New Year, New Film!
Being a new year and all, why not start on a new filming project?
This week we have been given a PDF with all the scripts that Mike has selected to put into production. There was a large variety of themes and ideas in each script, but there were a few I particularly liked.
The Other Woman, By Colin Harvey-
A woman sees her husband with another woman, and jumps to the conclusion that he is having an affair, however the twist reveals that he is only having dance lessons to surprise his wife for her birthday.
This type of imagination sequence reminds me a lot of the television show Scrubs. This feature has really drawn me into this script as it adds humour and a change of reality to a typical mistaken identity script. My only problem with this script is the inclusion of older actors. Younger university actors would look wrong in the roles, but employing older actors could provide a large problem with filming.
Break Down, By Danielle Johns-
This script uses the simple narrative device of a couple's car breaking down and finding themselves trapped in an unfamiliar town with strange locals.
This script reminded me a lot of an introduction to a horror movie, with the characters being completely out of there depths and inadvertently annoying the locals.
This trailer for the 2007 horror film Vacancy has the same horror style that i found recognisable in Danielle's Script. The suspense and underlying sinister tone of this script really draws me in. In terms of production, the problems that could face me whilst filming again is the use of older actors, and filming in rural areas may cause issues with transport.
Bounce, By Rosalind Beeson-
This script was quite similar to Choices, in that the protagonist discovers some sort of power. Within this script, the power is abused and used for the protagonist's own good. This however backfires when his power is lost.
This script also reminds me of a short film called Spin.
This script looks like it could be very simple to film as it only has one location. However it could become difficult with the actors freezing and within editing if an actor changes position.
After reading through all the scripts, I decided the one i would most like to work on is Connect Four By Laurence Matarasso.
This script portrays a group of people who discover they are all connected, but for the wrong reasons. The humour in the dialogue and the situation of the characters works well in creating a really awkward atmosphere.
This situation seams to be played on a lot in television Sit-Coms and Drama's, but within this script the writing plays on how complicated but also ridiculous these types of storylines can be.
