A Justified Revenge - Script (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)

A Justified Revenge
Newbury Park: Jan 7th 2004 Time: 1:00pm

FADE IN

Ext: Driveway – Daytime

Tony, 40, exits his house with his bible and mobile phone in his hand. He walks to the end of his drive and looks up and down the empty road. Tony turns around and heads towards his car on the middle of the driveway. Tony opens the car and enters.

Int: Car – Daytime

As he gets into the car he places his bible and mobile phone on the passenger seat
He looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie which had become slightly crooked. As he fumbles with his tie his mobile phone rings, he looks at the name on the screen it’s his daughter Angelina, he answers it.

Tony
(Calmly)
Hello Angi

Angelina
(On the phone)
Dad, where are you?

Tony
On my way, start without me, will be there shortly, need to offload something


He hangs up the phone and places it back on the passengers seat, he opens the glove compartment and takes out a CD, there is a thud, Tony turns his head around in the direction of the noise but cant see anything, The banging continues getting louder.

Ext: Driveway – Daytime

He turns back around and opens the car door. He leaves the car and walks town the side towards the boot leaving the front door open. Tony then kneels down and looks underneath the car and finds nothing there. He gets back up and dusts his knees and walks to the boot.
The banging noise gets louder and clearer. He looks up and down the street making sure no-one is around. He then opens the car boot and looks inside to find a girl tied up. The girl is struggling to get free. Tony looks at her and grins.

Tony

I thought I told you to stop making noise

The girl in the boot lets out a shriek as Tony punches her and closes the boot on her.

FADE OUT

Outline idea for the Two Minutes Opening Sequence - (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)

The first scene in our two minutes sequence will start with a wide shot at eye level as the main character walks out of his house holding his mobile phone, keys and a bible in his hand.

As he walks out of the door, he walks to the end of his driveway to see whether there is any one around or not. For this shot, we will use close ups to show the characters expressions and wide shots to show the location.

The main character then walks to the car and sits in placing the mobile phone and the bible on the passenger seat. Close ups of the door opening as he sits in will be shown.

After he places his bible and mobile phone down onto the passenger seat, he looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie. For this shot we will use a medium close up/ mid shots. As he is doing this he receives a phone call from his daughter. A close up of his phone ringing will be shown. He answers the phone and has a conversation with his daughter.

Once he has finished having his conversation he slowly gets ready to drive out of the drive way. Whilst doing this he hears banging noises. At first he doesn’t seem to realise where the noise is coming from so he puts the car on stationary and gets out of the car. He looks under the car to see if any thing is there. Once again he walks to the end of the drive to see if it’s clear and then walks to the boot. He opens the boot furiously to find a girl tied up struggling to be let free. This scene will be shown with a shot reverse shot and close ups so show each characters expressions and feelings. As he looks at her a grin appears on his face, he shares a sentence with her and then punches her and closes the boot.

Mind Map - (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)

Preliminary Task- (Completed by Risha Jethwa)

Preliminary Task

For our preliminary task our aim was to film a sequence and use a variety of shots to help us gain more strength when filming our two-minute thriller sequence.

As a results of this, whilst filming we have learnt a lot of techniques with the camera and become more accurate with the shots. From this experience we also become aware of the environment and surrounding around as it helps establish and atmosphere within the scene. While filming most convention where broken as we did not follow the 180degree rule and incorrectly used continuity.

Another reason is whilst filming we tried out several camera movements which could make our preliminary task a success, however our main focus was the camera movement panning which was filmed incorrectly. We also tried different effects with the zoom which was also a fail, but then became better. Most importantly from this task we have all become confident within framing particular shots as it will help us create our final thriller sequence.

When it came to editing we used a programme called final cut pro, however our editor Jasmin was not that aware of the programme, although as she experimented with the programme and shots she became more familiar with the programme and produced good quality work.

As a group form this experience we have learnt many things which will help us when filming in the future such as the equipment, shots, camera movement, 180 degree rule, continuity and many more.

Preliminary Task - Rizwana Jawid, Jasmin Manjdadria and Risha Jethwa

Pre-liminary shot list - (Completed by Risha Jethwa)

For our preliminary task as a group we experimented with the camera and used a variety of shots to help us become more aware with the equipment and be able to produce our thriller sequence according to how we want it to be.

Throughout the preliminary task, there were a range of shots being used such as close ups, mid shots, long shots and many more. Below is a list of shots that we used in order to make our preliminary task successful.

1. Long shot of Rizwana and Jasmin talking
2. Over the shoulder shot of Jasmin talking to Rizwana
3. Close up shot of Rizwana responding back
4. Over the shoulder shot of Jasmin talking to Rizwana
5. Long shot of Rizwana and Jasmin
6. Close up shot of Rizwana
7. Medium close up shoot of Jasmin walking through the dor
8. Close up shot of Jasmin's feet as she is walking
9. Long shot of Jasmin and Risha talking
10. Close up of Risha's face
11. Medium close up of Jasmin talking
12. Close up of Risha's face
13. Extreme close up of Jasmin's face
14. Medium sht of Risha looking back
17. Close up of Jasmin's face
18. Long shot of Risha walking away

Updates

We finished filing the preliminary task and in todays lesson we looked over the shots we had and found that we did not get the right shots that we wanted. In the filming process of the preliminary task we came across a number of difficulties and made mistakes in the shots that were taken and the way in which we filmed. In order to get our preliminary task filmed correctly, clearly demonstrating the 180 degree rule and continuity we had to film our preliminary a number of times. The first time we filmed we misunderstood the concept of the 180 degree rule therefore we could not edit the footage. The second time we filmed we had taken camera shots that we could not use. Some shots were too far from the chracaters whereas other shots were close-ups which were not needed.