MEST2 : Pre Production Edited

MEST2 : Pre Production Edited

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SCRIPT : TRANSGRESSION

FADE IN, ESTABLISHING SHOT OF LOCATION

EXT. THE SUBURBS OF LONDON. THERE ARE TEENAGERS WHO ARE

SITTING AT AN ABANDONED ROOFTOP ­ DAY

CUT TO A MEDIUM LONG SHOT OF THE TEENAGERS

A group of teenagers, three females and two males, are sitting

in a circle. Their friendship is quite strong hence the

chatter that is taking place; some of them have known each

other for years, but recently a new member Jason has joined.

Amongst the teenagers is an empty Coca­Cola bottle.

JASON

It’s a fairly simple game. Pretend the bottle is your life, it

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF BOTTLE

(JASON reaches to spin the bottle)

(In an eager and excited tone)

basically holds your fate.

JASON

and by spinning it you have pretty much gambled your life.

Whoever gets chosen has to change their life within an...

hour? It’s fun trust me, i’m so fucking tired of people not

committing to spin the bottle games.

MEDIUM SHOT OF JASON, THE CAMERA TRACKS HIS ACTIONS AS HE

SPINS THE BOTTLE ONCE MORE.

CUT TO A REVERSE SHOT OF LUCIA WHO STOPS THE BOTTLE FROM

SPINNING.

LUCIA

(She rolls her eyes in an annoyed manner)

That is the most stupid thing i’ve heard all day.

(DEVON gives LUCIA a slight nudge on the shoulder and grabs

her cheek)

DEVON

(In a teasing manner)

Give it a rest Lucia you’re always killing the fun, might have

to name you killjoy from now on.

(LUCIA pushes Devon away with force. There is small laughter

amongst them at this)

GRACE

I think it’s a pretty cool idea, besides it’s SOMETHING to do

(With admiration in her voice)

rather than just sitting around here.

CUT TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT, JASON WINKS AT GRACE AS SHE

SMILES BACK.

TYRA

C’mon Lucia stop being so negative. When will you stop holding

(Pleadingly)

a grudge against Jason?

LUCIA

(In an unimpressed tone)

Yeah, yeah whatever... Go on then, let’s see how AMAZING this

little shitty game of yours is Jason.

JASON

(In a tense tone as he makes sharp eye contact with Lucia)

Alright, let’s play then.

JASON goes to reach for the bottle and places it in the middle

as they form a circle.

CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF THE BOTTLE SPINNING. P.O.V OF

THE BOTTLE AS IT SLOWS DOWN.

The bottle comes to a halt and there is silence amongst the

teenager’s. The atmosphere is quite tense and the bottle stops

at JASON, indicating that he has been chosen.

LUCIA

Well well, what a fucking coincidence! The bottle has landed

on the “chosen” one, now go off and do your stupid little

dare.

TYRA

I don’t understand, how are you meant to change your life

within an hour?

I don’t know... you just have to do something interesting or

JASON

(Thoughtfully)

daring.

CUT TO MEDIUM TRACKING SHOT OF JASON WALKING TOWARDS GRACE.

CLOSE UP OF JASON OFFERING HIS HAND.

JASON

Do you want to take the honour of helping me change my life

within an hour?

CUT BACK TO A MEDIUM CLOSE UP SHOT OF GRACE.

GRACE has a surprised yet keen look on her face as she takes

his offer by taking his hand.

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF HER TAKING HIS HAND

GRACE

(In an imaginary posh voice, there is a sense of eagerness

within her voice)

Oh why of course! That would be splendid!

DEVON

(In a teasing manner with a smirk)

SOMEONE is getting a bit too excited; I wonder what they’re

going to do...

(TYRA joins in with DEVON’S teasing as she winks at GRACE)

TYRA

Don’t go and have too much fun the both of you!

(As JASON and GRACE leave, LUCIA mumble’s)

LUCIA

Something is not right.

FADE INTO THE NEXT SCENE. SEVERAL SHOTS OF THE TREE’S AND THE

SKY.

EXT. NEARBY WOODS – DAY

JASON and GRACE are seen walking together in the woods. GRACE,

an introvert, is too shy to ask about JASON’S plan and she

continues to follow him, who is increasingly slowing behind

her.

GRACE

(Nervously)

What are you doing?

JASON

(In a strange manner)

Oh, nothing. Keep walking, i’m just looking around.

GRACE

Oh, okay.

SLOW MOTION, OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF JASON BEHIND GRACE AS

HE SLOWLY FOLLOWS HER

(GRACE continues to walk, until she finally has the courage to

ask JASON about his dare)

GRACE

(As she is turning around to face him)

Hey Jason what are you planning to do as your da-

SHOT OF JASON GRABBING GRACE INTO A CHOKE HOLD. CLOSE UP SHOT

OF GRACE’S HANDS STRUGGLING TO PUSH AWAY JASON. THEN MEDIUM

SHOT OF JASON THROWING HER TO A GROUND AND GRABBING A BAT.

JASON

(In an ominous and hysterical tone)

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP! YOU TALK TOO MUCH!

(With each strike JASON exclaims)

YOU’RE SO. BLOODY. ANNOYING.

(JASON continues to beat her with the bat with hysteria)

JASON

(Panting from exhaustion as he continues to use all his power and

force)

WHY... THE FUCK... AREN’T YOU... DYING?

P.O.V OF GRACE AS HE CONTINUES TO HIT HER. BLURRY SHOTS OF JASON AS

GRACE BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS.

GRACE

(She pleads for JASON to stop with her last breath)

Please... Stop.

(JASON gives one last blow to her head which finally kills her. He

chucks the bat into the river)

LONG SHOT OF JASON THROWING THE BAT INTO THE RIVER WITH GREAT ANGER

AND FORCE.

JASON

(He slightly kicks her limp and dead body while panting)

I never knew it took humans so long to die.

(JASON slowly mumbles to himself as he walks away)

This life is nothing but an illusion; we must fulfil the needs that

lie within our hearts. CUT TO BLACK

Mise en scene

Cinematography/Inspirations

Gone Girl, in terms of the mentally disturbed protagonist and the general psychological .

In terms of cinematography and actual filming styles:

House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Drive, use of colours and palettes, and general cinematography, possible use of soundtrack
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters.
Trance, use of editing in post production to create disorientating effects etc
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz), possible use of the "montage" stylised cutting of scenes.

Casting

The characters with the most focus during the 3 minute extract will be Grace and Jason. Atousa will be playing Grace. Izaaz will be playing Jason. Lucia, Tyra and Devon will be played by 

Locations

A quiet and reserved area such as the woods near a park will be needed for the scene where Jason kills Grace. Another area where the entire location looks abandoned and old will be used for where the teenagers are hanging out.

Props

The props needed are a baseball bat which could be substituted later if we don't find one. Also a bottle will be needed as it is the central part of story line. 

Possible props, cigarettes, beer/alcohol containers?

Costume and Make up

Normal clothing because the characters are all teenagers, make up will be needed for the violence and the blood when Grace is killed.

Lighting

Generally, we will use natural day lighting but can use some high key lighting to create dramatic emphasis if need be. Lighting will have to be essential to create a vivid colour palette that resembles an indie film such as Drive.

LE Haine review

La Haine is a 1995 French black-and-white drama/suspense film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. It is commonly released under its French title in the English-speaking world, although its U.S. VHS release was entitled Hate. It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of Paris. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, Hubert: "La haine attire la haine !", "hatred breeds hatred."


The mise-en-scene of this film is key in making the gritty environment of the film. For instance through the utilization of good area a urban, ghetto suburb can be displayed to the gathering of people (as appeared through a few shots, for example, the housetop scene, the urban park, destructed exercise center) which includes onto the representation of a poverty stricken suburb. The clothing that the characters wear i.e. hoodies/calfskin coats, loose apparel connections to this group philosophy that is expected to gone through the ghetto rural areas, this can be connected back to the issue of police violance and how youths have been assaulted by the police in light of this.

The cinematography and the altering of the film is vital in making La Haine a famous arthouse film. The use of highly contrasting cinematography gives the film an old look, as though the film is thinking once again into the past, however this additionally accentuations its sense of realism. The films sense  realism is additionally upgraded through the procedure of suturing toward the start of the film as genuine news footage is appeared toward the begin of the film, this promptly proposes that  this film is based around an issue. I have additionally seen with the cinematography that the camera development is entirely smooth which proposes that a lot of steadicam has been used. A considerable measure of long shots have been used as a part of spot of the typical medium shots which permits the crowd to see from a more extensive point of view on the move that is making place.

Movie - Run Lola run

Run Lola Run is a 1998 German thriller film written and directed byTom Tykwer and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend's life.


Run Lola run has a number of different camera shots. To begin with just after the introduction of the film, the basic narrative of the story is constructed by a telephone conversation between the two main characters of the As they converse, chronological flashbacks of first Lola's then Manni's memories introduce the narrative of the film.The scene begins with a stationary establishing satellite shot of Berlin which then flies continuously through Lola's window finally focusing on Lola's ringing phone. As Lola picks up the phone, a camera travels to the phone booth that Manni is in. These two flying shots set a sense of urgency. Manni is clearly in a panic and asks Lola why she was not there for him. Lola explains how she was not able to pick him up as her scooter was stolen when she was purchasing cigarettes, as a flashback to this action is shown in black and white on the screen.


In terms of mise en scene we can see that Lola becomes associated with the color red. Her hair is red, she has red candles, a red phone, and red posters. Where as Manni is associated with yellow. The phone booth is yellow and has blonde hair highlights.The phone booth Manni is in has a close, claustrophobic feeling, reinforcing the tension filled “tight” situation that he has found himself in. Whereas Lola lives in a typical apartment size which is quite spacious suggesting that this may reflect how she is free to run , where as Manni is stuck in his tight situation waiting for someone to save him and release him from it.

This realistic mise-en-scene Run Lola Run puts the viewer in the same frame of thought as the characters. This both adds tension to the scene and makes a deeper connection between the viewers and the characters about their choices and consequences of their actions.

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