Filming the chase scene

Today we filmed a scene we can edit in the trailer. We stayed behind after school until it was dark and decided to film some sort of chase film. We made sure the characters faces aren’t visible so the audience aren’t aware of who’s being chased, to add suspense.

 

To film this, we basically had to have someone running with the camera in their hand while chasing someone, to get the POV of the chaser. Although this caused blurryness, it also added a sense of realism to the scene in my opinion which worked out better than our other alternate idea, which was push the chaser in a trolley behind the person being chased, at an UNBELIEVABLY slow pace which looked closer to a slow motiion chase scene, which would have been very difficult to convey or explain in the trailer.

 

Here is a picture we took of the chase scene

 

 

 This was the perfect place for the scene because we also used the building on the right to film from a window upstairs, getting different levels for the shot.

 

 

 

Film Trailer To Do List

As established previously, a film trailer needs to contain more action. Here's a list of a few locations and scene titles we can still film to try and include in the trailer

Drama Studio

Using ladder, overhead shot of Enzo Costa writing something. Camera can be panning slightly. Panning shot of Nathan about to shoot everyone

Car Park – close up

Eddie and Pete arguing

EDDIE: You SAID we only needed 10 KILOS

PETE: YOU said these guys would be cool about it.

Close up of Mark/Someone on the phone.

“20k, or the deals off”

Chase scene

Down the main pathway in school, preferably after dark. Possibility for height differences in the scene.
 

Dark Room

Eddie complaining to Hao Zheng about how he was ripped off in a previous drug deal. Over the shoulder of Hao Zheng at Eddie shouting angrily

Enzo working on computer. Set camera up atop of the computer screen to get a webcam style shot of him working hard. Establishes the sensible and working side of Enzo's character

Car Scene

Enzo sat with a hostage in a car, treating with aggressiveness. Hostage panicking frantically. Filmed from the front of the car as the car is driving.

Film arrivals

We went to the town centre to start filming the arrivals of key characters. Because of the different angles and areas of recordings, this gave us numerous chances to start giving each key character their own freeze frame.

We've began editing these scenes also such as the shot below. We used a black and white feature to make the below scene look as though it were taken from a security camera.

An important part of this to note is the use of camera angles, or repeat use of angles. From the first scene with Nathan leaving his house, we used a similar affect for his counter part Hao Zheng, which contrasts the two characters persona. Although Nathan tries to appear calm, collected and in control, when he leaves his house, he is seen still putting on his jacket, whereas the beginning of the arrival for Hao Zheng gives the impression of a cold focus emmited from the character.

 

 

More filming

Today we filmed more scenes from the drama studio. One of these was the scene of Nathan getting up to shoot Hao Zheng. To do this we had to overcome the problem of not having any particular equipment useful for our low angle shots. We overcame this problem by using a ladder to create a different height, which are captured in the pictures below

Filming the meeting for the trailer

The filming for the trailer is going well, but we have encoutered a few problems.

One of these was filming a panning shot for a scene in the film trailer.

To overcome this, we used an old ladder we found on the site and slowly panned the camera by hand to create the effect. Below is a picture of the camera as well as the final shot

 

 

Organising everyone for this scene proved to be more difficult than anticipated. Originally, we had planned this set to be used for the majority of the film opening, and some weren't happy that they may no longer have roles as this part was made much more brief now. However, in the end everyone was reasonable and we managed to get the shot done. 

Questionnaire answers

The answers from the questionnaire were failry generic and similar, all making roughly the same points. I've included a picture of a peer who filled in my questionnaire on their computer.

From this I believe that especially for a film trailer, some exciting action scenes would be needed. Cutting down from the original plan of a film opening to include the most important and exciting scenes would be extremely beneficial. Also, an element of the film we should definitely try to implement is how well the dialogue between characters is executed. This may be difficult however because the actors are professional and how professional equipment they can use to record the speech.

Questionnaire on what my audience want to see

I constructed a questionnaire posing qualitative questions to the audience for detailed answers to what they would like to see in the film trailer. I wanted detailed answers into what people enjoyed about crime films, but I had to keep it fairly short or people may not have been bothered to fill it in. Because my target audience would generally be for males between the ages of 18-45, the audience is not necessarily representative because it only carries the views of people my age. However, this should be useful to getting some idea from different perspectives as to what people would hope to see in my film. Below is a picture of the blank questionnaire

Change in Plans

Due to a lack of time, equipment and realistically, acting skills, we decided that to manage our time and resources most efficiently would be to change our idea from a film opening to a film trailer. The script is still useful in some parts, particularly the monologue, in explaining the outline of what to expect in the film. However we will now be recording scenes that can be incorporated into a film trailer.

To do this, I'll be carrying out some analysis into other film trailers of the same and different genres to get a brief overlook of what we should aim to include in ours.

One main aspect we'll need to consider is which parts of what we've already planned is still useful to us. Some of the dialogue of the script can still be used, but not with too much detail. Nathan's thoughts can still be used to give the audience an overall insight to his personality and situation, however it will be essential to move the plot forward more quickly and not dwell on the first couple of minutes

Trailer theme music

After looking at a number of useful trailers, a recurring pattern is having either one track playing throughout the trailer, or none at all

We need a fairly laid back song choice as to compliment, not take attention away from the action on scene. A good example of a trailer using this is the trailer for reservoir dogs, as seen below

The trailer users one of the song choices I have blogged about previously, using it to decorate the on screen action and dialogue and the blending in and out of the trailer is almost unnoticeable. 

What I like about Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz as a film trailer is that it almost encourages the use of fast paced cuts, as the song is a vibrant mix of an upbeat tempo with a laid back bass, meaning it doesn't take away attention from the trailer while still helping to heighten the energy of it.

An obvious song choice for a film trailer as it has the whole organisation/gangster feel about it nailed down. This would definitely be a good choice for the film trailer, however we don't want to complete mimic the reservoir dogs style. We want to create our own film and break the stereotypes and clichés of this genre, so a slightly different list of song choices that vary in style may be useful.

First Section

We've uploaded the first part of the video to YouTube, just raw footage with no monologue dubbed over. The script is nearly finished now and once it's finished we can continue with the rest of the filming

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sbDj3__kXmE"></a>

Some stills from the opening scene

Trailer Structure

Converting the film from an opening to a trailer will be quite difficult, especially deciding on what to cut out as we need to reduce the amount of detail included in the opening and focus on the overview of the film. Some scenes we plan on cutting out are:

• The freeze frames - provide useful information, but slow down and stop the trailer from flowing
• Characters greeting each other - now unuseful, too long
• Most scenes with less important characters - escorts, bouncers unimportant. 
• Tracking Nathan's journey to the drug meeting - audience do not need to know how he got there

The first half of the trailer will feature a much briefer overview of the events leading up to the drug meetings, as the drug meeting will prove to be a vital turning point in the film. However, we will only focus briefly on each characters arrival, and intertwine this with other actions the character is doing, which should help to develop the characters persona. The first half of the film will have a separate sound track to help build up tension.

The middle of the trailer will show the turning point of Nathan's character being pushed to the edge, about to kill someone. The person he kills will not be shown as to keep the audience guessing and it will not be explained if he actually went through and killed this character or not. This scene will feature no music or non diagetic sound, as this part should be tense enough as it is.

Finally, the last half of the trailer will feature a lot of cuts from the action of the movie, showing hell breaking loose as characters begin turning on each other. It will feature chases, violence and action. We will use a different, more strong and in your face soundtrack for this to give the film a British style gangster movie. Scenes we will include that were not included before are:

Enzo working away at a computer - opportunity for different camera angles as well as showing the sensible style of Enzo's character. 

Pete about to hit Hao Zheng with a chair - throw the audience off, shock value. Leave the audience wondering how and why the drug leader is being attacked.

Establishing shot from the Hong Kong lights show - the main editor of our project, Howard, had some footage from his previous project and we used this to add a different setting to our film and add scale to the trailer. 

Research into elements of classic gangster films

In the film industry, there is not one complete definition of a particular "genre". However, films share familiar characteristics that allow the audience to group them as certain types of films. I have tried to analyse the particular elements ever present in many gangster films in order to try and implement them into out own product and appeal to our target audience.



A key element of a gangster film is that the film tries to make the audience identify with and understand the mind of a criminal. Seeing past their criminal label, the film will often try to make the audience understand the emotions and situations the main protagonist/antagonist/anti-hero has been placed in to act the way they do. With our own film, I have already included in the script a series of in-thought monologues so the audience can get an in depth view into the thoughts and emotions of the character. The audience, and only the audience, gets to see the anxiety and frustration experienced by Nathan, which would lead him to try and outdo others or lash out and act aggressively. This is comparable to classics such as Scarface, where the main anti-hero if you will, Tony Montana, is portrayed in great detail so the audience truly get to understand just how he progressed from a Cuban Immigrant to the controller of a drug cartel.



The second element of a gangster/crime film is that the film will try and show the audience the culture of the crime industry and its values. The culture will generally tend to be secluded, violent, secret, shady but highly organised and powerful, whereas the values will be based around loyalty, revenge and an “eye for an eye”. Elements of the culture of violence, secrecy and organisation will be detailed in many ways in our project. The organisation side of the business will be detailed in the language used in the production, such as the mentioning of distributers, rivals and drug yields. The secrecy will be shown through numerous precautions such as body guards and cameras. These parts of the mise en scene help give the audience a feeling of tight security and isolation from the outside world, a barrier of entry from outsiders into this drug culture. Finally, violence will be portrayed heavily through our range of characters, who when pushed, will show exactly what they’re capable of.



The last element stand out element of a gangster film seems to be a well established hierarchy of associates and ranks for members. We designed our own hierarchy within the film script to give each character a rank and job, similar to one we decided to study;

Furthermore, numerous characters have numerous contacts they can use to assist them with tasks and challenges during the film, with a great emphasis in the script on showing how organised the system is.

Film Trailer Analysis

The trailer for Reservoir Dogs was the trailer of our genre I decided to analyse.

A noticeable difference between this and what would have been our film opening is the amount of action that's included to grab the audiences attention. Our film opening was detailed with a lot of character analysis and development, which we'll need to reduce. A particular example of action is shown in the quick cuts between 1:03 - 1:10 of the trailer

This highlights a clear need we need to take into consideration: A variety of different, sharper cuts.

The on screen explanations such as at 0:38 of the trailer are debatable, they are very useful for explaining the plot of the movie, but they are very common and may even seem a bit outdated. We're going for a more modern, slick trailer and the use of these could go against what we're trying to achieve.

Creating the poster. - Photo Choice

After i reviewed my photoshop skills from last year, this was my selection of pictures I could use for a film poster

 I chose to use this image as the cover for my film magazine because of the position of Nathan. In the other images I had, Nathan is at the side of the image which is a very irregular feature of a film magazine, where the main character tends to be the centre piece of the image. This allowed me to ensure the audiences focus is fully on

 Nathan.

I was possibly going to use this image as the cover for my film poster. I planned on turning this into a black and white image on photoshop and getting the "gritty gangster film" theme. However, I was told this may be inappropriate as the poster would be aimed for the public eye to see, and may be too violent for children.

 The quality of this picture did not turn out how I intended, and with the camera provided we could not do any better than this. Therefore, this could not be used as the cover for my film magazine or poster as the quality didnt meat the standards I required.

 I chose to use this for the photo of my film poster, carefully blacking out much of the gun so it doesn't appear too "violent". Many other film posters about gangster movies rarely feature guns on their film posters or anything of a violent nature, but the same can't be said for horror films if the argument is this may upset possible viewers, however horror is a completely different genre. This fits the culture of hidden violence and secrecy which is why i chose to use it, as well as featuring Nathan in a central position.

 I used a picture similar to this for my AS project, with the camera fixed on the right of the image in a medium shot showing around the chest area up. However, I wanted to challenge myself and do something different this time around and opted against using a similar shot. I decided this would not be appropriate for either a film poster or film magazine as Nathan would need to be more centrally placed to be the subject of the viewer.

 I was again advised that the image may be too violent, espercially as Nathan is shown pointing the gun at the viewer in this.

Looking at film Scripts

To get a better idea of what is needed, I decided to look at other examples of film scripts to see what is usually included. The script I looked at was the script for the film "Hanna"

http://www.focusawards2011.com/workspace/hanna-screenplay.pdf

The first thing I noticed was the amount of detail that is included. I had an idea fixated in my mind that film scripts would just focus on the lines of the characters to each other, however I was surprised to see film scripts include immense detail on the settings, mise en scene and diagetic and non diagetic sounds in the scene. This helped me greatly because I could now use and incorporate some of this into my own script, to help really bring characters to life and communicate my ideas accurately.

As I've began writing my own script, I've began using these details already. An example of this is the opening monologue with the main character Nathan, using the script I wrote exactly where the character was sitting, what it was like, camera angles and shots as well as how long the scene lasted.

"NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)Today is a significant day concerning my current position. I need to -

Sharp, quick cut, long shot, sitting at his kitchen table slurping coffee, background of his kitchen visible.
2 seconds, character looks vacant. "
EDITED: Here is the scene brought to life:

Drawing up a storyboard

We decided to try and draw up a story board to help describe the sort of scenes we want. As stated through my looking into other scripts, it is important each character is doing exactly what we hope they'll do, and although some innovation into the character would be great, the details and execution is key here

By including this detail, the characters can really begin to come to life and not be seen as just people from school reading a couple of lines. We plan on sticking to the script as much as possible and the story boards will help us achieve this.

Another usefulness of the storyboards when used with the script is the sort of camera angles we're going for. Considering we'll be using a large variety of camera angles, it would be useful if the shots and angles were accurate to help construct a scene efficiently. Dialogue between characters feature medium and over the shoulder shots, where as establishing shots and tracking shots will be taken from higher angle and long shots, and the diversification of our camera angles can be seen in the above and below storyboards.

Idea for Hao Zheng Death

In our movie, Hao Zheng is the boss of the gang our friend Nathan works for. From the script and monologue, you can see Nathan's growing frustration at being taunted amongst his colleagues which shows a psychopathic outburst. In the film trailer we will show this outburst through the supposed death of Hao Zheng which will throw the viewer off and wonder how the supposed leader of the drug gang will be killed off so easily. In actual reality however, as explained in the previous storyline, this would just be a fantasy of the main character, and we planned on just cutting back to reality. However, as a trailer is used to build interest for the audience, we will leave the cutback to reality out and leave them guessing.

The actual death would be quite difficult to film considering a lack of budget and visual effects available to us. However, a lot of great scenes are sold with great camera angles and acting, which can be seen below

This whole scene doesn't actually feature any blood or show the character dying, the whole scene however is extremely powerful and effective as the clever camera angles and brilliant acting entice the audience. This is the exact idea we're going for, and we plan on achieving this by using a similar panning shot with the main character Nathan holding a gun to Hao zheng, before pulling the trigger and seemingly killing him. We will then cut to another scene in the trailer.

Introducing the characters

The characters in the film all have unique personalities, and although we've had to change our project into a trailer rather than a film opening, we've still kept some vital details that should help explain what kind of person they are.

Nathan Cole - The main character in our film, played by Matt Bailey

Nathan is the main protagonist of the film, a confident character with an increased Psychopathic tendency which he will use to manipulate other characters and turn them against each other. Nathan is intelligent, misleading and most definitely the "bad guy" in the our film. Nathan's thoughts can usually be illustrated through his monologues, where the audience get a taste of his rude and psychotic alter ego that he hides from other characters.

Pete Crowley - Nathan's main rival in our film, played by Haydn Macmaster

Pete is an arrogant and deadly character in our film. Pete is violent and will try to undermine Nathan at any opportunity he gets. Pete is described in Nathan's monologues as "Pete is a fool, an inbred cretin". Instead of finishing his description of Pete, Nathan is interrupted in his monologue by him, which only occurs for this character, showing the dominance of Pete in our film.

Eddie Goodman - Aspiring drug distributor, played by myself, Abdul Ashogbon

Originally, one of Eddie's sole purposes for our film was to provide some comic relief and add to the comedy side of our film. However, after changing to a trailer and deciding on characters going against each other, we decided to make Eddie's character a more serious player in the drug world. Make no mistake however, Eddie's already has numerous traits such as aggression and a large wealth of high end contacts.

Hao Zheng - The boss of our drug gang, played by Howard Kwok

Self assured and dangerous, Hao is a Chinese born drug lord who controls all the operations in our movie. Not when to sit back and watch, Hao is often showed taking matters into his own hands, through verbal abuse or violent aggression, underlining his authority. Hao's notorious eye patch and unpredictable behaviour helps keep him a fearsome character in out film.

Enzo Costa - Nathan's closest friend in the film, played by Sam Harvey

Enzo is the most laid back and sensible of the characters in our film. Cold and efficient, Enzo concentrates on getting the job done and attempting to avoid the endless drama that unfolds. Enzo's character is detailed in the script as sensible, although in the drug world, there's only so much "sensibleness" permissible

Script

We have composed a fairly detailed script after reviewing the script for the movie "Hanna"



Script for Chasing the Dragon

Dimly lit room.
Fade in, slow panning medium profile shot of main character putting on his tie.
4-5 seconds, 1-2 sentences

NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
Today is a significant day concerning my current position. I need to -

Sharp, quick cut, long shot, sitting at his kitchen table slurping coffee, background of his kitchen visible.
2 seconds, character looks vacant.
Small monologue, one sentence

NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
- Stay focused on the task at hand.

Quick cut, medium shot, inside the house, top of the door to mid waist of character closing the door, 3 seconds.

NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
Appear calm and collected

Outside the house, door shuts, medium close up, Nathan puts on sunglasses. SFX: wind/metal sound.
NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
I only have one priority.

Tracking shot, chest up of Nathan walking down a street. He’s looking straight forward, while camera follows him on a tripod inside a car. Facial expression does not change, 6-7 seconds

NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
The need to deliver has intensified recently and I can’t let anyone see me cracking under pressure.


Establishing shot, from the right, low angle of garage, shot is frozen. 1 second.
Clean cut, straight on, long shot, low angle, about 10-15 metres away, frozen shot, see character enter the shot from the left/right, and enter garage.

Inside the restaurant, straight on, medium shot, walks past camera.
3-4 seconds

From a distance, main character sitting down, looking thoughtful. 8 seconds

NATHAN(MONOLOGUE)
But that’s what this is all about. Hiding….your fears. Anxieties. Whether it’s by a fake persona. Getting drunk.

Camera zoomed in on his face, profile shot, focuses on his sunglasses. Pouring himself a glass of wine.

NATHAN (MONOLOGUE)
Taking drugs…..or deceiving people into buying them from you…..

First gangster arrives. Enzo Costa. Two female escorts approach him to take his coat and bag.

ENZO COSTA
Just the coat. Thank you.

Nathan stands to greet him. Drink still in hand.

ENZO COSTA
Nathan! My man! Early as usual I see

Freeze frame.
Enzo “The Cobra” Costa
RANK: “Vanguard” Operations Officer
Hao Zheng’s Right Hand Man.
(For monologue)

NATHAN (MONO)
Enzo Costa is the least incompetent of the group of morons I’m forced to work with.

Camera, profile shot of Nathan, feigning a cheerful smile. Extremely slowly closing in on his face.

 Enzo shares similar taste with me. We even share the same taste suit, although mine looks slightly better.

NATHAN
 (Smiling) You know me Enzo

ENZO
How’s things been going in Enfield? (gesture with hand, seeming curious) Word on the street is you’ve got that place locked down?

NATHAN
While (emphasis on while) maintaining my distance from those intoxicated imbeciles.

ENZO
So you’ve found a new supplier? Who is he?

NATHAN
(places drink on table, turns to face Enzo) New guy. MUCH more reliable than Derek

ENZO
My dead Nana would be more reliable than Derek, God rest her soul
NATHAN
My span of control has increased now that Derek’s gone, distribution has-

Voices heard in background. Pete Crowley arrives. Nathan’s main rival. Nathan hates him the most. Pete is snarky and arrogant. Pete is at the entrance with the 2 escorts and bouncer.

ESCORT
Bag and coat sir?

PETE
Thank you

The other escort goes to reach for Pete’s bag, in which she is harshly rebuffed

PETE
THAT. Will…be enough….thank you.

Pete makes his way to Nathan and Enzo.

PETE
Gentlemen

NATHAN AND ENZO
Afternoon, Pete

PETE
Nice and early I see. Wonderful

FREEZE FRAME
Pete “The Butcher” Crowley
RANK: “Red Pole” Enforcer.
Pete has killed 7 rival dealers within a 9 month period through decapitation. Pete is notoriously known in the south east region.

Camera zooms in on Pete’s half snarl


NATHAN (MONO)
I have grown to hate Pete more than anyone I have ever known.

Camera shows Nathan’s emotionless face

Pete is a fool, an inbred cretin with a, a blood lust, a-a nincompoop, his idiocy-

PETE
Day dreaming again Nathan? Off in your fantasy world again I suppose?

Nathan is taken aback

Eddie Goodman arrives. Small, black and eccentric gangster. Nathan has little opinion of him. 

EDDIE
WHAT’S GOOD HOMES? EDDIE G UP IN THIS MOTHER

Freeze frame
Eddie “The Clown” Goodman
RANK: “White Paper Fan” Administrator
Eddie has numerous high profile contacts in and around London.

2 females escorts approach Eddie to take his bag and coat

EDDIE
Why thank you ladies! Look at dat ass, MM! Fellas, good to see ya!

NATHAN
Afternoon, Goodman

ENZO
Eddie! Great to see you. You’re looking well

EDDIE
“Well” is my great aunt after she’s taken her medication. I’m fantabulous. You seen that new place down in..

Sound fades out. Slowly pans in on Eddie engaging in conversation.

NATHAN (MONO)
Eddie Goodman is a liability to our operations. He’s loud, idiotic and despairingly careless.

Camera zooms in on Nathan looking expressionless.


NATHAN (MONO)
Eddie is not just stupid. He’s taken the art of stupidity and mastered it. Eddie couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel…

EDDIE
NATHAN!

NATHAN
Yes?

EDDIE
I said how’s things been with you?

NATHAN
Oh. Great. Great.

Talking. Talk dies down. The footsteps slowly grow louder and the door opens. An Asian woman walks in confidently and calmly. She nods at the bouncers and they nod back. She takes a seat at the foot of the table. Everyone stares.

Loud footsteps. The arrival of Hao Zheng. Tracking shot behind Hao Zheng, with everyone at the table in the background. Everyone stands up out of respect. Cuts to everyone standing up from a separate angle. Walks in slowly without talking and sits down. Hao Zheng raises his hand and nods, and everyone sits down. He pulls up a seat next to the Asian woman (translator).

Freeze frame
Hao Zheng
RANK: “Dragon Head” Leader
Hao Zheng is leader of the gang and the most successful drug lord in Europe.

Hao Zheng talks to the translator in Chinese.

TRANSLATOR
Hao Zheng is pleased to see all of you here.

Enthusiastic chatter (“we’re pleased to see you too” “it’s great to be here” etc.)

Hao Zheng mumbles to the translator.

TRANSLATOR
Hao Zheng’s running short on time, so let’s make this quick. You’re due to present a sample of your product.

Gangsters begin to rummage through their bags. Nathan is the first to present his product.

NATHAN
This is MY product.

People chattering, gasping. “Ooh very nice” “Look at that!” etc.

NATHAN
That’s cooked at 190 degrees. 89% pure, straight from Columbia. What do you think?

Hao Zheng talks to translator.

TRANSLATOR
Very nice.

Nathan grins widely, smug.

EDDIE G
That’s cute Cole. But it ain’t got nothin’ on mah product, bitch.
BAYUM!
Eddie puts down his product. Slightly bigger than Nathan’s. Everyone looks closer.

EDDIE G
Dat shi’ cooked at 193 degrees! 94% pure straight from Cuba! Check it.

Excited chatter. Eddie looks very smug and cocky. Hao Zheng picks up the product, raises eyebrow and nods his head.

Camera slowly zooms in on Nathan’s face. Tense music.

NATHAN (MONO)
How the hell did the clown find such a high quality product, at such short notice? I wonder how much oral* he had to perform to get that.

*change to favours if this isn’t cool

NATHAN
V-very nice.
Nathan regains his composure.
Pete begins to clap loudly and slowly, almost sarcastically. Smirking.

PETE
Nice product Eddie. Mine’s from Cuba too, although mine’s slightly different.

Everyone looks at Pete.
Focuses on Nathan and Eddie’s products. Pete puts down a much larger product, which overshadows the others.

PETE
That’s 99.4% pure. Cooked at 200 degrees. This is extracted straight from Andes Mountains in Venezuela. This sells at £120k per kilo.

Profile shot of Nathan slowly taking off his sunglasses, hands shaking. 

EDDIE
DAYUM BITCH!
Whistles. Excited chatter. Hao Zheng looks serious and grabs the product. Slits it open with large knife and places some cocaine on the knife. Close up of Hao Zheng’s face. Slowly lifts knife with cocaine to his nose. Snorts slowly while moving his nose across the knife. Silence for a few seconds. Hao Zheng opens eyes widely. He grins and mutters something in Chinese.

TRANSLATOR
Hao Zheng says the product is excellent.

PETE

非常感謝。Fēicháng gǎnxiè.

HAO ZHENG (facing Nathan)
Mr Cole (smile) What do you think of your partner’s work?

NATHAN
It’s…good

HAO ZHENG
Good? These products are of a much superior quality to yours. No further comment?

NATHAN
(Bitter smile) No

HAO ZHENG
No? There’s an old Chinese proverb Nathan

NATHAN
Really?

HAO ZHENG
Jealousy is thin because it bites but never eats

NATHAN
*nods*

NATHAN (MONO)
(shouting) The audacity. Of this. This…overgrown gerbil. To humiliate ME. After I’ve been loyal to him. All this time. ME. I. Almost single handedly revived this whole business. (regaining composure) You know what….

Film Poster analysis

I decided to analyse a film poster so I could get some ideas for when I tried to design my own.

 The key element that stood out for me in this poster is the central position of the character. The focus is on him. Because of the central position, it allows for flexibility in editing, as the editor for this poster has edited in a city in his mid body, suggesting that he runs this city perhaps. The colour scheme of black white and a bit of red works really well and the poster as a whole is memorable.

 A key feature of this poster is the text. The font of the text is done so that only two features really stand out: The name of the movie, and the release date. This is done so the audiences attention is not taken away from the three main characters, who by themselves offer massive selling value in the fact they are such recognisable movie stars: Matt Damon, Leonardo Decaprio and Jack Nicholson. A definite piece of information to take away from this poster when thinking about making my own is to not use over the top fonts; The poster needs to be slick, not in your face or overexcited. This will be achieved provided I use the correct fonts to make sure only important information is really noticeable, and the rest isn't too over the top.