Script

My film will be set in the Victoria Pub on Grove Road Mile End East London. The one and only actor that I am using in my film Is Alfred Charles Vincent Smith who is 23 years of age. The film is set in the past, mainly aimed at the 50’s as the Victoria Pub has a very traditional old look to it.
The costume that Alfred is wearing is also a very 50’s as he is wearing a blue three piece suit, including a waist coat a red shirt with a grey tie and a grey trilby followed by the smart black and white shoes. The reason for this is because the costume suits the environment and atmosphere that the character is in, and Elvis was at his peak of his career during the late 50’s with acting and his Rock and Roll music.
My film will start of with my one and only character Alfred sitting on a traditional Chesterfield sofa, the opening shot will be a mid shot with the character cracking up in laughter as if he has just seen or heard something very funny at the same time though Alfred looks as if he has another side to him, and is mentally insane. At one point in the film I would like Alfred to talk to himself, but I am aware that this is possible through editing a split screen; I hope to be able to achieve this in my film. As I said before it is a very Traditional East End Pub and inside it has a lot of Taxidermy, I have decided that I am going to use the taxidermy varying my shots from extreme close ups to long shots, by doing this It gives the audience the impression that the man is being watched by the stuffed animals and could possibly be a reason why he is acting so strange. The animals that I am going to use are a fox, a deer and a bull. I am also going to include close up shots of Alfred’s hands rubbing against the sofa, this is to show that he is getting aggravated and stressed, this will then lead on to a shot of Alfred’s feet performing odd movements this is another way of showing the audience the man is nervous and very paranoid, a lot of these shots will be close ups as this shows the characters true feelings and emotions a lot clearer than if I was to try a Long shot. My main objective in the film is to show the man going through as many emotions as possible whether it is upset, happy, paranoid, scared or just very strange. While the man is going through these emotions very calm music will be used to bring the audience back to reality that the man is sitting in an everyday pub. Alfred is influenced and obsessed over Elvis Presley, he is distraught over the fact that Elvis was never able to perform over in the U.K. and therefore has lost his way and developed a second personality.



Opening Shot: Mid Shot of Alfred’s face showing him in hysterics
Costume: Blue three piece suit, red shirt, grey tie, grey trilby, black and white shoes
Second Shot: An extreme close up on taxidermy (bull)

Third Shot: Extreme close up on Alfred’s face laughing at the camera

Fourth Shot: A close up of Alfred’s feet, showing odd movements

Fifth Shot: A mid shot of Alfred sitting on chesterfield sofa acting worried and looking scared

Sixth Shot: An extreme close up of Taxidermy (deer)

Seventh Shot: A side on shot of Alfred sitting on the sofa with an Elvis Presley picture in the background going in and out of focus of Alfred and Elvis.

Eighth Shot: A close of Alfred’s hand rubbing against the sofa, this shows him getting aggravated and quite frustrated

Ninth Shot: A mid shot of Taxidermy (Fox)

Tenth Shot: An over the shoulder shot of Alfred looking towards the stage

Eleventh Shot: A panning Shot from Alfred’s face (Dialogue: I thought I was very good!) the whole way round to the stage Alfred up on the stage, and begins to dance and sing to Elvis Presley Don’t Be Cruel. I want to try and film this shot all in one take as I want it to look from an audiences point of view. The film will slowly fade out to the end of the song.

My one and only character/actor in My Film Alfred Charles Vicent Smith

Analyis of my Questionnaires

For my Target Audience questionnaire I decided to Interview an older generation of people as my film is set and based in the past, and so are many well known British Films, this is because an older generation have more knowledge about the past than a younger audience do so by doing this I thought I would get more accurate and beneficial answers.
I decided to interview two males and one female as I assumed that males would be more intrigued by British Films than females and I should think that this would especially be the case for my film.
My questions on my Questionnaire are fairly simple and vary from the basics ‘what do you prefer Fiction or Non Fiction’ to the more challenging question of ‘what do you prefer an original scored soundtrack or cult tunes e.g. Quadrophenia and Bronson or both’. This was so my audience had to put some thought into their answers.
The first person I questioned was 24 years of age, and a male. I thought this was a good age as he knew a lot about past and present films. He preferred British Films to have unknown actors as you have no pre conceived idea of the character, he feels as if he can relate to British Films as they usually depict stories and characters that he is familiar with, and also enjoys a British Film that is set in the past as to one that was present day simply because he feels as if he is learning something new every time with a film that is set in the past whereas a film that is set in the present he feels as if there is nothing new for him to see because he is surrounded by it every day.
My second person that I questioned was also a male and of the age of 52. He preferred Fiction films to Non fictions, his favorite Genre of film was Gangster, his favorite British Film of the past decade was Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and also preferred a film to be set in the past, simply because it brings back memories of when he was growing up.
The third person I questioned was 52 and a female. She preferred a nonfiction film to a fiction film, her favorite genre of film is Western because when she was a child, a Western film was action packed and always very exciting that included actors such as Clint Eastwood. Her favorite British Film of the past decade is Love Actually even though the film falls under the Genre of Romantic Comedy; the whole film is set in London, and even starts off with Hugh Grant (also a very well known British Actor) talking about Heathrow Airport.
I was hoping that I would get the results from my questionnaires that I did, they proved that Males are more attracted to the British Films that mine own is similar to e.g. Bronson and One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. I think this is simply because males are more intrigued by drugs and violence in films than females, as they keep you on the edge of your seat and although it is usually quite clear what is going to happen next, the excitement is never ending whether it is a fiction or nonfiction film.
I decided to ask an older audience to answer my questionnaires because as I have said before I felt as if I would get clearer and more beneficial answers than if I asked a younger audience. I feel as that the answers I got from the people I asked where beneficial and helped me decide who to aim my film at.

The Kray Twins

Ronnie and Reggie Kray ran the streets of East London through the 1950's and the 1960's, they were known for armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, violent assaults including torture and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell. There reputation built fast and within no time they were celebrities being associated with Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and many politicians, the Krays were highly respected.
The image that the Krays had is very similar to the look i was trying to achieve in my film!

This Is England

This Is England was released in 2006 and written and directed by well known British Film maker Shane Meadows. The Film is set in the early 1980’s based on Britain’s struggle through the Falklands War, and the Skinheads that rebelled against the current Prime Minister of the time Margaret Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 as well as being leader of the conservative party from 1975 to 1990, she is and was the first female to achieve either of these things. Due to a recession and high unemployment, Thatcher's popularity became less and less, though economic recovery and the 1982 Falklands War brought a lot of support and she was re-elected in 1983.
Shane Meadows, who also directed the British Film Somers Town, focused very much on the image and music of that era, including reggae, ska and soul groups such as Toots and the Maytals. The image of all of the characters was very important to get spot on as Skinheads took pride in the way they looked; this included the Dr.Martens boots and the Ben Sherman shirts.
After 12 year old Shaun lost his dad due to the Falklands War, he was adopted by a non racist group of friendly Skinheads who showed him a good time, as well as the image. Shaun is then approached by Combo (Stephen Graham) and persuaded in believing that his dad was cheated into his death and Margaret Thatcher was to blame, and from then on he became racist and rebellious towards everyone that got in his way.
Shane Meadows is trying to address and in a way evaluate that time in England, the country was not in a good way and was hit hard by the Falklands War that began on the 2nd April 1982 and finished a short 74 days later on the 14 June 1982. The war was between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The short War resulted in the deaths of 255 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors, and airmen, and three civilian Falklanders.
Skinheads were given a bad name in Britain, and were just known as thugs, racists and neo Nazi’s. I think Shane Meadows wanted to change people’s stereotypical point of view of Skin heads. These people where fed up with society and the actions of a Prime Minister who would admit made mistakes, which is why people were aggravated and turned to different beliefs and different parties such as the BNP. This Is England shows two sides to Skinheads, the friendly side that is not interested in the political matters and just follows because of the image. Then it shows the other side to Skinheads that are interested in the politics, and follow groups such as the BNP because they strongly believed that the party that was currently in power was not doing the right things, especially not things that benefited the people of Great Britain and lost all faith in the Government that were running our Country. Skinheads always had a reason for their behavior, wherever it was they didn’t like the man who run the corner shop, or the current party that were in power, they were aggressive because they didn’t see things been done that should have been.
Looking at the film This Is England, England is not represented as a nice welcoming place, but Shane Meadows purposely created this image because that was what the Streets of England looked like in the early 80’s. The country was struggling and that showed the whole way from the Streets, to the people and the Government.