Friday, January 9, 2009
Monday, December 1, 2008
Ruby's script for Violet
EXT. WOODS – DUSK
THE EERIE SOUND OF THE NURSERY RHYME “RING-A-RING A ROSES” AS BELLA THOMAS AND VIOLET SING WHILE SITTING IN THE WOODS
Bella Thomas is around the age of five. Her short blonde hair and big blue eyes emphasize the innocence contained within her face. Her face looks content as she sits with Violet. She wears a pink dress with a jumper and tights. She looks like the modern day young girl.
Violet is a similar age to Bella if not slightly older. Her face is abnormally pale and cold looking. She has a creepy aura around her, which would affect any adult; however Bella Thomas is not affected by it. She holds a pair of rusty scissors and a Barbie. She cuts off body parts while singing and drops them around her.
There lies a pile of dolls between and around them. Some are dissembled, while others are whole. Tall towering trees surround them; they are in the neck of the woods. It is almost pitch black.
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS AND HARD BREATHING is heard as Kate Thomas is running through the same woods. She holds a torch in her hand and her gentle eyes show a panicked look. Her blonde hair flies around her face in the wind. Despite her obvious panic she looks beautiful and incredibly likeable. She searches the woods frantically with her eyes.
KATE
(Anxiously)
Bella! Bella!
Kate Thomas hears the singing of “Ring-A-Ring a Roses”. Upon hearing this, her face softens slightly and she slows her jog to a brisk walk. She follows the voice and soon sees a girl in the distance of the woods sitting alone. She shines her torch at her and sees it is Bella. Kate’s face becomes obviously worried as she observes the rusty scissors and destroyed dolls. Bella continues to sing.
BELLA
Hi Mummy.
KATE
What are you doing out here? You know you can’t go out here alone. Never do that to me again. Ok?
Bella looks confused and upset at her mother’s sudden rashness and anger.
BELLA
I’m just playing.
Kate’s concern continues to grow on her face. She is disturbed and worried by what she just saw.
KATE
Come on. We’re going home.
She smiles and waves at Violet, but to Kate she is saying goodbye to nothingness.
Kate picks up Bella and holds her tightly. She cradles her head and looks into her eyes. She slowly walks to the outskirts of the woods. A house comes into view. It’s large and of the Tudor era. The lighting of the interior contrasts against the dark outdoors. The house is surrounded by woods and isolated from any cities or towns.
Violet is in view again. She is sitting alone in the same spot we last saw her. She stands slowly. Her black hair covers her face in the wind. The innocence of her eyes is replaced with anger. Her white dress flows around her feet and blows in the wind. She slowly walks in the direction of Kate and Bella. Her walk has an odd air of determination and evil despite her age.
THE EERIE SOUND OF THE NURSERY RHYME “RING-A-RING A ROSES” AS BELLA THOMAS AND VIOLET SING WHILE SITTING IN THE WOODS
Bella Thomas is around the age of five. Her short blonde hair and big blue eyes emphasize the innocence contained within her face. Her face looks content as she sits with Violet. She wears a pink dress with a jumper and tights. She looks like the modern day young girl.
Violet is a similar age to Bella if not slightly older. Her face is abnormally pale and cold looking. She has a creepy aura around her, which would affect any adult; however Bella Thomas is not affected by it. She holds a pair of rusty scissors and a Barbie. She cuts off body parts while singing and drops them around her.
There lies a pile of dolls between and around them. Some are dissembled, while others are whole. Tall towering trees surround them; they are in the neck of the woods. It is almost pitch black.
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS AND HARD BREATHING is heard as Kate Thomas is running through the same woods. She holds a torch in her hand and her gentle eyes show a panicked look. Her blonde hair flies around her face in the wind. Despite her obvious panic she looks beautiful and incredibly likeable. She searches the woods frantically with her eyes.
KATE
(Anxiously)
Bella! Bella!
Kate Thomas hears the singing of “Ring-A-Ring a Roses”. Upon hearing this, her face softens slightly and she slows her jog to a brisk walk. She follows the voice and soon sees a girl in the distance of the woods sitting alone. She shines her torch at her and sees it is Bella. Kate’s face becomes obviously worried as she observes the rusty scissors and destroyed dolls. Bella continues to sing.
BELLA
Hi Mummy.
KATE
What are you doing out here? You know you can’t go out here alone. Never do that to me again. Ok?
Bella looks confused and upset at her mother’s sudden rashness and anger.
BELLA
I’m just playing.
Kate’s concern continues to grow on her face. She is disturbed and worried by what she just saw.
KATE
Come on. We’re going home.
She smiles and waves at Violet, but to Kate she is saying goodbye to nothingness.
Kate picks up Bella and holds her tightly. She cradles her head and looks into her eyes. She slowly walks to the outskirts of the woods. A house comes into view. It’s large and of the Tudor era. The lighting of the interior contrasts against the dark outdoors. The house is surrounded by woods and isolated from any cities or towns.
Violet is in view again. She is sitting alone in the same spot we last saw her. She stands slowly. Her black hair covers her face in the wind. The innocence of her eyes is replaced with anger. Her white dress flows around her feet and blows in the wind. She slowly walks in the direction of Kate and Bella. Her walk has an odd air of determination and evil despite her age.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Feedback on Alex's presentation
Alex's idea is interesting and quite disturbing at the same time. The thing i like about this idea is that it is fairly easy to execute as the props that are required are few and far between, and the set is fairly easy as you just need to use a house.
Feedback on Jamie's presentation
Jamie's presentation was good as it was original and interesting, however i do wonder how he will do s0me of the props as they seem quite extravagant and hard to execute.
Overall however good job and good luck executing it!
Overall however good job and good luck executing it!
Treatment
Treatment - Tube
Act 1
1. Protagonist (tube commuter) is walking down a long set of stairs in the London underground it is roughly 11:45 at night. Man arrives at destination which we find out to be embankment station.
2. Since it is late at night and the man has just been to a party he ends up falling asleep on one of the platform benches only to awake to find that the station is completely empty and devoid of any human life.
3. The man panicking uses a phone which is used to call the guard that runs the night shift. The guard however does not pickup and the only thing that is heard on the other end of the receiver is white noise.
4. By now the Protagonist is in a deep state of panic and is desperately trying to find a way out, however every exit he comes across is closed or blocked off. The Protagonist finally walks back to the station bench accepting the fact that he may have to spend the night in the station; Protagonist sees something scuttling about in the distance.
Act 2
1. Protagonist is seen sitting on tube train that is almost completely deserted apart from the odd tramp. Train finally arrives at station which we find out to be embankment.
2. Protagonist hurries off train and is quite unnerved at the fact that there is absolutely no one in the station even when he gets to the top level.
3. Protagonist then comes to the shocking realisation that there is not a single door open and that there is no way out of the Tube, Protagonist is visibly disturbed by this and starts to panic.
4. There are then several shots of a deserted Tube station; these shots then turn into shots of several tunnels which have very creepy and bizarre noises coming from them. We then see the Protagonist sitting terrified on a bench.
Act 3
1. Protagonist is talking on the phone to his wife and is telling her that he will see her in an hour. The man ends up running out of money and finds that he is disconnected from the call.
2. The Protagonist decides to make his way down to the platform to get the train.
3. Just as the man reaches the Tube train the doors slam shut and he misses the last train resulting in him being locked in for the night.
4. The man panicking tries to find a way out however just as he reaches the stairs leading out he hears laughing coming out of one of the tunnels that the train has disappeared into.
Act 1
1. Protagonist (tube commuter) is walking down a long set of stairs in the London underground it is roughly 11:45 at night. Man arrives at destination which we find out to be embankment station.
2. Since it is late at night and the man has just been to a party he ends up falling asleep on one of the platform benches only to awake to find that the station is completely empty and devoid of any human life.
3. The man panicking uses a phone which is used to call the guard that runs the night shift. The guard however does not pickup and the only thing that is heard on the other end of the receiver is white noise.
4. By now the Protagonist is in a deep state of panic and is desperately trying to find a way out, however every exit he comes across is closed or blocked off. The Protagonist finally walks back to the station bench accepting the fact that he may have to spend the night in the station; Protagonist sees something scuttling about in the distance.
Act 2
1. Protagonist is seen sitting on tube train that is almost completely deserted apart from the odd tramp. Train finally arrives at station which we find out to be embankment.
2. Protagonist hurries off train and is quite unnerved at the fact that there is absolutely no one in the station even when he gets to the top level.
3. Protagonist then comes to the shocking realisation that there is not a single door open and that there is no way out of the Tube, Protagonist is visibly disturbed by this and starts to panic.
4. There are then several shots of a deserted Tube station; these shots then turn into shots of several tunnels which have very creepy and bizarre noises coming from them. We then see the Protagonist sitting terrified on a bench.
Act 3
1. Protagonist is talking on the phone to his wife and is telling her that he will see her in an hour. The man ends up running out of money and finds that he is disconnected from the call.
2. The Protagonist decides to make his way down to the platform to get the train.
3. Just as the man reaches the Tube train the doors slam shut and he misses the last train resulting in him being locked in for the night.
4. The man panicking tries to find a way out however just as he reaches the stairs leading out he hears laughing coming out of one of the tunnels that the train has disappeared into.
Friday, November 7, 2008
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