Planning - Script_#Final

The changes made from my last script is the original "Scene 3". As it took my opening scene over the 2 minute mark we were restricted to; making it harder for the audience to fully understand the whole story within my opening scene, as the ill mother helped emphasis why our protagonist wasn't going to school and had 'drugs' on him. But it was the only scene that could be taken out with the narrative still making sense.

 

Teen angst Film Project:

‘Choices’ Script

Scene 1:

Setting:

Concealed/Interview Room with a chair and a table

-[Ben sitting in the middle of the room, handcuffed]-

Ben:

:Worried:

[Looking around the room, worried.]

How am I the criminal?

[Looks right at the camera]

Jack:

[Walks in and closes the door behind Ben]

[Walks around the table to face Ben]

Ben:

:Unconformable:

[Looks around when the door is closed, as Jack walks into the room and doesn’t look away from him]

[Starts to fiddle with his hands]

Jack:

[Walks around to the front of the table facing Ben]

[Puts down a white bag onto the table]

Ben:

[Looks at the bag, realising what it is]

[Try’s to look away from it]

Scene 2:

Setting:

Bens Room, half messy/tide and no lights to begin with 

-alarm clock, clothes, books, lunch box and some mess (paper mainly)-

[Ben lying in bed]

Flash white

Fades in/close-up

-Alarm clock goes off as it turns to 6:34am-

Ben:

[Hand reacts out to turn it off]

[Goes to turn the light on]

[Lies back on his bed and sighs]

[Picks up his Glasses and puts them on]

[Sitting up straight in bed, as he puts his feet down and, rises out of bed]

[When putting his feet down, he knocks over a small white bag] 

-Background kids playing around-

[Looking around widely and quickly picks up the bag and takes it with him]

 

Scene 3:

Setting:

Living room, downstairs hallway, outside the house

Mason:

Bet you can’t do a cartwheel

Beau:

(Cartwheels)

 

Ben:

Walks down the stairs into the living

Okay guys get your coats on.

Beau/Mason:

Run into the hallway, trying to find their shoes and putting them on

Ben:

Walks outside the door with his brother and sister.

Scene 4:

Setting:

Outside, Bridge, Cromwell road, Longsands Road

Beau/Mason:

Happily skipping/walking along the pathway.

Ben:

Slowly walking behind them, glancing behind him.

Scene 5:

Mid/Wide shot

Cuts

 [Ben Still walking with his brother and sister to school, passed an alley way.]

 

Scene 6:
Setting:
Longsands Academy (reception entrance and foyer)

Ben:

Okay, I’ll be here to pick you up after school okay.

Beau/Mason:

Bye, Elliot!

[Kids run through the corridor]

Ben:

Walks outside and nearly bumps into Rachel

Rachel:

Elliot? Where have you been?

Ben:

Been busy.

Rachel:

Been busy doing what!?

Ben:

Just been busy with stuff.

Rachel: 

What sort of stuff, your education is important.

Ben:

Sorry I’ve got to go.

Rachel:

Where are you going?

Ben:

Starts to walk off screen.

Rachel:

Elliot?!

Elliot, where are you going?!!

Ben:

Starts to walk away and then walks straight into Lewis

Hey there…

Planning - Music_For_the_Opening_Scene

Music choices:

For the our opening scene, to help emphasis our narration; involving adult themes, from drug-dealing, illness, etc. We chose music that symbolises the emotion of our main character's, which is evokes emotions of sadness, loneliness and depression.

As neither Callum or I had any experiences with creating music. Not to mention we were also relatively restricted in terms of the choice of music we could use, but the only music we could use would be royalty-free music; meaning it wasn't copy written, so following some research into established sources for such a type of music. I discovered a website called 'bensound.com', created by a friend of my called "Ben Tomalin" who allowed us to use certain songs provided in his library of royalty-free music free of charge. This website can be used by anyone, with only one condition that they would be credited as the source. Promising to do so, we selected four different audio tracks: 'Better Days', 'November', 'Sad Day', and 'Tomorrow', which were all considered for use in the finished product. And using 'Adobe Premiere Pro' I combined two different 'Better Days' and 'November' and was able to add them into the final cut.

Planning - Script_#2

Teen angst Film Project:

‘Choices’ Script

 

Scene 1:

Setting:

Concealed/Interview Room with a chair and a table

-[Ben sitting in the middle of the room, handcuffed]-

Ben:

:Worried:

[Looking around the room, worried.]

How am I the criminal?

[Looks right at the camera]

Jack:

[Walks in and closes the door behind Ben]

[Walks around the table to face Ben]

Ben:

:Unconformable:

[Looks around when the door is closed, as Jack walks into the room and doesn’t look away from him]

[Starts to fiddle with his hands]

Jack:

[Walks around to the front of the table facing Ben]

[Puts down a white bag onto the table]

Ben:

[Looks at the bag, realising what it is]

[Try’s to look away from it]

Scene 2:

Setting:

Bens Room, half messy/tide and no lights to begin with 

-alarm clock, clothes, books, lunch box and some mess (paper mainly)-

[Ben lying in bed]

Flash white

Fades in/close-up

-Alarm clock goes off as it turns to 6:34am-

Ben:

[Hand reacts out to turn it off]

[Goes to turn the light on]

[Lies back on his bed and sighs]

[Picks up his Glasses and puts them on]

[Sitting up straight in bed, as he puts his feet down and, rises out of bed]

[When putting his feet down, he knocks over a small white bag] 

-Background kids playing around-

[Looking around widely and quickly picks up the bag and takes it with him]

 

Scene 3:

Setting:

Hallway & Mums room

Ben:

[Running across the hallway]

Long shot

Ben:

Hey Mum … How you holding up? 

Hayley:

Elliott … is … that … is that you?

Ben:

It’s me mum, here’s your water and meds.

Walks over to Hayley putting her medication on the side,

Goes to walk out picking up her plates and drinks cup

 

Hayley:

Are you … ready for… school today? 

Ben:

Err… Yes? I’ll just go and grab Mason and Beau.

Then we’ll he heading off.

Scene 4:

Setting:

Living room, downstairs hallway, outside the house

Mason:

Bet you can’t do a cartwheel

Beau:

(Cartwheels)

 

Ben:

Walks down the stairs into the living

Okay guys get your coats on.

Beau/Mason:

Run into the hallway, trying to find their shoes and putting them on

Ben:

Walks outside the door with his brother and sister.

Scene 5:

Setting:

Outside, Bridge, Cromwell road, Longsands Road

Beau/Mason:

Happily skipping/walking along the pathway.

Ben:

Slowly walking behind them, glancing behind him.

Scene 6:

Mid/Wide shot

Cuts

 [Ben Still walking with his brother and sister to school, passed an alley way.]

 

Scene 7:
Setting:
Longsands Academy (reception entrance and foyer)

Ben:

Okay, I’ll be here to pick you up after school okay.

Beau/Mason:

Bye, Elliot!

[Kids run through the corridor]

Ben:

Walks outside and nearly bumps into Rachel

Rachel:

Elliot? Where have you been?

Ben:

Been busy.

Rachel:

Been busy doing what!?

Ben:

Just been busy with stuff.

Rachel: 

What sort of stuff, your education is important.

Ben:

Sorry I’ve got to go.

Rachel:

Where are you going?

Ben:

Starts to walk off screen.

Rachel:

Elliot?!

Elliot, where are you going?!!

Ben:

Starts to walk away and then walks straight into Lewis

Hey there…

Planning - Script_#1

Teen Angst Film Project:

‘Choices’ Script

Scene 1:

Setting:

Concealed/Interview Room with a chair and a table

-[Ben sitting in the middle of the room, handcuffed]-

Slow zoom in/Mid/Close-up shot

Ben:

Looking around the room, worried.

How am I the criminal?

[Looks right at the camera]

Jack:

[Walks in and closes the door behind Ben]

[Walks around the table to face Ben]

Ben:

:Unconformable:

[Looks around when the door is closed, as Jack walks into the room and doesn’t look away from him]

[Starts to fiddle with his hands]

Jack:

[Walks around to the front of the table facing Ben]

[Puts down a white bag onto the table]

Ben:

[Looks at the bag, realising what it is]

[try’s to look away from it]

Scene 2:

Setting:

Bens Room, half messy/tide,

-alarm clock, clothes, books, lunch box and some mess (paper mainly)-

[Ben lying in bed]

Flash white

Fades in/close-up

Alarm clock goes off as it turns to 7:00am

Ben:

Hand reacts out to turn it off. 

(Title music starts to play)

Mid shot

Ben lying in Bed as he wakes up, after a long night,

Rubbing his eyes together as lays back into bed, and tries to get out of bed

Low angle/close-up shot

[Side of Ben’s bed]

Sitting up straight in bed, as he puts his feet down and, rises out of bed

Wide shot

Ben’s whole room

Tiding his room then knocks over his rucksack to reveal a white bag

(Background kids playing around)

Close-up shot

Ben:

“Damnit”

Looking around widely and quickly stuffs the bag back into coats pocket,

Starts putting over it on

 [Puts over the camera]

Scene 3:

Setting:

Hallway & Mums room

Zoom out/Mid Shot

[Have the coat in the same place as the last scene]

Ben:

Running across the hallway  

Long shot

 

Ben:

Hey Mum … How you holding up?

Hayley:

Elliott … is … that … is that you?

Ben:

It’s me mum, here’s your water and meds.

Walks over to Hayley putting her medication on the side,

Goes to walk out picking up her plates and drinks cup

Hayley:

Are you … ready for… school today?

Ben:

Err… Yes? I’ll just go and grab Mason and Beau.

Then we’ll he heading off.

Scene 4:

Setting:

Kitchen, downstairs hallway, outside the house

 

Ben:

Walks down the stairs into the kitchen

Are you two ready?

Beau/Mason:

Yes!!!

Ben:

Alright, put your shoes on and we’ll be off.

Beau/Mason:

Run into the hallway, trying to find their shoes and putting them on

Ben:

Walks to the kitchen side and grabs a slice of bread and walks outside the door with his brother and sister.

Scene 5:

Setting:

Outside, Bridge, Cromwell road, Longsands Road

Beau/Mason:

Happily skipping/walking along the pathway.

Ben:

Slowly walking behind them, glancing behind himself.

Scene 6:

Mid/Wide shot

Cuts

 [Ben Still walking with his brother and sister to school, passed an alley way.]

Scene 7:

Ben:

I’ll be here to pick you up after school okay.

 

[Kids run through the corridor]

Ben turns around and nearly bumps into Rachael

Rachel:

Ben!? Oh my god where have you been?

Ben:

Been busy.

 

Rachel:

Been busy with what!?

Education is key, why are you just throwing it away?

Lewis:

Because he’s a trying to have a life.

Rachel:

WHAT are you doing here!?!

Lewis:

Here to collect him.

Come on were leaving.

Ben:

Yeah just give me a sec.

Lewis:

Fine.