Working Title: Natural Causes

Chosen Role	Screenwriter
Influences	Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien)
Specific Techniques	-Character study -Intellectual montage: juxtaposing footage of nature with the events of the protagonist’s life -Still shots of natural weather events
Genre	Coming of age, Psychological, Queer
Story Outline	Depicting the destructive effects of nature before it reaches a stable state. Act 1: Destructive weather events/ strong waves are intellectually montaged with an exploration of a male protagonists borderline abusive relationship with his girlfriend. It is hinted that his abusive personality is as a result of suppressed homosexual desires Act 2: show protagonist accepting his identity and leaving his toxic masculine personality in the past. This will be montaged against tranquil shots of the weather/ the sea
Location	-St Ouens (sea shots) -Park above The Good Egg (shots of trees and nature) -My mums house (for demonstrating the abusive relationship in act 1) -Curiosity coffee shop (for shots depicting hidden homosexual desire or events of Act 2)
Kit Required	-Tripod -Lighting -Sound recorder
Additional Crew	Possibly a sound designer
Cast	3 actors needed

Element
Chosen Role	Cinematographer
Specific Techniques	Symmetry, Whip pans
Genre	Comedy
Story Outline	“How to make a bowl of cereal”. Someone is trying to make a bowl of cereal but faces countless challenges on their way.
Location	Kitchen, Neighbourhood
Kit Required	Tripod, Camera, Lights
Additional Crew	Lighting
Cast	2 characters?
Influences	Wes Anderson

Map, Hero’s Journey

CHOSEN ROLE	EDITING
INFLUENCES	Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES	Montage, 180 degree rule, match cut, match on action
GENRE	Romance
STORY OUTLINE	The narrative follows a young couple as they split up and try to move on
LOCATION	Parks, restaurants, a house, an office, two cars
KIT REQUIRED	Camera, tripod, lights
ADDITIONAL CREW	Sound designer (soundtrack)
CAST	Two main characters, 4 or so faceless extras

We met up at Jardin d’Olivet in Trinity to plan and shoot part of our collaborative project, discussing different areas where we could shoot our burial scene at the end of our film.

We came up with the idea of this shot as an establishing shot for when our protagonists arrive in the car late at night, the car entering from the left side of the shot, illuminating the car park. The shot should be long enough for the car to park.

We then planned to have an overhead shot of the boot of the car as it opens, transitioning to a worm’s eye/POV shot from the boot, facing our characters looming over the body. One of the characters pulls a shovel from the boot that they previously took from the house.

We then plan to have the next shot follow the characters through the gap in this slot in one of the abandoned buildings as they moved the body deeper into the woods. We should probably open this part with a shot showing the building so that the audience knows where we are before looking through the slot.

Similarly, the next shot would have the characters moving the body through a more wooded area to emphasise their struggle as they move further.

Again, we can have the characters pass this small castle-looking structure before finally stopping to bury the body.

This small window could be used for a distant shot of them burying the body, as it overlooks a large slope where we plan to shoot the final shots of the burial scene.

We then shot some rushes of Noah digging the shovel into the ground in preparation for when we shoot the rest of the scene with everyone, which should hopefully save us some time later down the line.

We also discussed how we will light our scene, which I think we can do on a particularly bright night with a full moon, given that it isn’t too cloudy. Otherwise, we plan to use torches and the flashlights on our phones as they’re a universal, convenient source of light that would fit in more with our characters.

I have chosen the film Children of Men, (2006), by Alfonso Cuaron for my textual analysis. It is set in a dystopian future neo-fascist Britain in 2027, where humanity has collapsed due to 18 years of infertility; however, the protagonist Theo discovers that an illegal refugee named Kee is pregnant, and the pair work to deliver Kee to The Human Project in the Azores where they could use her to save humanity. The scene I have chosen is between 16:34-21:22, where Theo reluctantly goes to meet his cousin Xan in order to retrieve transit papers to deliver Kee to the Human project. To analyse this scene, this essay will look at cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound and narrative, with reference to the geographical and political contexts of the time. 

I have chosen Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 western-horror film, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” for my textual analysis. The film is set during the time of its production (2014) in the fictional Iranian location, Bad City. It follows Arash, a young man with a drug addicted father, who encounters “The Girl”, a vampire who hunts men that treat women badly. I have selected the section of the film between 21:28 – 26:28, which is the inciting incident, during the end of the first act. In this scene, The Girl follows the drug-dealing pimp Saeed home, after witnessing him hit the prostitute Atti. She then enacts her revenge by biting off his finger and killing him, revealing to the audience that she is a vampire. To analyse this section, I am focusing on mise-en-scene, cinematography, and the filmmaker’s influences, intentions and vision. The context examined focuses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production.  

For my textual analysis I have decided to examine auteur Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men. The film is set in England (year 2027) where two decades of infertility have left society in economic and social chaos. The story follows the protagonist, Theo, a drunken ex-bureaucrat who is unexpectedly thrust into the position of saving the earth’s last hope, Kee, the only remaining fertile woman. My chosen sequence from the film takes place during the start of the final act, from 1:08:33 to 1:13:14. In this section, Theo and Kee enter the Bexhill refugee facility in an attempt to escape and reach sanctuary away from the British government. For my analysis, I will be looking at the elements of cinematography, sound design and auteur theory. In addition, I will also be utilising and discussing the political and social contexts behind the themes and production of the film. [149words]

I have chosen Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian action thriller film, “Children of Men” for my textual analysis. The film is set in the year 2027, after 18 years of human infertility which has left the world on the verge of extinction and destruction. A young woman, called Kee gets pregnant. Theo, a bureaucrat, reluctantly takes the responsibility to protect and transport her to safety. I have chosen the section of the film between 35:05- 39:03. which occurs during the end of the film’s first act. In this scene Kee reveals her pregnancy to Theo, showing him what is at stake, creating a point of no return and managing to convince him to transport her to safety with the Human Project. To analyse this section, I am focusing on mise-en-scene (including the use of visual motifs), cinematography, and narrative. The context examined focuses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production in 2006. 

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