Thursday, 29 November 2012

Odyne Trailer Shot List and Shooting Script

Here is the completed shot list for our trailer. We will use this as a guide when we film and edit the footage however, if we decide to change a shot, we will adjust it until we find a suitable replacement.

Shot List
Opening

1.      Begins with an establishing shot of a mansion (Fast fade to white).
2.      Tracking shot of young boy and girl running through garage (Fast fade to white).
3.      Tracking long shot from opposite side of the pool as the children run towards the deep end. (Cut)
4.      Shallow focus, close up of girl in foreground off-centre, to the right. She has her eyes closed and is preparing to jump into the pool.  In the background (to the left) there is a focus pull showing the brother about to run and push her into the pool. When he approaches, the camera focuses on both of them. (Cut)
5.      Back to the long shot used in Shot 3, and she is shown being pushed into the water. (Cut)
6.      POV/Over the shoulder shot from the brother as she falls into the pool and she comes back up. (Cut)
7.      She splashes him. (low level, mid shot) (Cut)
8.      He freaks out. (Shot 3) (Cut)
9.      She yells “What is it with you and water?” (same as Shot 7) (Cut)
10.  Extreme close up of his eye turning blue. (Cut)
11.  Side on mid shot of the boy shooting his hands out. (Cut)
12.  She becomes submerged in water (Shot 7) (Cut)
13.  Close up of boy’s reaction – shock/horror! (Cut)
14.  High angle boy’s POV shot of her in the water (Cut)
15.  Shot 13, but a mid-shot of him looking into the water, at his hands, then back into the water. (Cut)
16.  Underwater Mid-Shot of her struggling. (Cut)
17.  POV bobbing in the water and we see him run away. (Cut)
18.  Long shot of body motionless under water. (Cut)
19.  Close up of girl’s face and she opens her eyes (Dissolves)
20.  Close up of her now, putting the mask over her face (in darkness)(fades to black)
21.  Titles (Warner Bros. and Incubus Productions)

Middle

22.  Establishing shot of London during day time (cut)
23.  Establishing shot of a London skyscraper during day time (cut)
24.  Mid shot of adult Iago and advisors in some kind of office, celebrating with whisky after he wins senator election (mid shot).
25.  Close up of Jeremy asking “What are you going to do next Mr Senator?” (shot/reverse shot)
26.  Close up of Iago saying “I’m going to get an army together Jeremy” while stroking his head (shot/reverse shot)
27.  Close up of Jeremy looking disbelieving and saying “Are you crazy?” (cut)
28.  Close up of Iago’s face as he says, “You have no idea” (zooms in fast)
29.  Extreme close up of Iago’s eye flashing (accompanied by some sound to show that he’s using his powers) (cut)
30.  Mid shot/close up of advisor (facial expression changes) and he says “Yes Sir” with a simple smile (cut)
31.  Close up of Iago with an eerie smile (fast fade to black)
32.  Long shot of a large crowd of people hysterically running and screaming (fade to black)
33.  Long shot of an explosion in the city (fade to black)
34.  Over the shoulder shot of Odyne watching the destruction of the city on a television (cut) (Odyne thought-tracking: “The city isn’t what she used to be”
35.  Close up of Odyne’s face (Thought tracking:  “Criminals like my brother are tearing her apart”.) (cut)
36.  Over the shoulder shot of Odyne watching the news on TV as reporter says “Who is going to stop-” then the mind control noise is heard and the reporter’s eyes go out of focus and they say “All hail Iago” before the TV goes static (cut)
37.  Establishing shot of Odyne’s crypt (cut)
38.  Long shot from behind as she looks at various computer screens in her lair, watching clips of people being hypnotised. (Thought tracking: “He’s controlling their minds. The police chief is under his control and no one can stop him.” (cut)
39.  Close up of an old man (Ian) saying “except for you” wisely. (fade to black)
40.  Long two shot of Iago and Jeremy as Iago tells Jeremy “Have the prisoners killed. They’re the only people who will join her uprising”
41.  Long panning shot around the gunmen working for Iago, pointing guns at a group of hostage prisoners who were arrested for armed robbery.
42.  Over the shoulder shot of one of the gunmen. (cut)
43.  Long shot of the gunman facing the camera as Odyne appears out of the dark area behind him and snaps his neck. (cut to black)
44.  High angle shot of another gunman falling to the ground (cut to black) (drum beat) (during all the deaths Jeremy is telling Iago of the failed plan with a voiceover)
45.  High angle shot of another gunman falling to the ground (cut to black) (drum beat)
46.  High angle shot of another gunman falling to the ground (cut to black) (drum beat)
47.  High angle shot of another gunman falling to the ground (cut to black) (drum beat) (Voiceover pauses)
48.  Mid shot of one of the prisoners stands up facing Odyne and says “What do you want from us?” (Shot/Reverse shot)
49.  Close up of Odyne saying “How good are you with a firearm?” (cut)
50.  (finish of Jeremy’s speech to Iago: She’s got the prisoners on her side) Mid two-shot of Jeremy and Iago (Iago shows anger and becomes violent and throws a glass)  (cut)
51.  Close up of the glass smashing on the floor (cut)
52.  Mid shot tracking Odyne with a man very close in front of her as they walk down a corridor (cut)
53.  Close up tracking shot from same scene of a gun being held to his back (cut)
54.  Shot 51 carries on, the camera stops tracking, Odyne and the man walk past and the camera pans and it follows them and they walk towards a door surrounded by her army. She throws him to the ground and approaches the door(cut)
55.  Close up over Jonathon’s shoulder as Iago says “She’s going to hunt me down and kill me” (shot/reverse shot)
56.  Close up of Jonathon saying “When she comes, you’ll be ready” (shot/reverse shot)
57.  Close up of Iago saying “She’s resisted my mind control-!” (shot/reverse shot)
58.  Close up of Jonathon saying “you have powers that she could not imagine” (shot/reverse shot)
59.  Mid shot of Iago throwing water at Jonathon as he says this. (fade to black)
60.  Mid shot of Ian, sitting at a desk, saying “You need to strike soon, before he gets too powerful.” (shot/reverse shot)
61.  Mid shot of Odyne, on the other side of the desk playing with her fire, saying “I’m waiting for the right moment.” (cut)

Ending

            Voiceover from Odyne: “Everyone else is too scared and too powerless to stop him.”
62.  Extreme long shot of large building exploding (cut)
63.  Mid shot of one of the prisoner’s firing a gun (cut)
64.  Long, tracking shot of Odyne walking through a fight zone and just hitting someone in the face with a flaming fist as she walks past (cut)
65.  Long shot of Odyne and her army storming into an election party in honour of Iago (cut)
66.  Close up tracking shot of Odyne walking through the crowd asking where Iago is (cut)
67.   Shot of helicopter exploding (cut)
68.  Mid Shot of Iago saying “I’ve got a plan and I’m sticking to it, whether this vigilante likes it or not”. (Cut)
69.  Title of film flashes up “ODYNE”
70.  Close up shot of Odyne with Ian in the background (shallow focus), Odyne says “it happens tonight”, (focus pull) Ian says “so how you gonna do it?”, (focus pull back to close up of Odyne) she looks ambivalent, and walks forward, out of shot (cut)
71.  Titles: Coming Soon + credits

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Odyne Film Pitch

The film begins with a flashback; the main character is recalling a memory from the past. There is desaturated colour to show that it is a flashback. During the flashback the audience are able to view the point in which Odyne’s character changes as she is left to die by her brother after he used his water manipulation to hold her under. Both Odyne and her brother; Iago, have developed special powers from their parents. Odyne can throw fire, has telekinesis and can become invisible. Whereas, Iago can manipulate water and has a mind control that enables him to control the mind of any person or animal. There is next a close up shot of Odyne’s face as a child which then dissolves into her face as an adult, putting on a mask. Odyne has become the villain and is feared by the people of her town because Iago’s mind control has persuaded the world to outcast her and worship him as the hero. Odyne wants revenge on her brother for trying to kill her when they were children and feels the best way to do it is to kill off one by one his followers, who aren’t manipulated by his mind control but they want the power he will bring them. However, after finding Iago’s secret army there starts a war between the siblings for redemption. After several days of intense battle it finally comes down to a one on one battle between the siblings. Where Odyne finds out Iago didn’t intend to kill her he couldn’t control his powers and thought she was dead all this time. With her master disguise he didn’t know Odyne was the villain he had fought all this time. After a heartfelt moment forgiving one another Iago dies after sustaining gunshot wounds from an anonymous shooter. Due to the death of Iago, the unforgiving world is never told about the misunderstanding between the siblings and Odyne is exiled.