Drawn Storyboard/shots

Storyboard-Written

Film Proposal/Idea

Stalking from 2 perspectives

You hear her perspectives of what she think she feels for example 'I felt like someone was watching me' and then you hear it from the stalker's perspectives which would be like ' i saw  her beautiful skin glisten in the warm burning sun'.

Setup/Plot

Moved there with her son
stalker asks her for money in town-he's gripped
she walks home he follows
she moves boxes and she feels like someone/something is watching her
he is watching her from the field next door/garden
paint pot outside spills as he walks towards the house-footprints on the patio
looks out the next morning there are footprints
they are smudged so she thinks naively that it is her sons
next night forgets to look the door
he enters and watchers her sleep-recording
goes down in the morning to see it open-she is scared
calls the police but nothing happens - he sees it as a challenge
present turns up on the door she thinks its the guy she is seeing turns out it isn't
she meets a guy and starts dating him-he is angry
stalker tries to make contact in town- she doesn't feel safe  and leaves
few nights later in the alley way- he walks past towards her and she keeps walking
he grabs her , tries to strangle her
description of her life leaving her body...

Dirty Pretty Things - Review

Dirty Pretty Things Review

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Steven Knight

Dirty Pretty Things is a film based in England. The film is about Okwe (Chiwetel Ejlofor) who is a Nigerian immigrant who is illegally in the country. Okwe is living a hard life and is struggling to get by and due to this has to do various job, during the night he is a hotel receptionist and during the day he practises some medicine because he has a doctors degree, but this is a very strange medical practise. Throughout the film Okwe has had to flee Immigration officers. Okwe discovers that his Boss Juan (Sergi Lòpez) is in charge of an illegal scheme in which surgeries take place to remove an inner e.g. liver and sold for their freedom into the country. Juan offers Okwe a deal to be the surgeon to get his immigration papers and to be a free man, the choice stood.

From the onset of the film you are introduced to Okwe’s hectic lifestyle not truly understand what is happening but you understand that he has many jobs and some are better than others. The skies and dark and lost through out most of the film in a way, this expresses in my opinion about Okwe in the beginning because he is staying with Senay (Audrey Tautou) who is a maid at the hotel he has his night shift for, but he only has the sofa it is not permanent so it makes him look very venerable and quite lost like the skies at the time of this. 

I feel the genres for this film would be firstly Crime due to the whole nature of this film being about the illegal happenings which are occurring within the hotel and why they are doing them e.g. to provide immunity into London for immigrants they have hired within the hotel. Secondly in a very unclassified way reality is one of the genre because i believe that many events like this occur around the world and that is a strange thing to think about when you watch this film because you would think that this is all fictional but people do crazy things for money and this is evident in this film. I found this quite eye opening due to the reality of many of the things happening in this film including the part when the sewing shop owner forces Senay to give him oral sex, this was shocking but many business owners feel they over power all and can do what they want whenever but Senay stands up showing a theme of strength which i found quite commendable.

The themes in my opinion in this film varied due to the film’s content and characters. The main themes i felt were courage due to Okwe in his last scene flipping the tables in the plot, i don't think many saw what what about to happen and that scene showed courage from all involved because any slip up would have ended horribly. Freedom was defiantly a main theme in this film due to really the whole plot and narrative, the main part in the film that hinted freedom was the lengths to which people would go to get it, trading a liver for your freedom just so someone can get more money and you risking your life, the sense in that? but this is how far and even further many would go. Finally i can see a subtle sense of romance from the first time Okwe and Senay clutched eyes in the hotel lobby, the romance is subtle due to the blindness of Okwe not realising that Senay had strong feeling but he never saw it until the ending were it becomes evident and thats truly when you sit down in your chair and say finally. The themes played a big part in this film and all of them truly made this film the best it could be which was gripping, enjoyable and hard hitting which all worked so well together. 

I found that the performances throughout this whole film were outstanding due to their connection with the character and the troubles in which they have been through and in some cases are still going through. You are able to connect to each character and see how each of them provide the same enthusiasm into their performances. Each character sold themselves like they were that person this was due to the well captured costumes which helped to relate to each characters personality, for example Okwe went from down stressed in a coat and trousers to very dapper in his desk uniform, showing how the person he is does everything so he can provide, live and try to become a free human being due to his illegal residency in London.Throughout however you do see various changes to each character, in my opinion i see a change in Okwe that really does open up his eyes and makes him think about what he is doing and how it could affect him, however he never loses sight of his goal and never loses his dignity as a very professional surgeon who is not one for taking brutal orders. You can also see Senay change throughout in a very different way you see her becoming much more cautious and actually more venerable and the film goes on which is strange as you see her in the beginning as quite a well put together strong girl which through situations gets knocked down slightly but at the end she is back and more determined than ever.

In my opinion i think both Okwe and Senay’s performances were truly outstanding due to the nature in which there characters are involved because they are both secretly liking each other and slightly hinting ever so often but in the end you see the true love between both of them which is really the bit that i think many were hit by as you never truly knew if the moment would come but in the end it arrives and it makes you happy as they are both happy now. They are free.

The sounds throughout the film were quite hard hitting and powerful which truly made you be able to connect to every aspect of the scene the emotion, the suspense, the clarity etc. In the beginning the sound seemed to be quite relaxed and set back showing how in the beginning all the problems that were soon to come were not in sight and that they were all allowed to be just them for that moment in time. As the film progresses the music seems to begin to match up with each event that is happening in the film, showing that the director wants you to truly grip the piece and see how each event with the music makes you feel. I find this very clever and enjoyed being able to listen to the sound and see how it fit with each scenario. Overall i felt however the sound could be lost in certain parts which meant that you didn't grip the full scene in depth but overall i felt the sound was well positioned.

Throughout the film the shot sizes showed various different aspects which lead you to the final outcome which in my opinion was the heart inside the toilet, i felt this because this shot was the part when everything soon became clear to Okwe that the hotel was not all that it seemed and that is when everything seems to go wrong. The heart shot really showed him holding the lifeline in his hand and not knowing what to do, really this is like most of the characters in this film because they all had a grip on their lifeline but they were unable to act as they were unable e.g. illegal citizens. i felt that overall this film was well captured due to the clever and technical camera angling which made it easy to see the things they wanted you to see but then keep the things which were soon to come out in the dark, which i felt was very clever.

Overall i truly enjoyed this film due to the message being put across, which were hard to understand in the beginning but by the end you were able to understand the situation of each of the character and to see in a way how each aspect of the film influenced them. Freedom was achieved in a way that was unclear in the beginning but by the end you knew the lengths people would go and what award it brought them in the end, Okwe being able to see his daughter again the moment he never saw his future having, incredible.

My Chosen Film-The Fault In Our Stars

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

Director: Josh Boone

Writer's: Scott Neustadter, Michael H H Weber, John Green (Novel)

Plot Summary 

This is a remarkable story of two people Hazel and Augustus who fall in love in a rare story. Hazel battling cancer and Augustus who is now clear as the story deepens the love and connection shown is unconditional. They travel to Amsterdam to meet a writer who in the ends turns out to be nothing as they expected but while they are there the connection grows stronger but that would be the best it would be. When they come home everything changes but you find out it will always be okay. Okay.

My Evaluation

This film truly touched me because I've had a family member in the same situation as both Hazel and Augustus and it was a hard film to watch but you do get a sense of fulfilment and hope in this film which makes you see the film for the beauty that it is. Throughout the film the performances were outstanding, there emotions and actions saw you through tears, laughter and just focus, not taking your eyes of the screen. This opened my eyes so much to see that they are still young and they know they haven't got long so they do what they enjoy with each other and it seems to forget about the fatal ending at the end of the path for them. The lighting throughout seems to differ from sun rolling on the ground to dark covered skies with no emotion. The sounds in this film are truly fitting the 'not about Angels' birdy was incredible because it showed the scene when Hazel is leaving Augustus's funeral and it truly touches your heart. The genre for this film was a mixture of romance and adventure because of the love between Hazel and Gus but also the adventure they both went on and going on is truly inspiring and sad at the same time knowing they don't have a lot of time. The theme I thought was courage because of their strength to love in the circumstances and to forget about the troubles and just be them, however also deception due to Gus holding back the news that his cancer is back and he hasn't got long was the shock that you expected but never truly wanted.

I truly enjoyed this film and the power it had over me. The moments captured and the feelings felt were ever so amazing and truly let you just listen and watch the film letting the world go by you but in this moment you are with them on their journey. Incredible.

Foreign Chosen Film- Les Choristes(The Chorus)

LES CHORISTES(THE CHORUS)

Director: Christophe Barrateir

Writer's: Christophe Barrateir, Philippe Lopes-Curval

Plot Summary

This story is about a boarding school called Fond de l'Etang full of troubled boys which is located in the French countryside. The school is run by M.Rachin who is obsessed with dicipline who uses the word's 'action-reaction' as a way to sort the children out. When M.Clément Mathieu arrives he starts to take a different approach to 'action-reaction' instead of dicipline he starts a choir among the students this is when you start to see a true difference in some of the troubled students. M. Clément Mathieu seems to focus on two individuals for different reasons, Pépinot (lacks guidance and focus,waits for his father every Saturday but he never comes) like a son and Pierre Morhange who's voice is remarkable and his face which is described as the devil with the face of an angel. This story is truly touching and even though it is subtitled you understand every moment and emotion of it.

My Evaluation

This film although being in French truly touched me in an emotional way due to the sounds being absolutely outstanding and also the characters in the film. I believe that in this film the subtitles really became second nature as you followed it so closely and understood every event that was happening which I found incredible. Each characters performance and costumes in a way matched them and their personalities which was quite outstanding to see. The lighting throughout seem grey until Clément Mathieu meets Pierre Morhange mother when the light seems to brighten just a tad seeing that something is changing in him. Also when the music works incredibly well it seems to lighten as Mathieu was a failed musician so to see this all working makes me feel a sense of pride for him. The genre in this film was in a way comedy due to the nature of some of the scenes and saying but also musical as it is about the pathway for the music and what has got to be done for it to succeed, which I found astonishing. The themes were compassion and determination because I felt that throughout this film all of the students in the end show compassion for Mathieu and what he has achieved which really touched me, the part that truly made me feel proud was all of the students showing determination to help firstly Mathieu get him dream but in a way theirs.

I truly enjoyed this film for the fabulous music which really is empowering and amazing just to listen to but also the story and what it has made you feel which I found amazing when it is in a whole other language.

UK Chosen Film-Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

Director: Mark Herman

Writer's: John Boyne (novel), Mark Herman (screenplay)

Plot Summary 

This story is set in World War II. In my opinion I think this story is about Bruno the young son of SS Commander Father looking past the divide and just seeing Shmuel for what he was, a person that needed a friend. The family relocates to the countryside so his father can take over the prison camp. Throughout the film you see the family become divided due to the father becoming only focused on the camp and not caring about the family. In the end Bruno leaves thinking he has found a place where he can play but soon things turn to the worst thing imaginable.

My Evaluation

I really got taken in by this film due to the subtle yet amazing performances from all. Each performance fully grasped your attention and made you believe that you were there and having to go through the same experiences and pain they were going through. I think the genre was mainly historical as it was a story set in the time of Hitler and you could truly see the power he had over people from the start much like Bruno's sister who begins to hand Hitler posters up in her room, showing that he is making an influence. It was also a thriller because of the story line and plot, the power of each emotion in the final scene really touched me and it made you think what times must have been like and really how times have changed over the years. The themes really surround themselves around death due to the nature of this film, the destruction of the Jews in the 'showers' and really the destruction on the family. The lighting went from very light to subtle to very dark at the end when the skies open and let down in a way the tears of each person that has lost family, and it that moment it was right because someone had been lost and no one could do anything about it. Sounds throughout worked well with each of the scenes which made you grasp the scene and enjoy it just a little more.

Although the themes and film was quite hard hitting I truly enjoyed every aspect of the film the message its was putting across to just how wrong those times where as Bruno shows it isn't about what you are you a still a person and should be treated like one, not an animal.