The Script to my film.

Script:-

(There is a harsh effect of static within the first scene, this then fades to reveal a shaking camera shot at night and the character of Ryan running into the woods, alongside the camera man.)

Ryan: Run, For God’s Sake RUN !

Jake: *Heavy Breathing & Crying*

*static*

(The scene changes to the family getting ready to leave for their holiday the camera is pointing towards the mirror in a hallway, and the only element of the family shown is their suitcases and there voices as the talk)

Alice: Are we all ready ?!

Ryan: No. I can’t find it.

Jake: You can’t find what ?

Ryan: My phone. I put it down, and someone took it !

Alice: Did you check your room ?....

Ryan: Not a word!

Jake: Can we please go. Now!

*static*

(The static phases out to the camera man alone in the woods at night running and walking around afraid)

Jake: *Heavy Breathing*

*Loud Scream*

(The static effect comes back and the film jump-cuts tot he family in the car. Jake still has the camera and is filming the family holiday. The song Jag vet en dejlig Rosa is playing in the background on the radio)

Ryan: Well this is fun.

Jake: We have only just set off. Moron.

Alice: Don’t start already please.

Ryan: Why are you filming this anyway. Its kinda’ sad.

Jake: I just thought it would be cool if we could actually remember this holiday for a change, instead of,

Alice: Meaning ?!

Ryan/Jake: Nothing. (Both Laugh)

(The scene jump-cuts to further in the sequence, the sequence is now taking place later in the day.)

Jake: So how long till were there ?

Ryan: Yeah. I’m kinda getting bored of seeing tree’s, tree’s and tree’s.

Alice: I need to check the map, let me pull up over here.

Ryan: Let me guess near a tree.

(Jump-cut)

(The scene now becomes, Alice and Ryan outside the car arguing over the map and directions the scene firstly starts with Jake having the camera on the dashboard of the car and going to see what is happening. He later goes out with the camera to see what is happening, also taking the camera with him.)

Jake: Whoa, whets happening here.

Alice: Your brother is being an idiot, thinking he knows how to read a map.

Ryan: Well, I do you should just listen, and then

Jake: Both of you just leave it out, ok why don’t we just drive up and ask for directions at a house or something?.

Ryan: That sounds nice, then they can take us into the basement and feed us to their interbred kids, and the rest of hill-Billy village.

Jake: You really need to stop watching films in your room and get out more.

Ryan: Bite me!

Alice: Just get in the car. Now!

*static*

(The family are back in the car and the time has again progressed into later during the day. They are talking about the man, who gave them directions)

Ryan: Where about’s is it then, because this is getting boring.

Jake: Stop whining the guy said its around here some where.

Alice: I think it might be through this clearing.

Jake: It’s starting to get dark by the way.

Ryan: And.

Jake: And I’m saying I don’t wanna be driving around the woods in the dark. Ok.

Alice: Not while i'm driving.

*Static*

Ryan: Down the lane, bet its faster.

Jake: No its dark and I have crap signal as it is.

Ryan: Oh lets just go nothing with happen.

Alice: He’s right it might be quicker.

Jake: What ?! No !

*Static*

(Thud)

Jake: What was that ?!

Alice: I’ll go see.

*Scream*

*static*

Storyboard Sheets.

Initial Ideas (2)

For the second part of my research I wanted to look at how I would create a scene within a car like on the third textual analysis, (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). I firstly looked at the elements of sound and how they can create tension and fear in the within, the car. I decided to chose the following music;-

• ACDC- Highway To Hell. (Irony within the diegsis) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0LDbf4ipWM
• Krzysztof Komeda- Rosemary's baby (Soundtrack) (Sense of fear as it becomes night) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deyc4uLg8ew
• Robyn-Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcNEOQ6Cj7U

Initial Ideas Taken From Analysis'

My initial ideas taken from the analysis' is to take a main feature of each and develop this into my own work, for example mixing a combination of the French New Wave's use of jump cuts to give the feeling of realism to the film in its literal textual form, alongside the use of the amateur camera work features of cinematography from the Found Footage genre and the use of the mise-en-scene which creates claustrophobia such as the van sequence in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. With a combination of all these components I will be able to create a Food Footage film for my creative project.

Textual Analysis 3 (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974) (Hitchicker Sequence) (4:00-6:41 minutes)

For my final textual analysis, I will look at the Hitchhiker sequence from the 1974 version of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In this scene the group of teenagers have been driving along a country a lane and pick up a hitchhiker on roadside, covered in blood and seeming to have a mental problem. The group soon discover he is deranged and throw him out of the van after he cuts one member with a shaving blade. In the scene I will look at how the stylistics (Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Sound and Editing.) are put together to tension and uneasiness for the characters as well as the audience, I will also look at the conventions of a horror sequence to see how it is created.

The mise-en-scene within the sequence, is mainly focused on the use of the Van the group are in, this follows a convention of horror as they are in a confined space with the hitchhiker therefore creating tension for the audience to pick up on, this is something I want to adopt that I can install in my own creative project. Secondly we have the appearance of the van, for example were the group are placed in the van we have a large amount of windows giving open space and light, however where the hitchhiker is placed we have a enclosed area with less space and light. This in turn gives character recognition for the audience we automatically know that the hitchhiker is only there as a negative force for the group. Furthermore with the presence of costume and make up in the scene we also get a sense of who we see as the bad character with the use of the blood on the hitchhikers face showing obvious danger, even down to his dark costume. This along with the use of the enclosed space of the van gives a claustrophobic feeling as they are trapped with this character. Further into the scene we see the hitchhiker bring out a camera and taking photos, this makes the group feel uneasy as well as the audience, again we get the feeling of entrapment with this character and see the group being put in danger. I want to try and recreate this effect within my own work, to give a sense of danger that will allow the audience to identify the genre.

The main use of cinematography comes from the use of low angle shots and medium close ups in the sequence. We get the use of low angle shots when we have a shot of the group, this shows the solidarity of the group and their number, compared to the hitchhiker, on the other hand the use of the medium shot of the hitchhiker shows his mental state through the use of a fixed shot, we can tell with the use of the low angle shots of the group that they have more power than the hitchhiker as a group, however the shot of his shows hen really has no sense or acknowledgement of the groups established power, he is just focused in this one shot we get know sense of emotion of the character through the use of shots. We only really get a close up when we see the hitchhiker burn the photo, this it to emphasis the danger the characters are in, however it also emphasises the metal state of the hitchhiker as we as the audience wonder what he is doing with the photo. After the close up we again move to the use of a medium shot, showing the lack of emotion of the character of the hitchhiker again he has no emotion and things what he is doing is normal. However the other characters see this as not normal and start getting scared, it is emphasised with the use of the camera shots in the sequence it changes from medium shots, to close-ups to extreme close-ups giving the, impression that they are frightened, however when the shot changes back to the hitchhiker it remains a medium shot as he sits clapping to himself. We see this effect again as the hitchhiker cuts one of the group in the van with a razor blade, we get the same type of shots. I want to apply this type of techniques to my film to over-exaggerate the emotion of the characters and the use of amateur camera work.

The final stylistics I will look at is the use of sound and editing in the scene, the main use of sound comes from the use of diegetic dialogue and the use of the radio in the background. This gives a sense of realism with the characters interacting and the radio playing in the background. Secondly the main use of editing comes from the use of basic cuts from one shot to another, alongside the use of shot reverse shot during character interaction. The use of the cuts matches the pace of sequence as the events unfold in the van. Giving a sense of quick fast paced movement taken from the horror genre.

Textual Analysis 2 (Beathless) (Car Sequence)

For my second textual analysis I will look at one of the car scenes from the film Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard). I wanted to look at the this scene as I wanted to look mainly at the use of jump-cuts from the era of French New Wave as it is one of the main stylistics of editing I want to try and incorporate into my own project. In the sequence we as an audience are in the car with Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Patrica (Jean Seberg) as they are making their way to Italy in the convertible. The scene mainly focuses on the character of Patrica as she in central to the main use of the jump-cut in this scene. I will look at how the scene is created with the use of main stylistics; Cinematography, Sound, Mise-en-scene and Editing. I will also look at how I can apply main of the feature within the scene to my own creative project.

The first aspect I will look at is the use of Mise-en-scene within the scene and how it is used to create the sequence. The first feature of Mise-en-scene I will look at is the use color, as we can see the main aspect of color comes from the monochrome colors of black and white, this is due to the lack of color viewing in the era the film was shot in, however we can also see this as a way of reflection of the times the film was created, giving it a feel of French life within the 1960’s. Furthermore we get this feeling with the use of the cars, people and the general look of the setting of the scene. However there is a reason why we get a real feel for the setting this is due to Godard’s use of voyeurism within the scene, the only people who knew they were being filmed were the actors and the crew members, the general public and the general environment, were natural as they were not informed of the filming allowing use as a audience to get a real sense of French life in the 60’s due to the aspect of voyeurism. The costume of the characters is also important in the scene for example, the costume of Michel is typically an icon for the criminal, hat, sunglasses and a long coat.

The cinematography in the scene is quite basic, as the scene only has one main focus camera style which is a tilted angled, over the shoulder close up of Patrica in the passenger seat of the car. This shot is used as it becomes more apparent that there is the presence of jump-cut as we can see the setting behind her change. Furthermore as the shot is locked in a fixed position we can also get a sense on movement from the change in setting behind her. On the other hand we also have the use of a high angle medium shot of Michel in the driver’s seat; this is to give a sense of who Patrica is talking to in the scene.

The final two areas are the use of Sound and the use of Editing in the scene, firstly we have the use of sound, usually this is made up of the use of dialogue (diegetic sound) however alongside this we also have the use of the non diegetic sound of the sound track as the two are having a conversation. Furthermore the type of the music fits in to the narrative well as it is a jazz band playing in the background, relevant as jazz music was big in the 1960’s, this again adds to the image of the film and the portray of the era. The final stylistic is the element of editing; the main use of editing in the scene is the use of the jump cuts. There are various reasons that the jump-cut is used in the scene, for example on of the main elements of French New Wave cinema was to make the audience realize that it was just a film, taking them away from the idea of diegsis (the filmic world) and bringing the back into reality. Further more the jump cuts are also there because of a trademark of Jean-Luc Godard, who used the jump cuts to break down a lengthy sequence of the car journey. I will use the effect of jump cuts to create a sense of realism within my creative project this alongside the use of the handheld camera will give a verisimilitude effect for the audience.