Shooting schedule

Thursday 17/02/2011
Periods 5 and 6 - 1:45
filming scenes 2, 3, 6, 20, 28
Kwami in his bedroom
casting Roache
on set : Roache Boateng, Daniel Mutabazi
Aiming to get the shots of Kwami in the mirror and the beginning of him reading his letter.
All shots will be taken at least twice.
This has been chosen for this time because 1 of our group members has a lesson during this time therefore it would be logical to shot closed scenes as it would be easier than tackling the big shots with only 3 people.

Friday 18/02/2011
Period 2 10:00 - 3:30 5, 7- 14, 25, 26, 27
film scene: in school
cast: Roache Boateng, Patrick Hayes, Amanda Farndale, Dalian Yambila, Emmanuel Ojera
props: broom, cleaning products i.e spray, music device
on set: Daneil Mutabazi, Roache Boateng, Myles McCaulskey
This would need to be done because we need to have the bulk of the film done before half term as our movie is mainly based in a school environment therefore we are only able to film during school, and this would need to be done in order to give our group enough time to edit clips of our film.

Monday 28/02/2011
Period 1 to 4 9:10 - 12:50
film scenes : 1, 6, 15 - 24
cast : Roache Boateng
props : lamp, alarm clock
On set: Myles McCaulskey, Daneil Mutabazi, Roache Boateng

Tuesday 29/02/2011
period 1 to 4 9:10 - 12:50
film scenes : 27 - 34
cast : Roache Boateng, Mr Boothe, Patrick Hayes, Myles McCaulskey, Daniel Mutabazi
onset: Roache Boateng, Myles McCaulskey, Daniel Mutabazi

3rd draft of 'Chasing the dream' Script by Daniel Mutabazi, Myles McCaulskey & Roache Boateng-Abraham

Title: Chasing the Dream

 

Int. Room. Day

KWAMI writing a letter in his room.

 

KWAMI

 (Voice over)

After being turned down from many teaching jobs due to the lack of by experience in British teaching, I had to take a job in cleaning due to my desperation

 

Ext. Sky. Day

 

A plane coming in to land at Heathrow. Fade to wide and run title.

KWAMI is sweeping the school corridor.

KWAMI 

(Voice over)

This was not the ideal path I wanted to take, but it pays for my fees and gives me just enough money to survive.  

This job creates many problems as when I try to be myself and become a free person.

Int. School corridor. Day.

Shot of KWAMI dancing, while sweeping.

CLEANER supervisor shouts

“Get back to work”

 

KWAMI

Voice over

 

I am scrutinised by my boss and mistreated by the students at the school, who see me as a person who wants to clean and not a person that has to clean. Somehow in the midst of this I still feel respected.

Int. School corridor. Day

Cut to a pupil throwing rubbish on the floor in front of the main character and then running of laughing.

KWAMI

“HEY, stupid boy”

KWAMI

Voice over

Everyday I work, Everyday I study, Everyday I hope, that the next day will be the day I fulfil my purpose and succeed in my destiny.

Ext. Gates. Night

KWAMI walking home from a long day of work.

Working, Cleaning, Working, Cleaning, this was an endless cycle that I knew would eventually come to an end.

Int. Room. Night

Montage sequence of KWAMI getting home, studying, going to bed late.

I could not live the rest of my life like this. I was a teacher. It is my destiny.

Int. Room. Night

Shot of alarm ringing, saying 5am, KWAMI waking up early

Int. Room. Day

Montage of KWAMI studying, books all around him.

KWAMI

Voice over

Narrative: With every pencil stroke and every lesson I took at my class I knew I was destined for greater things and would finally become a teacher who would be respected by all.

The day finally came when I graduated from my college and gained my honours as a British Teacher.

Int. Room. Day.

KWAMI in mirror, doing up tie and walking towards school.

 I could finally work in the UK, I would be a teacher.

Ext. School gates. Day

Pause outside school gates.

Mains characters first day of work

 

KWAMI

Voice over

 

After going to the school and meeting the head teacher I felt ready for my new career. The firm handshake the smell of the class room the sound of the pupils. This was my dream, my goal and with the sound of school bell, I saw my dream come to life. I have come a long way, finally now I have made it. I have over come our struggle and have entered the promise land.

I have great colleagues that help me every step of the way. And even the school children appreciate me.

Ext. School grounds. Day

Boy walks past KWAMI. “ Hello sir”

Int. 6^th form corridor. Day

KWAMI does a little dance, before he enters the classroom.

May god bless us all

The end          

script commentary:                                                 

Our script can be said to be appropriate, because we have managed to incorporate a voice over as the main form of dialogue. This acts as the main drive for the film, as it tells the actual story, which drives the whole film forward. We have also used a time ellipses,to show that the story takes place in the past, which makes it a flashback. This allows the audience to identify, that the events are from the protagonists own personal experiences. Furthermore, we have chosen to base the film in locations which would be the suitable environment for an immigrant, which are school, for his job and two different rooms, to show the difference between the past and the present, through the difference in quality. The short film will be split into many short scenes to illustrate different moments of his experiences and to only show the audience the important parts of his flashback.

Characters "Chasing the Dream"

Main Character - Kwame Mutabazi

This character would be played by Roache, who is best suited for a role like this because he resembles the typical African build, he is tall, quite broad and can put on a very good African accent which would be essential for the opening of the film.

His costume at the opening scene would be casually dressed in a cleaning apron, with some cleaning props in his hand. Then during the course of his study and course for a teaching diplomacy he would be wearing shirt and tie. Then finally near the end of the film he will be wearing a suit .

This character is a successful teacher in Africa that has gambled all his earnings to moving to England in order for a better life for him and his family that he left back home. This character is part of the typical first generation immigrants that are portrayed in the British society today. He acts as a representation of all the immigrants and what they have to endure in everyday life when arriving as a 1st generation immigrant.

Headteacher - Mr Boothe

This character would be dress in a professional manor and would have the typical look of a man of authority. This character is from the 3rd generation background of an immigrated family. He is a tool to portray the opportunities offered to immigrants in Britain that allows them to move up the social class ladder.

Bad Pupil - Patrick Hayes

This boy suits the character quite well because he is short and he can easily pull of the look of a secondary school pupil. He would be dressed in a typical school uniform.

This character represents how some citizens in Britain these days tend to react negatively to foreign settlers in Britain. This character is of bad nature and his actions towards the main character shows his disrespect to people without authority, which also shows him to emulate a proportion of the teenage generation that have a disregard for authority.

Cleaning Supervisor - Amanda Farndale

she fits this role perfectly because she is loud, direct, and assertive. She has the professional look and her personality suits this characters nature.

This character is rude and loud. She is part of the working class that tries to promote herself in social status through bullying her employees to working harder.

Extras (other cleaners dancing) - Dalian Yambila, Emmanuel ojera

All dressed in typical cleaning clothes like the cleaner.

These extras show how there is not only one person in life that is baring the brunt of the harsh life that some immigrants face.

All these characters are interlinked at the point that they all emulate everyday British society for certain individuals. They're role in the film shows the multiculturalism of British society and struggles that first generation immigrants go through in everyday life in order to better themselves. Furthermore, it shows how most immigrants are prepared to endure harsh working conditions in order to create a better life for their family back in their home country.

2nd Draft of "Chasing The Dream" Script by Roache Boateng-Abraham, Myles McCaulskey & Daniel Mutabazi

Ext. Sky. Day

A plane coming in to land at Heathrow. Fade to wide and run title.

Title : Chasing the Dream

Narrative: The main character (Roache) is reading a letter he is planning to send back home to his family.

ROACHE

 (voice over)

After being turned down from many teaching jobs due to my lack of experience in British teaching, I had to take a job in cleaning due to my desperation

Roache is sweeping the school corridor.

ROACHE 

(voice over)

This was not the ideal path I wanted to take, but it pays for my fees and gives me just enough money to survive. 
This job creates many problems as when I try to be myself and become a free person, I am scrutinised by my boss and mistreated by the students at the school, who see me as a person who wants to clean and not a person that has to clean. Somehow in the midst of this I still feel respected.


Int. School corridor. Day.
Shot of Roache dancing, while sweeping.
CLEANER shouts
“Get back to work”

Int. school corridor. Day

cut to a pupil throwing rubbish on the floor in front of the main character and then running of laughing.

ROACHE

“HEY, stupid boy”

ROACHE

(voice over)

Everyday I work, Everyday I study, Everyday I hope, that the next day will be the day I fulfil my purpose and succeed in my destiny.

Ext. Gates. Night
Roache walking home from a long day of work.
Working, Cleaning, Working, Cleaning, this was an endless cycle that I knew would eventually come to an end.

Int. Room. Night
Montage sequence of Roache getting home, studying, going to bed late.
I could not live the rest of my life like this. I was a teacher. It is my destiny.

Int. Room. Night
Shot of alarm ringing, saying 5am, Roache waking up early

Int. Room. Day
Montage of Roache studying, books all around him.

ROACHE

(voice over)

Narrative: With every pencil stroke and every lesson I took at my class I knew I was destined for greater things and would finally become a teacher who would be respected by all.
The day finally came when I graduated from my college and gained my honours as a British Teacher.

Int. room. Day.
Roache in mirror, doing up tie and walking towards school.
 I could finally work in the UK, I would be a teacher.

Ext. school gates. Day

Pause outside school gates.

Mains characters first day of work

ROACHE

(voice over)

I have great colleagues that help me every step of the way. An even the school children appreciate me being a member of staff.

Ext. school grounds. Day

Boy walks past Roache. “ Hello sir”

After going to the school and meeting the head teacher, I felt ready for my new career. The firm handshake the smell of the class room the sound of the pupils. This was my dream, my goal and with the sound of school bell, I saw my dream come to life. I have come a long way, finally now I have made it. I have over come our struggle and have entered the promise land.

Int. 6^th form corridor. Day

Roache does a little dance, before he enters the classroom.

May god bless us all

The end     

1st Draft Of Our Film by Roache Boateng-Abraham, Myles McCaulskey & Daniel Mutabazi

Ext. Sky. Day

A plane coming in to land at heathrow. Fade to wide and run title.

Title : Chasing the Dream

Narrative: The main character (Roache) is reading a letter he is planning to send back home to his family.

ROACHE

 (voice over)

After being turned down from many teaching jobs due to the lack of by experience in British teaching, I had to take a job in cleaning due to my desperation

Roache is sweeping the school corridor.

ROACHE 

(voice over)

This was not the ideal path I wanted to take, but it pays for my fees and gives me just enough money to survive.  
This job creates many problems as when I try to be myself and become a free person, I am scrutinised by my boss and mistreated by the students at the school, who see me as a person who wants to clean and not a person that has to clean. Somehow in the midst of this I still feel respected.
Int. School corridor. Day.
Shot of Roache dancing, while sweeping.
CLEANER shouts
“Get back to work”

Int. school corridor. Day

cut to a pupil throwing rubbish on the floor in front of the main character and then running of laughing.

ROACHE

“HEY, stupid boy”

ROACHE

voice over

Everyday I work, Everyday I study, Everyday I hope, that the next day will be the day I fulfil my purpose and succeed in my destiny.
Ext. Gates. Night
Roache walking home from a long day of work.
Working, Cleaning, Working, Cleaning, this was an endless cycle that I knew would eventually come to an end.
Int. Room. Night
Montage sequence of Roache getting home, studying, going to bed late.
I could not live the rest of my life like this. I was a teacher. It is my destiny.
Int. Room. Night
Shot of alarm ringing, saying 5am, roache waking up early
int. Room. Day
Montage of Roache studying, books all around him.

ROACHE

voice over

Narrative: With every pencil stroke and every lesson I took at my class I knew I was destined for greater things and would finally become a teacher who would be respected by all.
The day finally came when I graduated from my college and gained my honours as a British Teacher.
Int. room. Day.
Roache in mirror, doing up tie and walking towards school.
 I could finally work in the UK, I would be a teacher.

Ext. school gates. Day

Pause outside school gates.

Mains characters first day of work

ROACHE

voice over

I have great colleagues that help me every step of the way. An even the school children appreciate me being a member of staff.

Ext. school grounds. Day

Boy walks past Roache. “ Hello sir”

After going to the school and meeting the head teacher I felt ready for my new career. The firm handshake the smell of the class room the sound of the pupils. This was my dream, my goal and with the sound of school bell, I saw my dream come to life. i have come a long way, finally now i have made it. i have over come our struggle and have entered the promise land.

Int. 6^th form corridor. Day

Roache does a little dance, before he enters the classroom.

may god bless us all

The end                                                                  

synopsis

we have taken a monologue apparoach to our short film, which is based on an African immigarnt writing a letter back home, on how he has suffered hard times in britain, chasing the Bristish dream.

Upon coming to the UK, he finds a job as a cleaner, which is a far cry from his dream job of becoming a successful teacher, as he had been back in africa.

In order to achieve his goal, he attends night classes, when not at work as a cleaner, allowing him to gain the necessary qualifications to become a teacher.

He has a stroke of luck in his difficult life and manages to get a better job from being a cleaner in the retail business, where he is the cashier for a top brand.

He continues to work and go to classes for a long time and manages to graduate from school with a diploma that allowes him to be a successful teacher.

He manages to get his dream job of being a teacher, and is able to live out his dream in his new country.

The purpose of our short story is to show the difficulties faced by immigrants who come to britain, which can be classified as multiculturalism in british society.

How do Film Magazine Reviews differ in style, layout, content and mode of address? by Myles McCaulskey

As we can see there are many Film Magazine circulating across the UK today and are available for a

large number or audiences interested in this market. Examples of Film Magazine reviews are:

Total Film

Sight and Sound

Pre-Vue (In House Film Magazine)

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Little White Lies (Art House Magazine)

These are some of the magazines seen in the UK which make references to films at the Box Office in the UK. However, although these magazines will share conventions, the mode of address, layout and style will fundamentally be different.

Here are Some Example of Film Magazine Reviews from some of the leading Film Magazines in the UK:

Film Review by Pre-Vue

Film Review by Sight and Sound Magazine

Film Review by Total Film Magazine

Overall these are some of the ways that the mode of address, style and layout differ between some of the leading UK magazines. All magazines follow the same basic conventions like using Serif style Font for the Headline and Sans Serif for the main body of the article, however other variable have been changed to give each magazine a unique style and approach to the audience. This allows the audience to find a range of magazines and the specific one they are after, whether they be glossy, full range analysis or a positive promotion of the film as seen in Film Magazines such as “Total Film” “Empire” and “Sight and Sound” some of the top Film Magazines in the UK to date.

Mode of Address:

The Mode of Address is a variable that changes between Film Magazines. This can be seen as Popular UK Film Magazine “Total Film” uses basic language which most of the general public will be able to read, as they attempt to direct the Magazine to a younger and more upcoming Media Audience. This is done for a significant reason. “Total Film’s” main target audience are young people who use film as a form of enjoyment, diversion or general interest rather than and audience who use film as a cultural or more educational experience. This type of mode of address can be seen in “Sight and Sound” magazine in which that attempted audience are ones of a more sophisticated background, who view film as an intellectual hobby rather than just for the sole purpose of enjoyment. This is seen as words such as “Platonic Relationship” have been used “Sight and Sound” articles, a key term that a limited number of people may know what means, but this film magazine expects its audience to know what the term means, showing a range in mode of address between simple language “Total Film” and the could be perplexing “Sight and Sound” Magazine. “Sight and Sound” provide an in depth focus of the film in question, one that would bore the common “John Doe” average cinemas fan. This could be contrasted with “Empire” Magazine which provides the audience with a limbo of reviewing as it is aimed at a general audience with experience and casual cinema goers to sophisticated cinema intellectuals all being captured by “Empire’s” Mode of Address. This provides the perfect balance between “Sight and Sound Magazine” and “Total Film” which are extremes in opposite directions of Magazine Film Reviews. 

Moreover, in house magazines can be seen as a derivative of “Empire” and “Total Film.“ On the other hand, In-House Magazine’s like Pre-vue are published and produced on a much smaller scale of A4 or A5, changing the perspective of the film Review. In House Film Magazines when assessing a film like “Did You Hear About the Morgans” seen above in the “Pre-Vue” article, focus on the synoptics of the film and the positive element of the film. This usually means an overshadowing of the bad elements or by acknowledging them, but placing a positive twist on the perspective side. An example of this can be seen in Pre-Vue, which states:

“…The essense of the story may be familiar, but with Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker at the helm it feels fresh and there are plenty of laughs to be had…”

This is different to other Film Magazines as it can be seen that they forget the bad and focus on the good. In terms of layout they do have the large image and split the page into columns. They incorporate breakout boxes and have the facts about actor’s e.g. “A Closer Vue Section” with facts containing Hugh Grant. Furthermore, the mode of address is again chatty and informal, making the audience seem comfortable when reading the article. From this it can be seen that, In house magazines promote and bring more audiences in to the cinema, with positive reviews of films at the Box Office.

Layout:

Layouts of Film Magazines are unique to the Film Magazines Company.

Columns: This can be seen as there are only 3 columns within the in “Total Film” article of “The Road” whilst on the other hand the more in depth sophisticated Film Magazine “Sight and Sound” has 6 columns on it article about “The Witnesses” or “Les Temoins.” This is significant as this technique has different connotations to the Magazines target audience. For example a young person or member of the public who are just looking for a short article to read about an upcoming film, would most likely pick a magazine like “Total Film” whilst an intellectual person looking for an in depth account of a film at the Box Office would certainly read 6 column “Sight and Sound” which provides the audience with a detailed account of the film, living up to reader expectations.

Typography: The use of Columns can be amalgamated with Typography. “Total Film’s” article on “The Road” incorporates a big font and larger spacing along the line creating an illusion of a full depth article, when in fact minimal information is present on the page. Moreover, situated in these 3 columns is a Breakout Paragraph which is generally used as a page filler. This changes the direction of the magazine as it provides the audience with a new set of information about the film without interrupting the review. However, this style can be countered in “Sight and Sound” which uses small font to maximize the columns provided for the article. This is primarily done due to the depth of the article as it is more detailed then “Total Film” due to mode of address and target audience for “Sight and Sound.

Headlines: Headlines are an important part of Film Magazine reviews and they commonly differ from magazine to magazine. This can be seen in some of the examples I have looked at. For example Film Magazines “Total Film” “Empire” and “Pre-vue” use the name of the film as their Heading for example “Pre-vue” use the Headline “Did you hear about the Morgans”  which is in fact the title of the film. On the other hand, more in depth Film Magazines such as “Sight and Sound” take on the more newspaper headline approach with a light pun incorporated in the headline. This can be seen in “Sight and Sound Magazine” which uses the title “A Time to love and a Time to die” as a headline for the review, which is not the title of the film, differing from “Total Film and Empire” which would have used the title of the film “Les Temoins” as the Headline of the Review.  

Strap Lines:  Strap lines are important to a Film Magazine as they are tiny subheadings which provide the audience with more information about the film in usually one sentence. This can be seen in the “Total Film” Magazine review I have used which states “No Country for a middle aged man (and his boy)” which is the primary strap line seen under the Heading in the Review. Strap lines vary between film magazine depending on the mode of address as in “Total Film” dominantly use puns ,whilst in “Empire” the aim of the Strap line might be to pose a question of a rhetorical thought to the audience, and in “Sight and Sound” a strap line may give an overview of the Film e.g. “Andre Techine’s new film explores the impact of the Aids epidemic on a group of Parisians…” seen in Sight and Sounds article by Ginette Vincendeau. Depending on the depthness of the article, the mode of address and the headline, the strap line will vary between Film Magazines. The strap line establishes the tone of the review to the audience, whether it be light hearted, cynical or an in depth approach to the film, the strap line tells the audience the mood of the review and the audience who should be reading this review.