Sound track

For the end of my sequence when Barry is left alone in the alley there will be no dialouge so I am going to put a sound track over it. Here is the song I have chosen to use.

This is Dietro Casa by Ludovico Einaudi and it was taken from the soundtrack of This is England, a film that is set in a similar time to mine and is of a similar genre. I think this a very powerful song and it will reflect the time and the struggles Barry is going through. I wont be using the whole track I will just use a certain cutting from the track to fit the video it will be going over.

Location update

I am no longer filming in the oringal place that i planned to as it was too far away. I am not filming in the old town near the old fruit markets. It looks very similar to my original location and has very similar mis-en-scene. It also has more back alleys and big abandoned warehouses so I think it will look better, it is also closer which makes it look a lot easier for both me and my actors.

Updated aims and context

My aim is to create an extended sequence from an imagined feature called ‘The Debt’. I am filming the scene where Barry leaves his house and goes to meet the Loan Shark for a ‘business’ meeting. The purpose of this sequence is to show my target audience just how hard times were and what people would go through for some money. My imagined feature will be of the social realist genre also with aspects of crime. I will achieve this by using the genres codes and conventions. I will be aiming to make the audience sympathise for Barry and I want to them to be able to understand the situation he is in and understand how hard times are. I also want to be able to make the audience feel scared for Barry and want them to be able to feel how powerful the loan shark is. I will achieve this by using high angle shots to make Barry look small and vulnerable and low angle shots to make the loan shark look tall and dominant, I want to make it so the audience know he is clearly the one in charge.

As my extended sequence is of the Social Realism genre I have looked at the work of Ken Loach, and a massive influence for me was the scene in ‘Raining Stones’ where the loan shark turns up at Bobs house.  I like the use of cinematography and editing in Ken Loach’s films and I aim to produce my film using similar techniques.

For my extended sequence I will be taking on the role of director, producer, editor and cinematographer. The target audience for my extended sequence will be more of a niche audience targeting fans of the social realist genre. I also think this will appeal to more of an older audience aged 25 and above because they will be able to relate to it in some sense.  According to YouTube, ‘Raining Stones’ by Ken Loach is popular among males, aged 35 – 64, this would class as a niche audience opposed to a mainstream audience of 16 – 24. I think it is popular among males of those ages as teenagers and younger males may find it boring because rather than concentrating on special effects and action, it concentrates on real life situations, using the strength of plot, dialogue and characterisation to make its points.

Update

Unfortunately I wasnt able to film on the scheduled date and have again rescheduled for Saturday the 17th of December. If the weather is good and everything else goes to plan I will defintiely be filming on this date. I am filming the conversation between Barry and the loan shark.

Update

In my film I am thinking about using a voice over for when Barry is walking to meet the loan shark. The voice over will explain why he is in the mess he is and what is going through his mind at the time. I think this could work really well and would make everything clear, especially as I am only film a sequence of the whole film as people wont have seen anything before my sequence and wont know what is happening.

Storyboard

Filming

I had scheduled to film on Sunday the 4th of December but Karim Skalli, the loan shark, is unable to make it so i have had to reschedule to Sunday the 11th of December. On this day I will be filming down on the old fishing docks and I will schedule to film at home at a later date.

Screenplay

(Barry is zipping up his coat and getting ready to leave the house, we see him walk through the door and it fades to black. We then see Barry walk to meet the loan shark. Dialogue starts on shot 13)

(Loan shark adjusts tie)

Loan shark: well well well, nice to see you Barry

(cut to high angle shot of Barry, this makes him look vulnerable)

Barry: now then, wish I could I say it was nice to see you

(cut to close up of loan shark with an angry stern look in his face)

Loan shark: So, you got my money?

(cut to a medium two shot)

Barry: N n no but…

LS: No buts! I told you I wanted it today!

(cut to an over the shoulder shot of the loan shark looking at Barry)

Barry: I know, im sorry, I just need a little more time

(pans around to an over the shoulder shot of Barry looking at the loan shark)

LS: Im an important person and don’t have a little more time!

(cut to an extreme long shot of both of them and the camera zooms in)

Barry: look, I know, I nearly have it, I have but I just need a few more days, please!

LS:  as you may have guessed, I am not a very reasonable man and I do not like to be messed around. I told you I wanted the money today, so I expected you to give it me it today!

Barry: im sorry, just a few more days, I will have it!

(cut to a low angle shot of the loan shark, this makes him look dominant as he is the dominant character in the conversation)

LS: a few more days isn’t fucking good enough! And how do you expect me to trust you?! You’ve already let me down once and do I not take kindly to being let down! I don’t think you realise what I am actually capable of!

(cut to a close up of Barry looking extremely worried)

Barry:  just give me one more day, ive told you ill fucking have it! I promise, please!

(cut to a close up of the loan shark)

LS: okay, listen to me. I’ll make an exception this once, you have 48 hours and if I do not have the money when I come to meet you again, you will be in shit, deep shit. And I can’t 9promise you will walk away, you understand?!

(half way through above dialogue cut to an over the shoulder shot of Barry looking at the loan shark)

(cut to a medium shot of Barry)

Barry:  thank you thank you! I won’t let you down, I promise!

(cut to a medium two shot)

LS: I should hope not, but there is one catch…

Barry:  oh god, what?

LS: I want a £100 extra for you fucking me about!

Barry: How the fuck am I supposed to get an extra £100 if I can’t even get the first lot of money!

(cut to a close up of the loan shark)

LS: I don’t care how you get it, just get it!

(cut to a close up of Barry)

Barry: Oh for fuck sake!

(cut to a two shot)

LS: I’ll see you in two days Barry

Barry: yeah, see ya

(Loan Shark now leaves and Barry is stood alone)

Barry: fucks sake!

(Barry holds his head and sighs then bangs his fist against the wall in frustration the shot then fades to black and the next shot is Barry at home)