Sunday 10 November 2013

Chosen Idea

After having 3 initial ideas, I now needed to chose an idea to make into my final short film.
After going over my ideas, I thought about which one would allow me to use the most creative, and different camera shots and which I could play around with the narrative and scripting of the piece. I decided that idea 2 would be the best.

Outline of the idea:

The main character wakes up in their bedroom on a normal day. POV shot of this happening, looking around the room. The camera cuts to the whole bedroom ands the person getting out of bed. What is going to set this person from everyone else in the world? They are going to have severe OCD. The camera will show them performing their routines, making sure everything is in its correct place (close ups/extreme close ups) making the audience assume that everything in this persons house needs to be in order and be perfect - to be exact. From the house and its belongings, assumptions should be made that this is an average person, living off of an average wage. The routine should look monotonous - as if this person is doing the same routine they do everyday and that today is nothing special. As this routine beings to unfold, it is key that we do not hear the person talk (this should remain throughout).
Narration will begin to play over the top of the live footage. "I am Joe Bloggs, I am one of the best hit mans in the world, I have never been caught, and don't plan on it either.."
One of the main elements to this film is that the narration will be parallel to the footage; "I study my targets maliciously". Shot of studying paper, running finger down an article. "I am prepared for anything". Shot of the person getting changed into warm, heavy clothing.
The next part of the film moves the person on from the house. They leave the house, briefcase, satchel, work gear all in arms, heading toward their car. To further highlight the levels of the OCD and perfectness, once in the car they have to perform another set of routines, just to turn the car on. The camera will then show the car pulling away and the person driving off.
This is where the plot twist comes in the story. As the person is driving along, they suddenly die, no guns, no foul play can be seen to be apparent. The camera cuts to a new car, with a different person in it. The new character is on the phone and merely says (in the same voice as the narrator) "Target is down". The film will end abruptly, leaving the audience to ponder what has just happened.
I feel that if this film is done correctly, then for the majority of the sequence people will believe that they are watching the hit man get ready and that the voice of the narrator is the hit man as well. Yet with the plot twist at the end, out becomes apparent that the person you have been watching was in fact the target.

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