Script with Directions.

I'm a ghost - I live in the shadows - I could be in the room right now and you'd never know it.

I take my job very seriously - planning each and every detail with acute precision.

But why is this important to me? I am a hit man.

Well, a hit-woman if you want to be pedantic about it. But nonetheless, I am a born and bred killer.

I study my targets maliciously; I become them. I get to know them inside and out, leaving no stone unturned.

(Laughs)

Some might say I know them better than themselves.

Who am I? Who am I really?

Getting Excited: Who is this woman you're watching get ready?... Calming down: That... I guess you'll never know.

On the surface, I am an average woman.

You could pass me on the street, I would smile back at you politely. Whilst all the time, you would have no idea that I could kill you with my bare hands.

Leaving no possible spec of evidence. Very broken - short sharp slow words. 

I go about my routines just as any other would.

It's almost like having a normal job - except, I don't go and sit in an office all day long, whilst monotony creeps in, consuming what it is people call their 'life'.

As Cyndi Lauper would say, 'Girls just wanna have fun'. And that is exactly what I get to do. Vast amounts of money transferred into my off-shore bank account. Tax free. No government tracking... All there for me to spend, spend, spend in my free time - what more could a girl ask for?

You could say it is an easy life... If you don't count the endless rival agencies and contractors putting out a hit on me, and trying to kill me. That's probably what has made me so paranoid.

I can't be in, say a restaurant or on a train without thinking the person next to me, or opposite me, has been hired to kill me, or capture me and conduct some unthinkable methods of torture on me, whilst they try and extract all sorts of information from me - like who I work for.

Other than that, I enjoy the simple pleasures in life - I have my dreams... To get out of this business, move away, somewhere hot, get a new identity, a big house - Very excitedly: OH! maybe a Ferrari... But. Calmed down - monotone-Flat: Where I am at the moment, that dream is a long.. long way away.

My life is nothing to be proud of. I receive hits from anonymous contractors. They give no reason. No motive. Just get. The job. Done.

I could be killing innocent people for all I know. All I do know, is that I take my job to the next extreme with the detail I go to...

Could be linked to my OCD I guess... Yep, A woman with OCD that is a hit man - how more conventional could you get hey?

My routines can get quite bad. Sometimes they can interfere with a hit. I have to take my tablets at  specific times. If I don't - I panic, my body refuses to move. I go into breakdown. This causes a time delay. When you're working on killing with force, chaos erupts if you miss-time. It may seem bizarre. But to me, sometimes it can mean life or death.

As for this hit, well the target is actually VERY similar to myself... Which has made it easy. A simple tablet swap. Routine really. No fingerprints. No blood. No evidence. Just like I said. First tablet she takes today at 14:23. I'll give it about an hour and then...

Job done.

Final Script

A copy of the final script I will be using for my final film:

I'm a ghost - I live in the shadows - I could be in the room right now and you'd never know it.

I take my job very seriously - planning each and every detail with acute precision.

But why is this important to me? I am a hit man.

Well, a hit-woman if you want to be pedantic about it. But nonetheless, I am a born and bred killer.

I study my targets maliciously; I become them. I get to know them inside and out, leaving no stone unturned.

(Laughs)

Some might say I know them better than themselves.

Who am I? Who am I really?

Who is this woman you're watching get ready?... That... I guess you'll never know.

On the surface, I am an average woman.

You could pass me on the street, I would smile back at you politely. Whilst all the time, you would have no idea that I could kill you with my bare hands.

Leaving no possible spec of evidence.

I go about my routines just as any other would.

It's almost like having a normal job - except, I don't go and sit in an office all day long, whilst monotony creeps in, consuming what it is people call their 'life'.

As Cyndi Lauper would say, 'Girls just wanna have fun'. And that is exactly what I get to do. Vast amounts of money transferred into my off-shore bank account. Tax free. No government tracking... All there for me to spend, spend, spend in my free time - what more could a girl ask for?

You could say it is an easy life... If you don't count the endless rival agencies and contractors putting out a hit on me, and trying to kill me. That's probably what has made me so paranoid.

I can't be in, say a restaurant or on a train without thinking the person next to me, or opposite me, has been hired to kill me, or capture me and conduct some unthinkable methods of torture on me, whilst they try and extract all sorts of information from me - like who I work for.

Other than that, I enjoy the simple pleasures in life - I have my dreams... To get out of this business, move away, somewhere hot, get a new identity, a big house - OH! maybe a Ferrari... But. Where I am at the moment, that dream is a long.. long way away.

My life is nothing to be proud of. I receive hits from anonymous contractors. They give no reason. No motive. Just get. The job. Done.

I could be killing innocent people for all I know. All I do know, is that I take my job to the next extreme with the detail I go to...

Could be linked to my OCD I guess... Yep, A woman with OCD that is a hit man - how more conventional could you get hey?

My routines can get quite bad. Sometimes they can interfere with a hit. I have to take my tablets at  specific times. If I don't - I panic, my body refuses to move. I go into breakdown. This causes a time delay. When you're working on killing with force, chaos erupts if you miss-time. It may seem bizarre. But to me, sometimes it can mean life or death.

As for this hit, well the target is actually VERY similar to myself... Which has made it easy. A simple tablet swap. Routine really. No fingerprints. No blood. No evidence. Just like I said. First tablet she takes today at 14:23. I'll give it about an hour and then...

Job done.

Review Draft 1

This was the review that I proposed would be the final version, however, after getting feedback, I noticed that there were a number of elements that I needed to alter for it to look as professional as ever.   There were a few minor issues with the layout - the 'ReadLogix.com' plug on the bottom of the page would make the 'subscribe' plug off centre. The last body of text (far right) is too low down and the text above it is also too low down on the page. Once these have been moved up, the page will have a more fluent layout. Looking back on reflection, the text on the top right is very low down and looks out of place on the page. As well as the text, the image was a big problem. As the review is either meant to sell or criticise a film, my image at the moment does not sell my film. The image is not engaging enough to make people want to watch the film - thus not doing the job of a review correctly. I have stuck with a black and red color scheme throughout, as I feel this would fit into a professional magazine and the colors are easy to keep a house style with.

Review - Body of text Completed

Novice director Reece Garside's, first short film hopes to launch his career into the critical world of film. Starring Hannah Vincent and Harriet Newman, this plot twisting, 5 minute shocker, affords confusion and astonishment as the big reveal at the end changes the dynamics of this dramatic film. Garside’s directing debut aims to catapult him amongst the stars, directing and scripting the film himself. Garside had a clear narrative within his film, looking into the complex world of OCD suffers and incorporating the idea of a female hero into the plot. The film is based around the niche world of hit men, and it explores the thought process of a hit man and allows for the viewers to immerse themselves into this unknown world through the cleverly narrated storyline. Without revealing the plot twist at the end of the film, the dramatic conclusion throws the audience off-track and leaves them questioning what they had just witnessed. Endings like this engage the audience making them then connect with the storyline and the characters in greater depth. Although we are only introduced to the main character for a mere 5 minutes, the in-depth story affords the audience a chance to look into their life - breaking into their private lives. Garside’s short also explores an idea that is still rarely touched upon in the world of film (including Hollywood Blockbusters). The idea that a woman can take on the action-packed, danger fuelled role of a ‘big, burly man’. Garside has an all female cast, and has set out to portray them in a masculine light, pushing the boundaries of what an audience is familiar with seeing. Garside has drawn upon influences from certain hit films such as Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill’ trilogy and Phillip Noyce’s recent film ‘Salt’ starring Angelina Jolie. These influences shine through Garside’s work with his strong, no-grief-taking characters. Garside stated that he was “interested in getting the role of women in films to be challenged more and that there should never have been any form of diversity between the two sexes.” And we here at ReadLogix believe that he is certainly one of the leading people in making this change active.     

This breakthrough short film is definitely worth a watch with an engaging narrative and mind turning, plot twist conclusion. If you want to gain an interesting insight into the bizarrely mixed worlds of OCD sufferers and hit-men, further joined with the ideas of women taking on a role, predominantly in a male orientated world. If you have a spare 5 minutes this film has ReadLogix’s seal of

approval.