Monday, 16 September 2013
Monday, 8 April 2013
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Our Film Poster
Rough Cut Feedback
After watching back the final cut we found some points for us to improve.
To make the film look more professional we want to add a Rating Screen at the beginning which is the green screen with text to show the film has been approved.
We think the music should carry on at the beginning to play behind the titles but fade the volume for the audience to still hear the dialogue.
We also think that it needs to be made clearer that Charly is in London either by a sign or text to show her location. This London scene then goes straight into the drug deal which we feel cuts to suddenly. To make this flow smoother we could slow down the sound and add a transition.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Our Production Company
Our Production company is called Sitting Duck Production. It is made up of 4 people; Georgina Griffiths, Francesca Knight, Sam and myself. We are all friends to begin with so it was easy to settle down and get the ideas flowing, we also all took A-Level subjects that would benefit the production of our film. Georgina took Photography and Textiles so she was in charge of the moodboard and the photographed storyboard, Francesca took Art so she was able to help us with the sketched storyboard, Sam, who does film studies, knew what shots would benefit our film and me, an English Literature student, was able to have a great input in the script and plot etc. When it came to the filming and editing, we all equally filmed scenes and edited afterwards. And we also all appeared in our media product, so we truly were a team, a production company.
Classification
We have decided to classify our film as a 12. Because although there is scenes of kidnap and the selling of substances, we don't actually see what is being sold it leaves a lot to think about, our film also doesn't have any proper physical violence or strong language. There is quite a mature theme of Immigration which would raise lots of question and confuse anyone younger than 12, which is why we thought it best to make it a '12' film so the audience can understand the story and the decisions made by the characters in their situations.
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Feedback on titles
After editing our titles onto the final film, i showed it to a group of 10 people for feedback.
The feedback was that the titles had a good font and were interesting with the different sizes. The different colors has a positive feedback as they stood out on the screen and the transitions made the titles stand out more. However the group did say they weren't on the screen long enough to read. To fix this problem i will just simply make them longer using after effects but keeping the fade out.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Conventions of a Thriller Film
Music: usually starts off slowly, then building to a crescendo to add tension and dramatic effect to the climax of the shot. The music will sometimes take to an oppositonal mood where for example there will be a happy tune playing while someone is getting murdered but this is something that happens in more edgy, independent films.
Mystery: There will be an unanswered question or an 'enigma' all the way through the film, only to be answered at the end of the film.
Pace: The will be quick during the action scenes but slower when the protagonist is figuring out what to do
Mise - en - scene: Thriller films usually take place in cities, where lots of action takes place where there is lots of diversity and a very high population, this makes the place where the crime happens a normal place where the audience would live themselves so the can relate. Costume is casual to show that the main characters in the film are also just normal people and that the protagonist has been unwillingly thrown into the situation. Props are always used in Thriller films, they can be weapons used by the antogonist or clues of some sort given to the protagonist.
Themes: Isolation, Vulnerability, Betrayal, Revenge, Love/Passion, Troubled Childhood, Jealousy, Obsession etc.
Gender: Sereotypically, the antagonist is mainly played by a male and the progtanist is usually a mixture of male and female.
Characters: The antagonist is usually intelligent and scheming and the protagonist usually encounters some help along to way usually a sidekick.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Monday, 25 March 2013
Film Titles quesionnaire
To find the best way to put our titles on The Final Deal, i've researched other films openings. From these films i've created a questionnaire to find feedback from people to help me create titles that the public find interesting.
These are my questions:
1) For an action opening sequence do you think the titles should be quick?
2) Do you think they should have a simple bold font or a more interesting one?
3) If they were small in the corner do you think you’d pay attention or should they be in the centre?
4) Do you think titles in the centre distract you from the film?
5) Should the titles move or stay in one place?
6) Do you think it will look better with the titles fading in and out of one spot or moving to different positions of the screen?
Todorov's Equilibrium Theory
Todorov's suggested that conventional narratives are structured in five stages:
A state of equilibrium at the outset.
A disruption of the equilibrium.
A recognition that there has been a disruption.
An attempt to repair the disruption.
A reinstatement of the equilibrium.
This type of narrative structure is familiar to us and can be used on many 'mainstream' film narratives.
A state of equilibrium at the outset.
A disruption of the equilibrium.
A recognition that there has been a disruption.
An attempt to repair the disruption.
A reinstatement of the equilibrium.
This type of narrative structure is familiar to us and can be used on many 'mainstream' film narratives.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Facebook link for The Final Deal page
This is the link to our official Facebook page for our film. As our target audience is teenagers, we have created this page on a popular social networking site for teenagers in order for our advertisement to be in places teenagers use most:
Friday, 15 March 2013
Thursday, 14 March 2013
The Final Deal (Revamp)
We have decided to change our film plot because once we saw the rough cut we found that it didn't really make sense and it was too obvious as what was going to happen...
Ieva kidnaps Charly because she needs money for a visa. The kidnapper wants Charly to get rid of her. Ieva is a false hero because she doesn’t really care about her friends she’s in it for the money. The friends are at a party that night wandering where Charly is Ieva receives a phone call where she reassures the head kidnapper that the ‘deed is done they don’t suspect a thing’ the head kidnapper promises her a visa and an Immigration officer is coming over the next day .
Head kidnapper – Georgina Griffiths
Immigration Officer – Divine Mckengo
The Pitch for The Final Deal
The Pitch
Film title: The Deal
Film Genre: Action
Group: Sitting Duck Productions.
Cast:
Ben Blunkett, Tommy Nutt, Daniel Jackson – Paolo and
his posse.
Divine Mckengo – Sheniqua Clark
Samuel Pinner – Nicholas Menage
Demi Rainford – Charly Goulding
Francesca Knight – Ieva Liskus
Georgina Griffiths – Dead Body
Plot – 4 people who have been friends since junior and
decide to buy a house together, however one (Charly) takes a dangerous path in
life and they’re worried about her and her so called ‘friends’, then on one
evening when a drug deal goes wrong and Charly gets kidnapped and her friends
get a phone call and it’s up to them to get five million pound and save her,
when they’re on the phone they ask to see her alive ... this is where friendships
get tested. The friends decide to rob a bank in order to help pay to get their
friend back, however not everything goes to plan, as they can’t get the money
to pay to get their friend back. When they are about to give up they get a
parcel at their house and it contains one of Charly’s fingers, and a note that
says “if you do not pay up something bad will happen” the friends then stop
sitting around and travel to Southend Pier where they have arranged to meet one
of Paolo’s gang member (Dan), to try and reason with him, however while they
are there they encounter even more trouble as, Nicholas gets spotted by the
gang member which results in Ieva getting stabbed and the man runs off and
Sheniqua carry Ieva back to the house they decide to take matters into their
own hands and travel to then gang’s Head-Quarters, an abandoned warehouse in
the outskirts of London, where there is a dead body. The friend then hatch a
plan to rescue Charly, by sending Sheniqua undercover as promiscuous lady, and
then seduces Paolo and stabs him, Charly is then found screaming in a room.
The End
Monday, 11 March 2013
Friday, 1 February 2013
Shooting Script
Shot Number/ Scene Number
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Shot Type
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Speech
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Ambient Sounds.
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Shot 1
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Camera tilts down from the sky to show house.
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No Speech.
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Birds, Cars.
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Shot 2
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Establishing Shot of the house.
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No Speech.
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Birds, Cars.
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Shot 3
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Jump cut to Sheniqua in the kitchen.
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No Speech.
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 1- In the Kitchen
Shot 5
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Long Shot of Sheniqua putting cups in the cupboard.
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No Speech.
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Cups hitting the cupboard.
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Shot 6
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Jump cut to Ieva in the bedroom.
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No Speech.
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 2- In the Bedroom
Shot 7
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Long Shot of Ieva reading a book.
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No Speech.
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Pages being turned.
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Shot 8
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Jump cut to Nicholas in the Dining Room.
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No Speech.
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 3- In the Dining Room
Shot 9
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Long Shot of Nicholas setting the table.
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No Speech.
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Place mats hitting the table and slight footsteps.
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Scene 4- In the Kitchen
Shot 10
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Mid Shot of all four characters sitting at a breakfast bar.
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Nicholas “There’s your key Charly; there’s your key Sheniqua; there’s your key Ieva”
Ieva “Ah I’m so excited, I cannot wait to tell my parents back home”
Ieva “What is your problem Charly?”
Charly “Nothing”
Nicholas “Oi! Stop arguing and let’s just have a house party!”
Charly “I don’t even want one anyway!”
Nicholas “What’s her problem?”
Ieva “I do not know”
Sheniqua “She’s been off for ages!”
Ieva “maybe someone should talk to her?”
Nicholas “Not me!”
Sheniqua “Not me!”
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Keys being placed on the kitchen side.
Charly’s footsteps when she walks off.
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Scene 5- In the Dining Room
Shot 11
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Mid Shot (following the 180 degree rule) of all four characters.
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Nicholas “So who’s coming to this house party then?
Sheniqua “I don’t know, how about Sam and Demi they’re okay”
Ieva “What about Dixie?”
Sheniqua “yeah she’s cool, what about Ryan?”
Ieva “I’m not too keen”
Sheniqua “Why aren’t you talking?”
Charly “coz I’m not bothered”
Nicholas “Why you being so unsociable for?”
Charly “I’m not!”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 12
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Cut/ Fade out to Close up of Ieva and Nicholas. Ieva looks at Charly.
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No Speech.
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 13
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Close up of Charly and Sheniqua.
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Charly “What?”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 14
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Close up of Ieva and Nicholas.
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Ieva “Why you being so distant lately?”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 15
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Close up of Charly and Sheniqua.
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Charly “I’m not”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 16
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Close up of Ieva and Nicholas.
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Ieva “You’re acting like you don’t even care about the house”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 17
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Close up of Charly and Sheniqua.
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Charly “I don’t Care”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 18
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Close up of Ieva and Nicholas.
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Ieva “But why?”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 19
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Close up of Charly and Sheniqua.
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Charly “I just don’t…”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 20
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Camera Pans across the room, following Charly as she gets up from her chair and storms out.
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Charly “…and I don’t want a house party either!”
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Footsteps.
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Shot 21
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Close up of Ieva and Nicholas.
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No Speech.
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 22
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Camera Pans across the room, following Ieva as she goes after Charly.
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Ieva “Where are you going?!”
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Footsteps.
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Shot 23
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Over the shoulder shot of Ieva and Charly Arguing.
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Ieva “Where are you going?”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 24
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Mid shot of Charly and Ieva.
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Ieva “We’re having a conversation!”
Charly “I’m going out!”
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 6- Walking Out the Door
Shot 25
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Cut/Fade to a Long Shot of Charly walking from the dining room to the door.
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No Speech.
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Footsteps.
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Shot 26
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Match on Action shot of Charly walking out of the door.
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No Speech.
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Door being opened and shut.
Cars outside.
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Scene 7- Train Station
Shot 27
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Cut/ Fade to a Long Shot of Charly walking to the train station.
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No Speech.
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Cars.
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Shot 28
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Camera tilts down from the sign to a Long Shot of Charly sitting at the station.
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No Speech.
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Trains Coming.
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Shot 29
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Cut to a long shot to a train coming down the tracks.
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No Speech.
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Announcer saying what train is coming.
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Shot 30
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Long Shot of the Train Arriving at the station. Camera stays as a long shot to show Charly is on the train.
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No Speech.
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People getting on and off of the train.
Announcer to say what train is leaving.
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Shot 31
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Camera Pans to show the train leaving.
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No Speech.
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Train on the tracks.
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Scene 8- London Underpass
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Cut to a Long shot of Charly in an underpass, alone.
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No Speech.
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Cars.
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Shot 32
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Zooms to a Mid shot and camera Pan to show a girl walking to Charly.
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No Speech.
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Footsteps.
Bag Rustling.
|
Shot 33
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Long Shot to show someone else walking through the underpass.
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No Speech.
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Footsteps.
Cars.
|
Shot 34
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Mid shot of Person putting a bag over Charly’s head.
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No Speech.
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Bag Rustling.
Footsteps.
Cars.
|
Shot 35
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Camera Pans to follow her being taken.
|
Charly’s Screams.
|
Footsteps.
Bag Rustling.
Cars.
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Scene 9- Outside the Warehouse
Shot 36
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Cut to a Long Shot of Charly being taken to an abandoned warehouse.
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Charly’s Screams.
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Footsteps.
|
Shot 37
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Zoom in to show them entering the warehouse.
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Charly’s Screams.
|
Footsteps.
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Scene 10- In the Warehouse
Shot 38
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Cut to a Close up to show Charly in tied up in the warehouse.
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Charly’s Screams.
|
Silence.
|
Scene 11- In the Living Room
Shot 39
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Cut to a Mid Shot of Sheniqua lying on the sofa.
|
No Speech.
|
Phone Ringing
|
Shot 40
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Cut to Close up of the phone when the phone rings.
|
No Speech.
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Phone Ringing
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Shot 41
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Mid shot of Sheniqua when she answers the phone.
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Sheniqua “Alright”
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 12- In the Bedroom
Shot 42
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Mid shot of Ieva reading a book.
|
No Speech.
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Pages being turned.
Phone ringing.
|
Shot 43
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Cut to Close up of Ieva’s phone ringing.
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No Speech.
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Phone Ringing
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Shot 44
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Cut back to Mid Shot of Ieva on the phone.
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Ieva “Apia!”
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No other Sounds.
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Scene 13- In the Kitchen
Shot 45
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Cut to a Mid Shot of Nicholas at the breakfast bar.
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No Speech.
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Pages being turned.
Phone Ringing.
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Shot 46
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Cut to Close up of Nicholas’ phone.
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No Speech.
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Phone Ringing.
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Shot 47
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Cut back to a Mid Shot of Nicholas.
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Nicholas “Hello”
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No other Sounds.
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Shot 48
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Fade to black.
|
No speech.
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No other sounds.
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