Emotion
- Regret.
Main Characters
Ryan - 23 Years of
age. (Harry's older brother).
Harry - 16 Years of
age. (Ryan's younger brother).
Ancillary Characters
Fiona - 40-50 Years
of age. (Ryan's and Harry's Mother).
Two Male Robbers -
18-20 Years of age.
Locations
- Recording
Studio/Band Practice Rooms.
- Office (Ryan's
place of work).
- Ryan's and Harry's
Home (Kitchen, Harry's Bedroom, Ryan's Bedroom, Living room).
- Football Stadium. (Bramall
Lane, Sheffield United), (Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday) or (Oakwell,
Barnsley).
Synopsis
The film is about
Ryan's and Harry's dysfunctional brotherly relationship. Harry feels neglected
from his family. His only true passion is to play his guitar and his love for
song-writing, but Ryan and their Mother frown upon Harry's talent as wasted
time which could be better spent focusing towards his studies and a reputable career
like his brother Ryan. Ryan spends all of his time working where he prioritises
endless hours in the office after work rather than spending assured time with
Harry. Ryan endlessly breaks promises and forgets about plans he's arranged with
Harry. Harry has finally earned the resources to record his first song at a
recording studio. Ryan promises to support Harry by being there and to give him
a lift home afterwards. However, Ryan forgets and leaves Harry abandoned
outside the recording studio after Harry has finished the recording and
everyone has gone home. After yearningly waiting outside for Ryan to show up, a
devastated Harry decides to walk home through the city, with his guitar, late
at night. But it is the events which occur towards Harry on this walk home which
will make Ryan regret all the times he neglected his little brother, ignored his
talent and prioritised hours of meaningless work over the irreplaceable time
which could have been spent with Harry.
Brief Outline
The film will
essentially be constructed from two storylines and structured using a
non-linear narrative. The first and main storyline will be of one main event
which takes place from the beginning and throughout the duration of the film.
This main storyline causes a catastrophic feel of regret on Ryan's behalf. The
second storyline will gradually reveal dramatic events within the story
disclosing a stronger sense of Ryan's regret as the film's duration continues.
These events will be shown as flashbacks; in the sense of external analepses. These
flashbacks will invoke events occurring prior to the start of the main
narrative, giving more detail about Ryan's and Harry's relationship and
essentially showing events which will make Ryan's regret towards the end of the
film seem more significant to the audience.
The two storylines
will merge together in Scene 7. It is Scene 8, 9 and 10 which is when Ryan's
realises Harry's death and his emotion of regret seeps through clearly
overpowering his life.
The main narrative
will consist of (Scene 1: Recording Studio / Ryan's Office, Scene 2:
Outside Recording Studio, Scene 4: Harry's Walk Home, Scene 6:
Ryan's Car Journey Home, Scene 7: The Tunnel).
The second narrative
will consist of (Scene 3: Kitchen 3-Way Conversation, Scene 5:
Football Stadium Scene).
The two narratives merged together will
consist of (Scene 8: Ryan waking up/Kitchen, Scene 9: Following
Dead Harry to The Tunnel, Scene 10: Dead Harry's Bedroom).
Throughout the film
they're also numerous 'cuts to' shots which involve different scenes and the
dramatic events from both storylines. This is accurately stated in the
following Step by Step Outline. This states the Film's chronological sequence
of scenes and shots; in a more precise description of the film's
structure.
Visual Aesthetic
The main look
of this piece will be focused on Harry’s loneliness and unhappiness Versus Ryan’s lack of empathy and the family situation where Ryan is the black sheep.
The lock off shots in the recording studio will portray Harry’s isolation but also ambition with music. On the other hand Ryan is in his office overwhelmed with work and disregard towards his bother (static MS shots)
A low key shot of Ryan walking home in the street/tunnel with his guitar combining long and close up shots of his face and figure again highlighting his loneliness (maybe some tracking shots). The pace will become more dynamic when we arrive at the tunnel where the tracking shot is taking place right before Harry gets mugged.
The main family scene has three characters in it. It will be in a TV Drama style where we mostly get medium close ups of the two brothers and their mother along with a master shot to set up the interior of the house - kitchen/living room.
Visually the retrospective shots i.e. memories and flashbacks will convey regret and sorrow through a realism i.e. static long shots which make the spectator feel like they are a spectator inside the film.
Audio Aesthetic
Firstly, each take on shoot will be recorded using a Zoom
and an external microphone so that in the editing procedure audio can be
synchronised with the easily before any as atmospheric and foley tracks are
added. I will also record an atmospheric track for each scene, to use so to
avoid any disjointed silences. It is important to strengthen the mood and
ambience of the piece with these additional tracks by keeping atmospheric
tracks relatively light to listen to when Ryan is going through phases of regret
to add a sadder tone. If music is used alongside, it should also sound very
sombre. If present, lyrics of any music should try to reflect loss, or regret.
Eerie and echo-like audio tracks may also be effective in enhancing a ‘dream’
state or ‘ghostly’ ambience to the film, enforcing the fact that Ryan’s brother
is not around anymore at the present time. Audio will be kept to a relatively
low and soft level, unless there are tracks that are directly linked to what is
happening on screen. For example, when we see Ryan inside the football stadium
the sounds of the crowd will become very prominent all of a sudden. This will
all contrast to the audio during moments of violence, namely when Harry is
killed in the film. Audio for this must be hard-hitting to replicate the state
of shock Ryan will be feeling following this event. Higher tempo music would be
used leading up to the event to create more tension and drama. To finish off
the sound design, I will be using reverb to correct the sound according to room
sizes and such, and editing any level/EQ to compliment other tracks.
Style, Mood and Tone
As a group we want our intended
audience to be over 18, creating a gritty British drama, showing swearing and
violence and the buildup of the death of the younger brother Harry. The use of
mise-en-scene, cinematography, post production, audio, the locations we chose
and also the lighting makes up the style of our film. The locations we have
used are key to create the style and tone of our piece, for example, the Tunnel
scene, it sets up the tone of the scene already, creating an eerie atmosphere,
almost making the audience know that something bad might happen; we want to
film this scene at night, therefore there will be minor lighting, apart from
the few lights inside the tunnel which will also create a sinister tone.
The mood of our film has a big effect on our audience. It
moves their emotions and feeling throughout the film. We want our audience to
be engaged throughout our film, setting a pace so that we have our audience's
attention, hiding the production much as possible through editing, and making
sure we show the best performances in our film by the actor. In our film, the
audience may be able to relate to characters and emotions the emotions that are
being portrayed in our piece, and begin to feel sympathy both of the two main
characters in different ways. We see the relationship between both of the two
brothers, seeing how Ryan does not appreciate his brother, or doesn't show it,
and this is upsetting and yet quite frustrating to watch, especially for
character Harry. As we see the story unravel throughout our film, the audience
sees the buildup of our key emotion ‘regret’ which is built up throughout, and
is strongly highlighted at the end of our film.
Inspiration
We've had many influences for
the development of our short film within the 2 minute piece which will follow
parallel the to 10 minute piece. Some examples of current films that we took
Inspiration from that we took ideas and concepts was the work of Shane Meadows,
mainly his 2004 cult hit "Dead Man's Shoes". As a group all liked the
way in which the film was trying something different to traditional British
cinema, and we wanted to try and replicate this within our own production as it
has similar themes (to sections storylines) that we want to portray In our own
film. The darker undertones used through "Dead man's Shoes" with the
combination of British Cinematic elements is something we want to try and
utilise to make our film both visually interested and home grown. Our aim is to
try at create and a emotional piece of work which engages the audience and
hopefully gets them to have empathy with the characters on many levels and
hopefully we will achieve this.
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