Filming so far...

We started filming on Saturday the 7th of December.

We all met at Ben's house and straight away he led us through to the main rooms we shall be filming in. I had him lead us to the room and we created the small room into a stalkers crypt. The room was covered in drawings of the hooded stranger and post-it-notes with one worded questions such as- Who? Why? How?
We also thought it was funny that we put up signs asking about him being Dr.Who and a Timelord.

The scene that was hardest to shoot would most probably be the scene with the 3 yr old Alex as the child was starting to get aggitated. If I was to do it all over again I would probably say that we should start with this scene first. But once that scene was finished shooting we sailed smoothly with everything else.

The final scene is yet to be shot but we have organized a day in which we can start shooting the pub scene.
CW

The First Shoot

The great comedian, W.C. Fields, is credited with the line, “Never work with children or animals.”

Well... We didn't have animals in our shoot, but we certainly had children. Our first scene involved the youngest member of the cast, my brother, Harry. At the start of the day he seemed extremely happy to take part in this film and was rather excited. When the rest of the cast and crew arrived at my house to start shooting, he got embarrassed and refused to take part. After much crying, he finally agreed to take part under these conditions. No one but me and him be in the room and that he plays with cars instead of soldiers. He's surprisingly good at negotiating for a 3-year-old. This meant that I had to direct this scene on my own and we had to change the story slightly to adjust from toy soldiers to cars. Not too much change, but enough to disrupt us a bit. The first scene took about 1 and a half hours to set up and shoot.
Unfortunately, we have no usable audio for this scene, as all that can be heard is me directing Harry. Give him a break though, he is 3. To rectify this, in editing I'll only use non-diagetic sounds. This will include music and I may dub it over using Foley.

We then moved on to our second scene and arrived at the Hethersett Memorial Playing Fields. Unfortunately, we forgot the football which we originally scripted James laying with. We had to improvise and have him play on some playground equipment. It worked well and I think this was easier to shoot than a scene with a football would've been. The match-on-action was quite easy to account for.
Luckily, James was very cooperative and easy to work with, so we filmed this part very quickly. I think it came out well, though some of his facial expressions were questionable.

The next scene wasn't filmed by me, as I'm in it. So that felt weird.. It took place in a spare room in my house, which we decorated to look like the room of our character, Alex (who is slightly insane at this point). We covered the walls with drawings and sticky notes, hung images on strings from the ceiling, placed a poster of "The Shadower" on the wall and placed the clay figure of "The Shadower" on a shelf with some candles, making a small shrine.
The room looked the part, but unfortunately was very cramped, making it difficult to have discrete lighting. We put the main light outside the open door, this casted shadows and didn't make the room too bright. The ordinary lights in the room made it look orange on the camera, so we opted not to use them. It also proved hard to operate the camera well in the confined space but we tried our best. Because we couldn't move very well, we did have to improvise some shots as the ones we had planned couldn't be used effectively enough.

It was an eventful day but we managed to adapt and push forward. We got all the footage we planned to, plus some other shots which we may slot in if they look good.

We plan to have our second and final shoot soon, at a local pub. We just need to organise it with the owners and then we'll be on our way to completing this film.

-BW

Because I'm part of this film project, naturally, there has to be video FX. And not just pointless explosions, which are frankly too easy and relatively boring. I'm talking advanced stuff. Using Adobe After Effects CS6, I'm planning on making a teleportation-like effect for the time-travelling, stalking, "Shadower" guy. This effect probably will only be seen once or twice, but it's the hardest effect in the film and will probably take a few hours to get right.

The first "type" of teleportation I'm looking at, as a basis, is the style of the film "Jumper". I like it because it's fast and quite sci-fi-like, yet rather simple. It's not overdone, hence making it short and sweet. It doesn't draw attention to itself, but because it's not a natural movement it will still be visually pleasing to the audience. It might also make them go "Wow. This is cool". Hopefully. The short action sequence on the right features and is based purely on the teleportation effect from "Jumper". The only major difference between this film effect and the one in our film will be that this effect moves the person from A to B in space, while ours takes the person from A to B in time. Plus I might add a blue-tinge to make it look cool.

 

The second kind of teleportation involves smoke. It's a bit more mystical, opposed to the sci-fi. To the left is an example of what I'm talking about. Though if I chose this type the smoke wouldn't be as potent. I'd lower the opacity and make it less dark. This different colour would be a lot less devious, unlike the one seen. I think combining some spark effects to this could make it more visually pleasing.

 

Now, would a standard fade into nothing suffice? Perhaps, I mean it wouldn't be as fun, yet the simplicity of it would be quick and easy. It could also fit a more simplified theme, opposed to magic or sci-fi. However, it wouldn't be as visually pleasing in comparison to the other effects. Also I don't think it's anywhere near as cool...

 

Yes, this next one is a bit like Star Trek... Ok, it is almost exactly like Star Trek. But I like the style of it. It gives off both a fantasy and science fiction feel. It's very nice to look at too. However, this type of effect could be quite hard and time consuming to produce.

 

I like how the "slow burn" kind of effects look. They have a degree of detail and grittiness which other effects lack. It gives the audience time to see what's happening and doesn't surprise them when the character disappears, but instead allows them time to watch and enjoy. The downside to this effect is that it's very time-consuming, and it's very easy to see when the editor has made a mistake. One mistake when editing this can spoil the entire illusion of the film.

 

-BW

What Did I Learn From My AS Film Opening?

I think one of the things that I learnt about making the film opening is the fact that I was stupid enough to use copyright music. I lost a lot of marks because YouTube took the music down so I was distraught. I also realise now that I was no where near as organized as I should have been. I also took a lot for granted I look back at the whole thing and realised that If I was creating a Dance it would've needed to have more people as it's a dance and I think I didn't really do as much research on British Dances in the 40's I focused more on American Dances and took a lot of inspiration from the likes of Pearl Harbor. So in that sense I was incredibly naïve and didn't think anything through. If I had thought it through better I think I would've got a Higher Grade but I have learnt from my mistakes!
I think what I'll do better this time round is be more organized and think through every little step it'll be easier now that I have my fantastic team. We each have different strengths and that's what I think makes us a great team!

Packages

I gave the group a package that included the script, a plan of attack and a prop list.

Prop List:

o   Soldier’s hat

o   Children’s hat, bricks etc.

o   Plastic soldiers

o   A tent

o   Post-it-notes

o   Any-way-up-cup

o   Bin

o   A football

o   Laptop/touchpad.

o   Drawings of the Shadower

o   Clay figurine of the Shadower

o   A pad

o   A pen

o   A blanket

o   A tent/sheet-preferably black.

Plan of attack:

The plan of attack is to get James’ and Harry’s scenes over and done with first. Then we can focus on the other scenes afterwards. Ben’s first scene as the teenage Alex, will be the last to do as the décor is more advanced than anywhere else.

Alex (Shadower) your scenes are pretty short and won’t take long to shoot but the shots can be quite particular so we will want to concentrate harder on these.

Whilst going through the scenes we will want to take pictures of what’s going on. Rachel I’m going to leave this up to you.

Also sometime in the day we want to take pictures for the poster-Rachel this is your job again!!

WE ARE ALL TO HAVE A GO AT DIRECTING A SCENE AS IT’S EASIER  AND WE CAN ALL WRITE ABOUT IT ON OUR BLOGS.

Script:

TEMPUS

DIRECTED BY BW, CM AND RM

WRITTEN BY BW, CM AMD RM

INT. PAN AROUND A CHILD’S PLAYROOM/BEDROOM. THERE IS A GAME OF SOLDIERS GOING ON.

CLOSE UP ON SOME OF THE PLASTIC SOLDIERS.

CUT TO A CHILDS EYES.

PULL BACK SO WE SEE THE WHOLE FACE. THE CHILD IS WEARING A SOLDIERS HAT AND IS UNDERNEATH A TENT SURROUNDED BY A BATTLE.

THE CHILD’S MOTHER CALLS TO HIM.

MOTHER: ALEX DARLING!

HE LOOKS UP BUT DECIDES TO IGNORE WHAT SHE IS SAYING.

MOTHER: ALEX!

CLOSE UP ON THE CHILDS HANDS HE DROPS THE SOLDIERS LEAVING THEM DISCARDED.  CLOSE UP ON FEET. THE DOOR BANGS SHUT.

WITH THE CAMERA STILL ON A CLOSE UP OF THE SOLDIERS A SHADOW PASSES OVER AND A HAND SWOOPS DOWN PICKS UP A SOLDIER AND THEN MOVES THE SOLDIER OUT OF THE SHOT.

SECONDS PASS AND THE SOLDIER IS BACK INTO SHOT BUT IT HAS A NOTE SELLOTAPED ONTO IT.

“I’M HIT”

THE CAMERA PANS ROUND THE ROOM AND SETTLES ON SOME UNSETTLED PIECES OF PAPER THAT ARE STILL FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WE DON’T SEE WHO IS POSTING THE NOTES.

SECONDS LATER THW DOOR CREEKS OPEN AND ALEX RUNS IN ECU OF HIS FEET WALKING IN.

TILT SHOT HE IS HOLDING AN ANY-WAY-UP-CUP FULL OF JUICE. HE STOPS IN FRONT OF THE TENT AND A CLOSE UP OF HIS CONFUSED FACE.

HE DROPS THE CUP CLOSE UP OF HIS HAND AS HE PICKS UP THE SOLDIER.

SHOT REVERSE SHOT. OF SOLDIER THEN CLOSE UP OF FACE THEN THE SOLDIER AGAIN.

CLOSE UP OF SOLDIER, ALEX RIPS THE NOTE OFF AND TAKES IT TO THE BIN.

END OF PART 1.

PART TWO

EXT. A MAN AND A WOMAN ARE SITTING ON A BENCH TALKING. WHILST AN OLDER ALEX IS RUNNING AROUND KICKING A BALL.

POV OF THE BALL BEING KICKED. HAND HELD CAMERA.

THE BALL IS KICKED FAR AWAY. SHOT TO WHERE THE BALL IS.

WHIP PAN AS BOY LOOKS UP TO SEE WHERE HIS PARENTS ARE HE SMILES AND WAVES THEY ARE NOT REGISTERING THAT HE IS THERE. SHOT REVERSE SHOT.

THE BOY SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS AND RUNS OVER TO THE FOOTBALL. HAND HELD CAMERA OF THE FLOOR AND HIS FEET.

CUT TO ECU ON A MAN’S FOOT ON THE BALL. SHOT REVERSE SHOT. THE BOY STOPS HALF WAY. THE MAN’S FOOT. THE BOY’S WORRIED FACE.

TRACKING SHOT OF THE BOY WALKING TOWARDS THE BALL HE STOPS ABOUT 3ft AWAY FROM THE MAN.

ECU ON THE MAN’S SMILE. ECU ON HIS HAND IN HIS JACKET POCKET. HE PULLS HIS HAND OUT AND IN IT IS THE TOY SOLDIER FROM THE PREVIOUS SCENE.

ECU ON THE TOY SOLDIER IN THE PALM OF THE MAN’S HAND.

THE BOY PICKS IT UP FROM THE HAND.

CLOSE UP OF THE BOY LOOKING AT THE SOLDIER HE LOOKS UP AND STARES.

WHIP PAN THE MAN IS NO LONGER THERE. THE BOY COMPLETELY FORGETS ABOUT THE BALL AND RUNS TO HIS PARENTS.

HE LOOKS DOWN TO HIS PALM.

TILT SHOT HE IS HOLDING SAND. HE LOOKS BACK AT HIS PARENTS. THEY ARE CALLING HIM.

FATHER: ALEX WE’RE GOING. HE RUNS.

END OF PART TWO.

PART THREE

INT. THE BOYS BEDROOM BUT IT IS SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT THE YEARS HAVE CHANGED AND SO HAS THE LITTLE BOY. ALL OVER HIS ROOM ARE PICTURES OF THE FIGURE. PAN AROUND THE ROOM THERE IS EVEN A CLAY FIGURINE. THE ROOM HAS A GLOOMY EERIE FEEL TO IT.

STOP ON THE BOY SITTING AT HIS DESK. GRADUAL CLOSE UP. HE IS SKYPING HIS GIRLFRIEND. THEY’RE ARGUING.

MID CONVERSATION. SHOT REVERSE SHOT ON SCREEN AND ON HIM.

GIRLFRIEND:…YOU’RE NEVER THERE FOR ME I LOOKED LIKE A FOOL TONIGHT.

ALEX: I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.

GIRLFRIEND: I WANT YOU TO ACT NORMAL, ALEX!

ALEX IS LOOKING AT A PAD ON THE TABLE HIS LATEST DRAWING OF THE FIGURE.

ALEX: HUH!

GIRLFRIEND: YOU’RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ALEX: DRAWING.

GIRLFRIEND: NOT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PICTURES. ALEX IT’S REALLY CREEPY. YOU’RE SCARING ME AT THE MOMENT. THAT’S IT I CAN’T STAND IT ANYMORE.

ALEX: WHAT? LIL?! BABE!

GIRLFRIEND: SEE YA ALEX!

SHE LOGS OFF.

ALEX: LIL? BABE? AHHHHHH.

SHOT ON HIM HE LOOKS AT THE PICTURE OF THE FIGURE AND STARTS TO RIP IT UP. THE CAMERA PANS ONTO ANOTHER PICTURE ON THE WALL HIS HAND COMES INTO VIEW AS HE RIPS THEM OFF THE WALL AND STARTS TO TEAR THEM UP. HE FINALLY COMES TO THE CLAY FIGURINE AND THROWS IT AGAINST THE WALL. HE FALLS TO THE FLOOR DISTRAUGHT.

BACKWARDS TRACKING SHOT OF THE ROOM AND THE STATE IT IS IN.

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF ALEX. HE JUMPS AS HIS PHONE GOES.

BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOT OF HIM AND THE PHONE. HE PICKS UP THE PHONE.

CLOSE UP OF PHONE. IT’S AN UNKNOWN NUMBER HE OPENS THE TEXT.

IT READS

“TOO BAD MATE”

HE DELETES IT.

ECU ON HIS EYES THEY SHOWS TERROR.

END OF PART THREE.

PART FOUR.

EXT. ALEX IS SITTING ON HIS OWN WAITING FOR SOMEONE. HE GLANCES AT HIS WATCH.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT. HIS MATES ARE COMING TOWARDS HIM WITH DRINKS.

THEY SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CHAT. THEY’RE ALL DRINKING THEIR PINTS HE FINISHES AND TURNS TO LOOK AT THE TELEVISION. THERE’S A MATCH ON.

HE LOOKS DOWN AND THE HEAD OF THE CLAY FIGURINE IS SITTING IN HIS EMPTY PINT GLASS.

TILT SHOT. THE MAN IS STANDING THERE SIMLING HE PULLS HIS HOOD OFF AND SMILES ALEX MOVES UP. THE MAN SITS DOWN. HE STARTS TO SPEAK.

MAN: HEY THIS IS A GOOD MATCH.

ALEX: YYYYOUR…………

THE MAN TURNS HIS HEAD AND SMILES.

ECU INTO HIS EYE THE CAMERA TURNS SLIGHTLY.UNTIL WE GET A FULL SHOT OF THE EYE.

END OF PART FOUR.

PART FIVE.

THE EVENTS THAT HAVE ALL HAPPENED REWIND BUT IN THE MAN’S POV.

EVERYTIME WE SEE ALEX IT GOES IN REWIND. BUT THEN SLOWS DOWN TO UNVEIL THE MAN’S FACE.

FINALLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE MAN PICKS UP THE CLAY HEAD PUTS A BLANKET OVER A SLEEPING TEENAGER ALEX AND STEPS BACKWARDS. AS HE STEPS BACKWARDS HE VANISHES.

END OF PART FIVE

PART SIX.

CAMERA PULLS OUT OF SHOT OF THE MANS EYE AND SHAKES HANDS WITH ALEX. HE STANDS UP LOOKS AT THE MATCH ON SCREEN WHILST SOMEONE SCORES THEY ALL SCREAM AND CHEER WHILST ALEX IS LOOKING ABASHED AT THE MAN. POV SHOT OF THE MAN HE LOOKS OUT INTO THE DOOR.

ECU OF HIS FOOT. HE LIFTS IT UP AND STOMPS WITH THAT HE IS GONE.

END OF PART SIX.

CM

Film Poster Development

After creating my mock poster I showed it so a sample of people and got their feedback on it. A majority of people liked it and thought that the time traveller behind the main character was a shadow. I was pleased with this as this is what the aim of the positioning of the image was aimed to do.

In our final poster that I am soon to create is going to be done using most of the characters flat are included in the film. I want to move away from what the original poster idea was as even though it got good feedback it didn't include any of the other characters which I think is important. I may put the different ages of the main character in night order or In a pyramid shape having the time traveller in the middle. I am still yet to come up with a definite final decision but I think while I'm taking photographs on set on filming day it will all come together.

-RM

Casting

For the roles of Alex as a child and older child, we've chosen 2 of my younger brothers to play the roles. One of them (Harry) is 3 and the other (James) is 10. As these are the perfect ages and I know they're available to help us, I see no reason not to use them to play the characters in the film. They look similar to each other, which is good because they're playing different versions of the same character. Also, these roles don't require too much acting and I know that their acting ability is good enough for their roles. 

For the future versions of Alex, the adult and teenager, we decided to cast me. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Seeing as the younger generations are played by my younger brothers, I'm next in line and would seem like the obvious person to cast. We accept that this seems a bit lazy, but it's perfectly justified and makes everything easier. Plus, I look similar to my brothers and can act (apparently).

BW.

We liked the idea of using Ben as it was a lot harder to find an actor that looked similar. It would be so much easier and probably look better as Ben is a fabulous actor and knows exactly what we want from the actor.

CM. 



This is Alex.
(Ignore the cocktail)

As for the role of "The Shadower" we've chosen Alex, Rachel's boyfriend. This is because Alex apparently really, really wants to be in our film. He also has some acting ability and can drive to our filming locations in his fancy car, which is handy.

Plus, just look at that face. You say no to that... You can't, can you? fwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr.

Jokes aside, Alex fits the bill for some cool time-travelling guy. Why? His futuristic hairstyle, that's why. It just screams "Hey there, I'm a sexy guy from the future and I'm going to leave you cool notes and stuff throughout your childhood, which will leave you with psychological scars that will never heal and make your girlfriend leave you!.. Accidentally, of course". Why else would a time-traveller leave mysterious notes throughout somebody life? 

Rachel
(Ignore the face)

For the small part of the Skype girlfriend, we've chosen our own Rachel. This is because she is highly available and can easily throw a hissy-fit, which is what the role demands.

                                                      

Here's Chloe
(Ignore Moomin)

Also Chloe's going to appear in it at one point, in a small cameo. Just like Stan Lee or a modern day Alfred Hitchcock, but female.

BW.

I'm really glad that I'm able to appear in the short film, as the others are in it. I think that it'll be something to have fun with. we're not too sure what I'd be doing but I think I might walk past in the park or something on a leisurely stroll.

CM. 

We're also assembling a load of extras to appear in the pub scene. I'd type the list here now, but the list would be long and we don't yet know if anyone will drop out. Hopefully we'll get lots though.

-BW

Prop List

PROP LIST

      SOLDIER’S HAT.

      CHILDREN’S TOYS, BRICKS ETC.

      PLASTIC SOLDIERS.

      A TENT.

      POST-IT-NOTES.

      AN-WAY-UP-CUP.

      BIN.

      A FOOTBALL.

      LAPTOP.

      DRAWINGS OF THE SHADOWER.

      CLAY FIGURINE OF THE SHADOWER.

      A PAD.

      A PEN.

      A BLANKET.

CM

Script #2

TEMPUS

DIRECTED BY BW, CM AND RM

WRITTEN BY BW, CM AMD RM

INT. PAN AROUND A CHILD’S PLAYROOM/BEDROOM. THERE IS A GAME OF SOLDIERS GOING ON.

CLOSE UP ON SOME OF THE PLASTIC SOLDIERS.

CUT TO A CHILDS EYES.

PULL BACK SO WE SEE THE WHOLE FACE. THE CHILD IS WEARING A SOLDIERS HAT AND IS UNDERNEATH A TENT SURROUNDED BY A BATTLE.

THE CHILD’S MOTHER CALLS TO HIM.

MOTHER: ALEX DARLING!

HE LOOKS UP BUT DECIDES TO IGNORE WHAT SHE IS SAYING.

MOTHER: ALEX!

CLOSE UP ON THE CHILDS HANDS HE DROPS THE SOLDIERS LEAVING THEM DISCARDED.  CLOSE UP ON FEET. THE DOOR BANGS SHUT.

WITH THE CAMERA STILL ON A CLOSE UP OF THE SOLDIERS A SHADOW PASSES OVER AND A HAND SWOOPS DOWN PICKS UP A SOLDIER AND THEN MOVES THE SOLDIER OUT OF THE SHOT.

SECONDS PASS AND THE SOLDIER IS BACK INTO SHOT BUT IT HAS A NOTE SELLOTAPED ONTO IT.

“I’M HIT”

THE CAMERA PANS ROUND THE ROOM AND SETTLES ON SOME UNSETTLED PIECES OF PAPER THAT ARE STILL FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WE DON’T SEE WHO IS POSTING THE NOTES.

SECONDS LATER THW DOOR CREEKS OPEN AND ALEX RUNS IN ECU OF HIS FEET WALKING IN.

TILT SHOT HE IS HOLDING AN ANY-WAY-UP-CUP FULL OF JUICE. HE STOPS IN FRONT OF THE TENT AND A CLOSE UP OF HIS CONFUSED FACE.

HE DROPS THE CUP CLOSE UP OF HIS HAND AS HE PICKS UP THE SOLDIER.

SHOT REVERSE SHOT. OF SOLDIER THEN CLOSE UP OF FACE THEN THE SOLDIER AGAIN.

CLOSE UP OF SOLDIER, ALEX RIPS THE NOTE OFF AND TAKES IT TO THE BIN.

END OF PART 1.

PART TWO

EXT. A MAN AND A WOMAN ARE SITTING ON A BENCH TALKING. WHILST AN OLDER ALEX IS RUNNING AROUND KICKING A BALL.

POV OF THE BALL BEING KICKED. HAND HELD CAMERA.

THE BALL IS KICKED FAR AWAY. SHOT TO WHERE THE BALL IS.

WHIP PAN AS BOY LOOKS UP TO SEE WHERE HIS PARENTS ARE HE SMILES AND WAVES THEY ARE NOT REGISTERING THAT HE IS THERE. SHOT REVERSE SHOT.

THE BOY SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS AND RUNS OVER TO THE FOOTBALL. HAND HELD CAMERA OF THE FLOOR AND HIS FEET.

CUT TO ECU ON A MAN’S FOOT ON THE BALL. SHOT REVERSE SHOT. THE BOY STOPS HALF WAY. THE MAN’S FOOT. THE BOY’S WORRIED FACE.

TRACKING SHOT OF THE BOY WALKING TOWARDS THE BALL HE STOPS ABOUT 3ft AWAY FROM THE MAN.

ECU ON THE MAN’S SMILE. ECU ON HIS HAND IN HIS JACKET POCKET. HE PULLS HIS HAND OUT AND IN IT IS THE TOY SOLDIER FROM THE PREVIOUS SCENE.

ECU ON THE TOY SOLDIER IN THE PALM OF THE MAN’S HAND.

THE BOY PICKS IT UP FROM THE HAND.

CLOSE UP OF THE BOY LOOKING AT THE SOLDIER HE LOOKS UP AND STARES.

WHIP PAN THE MAN IS NO LONGER THERE. THE BOY COMPLETELY FORGETS ABOUT THE BALL AND RUNS TO HIS PARENTS.

HE LOOKS DOWN TO HIS PALM.

TILT SHOT HE IS HOLDING SAND. HE LOOKS BACK AT HIS PARENTS. THEY ARE CALLING HIM.

FATHER: ALEX WE’RE GOING. HE RUNS.

END OF PART TWO.

PART THREE

INT. THE BOYS BEDROOM BUT IT IS SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT THE YEARS HAVE CHANGED AND SO HAS THE LITTLE BOY. ALL OVER HIS ROOM ARE PICTURES OF THE FIGURE. PAN AROUND THE ROOM THERE IS EVEN A CLAY FIGURINE. THE ROOM HAS A GLOOMY EERIE FEEL TO IT.

STOP ON THE BOY SITTING AT HIS DESK. GRADUAL CLOSE UP. HE IS SKYPING HIS GIRLFRIEND. THEY’RE ARGUING.

MID CONVERSATION. SHOT REVERSE SHOT ON SCREEN AND ON HIM.

GIRLFRIEND:…YOU’RE NEVER THERE FOR ME I LOOKED LIKE A FOOL TONIGHT.

ALEX: I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.

GIRLFRIEND: I WANT YOU TO ACT NORMAL, ALEX!

ALEX IS LOOKING AT A PAD ON THE TABLE HIS LATEST DRAWING OF THE FIGURE.

ALEX: HUH!

GIRLFRIEND: YOU’RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ALEX: DRAWING.

GIRLFRIEND: NOT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PICTURES. ALEX IT’S REALLY CREEPY. YOU’RE SCARING ME AT THE MOMENT. THAT’S IT I CAN’T STAND IT ANYMORE.

ALEX: WHAT? LIL?! BABE!

GIRLFRIEND: SEE YA ALEX!

SHE LOGS OFF.

ALEX: LIL? BABE? AHHHHHH.

SHOT ON HIM HE LOOKS AT THE PICTURE OF THE FIGURE AND STARTS TO RIP IT UP. THE CAMERA PANS ONTO ANOTHER PICTURE ON THE WALL HIS HAND COMES INTO VIEW AS HE RIPS THEM OFF THE WALL AND STARTS TO TEAR THEM UP. HE FINALLY COMES TO THE CLAY FIGURINE AND THROWS IT AGAINST THE WALL. HE FALLS TO THE FLOOR DISTRAUGHT.

BACKWARDS TRACKING SHOT OF THE ROOM AND THE STATE IT IS IN.

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF ALEX. HE JUMPS AS HIS PHONE GOES.

BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOT OF HIM AND THE PHONE. HE PICKS UP THE PHONE.

CLOSE UP OF PHONE. IT’S AN UNKNOWN NUMBER HE OPENS THE TEXT.

IT READS

“TOO BAD MATE”

HE DELETES IT.

ECU ON HIS EYES THEY SHOWS TERROR.

END OF PART THREE.

PART FOUR.

EXT. ALEX IS SITTING ON HIS OWN WAITING FOR SOMEONE. HE GLANCES AT HIS WATCH.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT. HIS MATES ARE COMING TOWARDS HIM WITH DRINKS.

THEY SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CHAT. THEY’RE ALL DRINKING THEIR PINTS HE FINISHES AND TURNS TO LOOK AT THE TELEVISION. THERE’S A MATCH ON.

HE LOOKS DOWN AND THE HEAD OF THE CLAY FIGURINE IS SITTING IN HIS EMPTY PINT GLASS.

TILT SHOT. THE MAN IS STANDING THERE SIMLING HE PULLS HIS HOOD OFF AND SMILES ALEX MOVES UP. THE MAN SITS DOWN. HE STARTS TO SPEAK.

MAN: HEY THIS IS A GOOD MATCH.

ALEX: YYYYOUR…………

THE MAN TURNS HIS HEAD AND SMILES.

ECU INTO HIS EYE THE CAMERA TURNS SLIGHTLY.UNTIL WE GET A FULL SHOT OF THE EYE.

END OF PART FOUR.

PART FIVE.

THE EVENTS THAT HAVE ALL HAPPENED REWIND BUT IN THE MAN’S POV.

EVERYTIME WE SEE ALEX IT GOES IN REWIND. BUT THEN SLOWS DOWN TO UNVEIL THE MAN’S FACE.

FINALLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE MAN PICKS UP THE CLAY HEAD PUTS A BLANKET OVER A SLEEPING TEENAGER ALEX AND STEPS BACKWARDS. AS HE STEPS BACKWARDS HE VANISHES.

END OF PART FIVE

PART SIX.

CAMERA PULLS OUT OF SHOT OF THE MANS EYE AND SHAKES HANDS WITH ALEX. HE STANDS UP LOOKS AT THE MATCH ON SCREEN WHILST SOMEONE SCORES THEY ALL SCREAM AND CHEER WHILST ALEX IS LOOKING ABASHED AT THE MAN. POV SHOT OF THE MAN HE LOOKS OUT INTO THE DOOR.

ECU OF HIS FOOT. HE LIFTS IT UP AND STOMPS WITH THAT HE IS GONE.

END OF PART SIX.

CM

Development Update #2

With BW, RM, AND CM

CHARACTER PROFILES-ALEX

CHARACTER PROFILES:

ALEX.

PART ONE.

AGE: 2-3 YEARS

WEARING: SOLDIERS OUTFIT.

SYNOPSIS OF CHARACTER: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALEX AND THE STRANGER HAVE CROSSED LINES. ALEX DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS HE IS TOO YOUNG. BUT HE DOES NOTICE THAT THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE ROOM.

PART TWO:

AGE: 7-8 YEARS

WEARING: JEANS, JUMPER, COAT, SCARF ETC

SYNOPSIS OF CHARACTER: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALEX HAS MET THE STRANGER BUT HE SEEMS TO RECOGNISE HIM HE IS HESITANT AT FIRST AND LOOKS TO HIS PARENTS FOR HELP. HE ISN’T SCARED THOUGH AND COMES TO TERMS. HIS REACTION TO THE CHARACTER IS PRICELESS EVEN WHEN HE SMILES ALEX MAKES SURE HE SEEMS UNFAZED ESPECIALLY WHEN BEING GIVEN THE FIGURE. THIS ALEX HAS TO BE VERY CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED.

PART THREE:

AGE: 16-17 YEARS

WEARING: MAINLY DARK CLOTHING HE NEEDS TO SEEM CONFUSED AND LOST THIS IS SHOWN THROUGH COSTUMING.

SYNOPSIS OF CHARACTER: A VERY CONFUSING TIME IN ALEX’S LIFE. AS WE CAN SEE CLEARLY WITH PROBLEMS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE THIS HAS DONE TO HIM WITH THE STRANGER HE HAS CLEARLY BECOME OBSESSED.

PART FOUR:

AGE: 19-20 YEARS

WEARING: A FOOTBALL SHIRT AND JEANS HE HAS CHANGED BUT IS THE SAME ACTOR THAT PLAYED THE TEENAGER. THIS WILL BE SHOWN THROUGH A HAIRCUT.

SYNOPSIS OF CHARACTER: ALEX FEELS LIKE HE IS BEING WATCHED AND STARTS TO PANIC MORE WHEN HE SEES THE CLAY HEAD IN HIS EMPTY PINT GLASS. HE GETS EVEN MORE FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED WHEN HE SEES THE STRANGER AND HE SPEAKS TO HIM. WITHOUT HAVING A FULL CONVERSATION WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT HE FINALLY UNDERSTANDS AND IS AT EASE WITH HIS PAST.
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