Thursday, June 25, 2020

Blur - screenplay

Opens on a black screen, the sound of a tape winding is heard, then the click as it plays.

Light music starts to play, the screen opens as the character opens her eyes, we see a window and the sun coming through the curtain. We turn as she rolls in bed and picks up her battered and broken phone. She slams it back down,

-black-

Flashback- a high pitched noise plays
her eyes open again and we see a sink, her hands under the running water, covered in blood, her vision isn’t clear, it’s blurred and discoloured.

-black-

Her hands come away from her eyes and we can see again, she picks up a coffee cup in her hands then takes a sip. She nervously fidgets with the cup.

-black-

 a high pitched noise plays
She opens her eyes to see a blurred large crowd, a man stands near a fountain and stares, as the crowd walks past he disappears.

-black-

She sits at a small bus stop with the road in front of her, she stares, daydreaming as cars drive past.

-black-

Walking down a dimly lit allyway, through a gate and we see her look up at the exposed brink wall of a church, our vision becomes distorted.
 a high pitched noise plays
 We see the man again stood between many trees, he has blood on his face and his shirt. She begins to run, looks back, and he’s gone.

She sits on a chair in a small room, she taps her foot rapidly
The camera pans in on her foot tapping as the sound amplifies  

She walks down a narrow corridor as we track behind her, she opens a door on her left, it cuts to her entering the room on the other side

 





Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Film analysis

Wasp 

Wasp was produced in 2003, it follows the conventions of a British social realism film such as a lack of non diegetic sound, the use of realistic locations and realistic costumes. Wasp won best short film at the Oscars in 2005. It follows a day in the life of single mother Zoe and her four children, the use of ideology is present throughout the film exaggerating on the poor conditions these children are put in.  
The opening sequence uses tracking shots to show the girls leaving a block of flats. There are straight cuts between each shot showing each of them walking down the stairs. They are all dressed in miss matched outfits and some are barefoot. This use of mise en scene shows their social standing as very low. 

Film ideas

Social surrealism - similar style to trainspotting or curfew 

Based around a woman with ptsd 

Re occurring flashbacks unraveling the reason she acts the way she does 
    -abuse 
    -arguments 
    -childhood 

Realistic locations that are distorted in some way
    -blurred 
    -dull colours 

Inspiration:

13 reasons why

Sex education