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Brief Story Structural Outline

Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Title: Tangent

Opening: A teenage boy is travelling back from a party from the night before and along the way home he sees strange, apocalyptic imagery and scenes along with flashes of events to come. Among these events are a leaflet for an upcoming election and a cup smashing.  The boy begins to notice these scenes more and more as he goes further and becomes convinced of the reality of what he is seeing. The opening will end with him returning to his room and the screen will reveal the title with a countdown of the days remaining.

Relation to rest of story: The boy begins to realise that he is plagued with images of events to come and must attempt to prevent an oncoming event (the end of the world).  He must do whatever it takes to prevent the end, from prevention of events to taking a life for the fate of the world, he must push himself to his limits to save us all. The events become indicators that the world is still on the tangent timeline and he must attempt to change it.

Age Classification

U- The U symbol stands for universal. A U film should be suitable for audience aged four years and over. There can be an infrequent use of mild bad language (e.g. 'damn' and 'hell'). Characters may be seen kissing or cuddling and there may be mild or under detailed references to sexual behaviour. Violence will generally be very mild. A U film may include brief fight scenes or moments where characters are placed in danger. However, moments of emotional stress or threat will be quickly resolved and the outcome will be reassuring. A children’s work at U will generally contain positive messages about loyalty, honesty and friendship, particularly amongst children. The film or video may well have a happy ending for the child and the overall tone should be one of reassurance.

PG- PG stands for parental guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children. A PG film will not contain any theme which is inappropriate for a child. PG works can explore challenging issues such as bullying, bereavement or racism. There can be mild bad language (such as 'shit' or 'son of a bitch') in a PG film as long as context and delivery are both considered. Sex reference are unlikely unless they are not detailed and are infrequent.Violence will usually be mild. There should be no detail of violence in a PG work, so while there might be some blood, we would not see how the injury was inflicted in strong detail. There might be infrequent or passing references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse in a PG work, although there should be no strong focus on this.

12A/12- Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. The 12A requires an adult to accompany any child under 12 seeing a 12A film at the cinema. Strong language (e.g. 'f***') may be passed at 12 or 12A, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification. The overall tone of a film or video, and the way it makes the audience feel may effect the classification, a work which has a very dark or unsettling tone which could disturb the audience would be less likely to be passed 12A. Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed at 12A or 12. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. Any discriminatory language or behaviour will not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail.There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted as long as they can be justified by their context. Dangerous behaviour (like hanging and suicide) may be present in a 12A but will nit dwell on any details that may be copied.

15- No-one under the age of 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent  a 15 rated video. No theme is prohibited as long as it is portrayed suitably for 15 year olds. A 15 may contain strong violence but should not dwell on infliction of pain or injury, frequent strong language (e.g. 'F***'), portrayals of sexual activities, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence discriminatory language or behaviour and drug taking.

18- Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children. No theme is prohibited at 18. Adults are free to choose their own entertainment provided the material is not illegal or potentially harmful, so it is possible some themes tackled at 18 may be offensive even to some adult viewers. In an 18 you may find issues such as very strong violence portrayed in strong detail, frequent strong language (e.g. 'F***') and/or very strong language(e.g. 'C***'), strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong good and gore, real sex (in some circumstances) and discriminatory language and behaviour.



My Film:

 My film is looking to be rated as a 15 as it will contain some strong language and scenes of strong violence. Mild discriminatory language may used infrequently. Scenes may reference and show themes of drug usage. The themes used shall be kept bellow the level of an 18 by using themes more infrequently and ensuring usage is either mild or justified by context.

Location Release Form Templates

Film Opening Story Update

Due to much research and planning along with audience feedback, I have decided to change my story to another idea to one that i had planned as well in my prezi post. This story focuses on a teenager who must take steps to prevent the end of the world over the course of a week when he wakes one morning plagued by apocalyptic images and events in his mind. The opening will offer me more content to include and i will be able to reach the 2 minute run time and produce a more exciting end result with interesting shot types, locations and story elements. The film title has also been changed to Tangent.

Location Scouting

This image features a field that is a part of Lee Valley Regional Park. This is where my film will open and will introduce the main character.

These two images show the areas where i will film the walking scenes that fall after the scenes in the field where the character comes across some strange events.

This image shows the house where the final moments in the opening will be filmed.They will feature a shot from the outside going into the kitchen where another strange event happens. The opening willed wight he character shutting the bedroom door.

My Talent Release Form

Talent Release Form Templates

Film Opening Shot Types

Opening Shot:

-Pan (Over location to end on the character rising into frame)
-Steady Cam Shot (Approach the main character from a distance)

Shots:

-Tilt (To reveal more of the character)
-Extreme close-up (To reveal characters face or show them performing an action)
Long Shot (movement)
-Medium Shot (Movement)
-Tracking Shot (For movement)
-Low Angle Shot (To show the character looking at an object on the floor)
-Close-up (To show the character holding or looking at something)


Final Shots:

-Pan (Of room to reveal that the killer has left and ending on a clock revealing number of days remaining)
-Steady Cam (Moving towards a door. The scene ends with the door closing then text appears revealing the number of days that remain)