Monday, 10 October 2011
The Script - (First Draft)
INT – House - Day
Priya who has just woken up is walking down the stairs to go and greet her parents and get some breakfast. As she enters the kitchen her parents who were talking very animatedly stop talking. They look at her with excitement on their faces.
Priya Mum Dad
Morning. What’s
happened? Why are
you two so excited?
(Smiles)
Well Priya we’ve had some
really good news.
Go on. Tell all.
I’m excited now too.
(Clears throat)
Your mother and I have
been looking for someone
suitable to marry you…
(Looks shocked)
And we’ve come to a …
Oh Rikesh stop stalling
Priya we’ve found you a
husband. You’re to marry
in two months.
I… I…
(Bursts into tears)
Why are you crying child?
This is a great honour.
(Whispers)
I don’t want to.
Speak up Priya.
(Shouts)
I DON’T WANT TO!
Priya then runs out of the kitchen to her bedroom. We hear her parents shouting after her but she doesn’t acknowledge them. Once in her room still in tears she looks around for her phone. When she finds her phone she texts Jamal and asks him to come and pick her up. Priya puts her phone down and goes to get dressed. As she is dressing we hear the doorbell ring. She looks at her door with a scared look on her face. She thinks its Jamal. From downstairs we hear mumbled voices of her mother and a man. A door slams downstairs and she hears a car pull out of the driveway. The camera then cuts to her phone which is on her bed. It’s vibrating. She looks and see’s she has a text from Jamal saying that he’s outside her house. She pulls on her jacket, leaves her room and leaves the house. The camera cuts to the window which her uncle is peering out of. She doesn’t notice him when she gets into the car
INT – House – Day
Uncle Lovely moves from the window and calls Deepesh over. They decided to go into Priya’s room to see if they can find anything to tell them who the unknown boy in the car is to her. The camera then shots to Uncle Lovely and Deepseh searching frantically in Priya’s room. Uncle Lovely looks under the bed and finds a box of things that Jamal has given to Priya. They also find Jamal’s address.
EXT – High Beech – Day
We see Priya and Jamal entering a fieldy area. They walk over to a bench and sit down.
Jamal Priya
Priya I love you so much and I’ve
been thinking... that I want to spend
the rest of my life with you. Do you
get what I’m getting at?
Aww Jamal. But no I don’t see where this
is going.
Well Priya I wondered if... well, will
you do me the honour of marrying me?
Priya will you marry me?
Priya looks at Jamal in shock. She opens her mouth and closes it again. Jamal disappointed with her reaction starts to look impatient.
Priya? Priya? Answer me please.
I don’t know what to say. I, I…
Priya. Just give me an answer
Jamal, not impressed with Priya starts to get angry and he slams his hand down on the bench. This seems to startle Priya.
I can’t. I’m so sorry.
Priya gets up from the bench and walks away. Jamal looks upset but he doesn’t go after her.
INT – House – Night
Priya enters the house and takes off her shoes. As she turns to go up the stairs her Uncle calls her and asks her to come into front room. Priya enters the front room and she sees her Uncle and brother standing by the fire place. Her mother is sitting on the sofa.
Mum Uncle Lovely
Priya, sit down.
I’m going to get straight to the point.
We know you’ve been seeing that black
boy. What do you think you’re doing
causing shame to your mother? Stop
seeing him now. This is your first and
final warning.
Yes Priya. Listen to your Uncle. Do
you understand me?
Priya nods her head and leaves the room. Her Uncle and brother leave the house.
EXT – Alleyway – Night
Jamal is walking down an alley on the phone to someone. It’s getting dark and he doesn’t realise that there is someone following him. As he is walking down the alley another figures comes out from a bush and stands in front of him. Jamal turns around to see if he can leave the alley but the person who was following him is standing behind. He realises that he’s in trouble and drops his phone on the floor. (Priya’s uncle is standing behind Jamal and Priya’s brother is standing in front of him.) They come close to him and push him against the wall. Uncle Lovely punches him to the floor and Deepesh kicks him repeatedly.
Jamal Uncle Lovely
Ayy. Who are you?
Don’t fucking come near Priya again or I’ll make sure
you never walk again.
Deepesh kicks him again for good measure then him and Uncle Lovely walk off
INT – House – Day
Priya is in her bedroom when her phone vibrates. It’s a text from Jamal asking for them to meet up really quickly. Priya gets dressed and leaves the house to go and meet Jamal.
EXT – Bus stop – Day
Jamal Priya
Babes, yesterday I got jumped.
Oh my gosh. By who?
I don’t know but they told me to
stay away from you. I’m guessing
it was your brother?
Jamal I’m so sorry. It was my Uncle and Brother
I’m guessing. They told me not to see you anymore
As they are talking they don’t realise Deepesh is walking on the other side of the road, he notices them and walks off. Priya and Jamal say goodbye to each other and leave the bus stop.
INT – House – Night
Priya enters the house. She takes off her shoes and runs up the stairs to her room. As she gets to the top of the stairs she sees her Uncle Lovely standing there, waiting.
Uncle Lovely Priya
Where have you been?
With friends.
Don’t lie to me. I know you’ve been
with that black boy haven’t you?
what did we tell you about him?
You’re a disgrace to your mother.
She’s trying to do you right by
finding you a nice Indian boy...
(He notices that Priya isn’t even looking at him.)
LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M TALKING TO
YOU.
(Priya looks up.)
But I love him.
You love him?
(Laughs)
You don’t know what love is. You’re
a disgrace.
He then slaps Priya hard on her face. We see her head hit the wall and she falls...falls down the stairs. We then see Priya at the bottom of the stairs. Her head moves a little then she is still. The camera is then from her point of view and we see her vision go black as something hits her in her face. We then see a suitcase with legs that are presumably Priya’s hanging out of it. In the shot there s also another pair of legs and we see hands putting the legs into the suitcase.
EXT – High Beech – Day
We see two figures acting suspiciously in the forest. It turns out to be Uncle Lovely and Deepesh. They are disposing of the suitcase that Priya’s body is in.
EXT – Bush somewhere – Day
There’s a phone in a bush ringing. The camera zooms in and we see that it’s Jamal calling and it’ Priya’s phone.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Risk Assessment For Video Productions - Sharuk's house
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR VIDEO PRODUCTIONS |
Student Name | Myles, Damla, Kayla and Sharuk |
Course | A2 Media |
Location | Sharuk’s House |
Below is a list of Health & Safety considerations. Tick ones that apply to your shoot or location and elaborate in the box provided. | |||
FIRE EXITS | ANIMALS | ||
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS | COMPRESSED GAS | ||
FIRE ALARMS | x | CONFINED SPACES | |
TRAINED 1ST AIDER | FIRE/FLAMMABLE MATERIAL | ||
1ST AID BOX | DERELICT BUILDING | ||
LECTURER PRESENT | FIGHT SEQUENCE | ||
LIGHTS | x | GLASS | X |
CABLES | x | HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS/DRUGS | |
ELECTRICS/GAS | x | MACHINERY | |
EXPLOSIVES/PYROTECHNICS/FIRE FX | VEHICLES | ||
GRIP EQUIPMENT | WATER | X | |
SCAFFOLDS | WEATHER | ||
SMOKE EFFECTS | WORKING AT HEIGHTS | X | |
STUNTS | OTHER | ||
- Cables: Cables around the house may cause an injury to someone that may trip over. - Electric/ Gas: The gas may be left on, and due to this reason it can cause people in the house to suffer from breathing. - Glass: Glass may cause cuts to the characters and the film crew. - Water: Water may cause a slippery surface which can lead to accidents. |
Proposal
Date: Thursday 06th October 2011 | Production Company: Black & Cream Studios | |
Director: Myles Francis | Production Crew: Kayla Thomas - (Camera Operator, Editor); Myles Francis - (Camera Operator, Sound Editor& Editor). | |
Working Title: The decided title at present is 'Honoured Love' which is a pun in regards to the themes as seen in our film; if at any stage during production, our production group opt to rename the working title then all existing data will be rectified immediately.
Medium: The proposed production will be a feature film which will entail of a short film lasting a total duration of five minutes
Format: The proposed production which as I've aforementioned a short film with a total duration of five minutes, is intended to be a social drama which has strong references to specific cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Duration: The production is scheduled to last a total of five minutes
Synopsis: The film concept our production group have compiled is entitled "Honourable Love" which is a social drama based on a forbidden interracial relationship which was between two of the main characters Priya who's an eighteen year old girl of Indian dissent and Jamal who's an eighteen year old boy of Afro Caribbean dissent. Their relationship which had been going on for a number of years they feel is at the highest point that they can be in in a relationship and they agree that they will both go to her house one day after college to tell her parents about them, but at breakfast one day her parents decide that they're going to give their daughter a arranged marriage. Priya meets her fiancé on webcam then retaliates saying that she won’t get married to him, she's in love with Jamal and they're going to get married. Her family are shocked and ashamed by the Revelations of their daughter not obeying their commands and dating someone who is not of the same tight knight religious culture, Her parents instigate a plan to hurt Jamal at all costs to prevent him from still seeing her daughter and due to shame that Priya has caused on their family and have her killed.
So Priya's overprotective brother sets out on his mission to find Jamal and beat him up with the help of his yobbish affiliates they capture him, give him a hiding and enforce that he cannot continue seeing Priya; which he agrees to as a precaution not to experience anymore brutality from her raging brother. The concluding part to his assigned mission from his shamed parents is to kill his now outcast sister as a result of the shame she has brought upon her family.
Not long afterwards he stumbles across her and brutally attacks her without showing any remorse, the severity of his attack intensifies as he lunches at her with a knife and stabs her repetitively, Not long after she succumbs to her injuries and dies; He then wraps her dead body in a black bin liner and shoves it a suitcase in the boot of his awaiting car and calmly drives up to High Beech where he dumps the suitcase in a dense part of the forest, showing no remorse whatsoever.
Purpose: The purpose of the proposed production is too showing an insight to the culture behind Honour Killings within the South Asian community;
Target Audience: The target audience for our film is split into two targets - Primary and secondary, the Primary target audience will specify for the age group 16-25 with the Secondary target audience intended for the age category 25-44, we also can't rule out that an older age category may not be drawn to watch this film but maybe not on the same level as the primary and secondary target audience; Also this film covers a fairly taboo genre which is more than likely to be an eye opener to those willing to learn and gain an insite into what occurs in the South Asian community.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Treatment
Production Company:
Director: Myles Francis
Production Crew: Kayla, Sharuk, Damla
Working Title: Honourable Love
Resources: DV8 Camera, Final Cut Pro
Description of narrative structure and use of film language
Structure/form
Priya and Jamal are in a relationship. Priya finds out that her parents want to have her married off to man from back home so she retaliates against this. Her parents then find out that she is in a relationship with a person that they do not approve of. They arrange for her and Jamal to be punished for bringing disgrace to their family. Priya’s brother and his affiliates who subsequently find Jamal and brutally beat him up as a result of his and Priya’s secret relationship. Priya is punished and as a result of her punishment she dies. When she dies her brother puts her body in a suitcase and dumps it in High Beech.
Mise-en-scene
The majority of this film will be set in Priya’s house (Sharuk’s house; Chingford) because we’ll be seeing her with her family a lot. The scenes with Jamal and Priya will be in the East London district vicinity, Walthamstow possibly because it’s close to Monoux and Chingford. We will also be filming in either High Beech or Epping Forest for when we see the Brother and Uncles dumping the body in the forest. We’ll be using a car so that we can see Priya’s Uncles driving to and from certain areas; we’ll be using a suitcase which is an important part of our film as this will be where they put Priya’s body just before they dump it in the forest. The clothes the characters will be wearing inside the house will be very traditional clothing to this culture. The lighting we will be using is natural lighting to make it look as realistic as possible.
Cinematography
Because of the genre that our film is we won’t be using any complicated shot types or camera movements because we want it to be as realistic as possible. We'll be using shot types like point of view shot, establishing shots, drivers eyes shots etc
Sound
As the characters in our film are of a Asian background, the music that we will have over certain parts of our film will be bhangra. But also because it is modern and set in present day we will have a bit of ‘urban’ music also. We won’t have any voice overs or any audio affects except for back ground music because our piece is a social drama and we want it to be as realistic as possible.
Editing (pace and style)
In terms of editing, we've decided not to be to drastic on the editing as if it's an action film, it's not it's a social drama which means we need to retain continuity and ensure the pace normally as life does.
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