Single Camera - Film

Pre-production, is the process of planning and preparing all of the equipment and miscellaneous items that you require for the production stage of our project.

(November 2019) Cast List - The cast list shows the people that are expected to be seen or heard throughout the duration of the production.

(Nov/Dec 2019) Storyboard - A storyboard, is a visual aid to the crew of the project, to assist them in creating the scene and making sure that they use the camera angle and shot type. This will assist me in deciding what shots I would like to try and or want to use throughout the duration of my film.

(January 2020) Risks - The risk assessment, outlines all potential risks and hazards that could befall the cast and crew whilst shooting the project, the whole point of the risk is assessment is to process what risks could be possible, how dangerous they are and how the to make the scene safe for everyone involved.

(November 2019) Prop List - Props, are accessories that can be seen within a film or TV show, e.g. a gun, they are normally an inanimate object that is used by a character. A prop list is used to highlight what props are going to used throughout the production.

(November 2019) Character Release Forms - The character release forms, are for the people in the production giving their permission to be recorded and published to online services (YouTube).

(November 2019) Location Scouting - Location scouting is the process of discovering possible areas to record and shoot different parts of your product to add more variety to your final product.

(October 2019) Script - The script, is the plot which has been written differently to a book, this allows everyone involved when a character is speaking or when something is happening that needs to be recorded (stage directions).

(October 2019) Script- Scene - This is part of my film between scenes 2 and 3 which I wrote after the script was finished and forgot to put in the original script.

Proposal - (Jan/Feb 2020)

Synopsis 

For this year, we have been asked to create a new short movie this year the films have to be around the 15 minute mark. We get the choice to choose the genre and create the storyline for the film. For my project I aiming to make the genre based around the "Action" genre to add more action and suspense compared to last year's short film. Before we can start the production stage of our short films, we first have to plan everything about our film from the script to the storyboard to the risk assessment. We have to plan, execute and evaluate as well as log everything that we do in chronological order, to see how much time we spend on everything from the pre-production to the evaluation.

Logline

Order is about a hitman who is sent to assassinate a high profile target and his personal body guard, when the bodyguard gets the better of the assassin the interrogate him for information where we learn how long he's been at this. The bodyguard betrays his boss and fights the assassin but is killed by his boss instantly followed by the hitman killing his primary target.

Screenplay Structure

Act one: This is the opening to the film, where we meet the protagonist and the antagonists and start to get an idea of what this short film is about and what could potentially happen throughout the duration.

Act two: Act two is the largest scene of my film, we see an interrogation between the protagonist and the antagonists who are trying to extract information from the hitman, they succeed to some extent before something unexpected happens.

Act three: This is the end of the film, where the protagonist chases the bodyguard to an unknown location and they have their inevitable rematch when the primary target interrupts and ends the fight but then is killed by the hitman who is glad all of this is over.

Characters

Logan Caleb: is a young hitman under the employ of a classified private military who is assigned to kill two targets to prove his worth to the organization, we learn almost immediately that the assignment is personal for him. He is determined to prove his worth both to his leaders and himself.

Shawn Letterman: the leader of a massive known criminal organization, hotheaded as well as short tempered. He feels like he is unstoppable and that his company will last for generations and that he and his company are invincible.

Joel Jones: is the personal bodyguard to Shawn Letterman, strong and dangerous. He has killed most if not all of the people who have gone up against him, has a secret which we learn near the end of the film before the fight scene.

William Small: is a scientist from Logan Caleb's past, we learn that logan's tattoo is a mark that was branded onto him when he was twelve during his trials on becoming a weapon for Shawn Letterman's company.

Mysterious Figure: nothing is known about this character, all we know is he is assigned to kill Logan Caleb, the twist is that they both work for the same organization. Their face is never seen.

Woman' Voice: she is in command of Logan's organization and she gives the orders and the assignments to those whose thinks is worthy of the task. We never see who they actually are.

Film Treatment

We see the luminous flashing of a light and hear the sounds of a door opening and closing, there is an unrecognisable figure open a box with a book inside, they begin to read the contents of the book. This is where we begin to discover that this is a target book and this figure is an assassin as well as the book, we notice he pulls out two photographs of his two targets.

The two targets are having a private conversation when they are interrupted by a scientist who innocently asks for a signature on a project. When they begin their conversation again, we learn that they have a big plan to create a new form of weapon. They are suddenly interrupted by the assassin who then gets into a fight with one of the targets and loses.

The assassin wakes up tied a chair, he realises that he is being looked at by his targets who begin to ask him questions, this is an interrogation. They try to ask him for his name and what he is doing trying to kill them both. Afterwards the begin to ask him about his past and how he came to be what he is. Just before the leader asks another question, his bodyguard unexpectedly knocks him out and challenges the assassin to a final duel.

The assassin chases his second target to a disclosed area and they begin to fight and get solid hits on one another, they both get the upper hand on each other but the assassin gets his target into a position that he can't come back from but just before the assassin is about to end the job, the first target kills the wrong man by shooting him. He is about to kill the assassin but he gets to a gun dropped by the other target and shoots his first target ending his mission.

Target Audience/USP

The target audience for my short film falls under the "thrill-seeker" category of the demographic. I feels like it falls under this category as it has elements that could draw people in and want them to keep them wanting to watch as the fight scenes, story, characters and dialog.

The Unique Selling Point of this film, is that it has a few elements that have been inspired by other films and a few aspects from various video games. These elements will make viewers recognise where they have been inspired, people will like some of the noticeable features taken from other area's and put into this one short film, the film also follows some cliche's from action films like the fight scenes and the character that is always short with people and angry.