After getting the results from the Questionnaire and other peoples advice I have decided to change the number of main characters from four to three as this will make it easier to focus on them and I will be able to focus on the characters in more detail and build different story lines around them all.
The characters I will be including are the following:
Noel - Has no job claims benefits from the government, often takes drugs mainly cannabis. He will be the main character of the TV show and also finds he has powers like the rest of the characters.
Barry - Seen to be the 'nerd' of the three he is 18 still in college full time while living at home with his parents.
Alex - Works full time at the local paper shop in the area earns lots of money but also likes to lie and make things up to make him look better than he actually is. He will have powers he will be the first one to notice this and i will develop the other characters in realising they have powers too.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Script Research 2
Life on Mars Episode One
INT. SAM’S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - DAY 1/1 07:08
1
Close-up - photograph. A small boy - 4 or 5 wearing an
oversized policeman’s hat. Freckles. Toothy grin.
Reflected in the glass of the photo - a dozen separate News
24 items explode onto a plasma screen.
The widescreen TV spews up a giddy-making cocktail of current
affairs. These images usher in a fast set of very
contemporary TITLES.
The TV with Dolby 5.1 dominates one half of the apartment and
holds the attention of SAM TYLER. This room with its beams
and varnished wooden floor has been converted from some vast
Victorian factory.
SAM himself is smart, lithe, mid-30’s. If he were a flavour
he’d be spearmint. He is talking into his mobile and
negotiating the News 24 menu simultaneously. Girlfriend MAYA
cradles her coffee, watching him.
SAM
If we get the go-ahead I want basepoint
to be at the cross-roads ...
MAYA
Sam ..
He doesn’t appear to hear her.
SAM
.. the suspect was positively id’d
by the victim of the assault.
Afterwards I want SOCO through
every inch of the house. And I’m
going to apply for the right to
hold him for 72 hours if necessary
... Yes, I’m expecting to get it
...
MAYA
Sam?
He snaps the phone shut. Holds up two identical blue ties.
MAYA
The blue one.
SAM
Good choice.
MAYA
Sam, can we ...?
His phone rings. He shrugs - sorry. Has to take it.
SAM
(into mobile)
Sam Tyler ...
MAYA walks sadly out of the room.
He glances at her as she leaves - feels bad about avoiding a
conversation. Turns his attention back to the phonecall.
SAM
We’re heading out there now...
(dialogue continues over top of sc
2) I want the Exclusion Zone to run
from the junction to the end of the
street. We’re not losing this one
because of sloppiness.
2
INT. SAM’S APARTMENT - BATHROOM - DAY 1/1 07:09 2
MAYA sits on the loo (seat down) with her own phone. She can
hear SAM babbling ten to the dozen outside. She finishes
leaving a phone message.
The script is also laid out the same way as the first script i researched with the location being in bold and at the top of the page before the text begins. This script uses mainly the narrative to guide the audience towards meaning with very little dialogue between characters. In the script there is very little technical codes with no mention of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds or music and no mention of camera angles and other technical codes. The dialogue is also aligned in the centre of the page making it easier to read and separating it from the other scene changes and narrative of what is happening in the scene.
Script Research 1
SHAMELESS
FADE IN:
EXT. CHICAGO UPTOWN - NIGHT
Blazing fire. Public bonfire. POPS and BANGS of fireworks. A
MALE VOICE begins over luminous faces - adults and kids -
that the CAMERA picks out of the crowd in the bonding glow.
FRANK (V.O.)
Nobody's saying this neighborhood's
the Garden of Eden, hell some
people say God avoids this place
altogether, but it's been a good
home to us, to me and my kids, who
I'm proud of; 'cause every single
one of them reminds me a little bit
of me. Fiona, my rock, a huge help.
FIONA, attractive, but not gorgeous, eighteen, laughing.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Has all the best qualities of her
mother -- except she’s not a raging
psycho bitch.
QUICK-CUT to Fiona with two Kleenexs and two kids, put’s a
tissue to each kid’s nose and orders “Blow!”. They do.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Lip, smart as a whip. Straight A’s
and the honor roll. And people
thought when I dropped him on his
head it was a bad thing.
LIP, sixteen, handsome, athletic, drinking a brown-bagged
Pabst tallboy, no doubt lifted from some 7-11.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Boy’s definitely going somewhere --
QUICK-CUT of Lip, charging STRAIGHT AT and over us, followed
by two Chicago cops, in heated, sweaty pursuit.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Ian, industrious, conscientious,
ambitious,
incredible work ethic.
IAN, fifteen, smiling, a little goofy, instantly likeable.
2.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Don’t have a
clue where he got that
from. I’m no biologist, but he
looks a bit like my brother, he and
the ex were close. Wants to be a
paratrooper.
QUICK-CUT of Ian in ROTC uniform, seriously working a wooden
rifle in close-order drills on a weedy playground.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Girls are going to love this guy.
Carl... Carl...
CARL, eleven. Shaved head, also drinking from a brown bag --
here’s hoping there’s a Fanta Orange hiding in there.
FRANK (CONT’D)
I don’t really know that much about
Carl... Oh, he’s got
beautiful
hair, fetches top dollar at the wig
shop. We don’t tell the wig lady
he’s a magnet for lice. Debbie!
Sent by God, a total angel, don’t
know what we’d do without her.
DEBBIE, ten. Hooting and hollering at the fire, holding her
toddler brother, LIAM, in her arms.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Raises money for UNICEF year-round,
some of which she turns in.
QUICK-CUT of Debbie, sitting on her bed, shaking change out
of an upside down, much-used, orange UNICEF box.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Liam, gonna be a
star --
QUICK-CUT to the toddler Liam, wearing a diaper and nothing
else, coming straight at us down a hallway, in the midst of a
SCREAMING, head-banging TANTRUM.
FRANK (CONT’D)
-- once Medicade agrees to cover
the Ritalin.
(and)
Kev and Veronica,
fantastic
neighbors!
KEV, thirty, handsome, none too bright, arms wrapped tightly
around VERONICA. Thirty-four, black, sexy, vivacious, tank
top at least two sizes too small.
3.
FRANK (CONT'D)
There’s nothing they won’t do for
each other...or too each other.
QUICK-CUT to Kev pulling a red ball out of his mouth,
Veronica behind him in leather Catwoman mask. He grins.
KEV
Didn’t hurt half as much as I
thought it would... Your turn.
FRANK (VO)
Love
to fuck. I never realized how
little sex I was having ‘til V and
Kev moved in next door. And me...
Finally, a face to go with the voice. Forties, glassy-eyed.
Long, unkempt hair, Army surplus jacket, tattered Van Halen
World Tour ‘84
T-shirt. Hoisting his sixth or seventh 40 of
the night as SIRENS build in the distance.
FRANK (CONT’D)
Frank Gallagher, father, teacher,
mentor. Captain of our ship. We may
not have much, but the kids can all
think for ourselves, for which they
have me to thank, and all of us, to
a man, know first and foremost the
most vital necessity in this life --
we know how to party!
The SIRENS are closer now. The crowd finally begins to
disperse, Frank among the last to go. As the CAMERA pulls
away from him, we SLOWLY REVEAL - not a bonfire - but a
burning abandoned car! And they weren't fireworks but
exploding spray cans kids have been tossing into the blaze.
Fire engines and Chicago PD cars speed onto the scene as the
local community scatters to avoid arrest leave, flipping the
finger and yelling obscenities at the killjoy cops as we --
CUT TO:
INT. GALLAGHER HOUSE - MORNING
In this script which is the pilot for the UK drama Shameless. The script tells you when the show fades in the location of where the script is taking place is in bold before the dialogue takes place. What is happening in the scene is left aligned and anything that is loud and to cause excitement is in capital letters. All the dialogue is aligned in the centre of the page with the characters name in capitals above the text. There is the use of "QUICK-CUT" which shows what the camera is cutting to in the scene.
Script First Draft
It’s Grim Up T’North
Location – Dark, Rainy Night in the streets of Mill Hill, Blackburn.
Characters- Noel, Barry, Alex
Start the episode with a long camera shot of the town of Blackburn. Non diegetic modern music is playing and we have fast edit showing all the graffiti and poorly looked after building in the area. The clip then edits to a wide show with the camera following three characters from behind.
All three characters are slowly walking down the street. With the camera slowly following them when the characters start to speak the non diegetic music fades out and the camera focuses on the characters faces.
Noel – (Currently smoking a cigarette) So what are we gonna do now then lads?
Alex – I don’t know there is fuck all to do in this town!
Barry – There is things to do it’s just we don’t have the money to do it
Noel – Like what?... Drink White Lightning, take drugs and scout the talent? You don’t need much money to do them, I mean my dole money gets me through all of that.
(Alex bursts out laughing)
Barry- (Camera focuses on the disgust and sickened facial expressions on his face) Well there is that but I could think of better things to spend my money on
Alex- Yea like books you nerd!
Barry – Well that is an option…
Noel – Right shut up lady’s what are we doing?
(As the characters are in discussion two police cars and an ambulance come racing through the streets past the characters with the use of a tracking shot Camera Angle.)
Alex – wow we need to check that out
Noel & Barry – Yea!
(The characters quickly jog following the police cars and ambulance, smoke can be seen in the distance)
(While the characters are running towards the smoke and fire a hooded man is running the other way)
Hooded Man – You don’t wanna go down there lads it’s all kicking off!
Noel- Why what’s going on?
Hooded Man – It’s like a riot, animals!
Barry- Who?!
Hooded Man – It’s football fans I think, Burnley vs Blackburn it’s horrific. Stay away!
(The man then quickly jogs away, the camera focuses on the three characters who all have mixed emotions and facial expressions)
Barry- I’m going home I don’t fancy me head getting kicked in or being burnt to death by a bunch of bald headed idiots
Noel- Stay you big girl! Aw can’t handle a bit of violence?
Alex- Yea stay you wimp we have to check this one out
Barry- Fine any trouble and I’m off
(As the characters get closer they hear the diegetic noise of glass smashing, cheering and shouting coming from the train station)
Alex- This is it, no backing away now
(As they keep walking closer to the train station they hear the noises getting louder and see a crowd running towards them in the distance)
Barry-Run!
Noel-Shit
(The crowd quickly catch up to the characters and surround them)
Football Hooligan 1 – So you’re Blackburn boys too are you?
Barry- We don’t even like football
Noel- I do!
Alex- (Whispering) Shut up are you trying to get us killed?
Football Hooligan 2 – Lets teach the lads a lesson!
(The crowd cheer and run towards the characters who are all huddled together, as the crowd gets closer and closer the characters are froze together but then the clip edits to a house where the characters have suddenly transported to who are still in the same position, clothing as they were when the football crowd were running towards them)
Noel-What the hell?
Alex-Where are we?
Barry- How is this even possible? Am I dreaming?
Noel- This is my house you clowns but we was just…
Alex-On the street about to get are heads kicked in thanks to you! But how did we get here?
Barry-Transported
Noel-Rubbish there is no such thing and how could we have done that?
Barry- There is no explanation
Alex-You’ve been watching too much T.V and is that what they teach you at college nowadays
Barry-Well how is this even possible we were at the train station now we are here in Noel’s house!
Noel-This is doing my head in! I need a drink and a bit of “waci baki!”
(Noel then walks into the kitchen and returns with a can of beer while smoking cannabis)
Barry-Well that isn’t going to help! We can’t just forget about this and pretend it never happened, one of us must have done it must have the power to do it
Alex- Now you’re starting to creep me out, you sound like a comic book
Barry-You tell me what else it could be then…
Alex- Erm….
(As both characters are arguing Noel stays silent and blacks out)
Barry- Noel?!
Alex- Shit he has fainted! Quick get him up!
(The characters place him on the armchair in his front room, he slowly comes back to opening his eyes)
Noel- I saw…
Barry- Saw what?
Noel- The crowd again
Alex- The Football crowd?
Noel- Yes! Just before we ended up here I saw them running towards us then nothing like a flashback
Barry- It must be you, you must have done it
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