Reserach

I must find films and compare them and talk about how they are similar to the same motto as my short film. My motto is journey.

Lord of the rings trilogy

I have chosen this as one of my films that I feel is similar to my short film because it is the same motto as mine in many ways. People may think that lord of the rings is all about fighting and heroship. But in fact there is a journey to it. This journey is with Frodo and Sam who are hobbits that lived a peaceful life in the shire which they had never left the entire time they had been alive so far.

Their journey begins when they are told to take the ring to mount doom which involves them traveling into lands they never have stepped foot in or even knew existed. This is similar to my film because My charcter "Matt" doesnt go out, he just plays xbox. However one day he decides hel go out of his comfort zone and try something new. This is exactly what the hobits feel as they leave theire home town on the way to mount doom.

 The inbetweeners movie

This movie also has a very strong link wih my film because if you have followed the TV shows of the inbetweeners then you will know that Will, Simon, Neil and Jay have never been on holiday abroad just to go clubbing and boozing, which is a common thing people do at that age. But in the movie they all decide to give it ago, You can tell they are out of theire comfort zone about this when you watch the movie, but yet they still do it.

This links strongly to my short film as before because of the characters going out of their comfort zone and doing something new which is exactly what Matt does in my film.



Treatment for my short story and script for my short story

Blurb: A story of trust between two boys.

Character bigraphies:
Seb: Is the main character. He is 16 and is an average boy at that age who goes to college and is with frinds when not busy. He is a caring person which is the main aspect of him shown in this story when his friends take John's binoculars.

John: Is also a joint main charcter because he plays an important tole in the story. John is 16 too and also attends the same college as Seb. How ever he doesnt talk to Seb because they have different personalities and groups of friends. He has a shy personality and has confidence problems.

Jones & Garry: Jones and Garry play a very small role in the short story. They are Sebs friends, they can be nice most times, but sometimes they overstep boundries like they do in this short story.

Storyline: We start in the park where we see Seb, Jones and Garry having a kickabout on the grass. We then see John on his own playing with some paper binoculars. Seb walks over to John and makes conversation and has ago with using his binoculars after asking and saying that he wont do anything to them.

However Jones and Garry then come over and they put Seb in an awkward position when they snatch Johns binoculars from Seb and tell him to follow them as they they run off luaghing. Seb follows feeling embarrased and guilty about what happened leaving John on his own looking upset.

When Garry, Jones and Seb stop running Jones and Garry starting talking about destroying the binocuilars for a luagh. Seb steps in at this point and tells them both to grow up and he walks away from them while they shout insults after him.

Seb heads back to where John is standing and hands him the binoculars and apologises, John smiles and accepts. They both walk out of the park after this talking to eachother.

Script:

Camera starts with a two shot of Garry and Jones playing football, Seb then walks into the shot and joins in. Camera then pans sideways to the rigt where it shows John on his own looking around him through his paper binoculars.

The next shot shows John still using his binoculars but he then lowers them and smiles as Seb walks into the shot.

Seb: Heyy, dont I know you from college right?
John: Yeah were in the same lesson for A level art.
Seb: thats right! its been almost a year and I havent spoken to you properly in college or oustide college, how is that?
John: You always seem busy when i do try to make conversation with you but I dont mind.
Seb: (looking emabarrased) Oh, I didnt know you live near here?
John: yeah I live two blocks down from here.
Seb: Nice one, oh cool binoculars bro, can I have a try?
John: (facial expressions show that hes considering what to say) well...
Seb: I promise I wont do anything with them, trust me.
John: (Facial expression shows him smile) ok then
(John hands Seb the binoculars where he start using them to look around)
Seb: Hey guys (as Jones and Garry walk over  smiling)
Jones: nices binoculars man (snatching them and chucing them to Garry)
John: (facial expression shows him looking worries) come on now guys...
Garry: Quick Seb run.. (As him and Jones run off laughing about what they had done)
Seb look emabarrased and guilt in his face so he turns away from John and runs after Garry and Jones
Garry: Ha ha did you see the look on his face (after they had stopped running)
Seb: His names John...
Jones: Alright mate, calm down... anway shall we go throw it in the river and tell him, I bet hel cry.
Seb: ( snatches the binoculars) Dont be dicks guys, what you did you just then was harsh, Im going home see you later. (sounded fustarted and angry in his facial expression and the way he speaks)

My stories for the paper binoculars

My stories for the paper binoculars

Story 1:

An old man bought the binoculars from the 99p store.

He bought the binoculars a few years back roughly between 2000- 2004 because the binoculars look a lot different and fragile compared to the cheap binoculars that are made these days.

He then took them home with him where he used them to spy on what his neighbours were up to. I do not know where the old man lived but he probably lives reasonably close to where the shop that sold the binoculars was if that helps.

The binoculars which were being used to spy on the old man’s neighbours was short lived because the old man threw the binoculars out of his window when he realised how difficult it was to see out of the binoculars. This would explain why the binoculars looked so ragged and misshaped when I saw them in the lesson.

Story 2:

I am in the park with two friends playing football, when I notice a younger aged boy playing with some binoculars; I know the boy but don’t talk with him much because I don’t know him well enough.

I go up to the boy and make conversation for a while. After a while I ask if I can borrow the boy’s binoculars. He looks unsure at first but then I tell him that he can trust me to look after them. He then hands them over to me with a satisfied smile on his face thinking ill look after them as I promised.

I played with the binoculars for a while and then my other two friends came over and asked to have a quick go with them. As soon as I did this they grinned and ran off with the little boys binoculars laughing at him. I looked back at the little boy’s face which showed the emotions of being upset and betrayed. I was too embarrassed to say anything to him so I ran after my mates.

Once my two mates were a distance away from the little kid they sat down and started laughing about what they had done. I sat down too but said nothing feeling bad inside because I had betrayed that boys trust. My two mates then talked about throwing it in the lake so at this point I snatched it off them and told them to grow up, I then started walking away towards where the younger boy had been playing with his binoculars. My mates shouted abuse at me as I walked away but I just ignored them.

When I got closer I could see the younger boy I walked towards him, he had an empty look in his face. When I got within in speaking distance, I said to him that I was sorry about what my friends had done and I handed him back his binoculars. He smiled and accepted my apology. I then asked the boy if I could join in. He grinned and said yes. We’ve been good friends since that day.

I like this story the most because the object (binoculars) is the moral of the story which is “never betray someone’s trust”.

Story 3

Starts with a dark building where a kid is making a paper binocular which he then has to put inside a Christmas cracker that he also makes. By this point the audience will realise that the kid is working in a factory somewhere paid underage most likely because the kid is dressed in clothes that are torn and dirty. It is Christmas Eve and the kid has to meet a quota before he can go home.

Then we follow the Christmas cracker which is packaged with 11 other Christmas crackers in a box as it is transported from the factory to a supermarket in High Wycombe. I pick the box of Christmas crackers up in the morning on Christmas day and bring them home where I lay them out on the table with the turkey and Christmas pudding and other festive food.

We have a lot of our family and relatives around for Christmas lunch this year. When we have eaten we then pull the crackers. I pull mine with my 6 year old cousin. He wins and pulls out the binoculars where his smile widens and he spends a long twenty minutes playing with them.

We all then open our main Christmas presents. My little cousin gets a Lego set and immediately drops the binoculars and starts playing with his Lego. The binoculars were never used again.

This story shows stories inside it using the binoculars like how the kid was suffering and making these toys to live and on the receiving end we were sitting at home eating roast turkey and playing with toys from inside of the crackers

The other story is that the kid put so much effort into making the toy and when my cousin got it  he was thrilled but then he ditched it as soon as he got his main presents.