The brief was to create/produce a 6 minute short film involving 2 or more characters.
I decided to make my short film homage 40’s and 50’s cinema, films such as
Concept
I came up with the idea of a couple that had broken up and the female in the relationship comes to pick up some stuff.
I liked this concept because it’s a situation which happens but no one likes and conflict it easy to come about.
I came up with this idea because I had not long came out of a relationship with someone I cared a great deal but we lived together and conflict always happened afterwards.
There was no synopsis stage because I just sat down and wrote it.
First Script:
Key-
^-body actions
*-Noises
( )- Camera
(Wide Shot of door)
*Knocking*
^guy goes to door and opens door^
(close up of each character)
Guy-Hey ^small smile^
Girl-Hey ^Small smile^
^guy jesters for her to come in^
(wide shot)
Guy-Your stuff is over there, ive boxed it for you.
Girl- Thanks
^guy moves to kitchen area^
(wide shot of kitchen)
Guy-Want a drink?
(Medium Wide)
Girl- Yes please, what do you have?
(cutting between characters)
Guy-Whiskey? Rum?
Girl-Can i have a rum please?
^poring the drinks^
(wide shot)-keep same shot for awhile to create a sense of arkwardness
^handing the drinks over^
*Silence*
^girl will been having finger jesters on the glass and will slowly drink the drink^
Guy-How you been keeping?
Girl- Ok, been living with my mum.
Guy-How is your mum?
Girl- Shes fine, got a new job as a teacher.
Guy-nice.
(medium close up)
Girl-How about you?
(close up)
Guy-Ok, be better with you.
^guy knocks drinks back walks to refill^
(medium Wide)
Girl- Please
(Wide)
^Refilling Drink^
Guy- What ya think its easy for me?
(close up)
Girl-You think its easy for me?
^the guy walks to look out the window^
(wide shot with girl in the background)
Guy- Well it was you who walked out
(close up)
Girl-But it was you who was the jerk.
(medium wide)
^Turns around^
Guy- Me... It was you that...
(close up)
Girl-Please can we not argue?
(Wide)
*Silence*
^she the girl looking around^
(shot of keyboard)
(Medium wide)
Girl-You been playing alot recently?
(close up)
Guy-Yeah, its my only escape.
(medium wide)
Girl- You use to play alot for me when we first met.
(wide shot)
^ribbing his finger on the keyboard^
Guy-Well its not just my looks was gonna seduce ya.
(medium wide)
girl-*laughs* ^smiles^
(close up)
^guy smiles^
(medium wide)
Girl-Play something like you use to.
^guy sits and plays^
^shes smiling^
(cutting between the two)
^she gets teary^
Girl-I must be leaving.
(medium close up)
^he notices^
Guy-Wait..
^walks to her^
(medium wide)
^looking at each other^
This is where ill have the monologue, i going to write a few these next few days.
^they kiss^
(Fades)
(shot wide of both characters)
^Girl is hugging up to him, smiling^
(camera pans to picture of them together in frame)
(fades)
THE END.
Script
"HATE IS A VERY EXCITING EMOTION" (ONE SCENE ONLY)
Guy is waiting, reading a book '1001 ways to get your Ex
back, male edition'. Looking at the time.
Knocking at the door. Puts book away and puts another book
on the table, opens a page.
Answers the door, ex girlfriend there.
GIRL:
Hey
Guy character Reluctant from here.
GUY:
Hey
Girl walks in.
GUY:
Your stuffs over there.
Girl walks to boxes, starts looking through them. Guy in
kitchen.
GUY:
Want a drink?
GIRL:
Yes please, what you have?
GUY:
Whiskey or Rum?
GIRL:
Rum please.
So how have you been?
GUY:
Ok, yourself?
GIRL:
Yeah, got new job, which is hard
these days with recessions and
everything.
GUY:
Yeah great.
Guy makes drinks and puts in on a side near her. Guy
pretends on reading book.
GIRL:
Wheres my limited edition 'In
Rainbows' vinyl?
GUY:
Well i have it because i bought it.
GIRL:
Yeah, but for me.
GUY:
Well you wouldn't even like
Radiohead if it wasn't for me.
GIRL:
Thats not the point is it?
GUY:
No, but i have a turntable and you
don't, plus I'm a bigger fan and
its limited edition... find one on
eBay.
GIRL:
Whatever, have it on CD anyway.
Silence for a few seconds
GIRL:
So you been playing a lot?
Looking at keyboard/piano
GUY:
Yeah well its my only escape.
GIRL:
You use to play a lot when we first
met, then you only did it when i
was at work.
GUY:
Well i didn't want you interfering.
Girl chuckles
GIRL:
Play something like you use to?
GUY:
Why?
GIRL:
Just want to hear something nice
thats not on a CD which i can hear
all the time.
GUY:
Ok
Guy starts playing a melodic romantic tune, girl after
awhile starts getting upset/overwhelmed. Guy not reluctant
from this point.
GIRL:
I should leave...
GUY:
Wait i forgot to mention what
happened to the
GIRL:
Why what happened?
GUY:
Well Johnny day last week, well
because they where married for 40
years and Gilda bless her couldn't
take it and made her go delirium,
shows what can happen when your
without love.
GIRL:
Yeah, I'd better get going.
GUY:
Ok, ill see you out.
GIRL:
Ohh, I'm having a birthday party
next week on Tuesday at the 'Dog
and Bone' if you want to come?
GUY:
Yeah, i might pop down, depends if
I'm busy.
GIRL:
Ok, see you later.
GUY:
Yeah, see you
Treatment
As this is a homage, im having all the credits at the beginning of the film (like in 40’s and 50’s cinema) and just having the end at the end. This will also work well with short film and the size of my crew.
I also using two lights to light my film (that’s not including the general lights in the house) because this gives a good contrast but keeps everything well lit as I found out when me and the cinematographer did a lighting test in a studio.
I would also like to get a lot of pans and tracking shots as they where more commonly used back then.
Cast and Crew
Jack Boyles- Producer, Writer, Director, Editing and lighting.
Oliver Bartman- Cinematographer, lighting
Danny Peachy- Sound
Charlie Osborn- Actor/ Female
Daniel Wignol- Actor/ Male.
Location
I’ve decided to film this in my grandma’s has as it looks mature and it has a dinning room and kitchen next to each other.
I unfortunately have no location shots as my grandma has been busy but my frame forge is pretty damn accrete.
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