1) The film opens with a middle aged man having a nightmare about his time spent as a soldier on the battlefield. Here we see brief experiences he went through including being tortured and watching his comrades die on the battlefield. He hears his wife say goodbye and leave for work whilst he gets out of bed. We then follow him through the day as he reads the morning paper, has breakfast, goes to work and comes home to his wife – all cut short into a montage. His wife says that she is going out for the night and he retires to bed. He wakes up in the morning to go downstairs and unable to find his wife, he assumes she has left for work but when he picks up his usual morning paper he discovers his wife has been murdered. From here he vows to find his wife’s killer and using his training as soldier get revenge. He follows a series of clues as the murderers spree continues throughout the city. With each murder a clue is left behind. The film ends with the man chasing the suspected killer from a crime scene but only shadows are seen throughout the chase. This chase scene comes to an end as the man trips and blacks out. He awakes in police custody where it is revealed that he is the killer. During a moment of reckoning with a therapist flashbacks are shown of the man being mentally scarred during his time at war and developing a severe case of schizophrenia and split personality. The final scene is of him struck with grief in prison committing suicide.
2) The opening scene starts with the sound of banging in complete darkness. There will be a reverse zoom which will zoom out of the pupil of someone’s eye. The person will be hunched against a door struggling to keep it closed. The character will have a frantic and scared expression on their face. As the banging continues a second character will approach and short dialogue asking if the first character is ok and whether he needs any help. The first character will say that he needs help and the second character will pull out a knife and gesture towards the door. Here tension will build up as the character prepares to open the door. As he swings it open the screen will cut to black and the opening credits will appear.
3) A new kid moves town and joins a new school. The kid is a very talented footballer and aims to join the schools team. However the school’s football team is very bad and hasn’t won a trophy in years. He plays a match and shows off his ability by winning them the game. The team’s rivals are introduced and when playing against them their rivals win by miles. The team swear to win against them in the upcoming tournament. At the beginning of the tournament the team only just win and the new kid volunteers to coach them. A montage is shown of the team training and eventually getting better. The next match shows the team being much stronger and winning by a lot. Another montage is shown of the matches leading up to the final and the team scoring against their opponent using techniques learnt in training. The last section of the film is that of the final against the team’s rivals. During the first half of the match the rival team scores and the team is downbeat during half time. The new kid then delivers an inspirational speech which drastically improves the team’s moral. They then proceed to score twice with the rivals scoring once more. Because of the draw the game goes into extra time where the new kid is injured – the team’s worst player takes his place. The game goes into penalties and the team’s worst player scores the winning penalty winning the cup for them.
Film I chose:
2) I chose this film idea because it belongs to my preferred genre of film to make. I also feel that it will be the most accessible to produce due to the resources and time available for production. Because of the first ideas complex nature I don’t think that I would be able to successfully set up such an intricate plot in the 2 minutes given and with idea 3 I feel the idea is too cliché and therefore presents nothing new to the film industry.
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