Camera Angle Ideas, Keith Davids part in Smiley

A I have already shown in a previous post that the detective scene in smiley is an influence in our trailer, especially with the character that I am playing. Smiley however, is a horror film, and so I would need to create a transition from the horror genre to the action/ thriller genre. The way in which this would be accomplished would be by creating a similar scene with various intercutting scenes as well. Except instead of the intercutting scenes being of the murderer, they could be that of fist fights, and various pursuits. The music would have to change as well, but because the genre of thriller and horror can blur, the music might be fairly similar, but with more action oriented sections in it when the pace of the film begins to pick up.

Indoor Location Ideas

This is an example of a police interrogation room which looks as if it would fit well in our film. The cleanliness of the room contrasts heavily with our films other settings, and even contrasts with the characters personalities. Where the main character is dark and his personality becomes increasingly negative as he decends into madness, this room really shows how the light colours means that your eyes focus in on the dark clothed, moody person waiting for his fate via the most apathetic police officer in the force. This room would be fairly easy to replicate in real life, as the furniture is very easy to aquire as well as to set out. In fact there is a room at school that looks similar to the location featured above.

Conventions to Follow

Although I have talked about what the various conventions in film, I have yet to discuss what conventions that I hope our film will follow and utilise. As the film we have chosen to do is an action film, it has elements of a psychological thriller. There will be fight scenes featured in our trailer, but they will not be a long one, rather we will show small segments of the fight scene, such as a punch before going back to an interview. This would follow the fast pacing of other trailers. Many thriller trailers include the quick cuts from fast paced clip to longer, slower paced scenes. An example of this actually includes the trailer form the film Smiley. This, however, is just a typical horror film, but the way some of the cuts are done, and also the way that Keith David acts, is very similar to how we want our film trailer to go.

Screenplay

Detective opens door, lights fade on, detective walks with various files in an authoritive manner. The camera moves from behind detective and focuses on the man sitting at the table as the detective walks towards him. Over the shoulder shot follows the detective as he sits down.
"Interview starts at 17:45, present are DI Benson questioning Adam Beckett in connection to the murders of Steven Lock and Pippin Catung".
Camera pans to a shot of them both sitting and staring at each other. fade to intertitles.
"So you are a self proclaimed hero"
Another intertitle
"Someone who thinks they can do my job better than I can?"
Flashback to a punch in the face.
"So tell me Mr Hero, what gives you the right to go round punchin' and going as far as killing people?"
A man lies on the floor and is struck with a metal instrument of some kind.
"I'm waiting!"
Fade to black
"Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relavant as changing channels..."
Lots of shots of main character beating and killing people, intertitles of actors names until...
"So whats it gonna be huh? You gonna speak up or... well what...?"
Main raises head... INSERT TITLE HERE

Media Institution Idea for Film

 

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Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions, including films starring comic actor Rowan Atkinson. This is a prominant British movie company which has been ascociated with many good films such as Johnny English Reborn, and Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy. This would be a good film institution because of it's good reputation to take smmaler film companies ideas, and make them larger.
Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. Film 4 productions has produced many independant and smaller films, including 127 hours, This is England and Tyrannosaur. This would be suited for our production because it too is very small in size and monetry balance.

Story Idea 3

At school, the boy is in a sociology lesson learning about gangs and crime, this obviously strikes a nerve for him, so when the teacher asks him what his opinion is, he responds with single words associated to bad things. Halfway through his wording, a boy in his class tells him to shut his mouth because he is being disrespectful, to which he is responded to with a witty comeback, after a brief row the boy lashes out he keeps punching and no one can get him off and meanwhile he does not let the other boy get a hit in. The boy sends him to hospital and is on his final warning, due to recent events he is not kicked out, the boy is confronted by his friend, and she asks him about what all of the aggression in class was about, a conversation ensues and the boy tells her about his act the other night, she is shocked an angry at him for putting himself in danger, and tells him that there is nothing he can do to resurrect their dead friend and violence isn’t the answer. The boy walks away without saying a word.

At a warehouse late at night, more of the gang are mucking around and doing antisocial things, when all of a sudden they hear a smash and metal crunching, as they walk up to the door to open it, the find that the door is rigged to explode and set off smoke. Accidentally setting it off, the frantically swing and fire their weapons and fists shouting at the intruder as they are picked off one by one. As the smoke dies down the gang members on the outside of the smoke can only see the unconscious bodies of the gang members, as the three of them walk up to the unresponsive bodies, one of the bodies jumps up and karate chops the gang member above him in the neck and before the other two can fire their weapons, they are swiftly beaten up, the intruder picks up a pistol from the floor.

Above in a small room, the gang leader is smoking with two other members when another member rushes through the door frantically warning them that there is an intruder. The leader and his guards shrug it off laughing at him when from behind the messenger, the intruder puts him in a headlock and holds the pistol to his head, and the two guards raise their weapons. The leader laughs at the stupid attempt to kill him and that he doesn’t care if the messenger dies, the messenger is instantly shot by the guards as the intruder immediately shoots the light. The room is very dark but is visible enough to see the outline of people. The leader mocks the intruder telling him that he is good but it’s only a matter of time before he dies. The leader lights his desk lamp to find that both of his guards are unconscious on the floor. The leader panics, telling the intruder to show their self. The intruder from under the desk quickly pulls the legs of the leader and as the leader falls, he hits his head on the radiator, dazing him. The intruder tells him about a murder he committed the other day on three teens, the leader groggily insists that he doesn’t know what the intruder is talking about. The intruder shoots him in the foot. As the leader cries out in pain, the intruder grabs the leader’s shirt and pulls him closer being as intimidating as possible. The leader eventually confesses telling him that the teens life was meaningless and it didn’t matter if he was dead or not. While laughing, the intruder grabs a bottle of whiskey, a glass, a cigarette and a lighter as the leader tells the intruder that he would be good for the gang. The intruder agrees, as he hands him the cigarette, glass and whiskey bottle.

Story Idea Part 2

The boy is traumatised over the death of his best friend and can no longer study; he is shown to now have mental breakdowns and refuses all help from psychiatrists. He has a very short fuse at school and is regularly getting into fights; his friend exclaims that he needs to see someone as he is breaking down. At home, his father talks to him about the situation and asks him if he can remember what his father told him when he was younger about superheroes, he points out that he now has to act like a superhero and try to move on, the boy thanks his father as his father leaves his room and starts to think. He takes his father’s advice too seriously and comes up with an idea while staring at his the superhero mask he wore as a child.

The gang are shown loitering in the streets scaring passers-by at around midnight and threatening them, one of the gang members leaves to urinate and is ambushed when he does so. Hearing his screams, two of the gang members check out what has just happened. As they reach where the gang member was, a rope goes round their throats and they get smashed into the fence by the rope from over the fence. As the last gang member wonders where the other two have gone, he is pulled from behind and hit against a wall by the throat, the gang member pulls out a knife only to have it hit out of his hand, the gang member asks who the figure is before the figure responds asking about who committed a murder a week ago and where he can be found, the gang member denies at first saying that he will never tell, the figure kicks the gang member in the genitals and asks again, after receiving the answer, he head-butts the gang member knocking him out.

The news the next day states that a group of the gang members where found unconscious in an alley near a train station and were apparently attacked by a masked man from eye-witness reports. The father, who is watching the news, asks his son if he heard about this, the son responds with a smirk and tells his father how they got what they deserved.