Pre-production - Script

Redemption

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Pre-Production - Redemption

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Research - Inspiration from other films

Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan. 

Narrative:

About a boy who can see dead people (Ghosts). 

He's scared to tell his mum about what he can see.

A doctor comes along and helps the boy with is fear of seeing the Ghosts.

The boy starts to listen to the doctor.

The boy starts getting the corogh to help the Ghosts.

Story:

Cole Sear (the boy played by Haley Joel Osment) looks like an average 8-10 year old boy. But he has a big secret that he tells no one, not even his mum (played by Toni Collette who's character is Lynn Sear). The secret is that he can see dead people. The only person who Cole tells is a Doctor called Dr. Malcome Crowe who is a psychologist (played by Bruce Willis) and he help's Cole over come his fear of seeing and hearing the Ghosts. Towards the end of the film Cole tells his mum about what he can see. And the Doctor finds out he is dead himself. 

Genre:

Drama, Mystery and Thriller

Mise En Scene/Location:

The scenes are very dark and gloomy. The clothes are average and ordinary looking because they don't have much money to spend on fancy clothes. Cole Sear seems to wear a pair of jeans with a hand nitted jumper. Dr.Malcome Crowe wears a smart pair of trousers with a shirt, tie and a jacket. The first location is the house where the mother and her son (Cole) live. It's an old house that has been turned in to a block of flats and they live on the ground floor. Inside their small house it is very ordinary and plain and it's loction outside is very grotty. The lighting is very dim and natural. 

Research - Inspiration from other films

 

Narrative/Story 

The film 'Ghost' is the story of a women who dramatically loses her boyfriend when he is murdered. However he appears to hang around on earth and a ghost trying to communicate with his wife and a 'medium' who suprisingly is able to hear him. Once he realises this he uses the 'medium' to try and solve the case of the murder which he soon finds out was a set-up from his so called 'best friend' to try and steal all of his money once dead. However this story also shows the journey of his girlfriend dealing with his death and trying to move on. However by the end of the film he is able to communicate with her. This is similar to the film my partner and I are trying to make as certain scenes and idea's resemble our short film. For example when the man in Ghost is killed he comes face to face with his dead body, trying to scream for help however no body can hear him obviously as he is a ghost which is a scene we hope to re-create. Also the idea of having to say goodbye to your loved one even if they can not hear you if something my partner and I are trying to portray in our short film.

Mise En Scene

The Mise En Scene in this film is quite effective. for example once the man is dead he is still wearing the same clothes he died in throughout the movie. However the clothing and make-up is basic which is something that will probably change for our film. however when the man dies the use of make-up is creative and he is covered in blood.

Genre 

Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Thriller and Mystery.

Location

This film is shot in a house, a city, an office, a bank and a variety of different location which simply mesmerized us.

Sound

Classical music playing through out many sounds of the string family. Emotional and dramatic particulaly at the end.

Research - Inspiration from other films

The Others

Directed by Alejandro Amenaber.

Narrative:
Mother move's into new house with her two children.
Children are elergic to the sun.
Wierd thing's start to happen in the house.
The family starts to get scared.
Mother realiseze that she killed her children and her self due to the deth of her husband.

Mise en Scene/Location:

'The Others' is set in the immediate aftermath of World War Two and the clothing (mise en scene) reflects this as the clothes are basic and have a gloomy dark almost victorian look about them. The majority of the movie is set in a large mansion which is has been well decorated with props of the era such as the chandelier. This mansion is effective and works well with the idea of a 'ghost story' because of the high ceilings, wooden interior and the creeking doors etc. If my partner and I choose to create a 'ghost story' I would borrow idea's from this picture.

Genre:

Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Sound:

The sound in this movie is eerie with the sound of high pitched choir voices and slow mguitar sequences. Many sound effects are used in this movie to heighten the suspence and hopefully frighten the audience.

My Possible Short Story - 'The Window' (Scene List)

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My Possible Short Story - Redemption (Scene List)

Exsistence

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This is a possible short story which I may adapt for my coursework. This is a reinvention of the short shory 'Ghost Like' which my partner and I wrote to get an idea of how our story 'Exsistence' would work and what each scene would consist of.

Research - Story Idea's

This is a book of childrens short stories however these stories arn't written by adults but by children between the ages of 6-13. These stories were chosen by the World Book Day competition and and these twelve storyie in this book are the finalists of 2007-2008. I think it would be brilliant to make a short film for children between the ages of 6-13 having had the story actually written by a child. When I read this book a few years ago I found some the stories in it captivating and was amazed by how these children came up with such sophisticated ideas. My favourite story from this book is called "Ghost- Like" and is the story I hope to adapt into a short film as I think it contains a great deal of emotion and idea's which could be portrayed very nicely into a short film.