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Saving Grace
- Our short 5 minute film is called 'Saving Grace'. We picked the title due to the fact that our main character is drugged then abducted, taken away by a stranger. Even though Grace wasn't saved in our film, the possible ways of saving Grace are obvious and should be made obvious by the audience. E.g her friend, Becky should have known where Grace was at all times while they were out.
- Our film 'Saving Grace' will last around 5 minutes, keeping it short but inlcuding detail that will make it the quality of a full film.
- The Audience of our film would typicaly be aged 12-30, as they are the predicted ages of people who would typically enjoy films of the Thriller Genre. Our film doesn't have a gender bias, but may be more enjoyed my females as it includes scenes that females relate to more, such as the girls getting ready for their night out by putting lipstick on etc. Our flm 'Saving Grace' has an age rating of 12A, meaning that the film isn't suitable for children under the age of 12, unless they are accompanied by an adult. The message portrayed in the film is very discreet and doesn't include what happens to Grace after she is taken by the stranger, for moral purposes. However the film does show both of the girls drinking and one of them getting spiked, however this is to raise awareness.
- We decided that the most suitable Distributor for our film would be 'Warp Films'. Warp Films distribute exciting and sometimes inappropriate films that aren't distributed or suitable for major conglomerates such as Paramount or Universal, both of the Big Six. They are based in both London and Sheffield, which makes it more efficient. Our film is very low budget as it is a Sixth Form College project, and it doesn't include any high profile celebrities, which means that conglomerates such as Paramount wouldn't even consider our film. However a lower status Distributor such as Warp Films would possibly distribute our film as it includes extreme settings such as a nightclub and includes drinking and has a certain message that we think they would like to distribute.
- There are multiple elements that stand out in our film from the overall content to shots and angles. The main thing that stands out in our film that diffrenciates itself from other shots films in media is the fact that some of it is filmed in a nightclub. This location isn't used often due to the quality of shots however research has helped us understand what the shots will be like when we film. We use a time-lapse towards the beginning of the film, this is to show the difference in time so the audience knows that time has passed in the film. We also use significant props, for example in the film the boy that drugs Grace and takes her away from the bar wears a watch, and earlier on in the film we include a close up of it, we do the same later on in the film similar to a Graphic Match, this makes the audience realise that it is the same boy from earlier on in the bar who spikes her drink. Finally, another example of a suggested element is the Graphic Match at the very beginning and the very end of our short film. The film starts with an Aerial shot of Grace in the unknown boy's bed, with no emotion on her face and zooming in whilst she is talking. The shot at the very end of the film is the exact same whilst Grace is talking however zooms outwards rather than inwards.
'Saving Grace' Synopsis.
The film
begins with an Aerial shot of Grace laying in a bed, with no emotion on her
face, the camera zooms out and shows a messy room with her clothes on the floor
beside the bed. While the zoom out happens Grace says "Have you ever woken
up not knowing where you are?... Have you ever woken up with no memory of the
night before?... Have you ever woken up with no emotion?.." The camera
fades to black, then fades from black to reveal the next scene.
There is
a medium shot of Grace sitting on her sofa in her living room showing her
watching Television. Then is a close up shot of Grace's phone while it rings
next to her on the sofa. The camera follows Grace's phone as she answers it and
has a conversation with her friend ***, they arrange a night out the same
night. There is a low angle shot of the sun setting as a time lapse, showing
the clear time difference. Next is a jump cut that shows the girls getting
ready in Grace's room, showing extreme close up shots of the girls applying
makeup and putting their shoes on etc. Then is a shallow focus shot of the
girls getting ready in the background and a close up of the phone as Grace gets
a text from a boy named Josh, the text reads 'See u at the bar in 20.'
Shot of
the girls shoes entering what is clearly a taxi, fades and shows the girls
shoes taking them out of the taxi. The girls meet up with 3 boys as soon as
they get out of the taxi, which is a medium shot, also an establishing shot of
the outside of the bar. The shot reveals what the boys look like, one is
wearing a white shirt, one is wearing a baseball cap and the other is wearing a
necklace.Camera pans downwards to the boys shoes and they're all wearing the
same black/white adidas trainers. The camera stays focused on all the boys
shoes as the whole group enters the bar. Grace is talking to a boy when the
camera switches to a shot of the boy with the baseball cap staring and frowning
from across the bar, a sign of jealousy. The camera zooms in on the lights from
the door and fades to black and the music from the bar becomes much clearer. A
medium shot shows Grace talking to her friend Becky leaning against a table
while the lights are flashing behind them. A close up shot of a boys shoes is
shown (one of the three boys Grace & Becky met outside the bar) the camera
follows the shoes across the bar as the boy walks as a close up. The shoes meet
with Grace's, however Grace's shoes clearly show that she isn't facing the boy.
The camera pans upwards from Grace's shoes and stops at Grace's hand. She is
holding a drink, the camera stays perfectly still as the rest of the bar is
full of movement. In the same shot the boy's hand moves in towards Grace's
drink and drops a small pill in it, the camera focuses on the boy's watch for a
second. Grace picks her drink up and the camera follows her hand as she drinks
it. The camera pans away from grace and into the lights as it blurs them
relating to Grace. 'Stay High' begins playing as a close up of Grace is used to
show her reactions, lights blur together and jump cuts show her emotions.
A medium
shot shows Grace being taken out of the bar stumbling away from her friend
Becky by a boy with the same shoes as before. The camera is on the floor as it
shows the two walking away from the bar and towards the car. A medium shot
shows the boy putting Grace into the back of his car but not revealing above
his waist not to give away which of the boys it is. (Audience assumes it would
be the boy that was looking jealous across from the bar). Then fades to black,
fades from black and shows the boy holding the steering wheel and the watch
from earlier is revealed. The camera pans round slowly and shows the boys other
hand with a cigarette out of the window, then shows the boy with the white
shirt as he blows smoke out of the window. The camera stops panning when Grace
is shown laying on the back seat looking dazed, it then zooms in slowly on her
eye, as she closes it. The shot fades into a shot of her closed eye the next
morning, as she opens it, then the camera zooms out slowly and reveals exactly
the same shot as the beginning, when the camera stops zooming out, Grace says
"Have you ever?".
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