Shot List - Rough Act 1

Shot	Position/Movement	Visual Content	Actor - directions	Time (secs)	Script
1	Elevated angle from bridge/building	City shot	/	2
2	Elevated angle from same bridge	Car Driving round corner at speed	/	2
3a	From car interior	Mid shot from a low angle of protagonist	Protagonist	1
3b	From low angle outside the car	Car pulling up on a side street (next to bridge)		2
4	Eye level angle/panning mid shot	Protagonist getting out of car and walking out of shot	Protagonist	4
5	Following shot behind person – slow mo?	Silhouette entering building	Protagonist	2
6/7/8	Multiple shots of the data pinned together by threads and maps etc	Maps, faces, the links, photo of the partner etc		2/3 --- 1 second cuts?
9	Conference room	Protagonist talking to his team		2	P: We’ve been after this bad guy for years, and we might have finally found the shot we needed”
10	Close up	Fade in and out of bad guys face looking scary		1
11	Pan up on building which is implied to be his location	See angle		1	“The tip off says e’s gonna be in (location) at 2300 hours tonight”
12	Different angle mid shot	Conference room		2	“This case has personal significance to me, as you all know.” Along those lines
13	Shot of specific crime scene picture	Showing partner with RIP written near		1
14	Conference room again	Close up		1-2	“SO no matter what happens tonight,”
15	Mid shot outside outer door of a house	Four mean dressed all in black preparing to enter		2	Continues sound bridge - “Now that we have found him…”
16	Extended tracking shot from behind	Protagonist running down hallway – dimly lit (with added black screen flashes synced with heartbeat)	Protagonist	2/3
17	Mid shot from behind	Protagonist pauses in front of door implied to be that of the villain	Protagonist	1
18	Same close up as (14)	“	Protagonist	2	“I go in first”
19	Quick transition -Black screen	“		1
20	POV Shot	Dead body		2

Trailer Influence - Irreversible (2002)

Irreversible Trailer:



I came across this trailer whilst searching for actor influences for our second antagonist. I thought the use of colour in the trailer was extremely interesting as seen from a few stills, taken from the trailer, which are located below. I particularly like the still image of the blue and orange lighting across the two actors faces and would like to attempt to make something similar to this as I feel it would suit the aesthetic we are looking for in our trailer extremely well. I was also fond of the still image of the woman walking with her back to the camera. This lasted for 10 seconds, which is an extremely long time for a single shot in one trailer but I thought it worked well and coincided interestingly with the words, 'Dazzling' and 'Emotionally Devastating'. The choice to keep her back to the audience was something I particularly liked for that length of time as it created a sense of mystery and tension, which was held nicely, throughout the trailer. The choice of colours, as previously mentioned was also thought provoking in this trailer and due to the fact that we want to play with the idea of using different colours to highlight different emotions at different times, this has influenced me greatly in this stage of the development of our trailer. In most of our influences, Blue and Red seem to be the major colours being highlighted on screen but I felt this trailer used Orange to great effect and this has certainly helped us to broaden our ideas and thoughts about what colours we should use and when to use them in our film/trailer.

MT

Secondary Antagonist Actor

We have cast Joe Rose as our initial antagonist. Although central to the plot, this character has minimal screen time, but will be required to do a few different shots. We feel Joe has the right look for this role, who, despite being a younger criminal, is very intimidating and high up in the world of crime. This will give him a certain arrogance and swagger that need to come across on screen in a short space of time, and we believe that Joe should be able to pull this off. As we are relying on him for filming dates, it is also useful to us that Joe is free during the holiday period in which we wish to do our filming.

The above photos show that Joe can inhabit a casual or formal look and not appear uncomfortable or out of place. This is useful for a character whom we have yet to pin down a costume for, and could in fact be in either sort of clothing.

CM

Introducing Friend Character Actor

The character to play the role of the friend is going to be Max Twyman, one of my partners in

 the production of the film. Due to the limited time scale and the size of the part we thought

 that by having an already established actor playing the role of the friend we could kill two birds

 with one stone, having someone who is readily available and devoted to the production of the

 film and good at acting, emphasising the friendship side of the relationship as well as the

 aesthetic side. Seeing as he doesn't have a job within the police office he doesn't have to

 wear uniform and as such we can dress him in clothes which emphasise his age and looks.

The above photo shows his role in the most recent school play, Anything Goes. 

Taking centre stage in the photo, wearing the blue jeans and black shirt, this will be very 

similar to what he will be wearing within our film, due to the scene in act 2 being set within 

his own house. 

This is the most recent photo of max to show how his features can have him looking older

 than his age suggests, the costume which is planned is shown below. 

JL

Actor - Female Character

We are relatively limited in terms of who we can choose to be in our film, especially for the female character who we would want to have a certain look and so because of this we have chosen to cast Georgie Ward, a friend from school and have prepared a few understudies/backup actresses just in case we encounter any problems along the way that mean we have to film with someone else. However our first choice would be Georgie Ward who we believe fits the character we are looking for perfectly. 

Costume is something we have had to think a lot about and have decided to go with the style that is shown below: 

MT

Protagonist Actor - Aaron Mays

Due to the limited amount of people available for our film, even though we are

 considered to be the next big thing coming out of London, we have had to

 choose an older looking fellow student of ours instead of a more adult actor to play

 the protagonist of a policeman. The reason for this is because due to the 

narrative, a tale of revenge from some years ago, the actor needs to look like 

he has had enough experience at the job to have a position in the force such as 

this as well as being taken seriously. Strange as it sounds, the criteria we were

 mainly looking at were build and whether a beard was possible, which for our final 

choice, it was. Below are two images, both from before 6 months ago, showing how even 

then he would have been a relatively safe choice for the part.

Gabriel (Pictured above) was the easiest and most practical choice for the part, especially 

considering he is not going away during the Christmas holidays when we wish to get 

the majority of our filming done. He is also considered good looking, so the implied 

relationship with the girl which is first established in act two is also not so farfetched/has 

some tangibility. With quite a muscular build and a decent height he does not look too 

scrawny or short to play the part, and would gain support from our piers for the play due 

to being well known throughout other schools. A sort of South East London 

Ryan Reynolds. More posts are to come showing him in costume, with any props needed. 

Costume:

There will be various costumes and props which will be needed during the production of our film,

 especially for the protagonist. In the opening scenes of act 1, being inside school, we will use 

Gabriel's school uniform as it looks smart and resembles that of an office situation. This 

means that when it comes to filming in central London for the opening shots we must have

 him wearing the same things. Images of this costume are shown below. 

After this, during the raid scene, he will be wearing all black as is typical among films of the genre. 

This includes black jeans, a black crew neck with a black or white shirt underneath and possibly

 a bullet proof vest if we can get a hold of one. This will be constant among the next few scenes

 where he is on the run as he would not have gone home. 

In terms of props, the idea of having a gun is essential for the film, however with the 

majority of filming being done on the south bank this may be difficult due to ethical 

and practical issues. Because of this we will attempt to do the majority of filming in 

relatively empty areas, as well as taking shots both without guns and with to keep the 

narrative consistent. This decision also came about because of how tacky some student films 

can look when using a pistol.

JL