Scene 3 Draft

Scene No: 3
Scene Page: 3

Slugline: INT. OUTSIDE - NIGHT (Present)

End Point In Last Scene: Horatio gets bitten by a zombie

Characters in Scene: Horatio. Mob of zombies and survivors [Mentioned not seen]

Point of Scene: Establish that Horatio is now in fact a zombie.

Conflict: Horatio becomes a zombie

Ending/Central Question: Will Horatio overcome the issues? Will Horatio survive?

Key Micro Elements: The focus of this scene will be on Editing, showing the effects of zombification and the transition of humanity to an uncontrollable state. The editing will highlight the conflict occurring through Horatio's body through the use of blurring and bright flashing.
The Camera will also illustrate the fact that Horatio is alone in this scene, his body is changing and nobody is around to help him through it, this will allow the audience to relate to Horatio as there is an underlying tone for the effects of puberty and the on going struggle of hormones in which we all feel.

Scene Description : Horatio is standing upright, outside of his house [camera] street lights flicker [lighting] [mise en scene] Horatio groans loudly [Diegetic] and his vision starts to blur [editing]. A gunshot in the distance [Diegetic] Horatio starts to slowly hobble towards it, walking through an open road of ruin and wreckage [mise en scene]. We see Horatio is completely alone due to the use of [camera].

Horatio begins to discuss his thoughts through the use of an inner monologue [non-diegetic sound] as he journeys towards the gunshot. [Editing] provides the viewer with a flash of a zombies face and reverts back to Horatio [camera]

Scene 2 DRAFT

Scene No. 2
Page No. 2

Slugline: EXT. Horatio's house - DAY (present)

End Point In Last Scene: Phone Rings

Characters In Scene: Jeremiah, Horatio

Point of Scene: To show Horatio the outside perils

Conflict: Zombie Apocalypse

Ending/Central Question: Will Jeremiah and Horatio survive? Why has the Zombie Apocalypse started?

Key Micro Elements: The focus of this scene will be on Mise-en-scene, showing props and settings linked to everyday life and the normality inside Horatio's house whilst also portraying the outside world and all of it's horrors. The mise en scene will allow the viewer to relate to Horatio as he goes
through his every day life.

Scene Description Focusing on Key Micro Aspects: Horatio picks up the phone as the kettle starts to whistle [Diegetic] [Mise en Scene] Horatio puts down the phone after talking to Jeremiah. In shock Horatio runs to the window [camera] and looks outside. Zombies are running through the park [Mise en Scene] to eat people. Loud bang [Diegetic] at the door and Horatio runs to see [camera] Zombie neighbour crawling over knocked down door with white fence caught to foot [Mise en Scene]

Suddenly Horatio turns around [camera] and is bitten on his shoulder. Horatio falls to the floor [camera] eyes are blurred [editing] kettle whistle fades out [non-diegetic sound] viewer sees feet of zombie wearing pink slippers [mise en scene]

Scene 1 Draft

Scene No / Page No: 1

 Slugline: INT.LIVINGROOM - MORNING (present) 

Endpoint of Last Scene: First Scene

 Characters in the Scene: Horatio

 Point of Scene: To show Horatio's characteristics to the audience
                          To make Horatio's issues and the worlds issues known to the audience

 Conflict: Zombie Apocalypse

 Ending / Central Question: What will happen to Horatio throughout the Zombie Apocalypse

 Focus on Key Micro Aspects: In this opening scene, camera will be the main focus of the scene, specifically the use of the mise en scene empowering the camera angles and framing. These micro aspects will be used to show Horatio's ignorance towards the zombie apocalypse as he ventures through his normal morning routine. Close up side shots of Horatio's face tracking him whilst moving through his house will highlight Horatio's obliviousness to the outside world and the events occurring.

Scene Description focusing on key micro aspects: Horatio wakes up after sleeping on the couch, his point of view is blurred and out of focus [camera]. He gets up and stretches his arms [camera]. Horatio walks past his kitchen window, [camera framing] frames his face while the zombie apocalypse occurs outside.

Horatio then walks over and boils the kettle and leans back on the kitchen side table behind him still facing the camera [mise on scene]. A zombie walks directly past the window behind him [camera framing] and Horatio prepares to turn and face the window when suddenly [sound] the phone rings which gains Horatio's attention.

US Cast Study - The Cabin In The Woods

Director: Drew Goddard
Writers: Drew Goddard + Joss Whedon
Cast: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradely Whitford
Rating:
US Release: Blanket release April 13, 2012
Genre: Horror / Torture Porn / Postmodernist
Duration: 95 minutes
Studio: Mutant Enemy Productions
Distributer: Lionsgate
Budget: $30 Million
Total Gross: $66,486,080

Marketing:
The marketing campaign presents us with a various and diverse amount of methods consisting of viral methods, posters on billboards and on the side of buses and of course, the trailer.

Reception:
The film received critical acclaim. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.8/10 based on 230 reviews. It offers the consensus: "The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange and scary, frequently all at the same time." On Metacritic the film achieved an average score of 72 out of 100 based on a rating of 40 reviews signifying it had generally favourable reviews"

Independent Film - Case Study Red State

Red State

What makes it independent?

Holds a controversial subject matter about religious extremists which is based on a real figure 'fred phelps'

Overall budget is $4 Million.

Screened at the 27th Sundance Film Festival.

Budget granted through two main private investor groups.

Would not be considered appealing to a mass audience.

Auctioned the film to himself for $20 stating that he would release the film on his own.

Sent posters out with the winning bidder being able to host the poster on their website, this is relevant because he then gave the money from the auction to charity which implies a lack profit motivation.

He was able to have complete artistic control bringing in everyone he wanted to be in it.

The production cost came to $4 million whist also providing an extra $20 for the rights of his own film.

Who stars in it and why?

• Michael Parks as Pastor Abin Cooper
• John Goodman as ATF Special Agent Keenan, investigating disturbances at Cooper homestead
• Melissa Leo as Sarah Cooper, Pastor Cooper's daughter, Caleb's wife and Cheyenne's mother
• Kyle Gallner as Jared, teen who answered online sex ad
• Kerry Bishé as Cheyenne, Sarah and Caleb's daughter and Abin Cooper's granddaughter
• Michael Angarano as Travis, another teen who replied to sex ad
• Nicholas Braun as Billy Ray, third teen
• Ralph Garman as Caleb, Sarah's husband, Abin Cooper's son-in-law and Cheyenne's father
• Stephen Root as Sheriff Wynan
• James Parks as Mordechai, Pastor Cooper's son and Fiona May's father
• Haley Ramm as Maggie
• Kevin Pollak as ATF Special Agent Brooks
• Matt L. Jones as Deputy Pete
• Kevin Alejandro as Tactical Agent Harry
• Anna Gunn as Travis' mother
• Betty Aberlin as Abigail
• Marc Blucas as ATF Sniper
• Elizabeth Tripp as Melanie, Abin Cooper's granddaughter, Caleb and Sarah's daughter
• Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Esther, Mordechai's wife and Fiona May's mother
• Molly Livingston as Fiona May, Abin Cooper's granddaughter, daughter of Mordechai and Ester.
• Alexa Nikolas as Jesse
• Hoc Sy as Butch
• Kevin Smith as prisoner who tells Pastor Abin Cooper to shut up

These are some well known names, specifically Michael Parks and John Goodman. Specifically Kevin smith wanted Michael parks after seeing his performance in From Dusk Till Dawn and that if Parks had not agreed to be in the film he would have dropped the project entirely.

Samuel L. Jackson was considered for the role that eventually went to John Goodman.

Some fun facts : Casting Director Deborah Aquila was moved to tears whilst listening to Kyle Gallner's performance during the cage scene.

In October 2011, Red State won the Best Motion Picture award at the 2011 Sitges Film Festival, while Michael Parks was named Best Actor. Parks' character, Abin Cooper, received a nomination for Villain Of The Year from the Virgin Media Movie Awards. At the 2012 Chlotrudis Awards, Melissa Leo earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Case Study: Johnny English Reborn.

Director: Oliver Parker

Writers: William Davis, Hamish McColl

Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West

Rating: PG

UK Release October 7th 2011

Genre: Adventure/comedy

Duration: 101 Minutes

Studio Working Title, StudioCanal, Relativity Media

Budget: $45 million

Total Gross $160 million

Marketing:

The film was a prequel to the first Johnny English made in 2003, which was a previous success with a Box Office of $160.5 million appealing to the previous fans of the first film.

It had it's own iPhone App the Johnny English Mobile Spy Kit including features such as a Voice Disguiser, Lie Detector and Intruder Alarm.

Its website had a lot of downloads like wallpapers, buddy icons and creating your own spy dossier by connecting to Facebook.

Traditional marketing included the viewing of theatrical and teaser trailers (appearing online and as adverts), movie posters (billboards/magazine adverts) and actor interviews.

Reception:

The film received mixed reviews like its previous film. Rotten Tomatoes gave an average rating of 4.7 out of 10 whereas Cinemascore polls reported that the average grade movie-goers gave was B+ (A to F scale).

The world film premiere was in Sydney on September 4th at Fox Studios. The film premiere in the UK was on October 2nd 2011 and Rowan Atkinson even arrived in the famous Rolls Royce phantom in leicester square and in Sydney 

FINAL DRAFT: How does the use of the Mise en scene in a key sequence from Inglorious Basterds convey sorrow?

How does the use of the Mise en scene in a key sequence from Inglorious Basterds convey sorrow?

Inglorious Basterds attempts to provide a historical, postmodernist homage to cinema. Tarantino rolls Adventure, Drama and War into a ball and produces Inglorious Basterds. The scene I have chosen is the Revenge Of The Giant Face. A Jewish girl who escaped the Nazi’s grasp after her family died horribly in her presence dominates the scene.

The opening scene presents us with a long shot with static movement. Shosanna is following the rule of thirds, acting as the framework of the window in the centre of the shot. The use of mirrors directs the viewer to the central window no matter where you look whilst also containing the overpowering use of the Nazi Flag. The mise en scene would suggest that by the dominating use of the Nazi flag, Shosanna’s life is being overruled by Nazi influence. The use of mirrors on both sides of the shot provides us with a use of symmetry whilst simultaneously emphasising that Shosanna is figuratively and literally surrounded by the Nazi regime. Specifically in the mirror to the left of the shot it presents to me a reflection of Shosanna looking out of the window in sorrow or contemplation, looking directly at a Nazi Flag which is much bigger than her, the mise en scene of the flag would continue to emphasise the fact that the Nazi regime is much bigger than herself which vaguely reminded me of a Jack and the Giant Beanstalk or a David and Goliath scenario. It made me feel as if Shosanna has no power whatsoever as all she can do is face the people who had killed her family and have continued to torment her throughout the film. The mise en scene contains red wall paper, red Nazi flags and a red dress this suggests that whilst using the usual connotation of red meaning blood she is also figuratively and literally surrounded by blood, be it the blood of her family or the collective blood that the whole Nazi regime created.

The use of a cross dissolve, paired with a long shot grants me a zoomed in version of the opening scene, this time the window is dominating the scene, the reflection of Shosanna is clearer and I am now able to see outside. The use of a cross dissolve grants the illusion that a lot of time has passed, that she is contemplating or taking some time to herself, this also makes me wonder what else is going to happen afterwards leaving me with a sense of curiosity. I can also see a movie themed poster outside of the window; the mise en scene of the poster only furthers the fact that Inglorious Basterds is a homage to cinema as it provides me with a sense of historical cinema. Again the Nazi flag is shown within the scene to further imply that the Nazi flag is surrounding Shosanna, I feel as if the flag is almost lingering in the background and that the scene in question could arguably be a physical representation of what is happening in Shosanna’s mind, she is isolated in the highest floor of her cinema, surrounded by her own little space whilst outside Nazi flags can be seen dominating her surroundings, almost as if the cinema is her get away from Nazi influence, however in this scene she will be holding a film screening for the Germans which could possibly be the answer to her discontent, the people she despises are imposing into the one place she feels safe. I would like to note that the only movement you can see in the scene apart from the slow waving of the Nazi flags is Shosannas breathing, you can actually see her chest move as she breathes in and out, this gave me the feeling that she is brooding.

Once more Tarantino uses a cross dissolve which is then complemented by a mid shot, non-diegetic sound becomes more prevalent, which makes me feel like it’s foreshadowing events ahead. She is looking down with a hand covering her mouth which suggested to me that she is in a feeling of discourse or perhaps she could be judging the people outside. The mise en scene of the poster outside reflects the females’ emotion inside as both are looking emotionless, almost robotic, which could be attributed by the possibility of brooding. The non-diegetic sound which is currently ‘David Bowie - Cat people’ certainly casts Shosannas emotions throughout this scene, specifically as she is looking down at the street almost judging the lyrics “I could stare for a thousand years” can be heard, which emphasises the possibility that she is brooding.

Again, another cross dissolve finds it’s way to produce the next shot, which is a close up of Shosanna facing the window. This shot only furthers my previous point of Shosanna’s life being dominated by the Nazi flag however the shot is presented in such a way that the framing of the window presents a sort of blockade between Shosanna and the Nazi flag. To me this emphasized that outside of her cinema, her getaway, the Nazi doctrine can be found dominating everything around her. However, her cinema can be seen as protecting her figuratively and physically from the perils outside. As she turns to almost face the camera, I can really see the disdain and anger in her face. A close up of Shosanna’s face contains a slow tilt from her lips to her eyes almost giving me the feeling of determination, she’s been brooding and now it’s time to act.

A series of close ups of Shosanna applying makeup is then displayed with the Nazi flag appearing out of focus in every shot, this continues the feeling that the mise en scene of the flag provides. No matter what she is doing there is a Nazi influence on everything, almost as if the flag is watching her through the  window. The non-diegetic sound then becomes more pronounced and it takes over the scene giving me the feeling that she is preparing for events ahead which dissuades from usual preparation as the makeup, looks and charm can be seen as her weapons. She applies one bit of makeup as if she is a commando about to go into the fray, foreshadowing an internal war she will enter. There is a common theme of Red throughout this scene, she is wearing a red formal dress, applying red make up, there is a Nazi flag somewhere in every shot and at one point she begins to drink red wine, this made me think that she is metaphorically bleeding, she’s bleeding for her family and the peril of her people and she has taken a very large amount of emotional torment. The mise en scene can be said to be crying out Shosanna’s emotions due to her being physically emotionless.

I feel like the next set of lyrics can be very closely correlated to show exactly how Shosanna is feeling. “Feel my blood enraged, It's just the fear of losing you, Don't you know my name, Well you been so long” This perfectly describes the scene and accurately describes her situation, she’s had a close encounter with the Nazi’s yet nobody knows who she is, they’ve killed her family and taken almost everything, now you get a sense of revenge, which can be seen as a predominant theme throughout the film.