Jess Emmingham-AS

Being the examiner by Jess Emmingham

Below is the next step in pre-production of our thriller opening after our pitch we've produced a screenplay for 'Raven Call's'. Hopefully once the end product has been made it will resemble this screenplay, enjoy. INT. THERAPIST OFFICE - DAYTIME The therapist office consists of little by way of furniture apart from a desk with a chair on either side. The lighting in the room is pretty dark (could be filmed in black and white). Two characters appear in the scene. The therapist (Amy Hall) and her patient (Beth Newton) THE CAMERA SHOWS A VIEW OF THE DESK, SHOWS AMY'S HANDS ON HER LAPTOP. SHE CLOSES THE LID. MEDIUM CLOSE UP: AMY LEANS FORWARD ON HER HANDS TO LOOK AT A PATIENT OPPOSITE HER. THERE IS A SHOT REVERSE SHOT BETWEEN THEM AS THEY START THEIR DIALOGUE Amy: (calmly) why don't we start at the beginning? Beth: (avoids eye contact and brings the sleeves of her jumper over hands to show nerves) It was only supposed t...

As we start pre-production of our open thriller the first thing we need to do to begin is to produce a one page pitch. A one page pitch is when we put the beginning ideas of our thriller one to one page and we then have a meeting to explain our pitch and how we are planning our thriller to turn out. After the one page pitch, there is a video, this video is the meeting between me, Amy, Beth (our group) with Mr Welch discussing our pitch and seeing if our film could be or would be a success. One Page Pitch Working Title -  Raven Calls Film Genre -     psychological/horror/thriller  Length -   120 minutes  Target Audience – 15+, the film contains issues of psychological issues and death which viewers under the age of 15 may find upsetting or disturbing. By giving the film this age range it broadens the range of people we can get to watch the film.  Tag line -    ‘It’s more than just a game’  ...

I have been looking at issues around the way in which disability is represented in TV Dramas. Representation of social groups in our thriller opening is something we need to take some informed decisions about. If we are going to, for example, depict somebody with a condition attached to mental health or a personality disorder then we will need to research this to avoid clichéd or offensive stereotyping. After watching a past exam clip of 'A touch of frost' we was asked to analyse the clip and explain how TV has represented disability in this show, I wrote my paragraph and afterwards someone in my class read through it to see if anything needed improving or added, the following is my paragraph and the green in the extra added by someone else... In the interrogation scene, the use of a shot, reverse shot is used to show each character while they’re having a conversation; within these shots at the beginning Billy (the young boy with Down syndrome) is shown using a mid-sho...

A screenplay includes camera angles, dialogue, information on characters, directions, etc. typically one page of a screenplay will be the same as a minute of screen time. When pre-production begins the screenplay is the first thing that is created once the writers, producers extra have come up with a pitch (this will be explained in another blog as its vital to our thriller opening), they need a screenplay because before beginning production they must get the money to be able to make their production. However, to get the money they need to get the "green light" which means they have been approved to continue making their film. Tips of writing a screenplay: Include location, setting and time of day Introduce the key characters and include a short description of who they are/ what  they look like Include key dialogue between main characters, and details of their actions and  expressions/emotions Include details of where the camera should be in each scene  A s...