Shooting Script

FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT

Written by Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun & Briony Anne Dillon

1. CLOSE UP OF THE BALLERINA BOX BEING WOUND UP BY MARIANNE FOLLOWED BY A ZOOM IN OF THE BODY OF THE BALLERINA.

2. MARIANNE WALKS OVER TO HER BED CLUTCHING ONTO THE LETTER IN HER HAND, PALE FACED.
- Continuation of the ballerina box music.
- Background consists of her band posters and photos of ballerinas on her wall.

3. SHE SITS ON HER BED STIFFLY, LOOKING AT THE LETTER WITH A DEEP SIGH. SHE OPENS THE LETTER.
- Ballerina box music quietens, original music begins.

4. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF MARIANNE HOLDING THE OPENED LETTER. BRIEF LOOK OF THE LETTER, WITH LARGE RED ‘X’’S OVER PHOTOS OF HERSELF.
- Music loudens and settles.
- TITLE: “Music By: Briony Anne Dillon & Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun”

5. EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE LETTER. PHOTO’S OF MARIANNE AND OTHERS WITH LARGE RED ‘X’s SCRIBBLED OVER HER FACE SPECIFICALLY.
- TITLE: “Amy Rodrigues”

6. EXTREME CLOSE OF MARIANNE’S GLARING, WATERY EYES.
- Voiceover of taunting whispers overlapping, her clustered thoughts.

7. CLOSE UP MARIANNE, THEN APPEARS ANDREA, HER “BULLY”, BESIDE HER.
- Andrea: “Remember me?”
- TITLE: “Wendy Kouassi”

8. EXTREME CLOSE UP OF MARIANNE’S MOUTH, SCREAMING. ZOOMS INTO HER MOUTH, FADING INTO BLACKOUT TO THE NEXT SHOT.

9. LONG SHOT OF MARIANNE ON HER BED, LOOKING AROUND FRANTICALLY, BREATHING HEAVILY.

10. BIRDSEYE VIEW OF MARIANNE RUNNING OFF HER BED.
- TITLE: “P.S Be Careful” blood-splattered on her bed.

11. LONG SHOT OF MARIANNE RUNNING TO HER DRAW, WITH HEAVY FOOTSTEPS.

12. BIRDSEYE VIEW OF HER OPENING HER DRAW, TAKING OUT HER MEDICATION AND CLOSING IT.
- A lot of subliminal objects in her draw, e.g. a red marker and a knife.
- TITLE: ‘Directed by Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun and Briony Dillon’ in newspaper cuttings.

13. MIDSHOT OF MARIANNE PUTTING MEDICATION PILL IN HER MOUTH AND IMMEDIATELY SPITS IT OUT.

14. SHE SITS IN THE CORNER OF HER ROOM, SLIDES DOWN THE WALL IN TEARS.

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Location Reports

Location Reports

We have decided to have the setting in our school drama room. We decided to set it here as it’s the most realistic setting we can get for our opening as we need a more or less empty room with only a bed and some cabinets and our ballerina box. If we are allowed to use the lights I would like to use more pale white filters, or anything dull. It is safe here and very minimal chance of risk. Before using the drama room we had to ask permission from the head of drama, to make sure that she is okay with us using her room.

We liked the fact that there was a lot of free space meant that we were able to put in any set we wanted and are able to design it however we wanted. This enabled us to make it the way we wanted it to be. We could put in a bed and also a cabinet then create the scenery of the room by putting up posters and other personalised items for Marianne.

 

 

 

After looking around the internet for some inspiration, we found this photo where the room manages to look very cluttered, yet bare at the same time. We thought this would create a parallel to her mind state. We wanted to take some ideas by hanging up pictures and posters of ballet and also other deep things to state that she has depression, which would make the audience think that this is because of the bullying. We liked the idea of using chiaroscuro in order to capture particular images. The contrast of the dark and light will help build the tension needed in this scene.

Casting Notes

Casting Notes

 

We picked Wendy to play our bully. We chose her as we knew she would completely throw herself into the role. She has the ability to contrast from her normal loving self, to portraying a very intimidating side. This is good as the intimidation would be what the audience would expect of her character.  Her pass of GCSE drama and from observation of her brilliant acting enables her to be successful in our film. We have full faith in the fact she will take this seriously.  We will dress her in red to show her danger or if to be interpreted differently at the end, as her being loving as she wants to make amends for the bullying. The red is a prolepsis of what is to come in the future.

 

We picked Amy to play our Victim as we know she will be able to portray vulnerability, but with an unpredictability enabling her to contrast the emotions of this character. Amy regularly par-takes in shows for her dancing school so she has experience in performing.  We like the fact that her hair is long and black as this is usually used in films to create an abnormality and scariness about a female, symbolising depression, for example the grudge (kayako), the ring (samara)  and Adams family (Wednesday). We plan to dress her up in very plain full black due to her depression and the blankness creates mystery. With some very pale make up on her skin tone we can disguise the mental look with just a look of distress.