Second Animatic Brief Script
Dan, Harry, Tom
1. In the first shot we start with the shot in a first person view of the protagonist tied up in a chair tied up in a dark room looking towards the other side of the room. You will only just be able to make out shapes that are in the room.
2. The first shot will cut to a medium shot of the antagonist standing next to a lamp that is placed apon the table. The antagonist will slowly reach down towards the light switch on the lamp and this will lead to a match on action in the next shot.
3. In the third shot we have an extreme close up on the antagonists hand which turns on the light switch and the lamp will turn on.
4. Shot four will cut straight back to a first person view or P.O.V of the protagonist which has been blinded by the light but slowly comes into focus with the room and the antagonist will be there standing on the other side of the table looking directly at the protagonist.
6. The Antagonist will then slowly sit down on the chair that is next to him and the first piece of dialogue will be said.
6.5 The camera will then have an extreme close up on the antagonists face asking the question "Why did you do it" The tone of the character asking the question will be calm.
7. The screen will the dissolve which will signify a flashback, this dissolve will carry on for about 2 seconds.
8. Once the dissolve has finished it will immediately cut to a over shoulder shot of the protagonist chasing a man down some woods. The protagonist will be quite far behind at this point of the chase. During this chase scene there will be dialogue from the protagonist explaining what happened as the sequence unfolds.
9. A match on action will take place as the camera cuts to a very low angle shot of both characters running past the stationary camera the frame will be a medium shot and only capture the characters shoulders and downwards.
10. The last part of the match on action will be a medium shot and the camera will be stationed in front of the characters as they run past. The camera will be hand held (free hand) to give it that more realistic look. The man being chased will have the top half of his body shown on the right half of the frame while the protagonist will have his whole body shown on the left half of the frame.
11. The shot will then cut to a high angle medium shot of the characters running past with the protagonist running a lot closer than what he was in the first shot of the chase sequence.
12. The camera will now be placed behind the two characters as another medium shot this will also be free hand.
13. It then cuts to a side on medium shot of the protagonist eventually stabbing the fleeing man, we will have an initial shot of the victim getting stabbed, there will then be a close up to the mans face to show his reaction to being stabbed in that back, the man will then fall on to the floor via a long shot and will die on that floor.
14. There will be a cut directly after the stabbing back to the present time, the shot will be a birds eye view of the room. The antagonist will get up from his chair and will walk around towards the protagonist.
15. The shot will the face towards the protagonist sitting down and the antagonist behind him tying him up.
16. There will be another match on action as the shot cuts from the camera facing towards the characters to the audience being able to see the antagonist tying up the protagonist.
17. We then go back to a P.O.V of the protagonist as the antagonist will then walk around the table again to face the protagonist again. He will then move his chair away from the table and lean over onto the table. A shot reverse shot sequence will start.
18. The camera will then reverse to give a close up shot of the protagonists face giving a blank expression and not saying anything.
19. Then back to the antagonist asking a question while still leaning over the table, the protagonist will not say a word and the antagonist will then become angry towards the protagonist.
20. The antagonist will slam his fists down on to the table, looking directly at the protagonist and sternly asks says his next line of dialogue.
21. Another transition same as before will dissolve the screen to the next flashback. This will also last for only 2 seconds.
22. The protagonist is shown pulling the dead body of his victim into a thick hedge. There will be dialogue from the protagonist once again as the sequence unfolds.
23. The protagonist will the walk always from the bush while the victims head is still poking out slightly.
1. You will need to light this. Very low key lighting
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9. Can be quite effective when it is just the footsteps that we see.
13 - how many shots is this? Be careful brandishing knives in public places or are you making out that there is a knife?
14 - how will you do a birds eye? Experiment and post on your blog.
15 doesn't make any sense?
16 - tying up shots - how will this be filmed - as a series of shots edited together or as one continuous shot. There are real opportunities for MOAs here!
17 - address the issues you had with S /RS in the prelim - think very carefully about framing and composition - avoid those huge expanses of space between characters faces.
20 - slamming fist down is crying out for another MOA
you need to organise a prop for the body - it needs to look heavy - a dead body weighs a ton. what will it be wrapped in? One person on their own doing this is really going to be struggling - so direct it well. Maybe you need to think if you can do this by suggestion.