I chose to enter the BlueCat competition
Rules http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/faq/#Submission
Annotation of a page of script. Note that the character's name in block capitals is called the CHARACTER CUE and the scene heading is called the SLUGLINE.
In this extract we can see that all four characters arguing and insulting each other, because of the kinds of insults they are using we know that they are from young children and they are likely immature, Jake however is clearly more intelligent and maybe older than the others because his insult is longer and uses more intellectual words.
This scene from Dr Who includes comedic dialog which is great for viewers at home but it also shows that Bill has great trust in The Doctor and that Nardole is fairly simple. This scene also kind of shows the relationship between the three characters.
The screen directions in this extract of Being human show A: that the characters are communicating without dialog. And B: it shows how the character thinks and feels without telling the characters or the audience.
This ten minute short has very clever story telling techniques that lead us to believe that throughout the entire film we are following a possible terrorist, gang member, etc. by only telling us the bare minimum about why the two men are being chased by the military so we believe that what they are up to is illegal but in fact it is actually the opposite, the two men (although one doesn't know it) are actually delivering a heart to a dying military leader so that he may live and his corrupt general doesn't take over and potentially start a war, the militants that were chasing our protagonists were also corrupt and in turn trying to cause the military leader to die by destroying his replacement heart.
Vicky and Sam are a couple of teenagers who fall in love but they are also the fictional work of three scriptwriters who later on discover that they have the power to manipulate the world around them in any way they please. I like this narrative because it is very different and creative, we don't realise what is happening until halfway through the film when the young couple enter the same diner as the scriptwriters which makes the surprise that little bit better.
Here are some ideas of casting that I have already thought of if my film is to be made.
Lochlan Morrison as Tommy's older brother.
Luke Robbins as Chad
Luca Hawes as Tommy.
These are a few films that have influenced my film or That I have used as research.
What I took from this is the idea of a family fueled ambition to fight, I plan to have the younger brother in my script to gain his determination to fight from his brother getting beaten.
Never Back Down inspired me to have the two brothers, although it is brief in this film there is a scene where the family are at the dinner table and the younger brother of the two confesses that he got into a fight at school, the mother instantly blames the older brother who has a history with fighting both legally and illegally.
The most famous boxing film in the world that is Rocky inspired me to create a boxing film in the first place, it also gave me the idea of having a short training montage in my film, I believe that most of the modern boxing films have been somehow inspired by Rocky.
Research:
During my film the story will include the use of a drug called melatonin which is a drug that causes drowziness and is often perscribed as a sleeping drug for people who struggle to doze off.
"Melatonin is POSSIBLY SAFE when used by mouth appropriately, long-term. Melatonin has been used safely for up to 2 years in some people. However, it can cause some side effects including headache, short-term feelings of depression, daytime sleepiness, dizziness, stomach cramps, and irritability."
-WebMD
Melatonin comes in the form of pills so they could easily be crushed up and added to a liquid, there is a debate as to whether the drug is safe or not which has not yet been settled as neither side of the argument have enough solid evidence.
Cheating in sport is very common, especially now that drugs have been developed that allow muscle growth, increased reflexes, decreased heart rates, etc. And many sportsmen and woman have been caught cheating, eventually people developed drug tests to show whether drugs were used or not. A lot of famous sporting celebrities have been caught out for cheating, the most famous being Lance Armstrong, he didn't use drugs but he was using a technique called "doping", this is where you extract blood a few days before your event and keep it in the right conditions so that the cells can survive, a short while before your event you inject the blood back into your body which means you will have the original white blood cells and the white blood cells that replaced them, this will temporarily increase the effectiveness of cardiovascular and respiratory systems meaning his endurance was increased.
My survey.
I created a survey asking people their opinion on certain parts of my short film idea
Harvard referencing:
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Jenkin&Hamilton. GJ&AH. August 2007. Outnumbered:s1.2.
Mathieson. JM. May 2017. Dr Who: s10.5.
Whitehouse. TW. January 2009. Being human: s1.1.
Carnam. JC. 2002. BMW Films: Ticker.
Rocha. NR. 2010. Vicky and Sam.
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Coogler. RC. 2015. Creed.
Wadlow. JW. 2008. Never back down.
Stallone. SS. 1976. Rocky.
WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-940-melatonin.aspx?activeingredientid=940. 08/12/17
Ben .BB. Evening standard. Top ten sensational drug scandals in sport.
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