Script - One night, One life - Alice Nutter

 

 One Night, One Life Script:

Scene 1:

A long shot panning of the street with Ash and Darcy zooming past on their bikes, then we cut to a long shot straight on to Ash and Darcy on their bikes, down the street with their hands in the air screaming “wohooo” laughing and generally being happy. The voice over takes place in this scene with Ash saying “I may look happy now but this wasn’t me 24 hours ago…”   We pan upwards to the sky and rewind into a fade transition (Fades to black) which then provides a smooth transition to the next scene.

Scene2:

At the front door of Ash’s house. Cuts to Mid shot of Ash opening the door and then to a close up of Ash’s face putting her earphones into her ears. Then the music begins to play. Finally you then see her closing the door and beginning her journey to college.

Scene 3:

 As she is walking to college we cut to a close up of ash’s feet walking to the end of her drive. Followed by another voice over of Ash saying;

“I’m Ash and… I’m an Art student at Longsands sixth form.”

Whilst the voice over is taking place you have a long shot of Ash walking past the camera on her way to college;

“I would say that I’m the dullest person you will ever have the misfortune of meeting, sorry about that…”

Followed by a birds eye view shot of Ash kicking a can and a credit will appear where that can once was, another Mid shot of Ash’s continuation of walking to College.  

 “You know that unpopular kid that everyone considers a weirdo, yeah that’s me,”

 We then cut to a long shot that’s pans Ash crossing a road, An Extreme long shot of Ash walking into the college grounds and surrounded by cars and students this is where she will meet Darcy and the voice over pauses and Darcy shouts “Ash!” whilst waving at her, voice over starts again where it left off.

“That girl you just saw that’s Darcy, I hate everyone with the exception of one person and that’s her. At age 14 I was diagnosed with major depression disorder and Darcy was the only one there to help me through it.”

  Followed by a midshot of Ash smiling at Darcy but it looks forced almost like it’s hard to smile its actually hurting her to smile.

 “College… well that’s another story,”

Whilst Ash and Darcy are walking past the camera into college.

Scene 4:

Mid shot /Long shot panning of Darcy and Ash walking down the corridor to class (As it pans it turns form a long shot into a mid-shot.) The voice over continues;

  “The schools queen bitch Helen spread the news and ever since then my life has been hell.”

 Mid shot of Hellen leaning against the wall saying

“Oh smile today won’t you” In a sarcastic tone.  Carry on with Ash’s voice over. Whilst there is a long shot of Darcy and Ash walking pat Hellen both of them being agitated from her comment.

 “Teachers on my back every second, I soon realised that you have three types of teachers when it comes to news like mine, the ones who just stay away, the ones who try to help but just make it 10 times worse and the ones who simply don’t care”  Mid shot/ Long shot of Ash and Darcy walking into class.

Long shot of Ash walking into the centre of the class room as the voice over continues.

“Art class has always been my reason to keep going.  There is something therapeutic about painting or drawing you heart out on a blank white page, ruining something so fresh.”

Cuts to a close up of Ash’s face from behind the screen (Her face starts off blurred but eventually becomes focused.)  Silence a break in the voice over to emphasise the significance of this moment. 

Cuts to a close up of the board showing the competition to the audience.

“Another competition to add the endless failed activities he desperately wants us to be involved in. Little did I know that this competition would change my life.”

End of Opening sequence.

 

Risk Assessment

Location	Description of risk	high/medium/low risk?	How do you prevent it?
School	There could be a risk of someone tripping or falling down the stairs within the school whilst filming or moving location. This could result in the individual being mildly injured with only bruises or it could potentially be more severe such as broken bones.	As there are a lot of sets of stairs in the school, I would say that it is a fairly medium risk.	In order to prevent this risk, l we must make sure that we are looking where we are going at all times, walking slowly and not trying to carrying too many things down or up the stairs that would obstruct our view.
School	Slipping on the floor could be another risk. Due to the fact that we would be filming in the winter, it means that the floor outside and inside will more than likely be wet and/or slippery which creates a risk of slipping over. This could result in the same injuries as falling down the stairs but will tend to be less severe.	High risk as we are filming in winter.	In order to prevent this risk, we must make sure that we are walking slowly and not rushing around as this will increase the chance of slipping. Another way to avoid this would be to put up signs if the floor is slippery in order to warn people of the risk of slipping.
School	Trapping your hand/finger in a door is another risk when filming as there are lots of classrooms in a school where this could potentially happen.	Medium risk	To prevent this risk, we need to make sure that we are paying attention to where our hands are in terms of door frames when people are closing doors or even coming in and out of them.
Car park/streets	There are some parts of the film which we will be filming in car parks and streets meaning that there will be a lot of cars present. The risk of this would be that someone could be hit by a car.	Low risk as when you are trying to film there may be a lot of cars moving around you, which you may not notice.	To prevent this, we must make sure that we are paying attention to the world around us and not just focusing on what we are filming and trying to get this complete. This is also important as we need to make sure that when filming we are including and excluding all aspects that we want to be in the shot.
School/streets	Due to the fact we are using bikes in our film, there is a possibility that someone could fall off of a bike. This risk is increased as we are filming in winter when the pavement will be very slippery.	Medium risk due to the season of filming.	In order to prevent this we need to make sure that when riding the bikes, we are very slow and careful as riding quickly will increase the chance of skidding. All locations
All locations	There is a risk of dropping a camera or in fact damaging the camera when filming which could occur in all locations	This is a medium risk because there could be various factors that could cause us to drop the camera, however most of the time we will be filming using a tripod that will reduce the risk of the individual dropping it. Also the weather could damage the camera because if water gets into the lens it could cause significant issues.	To prevent the camera from being damaged it is important that the tripod is secure and sturdy before starting to film, the lens cap is on the camera when we are not filming and that when we are holding the camera manually we are walking slowly and we have the strap around our necks.

Planning of our Characters

Ash

• A 16 year old female
• Suffers from depression
• She isn't popular but she isn't not popular either
• Gets bullied by Hellen (but soon realises that she is looking at this from the wrong perspective - About her mental illness)
• Hates everyone, but Darcy is the only exception

• Ash will be wearing a flannel top with black jeans and black boots

Darcy

• 16 year old female
• Ash's best friend
• They are complete opposites which is why they work so well as best friends

• Darcy will be wearing a light coloured top in order to connote her innocence

Hellen

• 17 years old
• Popular girl in school
• Bullies Ash
• Stereotypical teenage girl with blonde long hair, wears a lot of makeup, bubbly and sociable, British/White

• Stereotypical so maybe wearing a lot of pink

Pitch PowerPoint

A few images from the PowerPoint we created for our pitch in order to display our initial idea for our film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch Video

Below is a link to our pitch video;

Pitch video - Rebecca, Alice and Erin

Teen Angst Settings Moodboard

In this moodboard I look at the different types of settings used throughout teen angst films. From this I found that the most common setting was in fact a high school. I think this is because it is the biggest part of a teenagers life so by including it, it would attract the audience as they would be able to relate to the film, simply due to this aspect. The next popular setting would be the characters home/bedroom. This is again due to the fact this is where a teenager will spend a lot of their time, adding to the relatability. However, this is also important to the film as it enables the audience to get a better understanding of the character. This is because their bedroom/house will usually reflect their personality. An example of this would be that Cher has a very big house and bedroom in clueless, this reflects her as she is a very confident girl who is not afraid to stand out, which can also be seen through her choice of outfits. 

Teen Angst Main Characters Moodboard

I created this moodboard of Teen Angst main characters in order to explore the types of characters created in order to attract the audience. From this I discovered that the majority of the characters were female. One reason could be that the main audience for teen angst films is intact teenage girls, meaning that if the main character was female, they would be able to relate to them more. However, on a few occasions where one of the main characters is shown to be male is where there are more than one main character. This is shown in Footloose, Grease and the breakfast club. The reason for included both female and male main characters in Footloose and Grease would be because the storyline revolves around them falling in love. It also shows both of their points of view in the film, which enables all audiences to have some element of relatability within the film.