TV shows that inspired our project

The Killing (US) is a bleak look at police work and follows a gripping and twisting murder case. The style of it and the simplicity of the scene set ups. It also has very dark themes such as addiction, the abuse of Native Americans, corruption of power and money, and depression. 

The narrative is relatively basic for a murder mystery show but it extends to follow a more realistic narrative where the lines between good and evil becomes more blurry.

The lighting is very poignant as it is all very grey scale adding to the atmosphere of mystery and oddly oppression.

Luther is one of the most focal inspirations for our project as it highlights the tormented lives of people who solve the most heinous murders.

It portrays a deeply troubled individual working on the fringes of acceptable law enforcement. A running sub-plot focuses on this and a task force designed to remove Luther from his job which he does in a controversial unorthodox way.

Supernatural: Shelved

Due to practicality of filming and timing, it was deemed that a parallel script and filming schedule was generally impractical. We also believe that due to our research that we have conducted, we have not encompassed a supernatural element. To this end, we have not seen the potential audience reaction so making a film of that nature will be both painstaking and a risk due to the unknown element. 

In conclusion, the supernatural alternate script has been shelved. We are instead continuing with the crime thriller film that we intended to produce.

Spoken Sound

In films, spoken words may take the form of dialogues, monologues, or narration.

Overlapping dialogue can create or reinforce a sense of nervousness, stress, and isolation.

Dialogue is invaluable for revealing a characters ideas, goals, and dreams, though often it does so more concisely, obliquely and revealingly than conversation in life does.

Parallel Script and Filming

We, as a group, were torn between two versions of the script.
One being our original and the other containing alterations to include cross-genre elements including supernatural elements. 

The elements that will be present in our supernatural product:

• Mentions of magical element
• Potentially gloomier tone to make it a more bespoke supernatural tale such as Fables or Once Upon A Time.
• Characters being visibly fantasy themed
• More supernatural conventions such as fantasy terms and setting.

The elements that will be present in our crime thriller product:

• Grey skies
• A monologue narrative
• A hinted villain presented in a mysterious way
• Clear protagonist and side-protagonist
• Explosion

Unable to decide which track we wanted to go down, we have decided to create the alternate script and during filming, we film the alternate script alongside the original. In the editing process post-filming, we will come to the decision of which path to take.

Movie Rating

We decided as a group that the appropriated rating for the full film that we are creating an intro for was 15. This is because of the strong language such as the word f*** present and the themes of terrorism in terms of the proposed bombs and extremism. 

In the full theme we would expect to include instances of nudity when entering certain settings relevant to the case being solved within the film.

We also would have intended to include a scene of torture when the main characters close, blind friend, gets captured by side-villains. It would not be gore to the extreme of Se7en but more reminiscent of Casino Royale or more generally the modern James Bond films where violence is more commonplace and extreme yet fits snugly in the boundaries of the ratings.

We believe this rating would be appropriate as we intend to allow a wide audience to see the film yet at the same time have an appropriate rating that full fills the requirements of the rating by the BBFC).

Film Opening Script

We devised a script for the clip.  It is subject to change at the time being but it is unlikely it will be. 
So far, the piece is untitled and the name of it will likely be devised in the creation of the movie title effects.

‘Untitled’

By CakeBox Productions

A bleak city landscape. The camera is following a man walking through the grey streets. He is wearing warm clothing indicating winter. Camera pulls focus in and out changing focus from him and the scenery around.

John(aside)-: I always wanted to be a police detective. I don’t know why.

Cut to next shot. Close-up match on action of Jon brushing past a building.

John(aside)-: Maybe it was the TV shows. The good cop always catching the bad guy and he somehow manages to rescue everyone at the end. Cool story.

                Cut to extreme close up of the Bomb Maker tinkering.

Cut back to John. Low angle shot like the camera is behind a car following the approach of John.

John(aside)-: No. It was a nice thought, though. Maybe one day I’ll get given a case where the killer is some idiot with a clear motive, prints at the scene, the works.

                Cut to extreme close up of the Bomb Maker’s mouth area. He slowly smiles.

                Cut to shot of traffic with muffled car noises allowing the monologue to be heard.

John(aside)-: That would be nice before I retire. That old cliché.

Shot of the back of John. He is looking down at traffic on an overpass. The sound of wind and traffic is muffled.

John(aside)-: Long time until that, unfortunately.

                Cut to two-shot. Another person approaches. It is John’s partner, Pedro La Guerta.

Pedro-: John?

John-: Pedro. What d’you need?

Pedro-: You at the station. Someone’s there claiming that they’ve set up a bomb in the city. They’re asking to speak to you personally.

                Close up of John as he replies.

John-: And here I thought that I could have the morning off.

Cut to main titles.