starter: Work out the film through emojis:
1) Sex and the City
2) silence of the lambs
3) Harry potter
4) Blair witch project
5) The polar express
6) planet of the apes
7) Life of pi
8) The Night at the museum
Narrative stages
Todovs theory
•Equilibrium
•Disruption
•Recognition of Distribution
•Attempt to solve distribution
•New Equilibrium
Task 1
Come up with a movie idea with Todovs theory it can be any genre.
Genre: paranoid Fiction
Genre: paranoid Fiction
Name-Personal Hell
Lou Carrey is a 16 year old girl who lives in Barking London,she lives in a block of flats that only has a balcony and her view is the block of flats opposite, she lives with her Mum Stacey Brown a 35 year old who works two jobs one as a b&m cashier in Barking shopping centre, and the other is at Barking Halls nursing Home, Brynn Davies is Mums boyfriend who lives with them he is 36 and works as a Lorry driver. And last of all William davies lives with them as the Three year old brother and is Brynns son. lou's dad Pete Carrey lives all the way in York he didn't feature in there life, he used to work in an office in London where Mum was a cleaner, they had a relationship , he grew uninterested and left their lives,He doesn't pay maintenance.Mums contacted the benefits agency to try and sort it out, the girl didn't know anything about this.This story is from two points of views, Lou and Stacey.
Equilibrium - Lou Carrey Feels Trapped, she's stopped going to her school Dagham Park Church of England School because she feels like everyone hates her and judges her she feels paranoid everywhere she goes, her house is in the middle block of flats and they have a balcony she feels she can't even go on the balcony because she feels peoples eyes on her, There is a man who lives opposite who has a telescope in his room she feels he is spying on her watching her every move , and there is people who live in the flat above who bang alot.,She thinks that they Do it purposely to get into her head and make her suffer. Lou hates her Mum she thinks she's out to get her, that she tries to force her to do things she also hates her because she Thinks she ran her dad out of their lives(But really the dad left because he was uninterested in them) She thinks her Mum hates her back so she works two jobs to stay as far away as possible to her, But the Mum Is worried about her daughter she has seen her struggle in the past 3 years and grow even more angry and upset and she just isolates herself in her room, she works two jobs because they are struggling with money.And her Mum has found a man who is helping and willing to love Lou and their child William at any cost and he wants to help as much as he can .
Disribution: Lou is shut in her room curled up in her bed all she sees is darkness no door and no window the feeling closing in on her,feeding her misery when suddenly she gets a thought, a small memory of her father she was 12 and it was her birthday Dad had gone for some sort of "work meeting"up north and he surprised her with loads and loads of presents for her birthday he said he loved her and then he spent a little more time with her and left ,she loved that birthday that was the last good day she ever had Her father just disappeared after that.
Suddenly the same memory popped into the mum's head from downstairs while she is downstairs cooking with William but the thing is they see it totally diffrently, he only stayed for half an hour and it was like he brought guilt presents and on the way out of the door he said "good luck with money because I'm not helping".The mum's anger suddenly raged across her face she was lost again, Lou must have felt so awful the last time she saw Pete was at her birthday then he left forever.
Recognition of disribution- Stacey and Brynn are sat up the table the they are discussing life and the issues, Lou has a shiver up her spine that makes her twitch and have an urge to eavesdrop on their conversation like someone is telling her to go and listen ,she leaves her room after 2 days of sitting there in darkness hearing negative comments tormenting her mind and her actions all she could hear from the real world was the noise of her fish tank, she made her was slowly and cautiously to sit on the top step making sure not to wake up her little brother who was sleeping it was 3 in the morning the witching hour she overheard a worried Mum saying "we need help" and she suddenly rushes to conclusions thinking they were going to send her to a new family that they hated her and wanted her to leave and get out of their lives so everything could be more "normal" she rushes back to her room and slams her door almost breaking off the hinges she sits on her bed and looks out the window , there was a moment she saw something move like a lense , the telescope she thought but when she looked there was no One there, she started to tug on her hair pacing around her room she starts to see the light fade the darkness returning the voices coming back the noise of the fish tank starting to fade little by little she can hear her mothers voice shouting at her "he's never coming back, I drove him away" "Your not worth it" Lue dug herself deeper and deeper into the blankets drowning the voices.
30 numbers earlier:
"It's just all so difficult" Stacey said to brynn " I'm really trying and I know you are too" Stacey starting to sweat and developing tears "it's okay it might be better soon , I think I might get A promotion , there are only 20 other guys", brynn replied "But Luv that's only three more pounds an hour , We needs help" Stacey didn't start to daydream because daydreaming is a positive thing she started to dark dream.
Attempt to solve- Lou Couldn't handle it anymore she stood on the balcony for the first time in 2 years it was getting too much she tried to think of something positive, but nothing came to mind, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the lense of the telescope opposite, he was watching, she climbed up onto the top of the railing and looked into the distance she was so caught up in her own mind she felt light headed, the last thing she heard were noises of someone pounding on a door, and screaming she assumes it was just the noises in her head.(cut scenes, her in her mother's arms,A familiar face in the distance, flashing lights)
New equilibrium - the mother is sat nervously holding Lou's hand while she sleeps in the hospital on the other side is sat Joseph Longleat a secondary school friend who was noticing her absent and has been worrying about her he is 17.
Lou starts to awake she sees the blinding lights and is clueless she first sees her mum, Stacey explains how her father left how he got uninterested and how she feels guilty , she also explains how they have decided to move house to somewhere new and peaceful then she starts to point at someone across the room and explains how Joseph saved her , then Lou glances over to Joseph, he explains how he was worried about her and how he lived opposite to her and he checked up on her making sure she was just about coping because he noticed her absence at school , she recognizes him as her old friend and is greatful because if he hadn't have been watching he wouldn't have saved her,and called the police they rushed her to a hospital , they explain that she blacked out due to stress and paranoia building up. then the doctor comes in and said they took a psychiatric assessmen and they think that she needs a bit of help mentally and is going to start a course of medication .
(End)
Billie Eilish playing Lou Carrey
Joanna Page playing Stacey Brown
Danny Dyer playing Brynn Davies
Lou Carrey is a 16 year old girl who lives in Barking London,she lives in a block of flats that only has a balcony and her view is the block of flats opposite, she lives with her Mum Stacey Brown a 35 year old who works two jobs one as a b&m cashier in Barking shopping centre, and the other is at Barking Halls nursing Home, Brynn Davies is Mums boyfriend who lives with them he is 36 and works as a Lorry driver. And last of all William davies lives with them as the Three year old brother and is Brynns son. lou's dad Pete Carrey lives all the way in York he didn't feature in there life, he used to work in an office in London where Mum was a cleaner, they had a relationship , he grew uninterested and left their lives,He doesn't pay maintenance.Mums contacted the benefits agency to try and sort it out, the girl didn't know anything about this.This story is from two points of views, Lou and Stacey.
Equilibrium - Lou Carrey Feels Trapped, she's stopped going to her school Dagham Park Church of England School because she feels like everyone hates her and judges her she feels paranoid everywhere she goes, her house is in the middle block of flats and they have a balcony she feels she can't even go on the balcony because she feels peoples eyes on her, There is a man who lives opposite who has a telescope in his room she feels he is spying on her watching her every move , and there is people who live in the flat above who bang alot.,She thinks that they Do it purposely to get into her head and make her suffer. Lou hates her Mum she thinks she's out to get her, that she tries to force her to do things she also hates her because she Thinks she ran her dad out of their lives(But really the dad left because he was uninterested in them) She thinks her Mum hates her back so she works two jobs to stay as far away as possible to her, But the Mum Is worried about her daughter she has seen her struggle in the past 3 years and grow even more angry and upset and she just isolates herself in her room, she works two jobs because they are struggling with money.And her Mum has found a man who is helping and willing to love Lou and their child William at any cost and he wants to help as much as he can .
Disribution: Lou is shut in her room curled up in her bed all she sees is darkness no door and no window the feeling closing in on her,feeding her misery when suddenly she gets a thought, a small memory of her father she was 12 and it was her birthday Dad had gone for some sort of "work meeting"up north and he surprised her with loads and loads of presents for her birthday he said he loved her and then he spent a little more time with her and left ,she loved that birthday that was the last good day she ever had Her father just disappeared after that.
Suddenly the same memory popped into the mum's head from downstairs while she is downstairs cooking with William but the thing is they see it totally diffrently, he only stayed for half an hour and it was like he brought guilt presents and on the way out of the door he said "good luck with money because I'm not helping".The mum's anger suddenly raged across her face she was lost again, Lou must have felt so awful the last time she saw Pete was at her birthday then he left forever.
Recognition of disribution- Stacey and Brynn are sat up the table the they are discussing life and the issues, Lou has a shiver up her spine that makes her twitch and have an urge to eavesdrop on their conversation like someone is telling her to go and listen ,she leaves her room after 2 days of sitting there in darkness hearing negative comments tormenting her mind and her actions all she could hear from the real world was the noise of her fish tank, she made her was slowly and cautiously to sit on the top step making sure not to wake up her little brother who was sleeping it was 3 in the morning the witching hour she overheard a worried Mum saying "we need help" and she suddenly rushes to conclusions thinking they were going to send her to a new family that they hated her and wanted her to leave and get out of their lives so everything could be more "normal" she rushes back to her room and slams her door almost breaking off the hinges she sits on her bed and looks out the window , there was a moment she saw something move like a lense , the telescope she thought but when she looked there was no One there, she started to tug on her hair pacing around her room she starts to see the light fade the darkness returning the voices coming back the noise of the fish tank starting to fade little by little she can hear her mothers voice shouting at her "he's never coming back, I drove him away" "Your not worth it" Lue dug herself deeper and deeper into the blankets drowning the voices.
30 numbers earlier:
"It's just all so difficult" Stacey said to brynn " I'm really trying and I know you are too" Stacey starting to sweat and developing tears "it's okay it might be better soon , I think I might get A promotion , there are only 20 other guys", brynn replied "But Luv that's only three more pounds an hour , We needs help" Stacey didn't start to daydream because daydreaming is a positive thing she started to dark dream.
Attempt to solve- Lou Couldn't handle it anymore she stood on the balcony for the first time in 2 years it was getting too much she tried to think of something positive, but nothing came to mind, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the lense of the telescope opposite, he was watching, she climbed up onto the top of the railing and looked into the distance she was so caught up in her own mind she felt light headed, the last thing she heard were noises of someone pounding on a door, and screaming she assumes it was just the noises in her head.(cut scenes, her in her mother's arms,A familiar face in the distance, flashing lights)
New equilibrium - the mother is sat nervously holding Lou's hand while she sleeps in the hospital on the other side is sat Joseph Longleat a secondary school friend who was noticing her absent and has been worrying about her he is 17.
Lou starts to awake she sees the blinding lights and is clueless she first sees her mum, Stacey explains how her father left how he got uninterested and how she feels guilty , she also explains how they have decided to move house to somewhere new and peaceful then she starts to point at someone across the room and explains how Joseph saved her , then Lou glances over to Joseph, he explains how he was worried about her and how he lived opposite to her and he checked up on her making sure she was just about coping because he noticed her absence at school , she recognizes him as her old friend and is greatful because if he hadn't have been watching he wouldn't have saved her,and called the police they rushed her to a hospital , they explain that she blacked out due to stress and paranoia building up. then the doctor comes in and said they took a psychiatric assessmen and they think that she needs a bit of help mentally and is going to start a course of medication .
few months Later...... Mum has applied for a council house exchange in Penzance a 3 bedroom house, Joseph is visiting for a couple of weeks and the last scene Lou and Joseph is sat on the beach sharing a cone of chips and Stacey, William and Brynn in the background making sandcastles Lou looks over too Joseph and saids "Thankyou, I feel better".
(End)
Billie Eilish playing Lou Carrey
Neil Morrissey Playing Pete Carrey
Charlie Heaton playing Joseph Longleat
I'm not worried! There are some fantastic ideas and issues here.
ReplyDeleteMy main comment would be to think about how this would play out as a film - it sounds more like a short film (which is fine) as most of the action takes place in one day. Think about whether you meant this to be the case and your timeline.