The concept of the short film is a rather simple one, It simply follows one particular portion of an individuals life in a rather upbeat manner accompanied by rather upbeat music and ending with a nice smooth title.
In the story we follow one particular character to start with and this eventually evolves into a dialogue between two characters. The scene follows the following events:
Firstly, we open to a black screen with a voice over of someone being rung on a telephone, the tone is distinguishable and is clearly identified as a phone. It is then picked up and answered by the main protagonist of the story. From what can be interpreted from his line of the phone, he has recently been employed into a job that he very much hoped to get. for a brief second things go quiet and then we quickly cut into a scene of someone walking down a corridor from the level of their feet from the side, then from the back, finally ending on the right hand. Each of these are done to music with cuts at recurring intervals. After the hand shot the walking is timed to allow the protagonist to walk through a set of double doors into another hallway while the camera stays behind the double doors.
This starts a change of view as we cut to a shot of a man from over the shoulder while he is writing in a book. From the angle a door can be seen clearly and the first man from earlier walks into the room with a sense of "Swagger"
"Well Well Well, Were awful cheery today" Says the sitting man, From the point of view of the camera which is placed behind a seat that the first man sits in while still allowing an over the shoulder shot.
Just before he sits down the camera switches back to the point of view of the sitting man. Just in time to see him sitting down.
"Yep, as of today I am officially employed." He states rather smugly, all the while the camera remains in its position.
Cutting back to the second man. "You dont think you're letting this go to your head, just a little."
Just Before the sentence ends the camera switches back to allow the first man to say "Not, Even, Slightly, If you'll excuse me, I need to go celebrate" He begins to get up when this sentence begins and the camera pans slightly up with him.
The camera cuts back to the sitting man shaking his head saying "Honestly" In an amused tone. The camera shows the first man beginning to walk away but quickly he is verbally stopped by the sitting man.
Quickly the camera, now elevated to the First mans position shows the sitting man stating "His majesty could'nt loan me a Five could he"
Camera Cuts back, "I dont see why not." States the first man as he recieves his wallet from his pocket and pulls out a note.
The camera starts on the sitting man leaning up for the note, then cuts to first man letting go of the note. "Cheers man" says the sitting man, whom the camera rests on. The First man simply nods and walks off. As the first man walks away the camera is now placed at the other end of the room and follows him. The voice over states "Life is good", Music begins to rise into the scene and as soons as he adjusts his jacket, Him having walked closer to the camera, the scene ends and cuts to a title screen with the credits. On the title screen the music is made much more noticeable.
You would be well served writing this down as a formal shooting script (using the conventions outlined in "The Prisoner" script and supporting documentation). This would (a) demonstrate an understanding of conventions, (b) provide a useful tool for editing and storyboarding and (c) support your actors.
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