The Brief: Screenplay

The protagonist is seen stood central in the frame at a high angle and extreme long shot.In a crowd of people in a busy urban area. There is non-diegetic heartbeat audio that builds suspense. The camera zooms in frame by frame in time with the heartbeats to the protagonists hand - who is holding a bag. 

The protagonist raises his hand to his ear as if he is receiving information through an earpiece. A non-diegetic woman's voice is heard.

The Woman: Agent Cross? Agent Cross, an enemy hostile 6 o'clock. Get back to HQ now!

Protagonist drops his hand and non-diegetic fast paced music begins. The protagonist sprints towards an alleyway with the unrevealed antagonist following closely behind. There is a low angle shot of the protagonist sprinting towards the camera, as he sprints over the camera and passes the camera, it cuts to him sprinting away from the camera in a different location and in training form.

The chase continues to a large field where a first person camera will be filming from the antagonists point of view with the protagonist a few metres ahead. A steady tracking shotof the protagonists feet with a shallow depth of field to still keep the antagonist in narrative enigma.

The protagonist jumps and climbs a wall where it match cuts to a wide armed pull up in a gym scenario with a shallow depth of field. The protagonist gets cornered in a industrial area and there is an extreme close up, shot reverse shot between the two character's facial expressions. The protagonist drops the bag and as the bag hits the floor the screen goes black for a second. The antagonist looks in the bag, then looks up slowly, moving from the camera in the bag to a go pro (first person camera) and realises the protagonist has fled, it then cuts to a close up of the protagonist looking over his shoulder while on the bridge above the train station, with the camera stopping and watching the protagonist walking away over the bridge.





Source: http://westgatefilms.blogspot.co.uk 

Call Sheet

Following on from our shot list, here is our call sheet...

• 15th shot

• 8th shot

• 10th shot

• 11th shot

• 12th shot

• 13th shot

• 14th shot

• 1st shot

• 2nd shot

• 3rd shot

• 4th shot

• 5th shot

• 6th shot

• 7th shot

The reason I have chosen to film the clips in this order is because it is easier in relation to locations and timings for us, as shot 8-15 are all shot in a similar area. We have already got the 15th shot which is why that has been placed first. Shots 1, 2, are in the same location



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Shotlist

First Shot- High Angle Extreme Long Shot (protagonist in centre of shot) Using DSLR Camera. This shot will zoom in gradually turning into a close up shot of the protagonists hand

Second Shot- Close up high shot of the protagonist using DSLR Camera. This shot will gradually turn into a long shot as the protagonist spins and runs away from the camera

Third Shot- Long Shot (full body) of protagonist running away from antagonist using DSLR Camera.

Fourth Shot- Low angle long shot of protagonist running towards the camera, which will gradually                          turn into a close up shot as the protagonist gets closer. Using DSLR Camera.

Fifth Shot- Low angle close up of protagonist running away from camera, which will gradually turn                     into a long shot as they get further away. Using DSLR Camera.

Sixth Shot- First Person shot from the protagonists view. Using GoPro.

Seventh Shot- Close up low shot of characters feet running past the camera (shallow depth of field)                            Using DSLR Camera.

Eighth Shot- Close up shot of the protagonist pulling himself up a wall. Using DSLR Camera.

Ninth Shot- This shot is a match cut of the previous shot but just in a different location. Using DSLR                     Camera

Tenth Shot- Over the shoulder shot behind the antagonist looking towards the protagonist. Using                             DSLR Camera

Eleventh Shot- Extreme shot of hand holding bag and then hand dropping bag. Using DSLR

Twelfth Shot- Camera is set inside bag looking up and out of the bag. Bag is closed and then opens                            turning the shot from being black to a Extreme Close up shot of the antagonist looking                        into the bag. Using DSLR.

Thirteenth Shot- First Person shot from the antagonists point of view looking up from the bag. Using                            GoPro

Fourteenth Shot- Medium Close up of protagonist walking away then turns to look back and shot zooms to a Close up of protagonists face. Using DSLR Camera


Fifteenth Shot- Long Shot of protagonist running away from camera. Using DSLR Camera

Locations for our opening scene

At first idea was to be based in Leeds to capture and urban feel. As we were able to gain a sense of crowds a city. At the same times as giving it a short film feel.
But recently my group and I have taken the decision to shoot it in Ilkley as it is more local and there are still locations which help us with the feel we are trying to get.

Spooners in overcast weather

 For example the site next to Spooners which gives the appearance of an urban wasteland. Which you can see in the image on the right.












Again on the right you can see an image of Spooners but in winter.







There are also several alley ways which also achieve the look we want.

Pitch QnA

This is a video of me giving my pitch presentation to the class, i had a video in the background of my presentation and conducted my pitch according the what was being shown in the video. After my presentation i was asked questions by the teacher and pupils. I think the pitch went well, i had a good background video and knew what to say so it would fit in time with the video.

I believe that my pitch was successful as i got my idea across to the teacher and class and they understood what my idea was. My group like my idea and we have incorporated some of my ideas into our final idea. Overall i am happy with how the pitch went and looking forward to seeing how all our ideas joined together works out.