking to Lucy through a medium shot. She is laughing while he continues to talk at an insane speed.

Matt: I couldn’t believe it, Smally was there and we just looked at each other and legged it. You couldn’t believe it happened, so many roadmen it was mad.

Lucy laughs

Matt: You’ve never seen so many roadmen in all your life it was like a movie or someth-

Smally comes over and sits up close to Lucy with his arm around her, she ignores Matt and is now engaged with Smally. Matt stops, sighs to himself and leaves.

A close up shows Matt’s face as he walks down a dimly lit street, his expression is blank; he seems tired with his situation. A straight cut shows this continued expression on another night bus, he sits alone. A wide shot shows him putting a key into his door and walking in.

A straight cut from inside Simon’s bedroom shows him asleep on his bed with the covers over him. Matt enters and Simon wakes. A close up shows Simon’s face, he can barely open his eyes.

Simon: What fucking time is it?

Matt looks like a child who is about to cry.

Matt: You were right about her.

Simon sighs and opens up his duvet as Matt climbs in. It is a scene reminiscent of their childhood and definitely not the first time Simon has had to console his brother in this way. A high angle shot shows both of their faces looking up at the ceiling with a neutral expression.

Matt: I fucking love you

Simon: I know mate, I know

Straight cut to credits

Salt - Poster Analysis

This film poster for ‘Salt’ shows Angelina Jolie looking directly into the viewers eyes making direct contact with the audience 'you', this can give a cold feeling to the viewers, which could enhance this characters possible cold heart and blunt personality which is the personality I'm sensing from this film poster.

The main image of the poster is of a well-known actress (Angelina Jolie), so in this case she’s usedas the USP (unique selling point) of the film. The image is striking as it’s a close up shot of the actresses face, creating a sense of curiosity and discomfort. This is the only image on the poster which draws all the attention to the actor and highlights her, and suggests she has a vital role in the film. The main picture also shows a girl emerging from a black background, this can show signs this character could be mysterious or dark. The colour black is commonly associated with elegancy, death and evil. The link this has to the poster is the fact that the character has elegant  

The colours used in the background of the poster convey a dark and give it a mysterious mood, this is complemented by the main image and the slogan 'WHO IS SALT'. This forms questions in the audiences mind and acts a persuasive device to make them want to find out more about the film, which will lead to them watching the film.

The month that the film is due to be released is displayed at the bottom of the poster as well the films website, providing further key information to the audience.

Repetition is used in the title of the film as a persuasive device to attract the audience and give them an incentive to watch the film. There is variation of the same font used in two colours which allows the title to stand out against the black background.

The Egg - Sound Test

After we took a sound test at the church, we decided to use the windscreen cover for the majority of enclosed environments. The dead cat cover will be used for scenes which are more open such as the path scene as it blocks out background noise such as wind whilst still having good quality.

The Egg - Test Intro

These are the variations of shots which I'll be using for the intro of my film, although I'll be having to reshoot as the weather conditions where not what I need for it to suit the films genre. The type of weather conditions that'd be ideal for the mood and feel of my film would be overcast and cloudy.

The Evil Dead - Poster Analysis

 

This film poster ‘The Evil Dead’ shows a struggling girl, pulling herself from the ground. Whilst a hand is gripping her around the neck showing actions of her being pulled into the earth and dragged under. This gives connotations of her trying to escape somewhere; perhaps hell as hell is often portrayed to us as being underground.

The colour scheme has cold damp colours which gives off a feeling of fear in this picture, along with very cold emotions which the audience will feel from the overall colour. Along with the image of the girl being pulled under this can give her a sense of being trapped. Along with the colour scheme the font is bold with quirky corners on each letter which gives it a mysterious look, which again goes along with the fact it’s a horror film. The font is also eye catching as its white text against a dark background which really stands out and is also easy for people to read in a short amount of time, which is good if this poster is on a billboard.

The slogan which is given at the top of the poster claims it’s ‘The most ferociously original horror film of the year’, this would grab any fan of horror films attention due to the descriptive language, plus claiming its one of the best horror films of the year. The title of the film ‘The Evil Dead’ also would claim horror film fans attention as its short and precise, as evil and dead connotations are common characteristics of successful horror films.

The fact that the film poster has been drawn or sketched with a very old style in tone rather than photographed; this suggests the film will be set a few years ago, as it hold a very 80's looking styled 

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

 

Date	Scene	What goes on
15th September	First initial scenes with Matt and Simon at the train station.	Simon and Matt are walking to the train station. Matt is very drunk and Simon has an arm around him helping him walk.
17th September	Inside the train station scenes and riding on the train.	Matt and Simon sing with each other whilst waiting for the train at the station. And we also filmed the part when Matt shows Simon the pill which he bought and intends to take at the party he is going to.
7th October	Matt and Simon going their separate ways.	Matt parts with Simon, With Matt heading to the party, he is also shown taking the drug which he bought.
10th October	All of the party scenes	Matt arrives at the party after taking the pill and looks much disassociated sitting on the sofa. We then get the shots where Matt feels the full effects of the drugs and goes to talk to his crush Lucy.
19th October	Re-Shooting of some of the party scenes.	Re shot the scenes where Matt was talking to Smally and a re shoot of him talking to Lucy.
30th October	Final scenes of Matt coming home and getting into bed with Simon.	Matt says his brother was right about lucy and looks very sorry for himself as the drug’s effects have now worn off.

Ronans Escape - Film Poster Analysis

Colour / Lighting -

The colour and lighting of this poster gives an interesting effect. It is split into two parts or colours, one, a grey and white sky and two, a light beige field. The effect of the sky gives a bleak. cold, despondent feel. In strong contrast to colour of the field below, the lighter tones and the fact he is walking through a field of plants gives a contrasting hopeful effect. Moreover, it gives the impression he is on a journey complimented by the title of the production 'Ronan's Escape'. The silhouette of presumably Ronan is clear and obvious in the poster. This is largely due to colour; the black can be clearly seen against the background and also is made more current to the similar colour of the surrounding text which brings out the silhouette further.

Text -

The title is in a simple style, it's not overly bold or large and sits against the background nicely due to its font and colour. This allows the reader not to be overwhelmed by the text and be able to take in all aspects of the poster. This is also due to the placement of the text. The title blends nicely with the rest of the poster along with the underlining text showing the cast and production information, this text is situated at the bottom of the poster, is small and not as bold as the title so the audience can take it in if they look specifically but it doesn't take much attention from the image and the title. This is also relevant to the information about various awards and film festivals. It is effective that this information is included as it shows the potential quality of the film and the positive critical reaction.

Mise-en-scene / Setting -

The strong juxtaposition of the field and the sky gives an interesting effect along with Ronan's silhouette. This works well as it doesn't give much away about his identity and his motives. We can tell he's presumably on a journey due to the film's title and the use of a backpack. His posture, along with him being in a field and him looking forward gives a hopeful impression and suggests he has a destination in mind. Despite this, Ronan seems slightly dwarfed by the setting; this along with the grey sky gives the impression of hardship and a possible struggle.