Showing posts with label From Script to Screen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label From Script to Screen. Show all posts
Friday, 21 February 2014
Script to Screen: Theater Concept Art
I tried to keep this piece loose in comparison to the other paintings, trying to capture the overall feel of the theater whilst keeping the traditional look to it.
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Script to Screen: Script
Unit 3: Storytelling and Commission - Script
The Lonely Performer
Written by
Anthony Faulkner
Ext. Venice Scene 1, Early Afternoon.
CLOSE UP. Showing the sky reflected in the water.
PAN UP. Canal boat passes by the camera, to reveal Venice.
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT.
WIDE SHOT. Showing the Venice exterior with the clothes on the lines and the plants hanging from the buildings, we see children running over the bridge.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Legs running over the bridge, children laughing.
CAMERA PANS UP. to reveal a poster on a wall about Anzolo the magician in the venetian theater.
FADE OUT TO WHITE.
INT. Scene 2, Venetian theater.
FADE BACK IN.
WIDE SHOT. Showing the interior of the venetian theater, with Anzolo walking onto the stage.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Anzolo getting ready to perform, deep breathes and looks into the audience.
CUTS TO:
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Lonely guy's face in the audience having a stern expression.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Lonely guy's face in the audience having a stern expression.
CUTS TO:
MID SHOT. Anzolo pulls out a pack of cards and shuffles them.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Shuffling to then picking one card out of the pack.
MID SHOT. To reveal the card.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. of the card Nine of Hearts.
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT. as Anzolo is shuffling the cards.
MID SHOT. he picks out the nine of hearts to show that its the right card.
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT to behind the single audience member (Over the shoulder shot) as Anzolo bows to him you hear the person sigh of boredom.
CUTS TO:
CLOSE UP. Anzolo turns around thinking of what to do next then he gets an idea and turns around all happy and ready to perform another trick.
CLOSE UP. Anzolo reveals the card again but this time throws it into the air.
(As he throws the card up)
CUTS TO:
MID SHOT PAN (right to left). the card thrown up in the air and zaps it at the highest point to reveal that it has turned into a trombone.
(As the trombone is falling) MID SHOT PAN (Left to Middle). Anzolo catches the trombone.
CUTS TO: behind the single audience member (Over the shoulder
shot) he makes a thinking sound as intrigued to what is going to happen.
CAMERA ZOOMS IN. MID SHOT. Anzolo puts the trombone on the floor and covers it with his cloth, he starts to wave his hands and magic comes from them onto the cloth.
LONG SHOT. Showing the magic around the cloth.
CLOSE UP. Anzolo releases the cloth to reveal another character playing the trombone.
CUTS TO:
CLOSE UP. of the single audience member as he leans in his seat in surprise and smiles at the musician.
CLOSE UP. Archy looking annoyed
CAMERA PANS DOWN. to his clenched fists, he then waves his hands creating magic lighting going towards the trombone player.
CAMERA PANS. with the lighting streak at the feet of the player. trombone music still in the back ground.
MID SHOT. puff of smoke. trombone music stops.
CLOSE UP. Anzolo face looks happy as it goes silent.
CLOSE UP. Anzolo goes to perform again but is interrupted by the trombone and now a juggler.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. juggling and trombone.
WIDE SHOT. to see lots of puffs of smoke on the screen and the noise gradually increases with circus acts.
EXTREME CLOSE UP. Anzolo's face getting really angry
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT. to reveal Anzolo ripping his shirt and doves flying out of his chest towards the camera.
FADES TO WHITE
INT. Scene 3, Mental Asylum Attic, Late Afternoon.
MID SHOT. of Anzolo sweating and exhausted with a ripped shirt on, taking an exhausted bow.
CUTS TO:
CLOSE UP. Doctor looking impassive, he then looks down.
CAMERA PANS DOWN. reveals his clip board where we see Anzolo's name on it, he then puts a red cross through it and gets up off his chair.
MID SHOT. (Camera by the chair with Anzolo on a little wooden stage in the attic covered in white protection). Anzolo looks down towards the ground looking like he has no hope. Footsteps walking away.
CUTS TO:
CLOSE UP. (Over the shoulder shot) of behind Anzolo looking at the ground as the doctor walks away. Doctor opens the door.
CUTS TO:
CLOSE UP. Door opening with the doctor walking through and closes the door as we see Anzolo through the bars.
(When the door closes) THUD. CUTS TO BLACK.
FIN.
Script to Screen: Further Research
Heart of the Cards Meanings:
These only apply for the heart variation of the cards and when deciding on what card he shall pick out in his performance I am going to choose the Nine of Hearts as it symbolises that maybe his dreams of becoming a performer will come true.
Other Meanings can be found here: http://www.serenapowers.com/playingcards2.html (Accessed on 19.02.2014)
Ace: The home, love, friendship, joy the start of a romance. A love letter.
Two: Success and prosperity. An engagement or partnership.
Three: You need to be cautious. Don't say something you'll regret.
Four: A change, a journey or a move of house/business. A late marriage.
Five: Jealous people around you. Take your time to make any decisions.
These only apply for the heart variation of the cards and when deciding on what card he shall pick out in his performance I am going to choose the Nine of Hearts as it symbolises that maybe his dreams of becoming a performer will come true.
Other Meanings can be found here: http://www.serenapowers.com/playingcards2.html (Accessed on 19.02.2014)
Ace: The home, love, friendship, joy the start of a romance. A love letter.
Two: Success and prosperity. An engagement or partnership.
Three: You need to be cautious. Don't say something you'll regret.
Four: A change, a journey or a move of house/business. A late marriage.
Five: Jealous people around you. Take your time to make any decisions.
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Six: Unexpected good luck. Someone helping you out. Seven: An unfaithful or unreliable person. Broken promises. Eight: Visits and visitors. Invitations out or attending a party. Nine: The wish card. Dreams come true. Ten: Good luck and happiness. Jack: A close friend or a good-natured, fair-haired youth. Queen: A kindly fair-haired woman. King: A good-natured, fair-haired man. Good advice. |
Script to Screen: Premise, Logline and Step Outline Updated
Premise:
>Would being in Isolation drive you insane?
Logline:
>Anzolo
>Would being in Isolation drive you insane?
Logline:
>Anzolo
A magician that is put in isolation because he is seen to be ‘crazy’. He wants to be a performer but he is in a constant battle with himself. Half of him wants to be a musician as a talented trombone player and the other a magician. Will he ever overcome his problems to be given the chance to perform in front of a real crowd?
Step Outline:
>Opening shot of the blue sky in Venice when a leaf floats by the camera.
>Pans down following a leaf from the balcony when it hits the water of the canals.
>Canal boat rides over the leaf, camera pans up to follow the canal boat and then the camera zooms out as the canal boat goes down the canals and under the bridge.>Establishing shot of Venice lit brightly, very saturated colour, children laughing and washing on the lines over head with the sound of birds in the background.
> Camera cuts to children running over a bridge (close up of legs) as a leaflet flies by showing the magician show advertised.
>Cuts to the Venetian theater where Anzolo (Magician) is on walking on stage - (Long shot)
>Close up of Anzolo's face getting ready to perform - Deep breathes.
>Cuts to show a single man in the audience with a clip board ready to mark his performance.
> Anzolo Pulls out a pack of cards to shuffle to them and to reveal one card to the audience, shuffles them again and pulls out the one card everyone saw.
> He then throws the card into the air (Camera follows the card)
>Zaps it with magic and it turns into a trombone
>Points his wand to the sky and spells Anzolo in a blue smoke.
>Cuts to Anzolo's Face with a grin, looks exhausted and nervous sweat running down him
>Cuts to the lone guy in the audience who doesn't look amused.
>Anzolo looks like his is thinking of what to do, puts the trombone on the ground and reveals a cloth and places over the cards, waves his hands and reveals a person playing the trombone.
>Anzolo looks shocked as to what has happened.
>Guy in the audience leans forward in his seat as the trombone player plays.
>Anzolo looks angry and frustrated so starts to try and zap the trombone player but with each zap creates a different person, one a juggler, one a clown, and other circus performers.
>Cuts to Anzolo's face in anger and frustration to reveal his final trick.
> Cuts the guy in the audience who looks curious in what he is doing.
>He then rips his shirt to reveal doves flying towards to camera until the screen turns white.
>Cuts the asylum room zooming out of the white padded walls.
>Cuts to Anzolo sweating and ripped clothes and exhausted, giving a little bow.
>Cuts to a doctor that is sitting there in a chair looking with an impassive reaction on his face.
>Close up of the check board with Anzolo's name on it, puts a red cross.
>Gets up and walks out the room with Anzolo in the background on a little wooden stage in an attic of an asylum (Camera following the doctor)
>until we reach a door, the doctor opens the door and close it.
>We then have the last shot of behind the closed bars door.
> As the Thud happens of the door closes the screen turns black.
>Fin.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Script to Screen: Magician Character
Here is the magician character, I was thinking of giving him a mask that only covers the side of the face to symbolize his split personality and it also ties in with the venetian masks.
Script to Screen: Concept Art first Environments
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| Begging Scene - Outside of the apartment |
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| End Scene inside the Asylum Attic |
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Script to Screen: Influence Maps
Influence maps for my scenes and characters in 'The Lonely Performer'.
The different characters to represent his split personality will include:
- Magician - as the main character
- Musician
- Mime
- Animal Trainer
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
From Script to Screen: Further development of logline, premise and Story
Logline
A magician that is lost within himself and struggles to carry on in his lonely world.
Premise
In isolation would your powers drive you insane?
Plot
Archy , Age: 37 from Venice, live in an attic in a top apartment.
Set in Venice in the 20th century. Archy lives in a top apartment in Venice where he wishes to one day perform in front of an audience with the use of his magic. He is in a constant battle with himself as the other half of him loves to play the trombone. Each night he performs the same show in front of the same audience routinely without fail. During the show it switches back and forth between the musician and the magician doing different tricks to win over the audience.
At the end of the show it reveals that it is himself alone surrounded by nobody but wood cut outs of an audience in an abandoned attic. He then turns around to look at a mirror where he see's a reflection of himself showing the two different sides of his personality. Furthermore to lead back out to an establishing shot showing a run down area of his surroundings. (where in the beginning of the sequence there will be a shot showing the surrounding area being well-lit, green and with lots of people running around, like a busy market place).
This idea was a mixture of my first ideas, I found it hard to put my ideas into writing so here is general idea:
A magician that is lost within himself and struggles to carry on in his lonely world.
Premise
In isolation would your powers drive you insane?
Plot
Archy , Age: 37 from Venice, live in an attic in a top apartment.
Set in Venice in the 20th century. Archy lives in a top apartment in Venice where he wishes to one day perform in front of an audience with the use of his magic. He is in a constant battle with himself as the other half of him loves to play the trombone. Each night he performs the same show in front of the same audience routinely without fail. During the show it switches back and forth between the musician and the magician doing different tricks to win over the audience.
At the end of the show it reveals that it is himself alone surrounded by nobody but wood cut outs of an audience in an abandoned attic. He then turns around to look at a mirror where he see's a reflection of himself showing the two different sides of his personality. Furthermore to lead back out to an establishing shot showing a run down area of his surroundings. (where in the beginning of the sequence there will be a shot showing the surrounding area being well-lit, green and with lots of people running around, like a busy market place).
This idea was a mixture of my first ideas, I found it hard to put my ideas into writing so here is general idea:
- Magician who has a split personality, one being a magician and one being a musician.
- The audience is lead to believe that it is two different people in the performance but then reveals it being the same character.
- He is left in isolation because he seen to be mad and therefore is left in a town where people don't really exist.
- Set in Venice
- The start location setting is the opposite of the end setting, where the first is cheerful, bright colours and happy etc, and the end setting, is dark, poorly lit, raining, and desaturated colour palette. I think the location will represent the contrast of what he thinks he living like in comparison to what his life is like in reality.
- The magician character could be humanized, or if I decide to use animals I was thinking a chameleon which could add some humor to the script.
Monday, 20 January 2014
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