Final Idea: Shot-list Life, Death & Other Concequences

Here is the initial shotlist I have, over time shots may be changed (added or taken away)

Shot:

1. opening long shot across the road from building where boss works, a long-shot of a spy 1 (the loud) who appears from round a corner and enters the building.

2. A ms of man walking up to room and up to the door

3. cu of door opening

4. cu of the bosses face saying "your late"

5. ms of spy 1 walking in saying "watever"

6. cu of spy 1 sitting down putting his feet up on desk

7. over the shoulder midshot of boss having a go at spy 1 for being lazy

8. cu of spy 1's face laughing saying are you going to give me the briefing or not?

9. ecu of boss taking package/ envelope out of pocket and placing on table

10. ms of both boss and spy 1 but spy 1 is grabbing the package and placing it in his pocket

11. over the shoulder ls of spy 1 walking to the door.

12. Over the shoulder ls of The boss calling to the spy who looks round and the boss merely says don't screw up this time.

13. ms of Spy 1 looking back and snorting a fake laugh

14. m/ls of spy leaving building round the corner

15. ls of spy 2 approaching/ entering building (the quiet)

16. ms of spy 2 approaching door

17. cu of door opening

18. POV longshot of Boss looking up and saying "welcome, sit down"

19. ms of spy 2 sitting down

20. cu of bosses face saying "here's your most difficult briefing"

21. ecu of boss taking exact same package out of pocket and placing on table

22. ms of spy 2 taking package and looking at it

23. pov cu of boss explaining "inside is all that you will need for this"

24. pov ms of spy 2 getting up and leaving the room saying "thanks"

25. ls of spy 2 leaving the building and walking a different route from spy 1

26. ls of spy 3 approaching from a different road from the other spies (the violent)

27. ms of spy 3 walking up to door

28. cu of door opening

29. cu of bosses facial reaction which drops as he says "ah"

30. pov ms of spy 3 sitting down saying "im here for this job"

31. ms of boss saying "yes of course" and reaching in pocket for package

32. ms of spy 3 leaving room

33. ls of spy 3 leaving building and exiting down a road

34. splitscreen of all 3 spies opening backage

35. splitscreen cu of photos that where inside the packages of each other

36. cu solitscreen of spies faces as they pull out their guns and the chase begins

37-45 variety of longshots/midshots/close ups of the spies narrowly missing each other in different places around town.

46. splitscreen all 3 spies recieve a text from the boss saying meet me at the trainstation

47. all three spies meet in a circle and draw firearms shot in a high angle ls

48. cu of spy 1's (the loud) saying to spy 2 (the quiet) "im not here for you, im here for the violent"

49. cu of spy 2's reaction (the silent) and saying "im not here for you the violent im here for the loud"

50. cu of spy 3's reaction (the violent ) and him saying "im here for the quiet"

51.ls high angle a three way stand off is about to begin with guns pointed at each other however the loud says "who sent you two"

52. splitscreen cu of all spies saying "the boss"

53. cu look of realisation on all 3 spies faces

54. ms the loud saying "we know what we must do then" lowering gun

55. ls similar to start of film however all 3 spies enter building

56. cu of door opening

57. pov ls of boss at desk

58. bosses pov shot of all 3 spies bursting into room shooting him down

59. Bosss dies fade to black

Potential Final Idea!

After re planning my first ideas I sat down with Mr Michie and had a look at an old western film starring Clint Eastwood called the good, the bad and the ugly and is about three men out for gold which is buried underneath a grave and a chase ensures about who can get to it first the film contains one of the most famous three way battle an idea that I would like to use in my final piece.

Here is a rough storyline of what is going to happen:

1. three spy's are given a package and briefed about what their mission is (to kill each oher)

2. The spy's each make their own ay around town and narrowly keep missing each other

3. after a couple of minutes all three spy's meet up with each other getting ready to kill each other (in a three way stand off)

4. The spy's explain their possisions (they are all sent to kill each other) untill one asks who sent you

5. all three say The Boss

6. a realisation that the boss had sent them all out to kill each other

7. Spy's return to headquarters

8. Spy's burst into hq and kill he boss

Potential second idea storylines and endings

One spy is a proffesssional and another person is just a rondom person off the street where he is given the package by the boss on a bench whilst reading the paper showing that he is innocent and merely caught up in this problem.

A potential ending is a western or mexican stand off between both spies which ends in a draw with both spies ending up killing each other.

Another ending is that the boss appears at the place where both spies are at and as it has gone past the time limit he kills both spy's and says that he warned them that they would have to pay the conciquences.

second idea

After speaking with Mr Michie we came to the conclusion that my origional ending was a bit too cliche to do so here is a rough second idea of what I want to happen in my short film.

Splitscreen
2spys/assasins
recieve half photo who they have to kill
Briefed by boss told have an hour to kill or pay consequences
Chase revolves
meet in one location
look at watch one minute over the hour
boss kills both spies

Character Analysis:

For my short film I had to cast four actors who would fit the roles of three spies and the spies Boss I used the following people as the following characters, The three spies photos are also the ones featured in their packages in the short film:



Daniel Parslow as: The first (main) spy, I chose Daniel because of his height and because I wanted to challenge some of the typical stereotypes of an Action/Western film by having a poweful blonde character rather than the stereotypical dark haired character.



Lewis- Harvey Mott as: The second spy, I chose Lewis because of his height and ability to act but also because he fits the bill of a stereotypical spy (tall, dark haired) therefore I still wanted to follow some the conventions of an action/western film by still following the stereotype.



Jordan Smith as: The third spy, i chose Jordan similar to Lewis because of his height and ability to act, he also fits into the whole challenging the hollywood stereotypes ordeal as I have not cast him because of her colour but because of acting skills and height as I felt these where essential to the spy's to give them power and make them seem more dominant than the boss especially for the ending scene.



James Hall as: The Boss, I chose james because of his looks and how he can act very serious and menacing at times. This is exactly how I wanted to portray my Boss character as I wanted it to seem that The Boss was in total control throughout the Short Film which lead in nicely to the twist ending.

Cast List

My Main Cast I Only Have Four Main people:

James Hall: As the boss (the character who assigns the spy's their mission)

Jordan Smith: As First Spy (the loud, a very obnoxious, loudmouthed spy)

Daniel parslow: As Second spy (the quiet a spy who does not speak much but is very expirienced)

Lewis Harvey Mott: As Third Spy (the violent a spy who is known for his killings and one of the most feared spies)

Change Of idea

For my original idea I wanted to do a gory horror film,however due to lack of time and the fact that I would have a hard time adding in all the detailed gory effects and I feared that the storyline would not be good and quite cliche.

Instead I have decided to go down the route of an action film, I looked at a variety of short films and one that really caught my eye was a romantic comedy starring David Tennent about a traffic warden who witnesses a woman breaking up with her boyfriend and dropping a handkerchief, because he has feelings for her he chases her throughout london in order to give her handkerchief back. I wanted to use ideas and concepts from this short film but however relate them more to an action genre.

My Idea is based on this and includes a spy and his journey to find a specific person, however he is not given much detail about this journey and is only given half of a torn up photograph. Below is the full synopsis of my short film:

Rough Synopsis:

1. Our main character (the spy) is given a package/ envelope by "the Boss" and is briefed on his mission, the only thing he is told is to keep that package safe as it is the key to his happiness in life The spy agrees to this and accepts his mission and is told to open the package in due time.

2. The spy leaves the main building and thinks nothing of the package and merely places this package in his pocket and merely walks around town for a bit (the camera shall follow him)

3. The spy goes on his mobile phone and makes a call to the boss, meanwhile someone bumps into him and apologises, what the spy doesn't realize is that he has dropped the package.

4. The man who has bumped into him looks around and sees the package on the floor and picks it up, he decides out of curiosity to open it, inside is half a torn of photograph of a baby.

5. The camera now focuses on the man's reaction as his face suddenly drops into shock as he pulls out of his coat an envelope similar to the spy's addressed to him and opens it inside is the other half of the torn photograph.

6. A look of shock and of urgency as the man runs after the spy, he follows the spy in different places e.g. train car bus etc.

7. The man is determined not to lose the spy and so we see him jumping over walls and fences determined not to lose the spy.

8. eventually the man catches up to the spy, who is shocked at the fact that the man who had bumped into him has been following him

9. The man shows the package and puts together the two halves of the photo which go together to show two babies being held by a mother.

10. The spy's reaction to the photo is shown and a shot reverse shot shall be used to show both the man and the spy's reactions.

11. Man says "I haven't seen you since we were separated when we were children brother"

12. The final shot of the short film is of the man saying to the spy (who are long lost brothers) "dad gave you the other half of the photograph.