Original Script

Titles + Looking at Isaac: [HEAVY BREATHING]

Looking at Gang Members: [(OVER BREATHING) TRAFFIC SOUNDS]

Looking at Isaac: [(OVER TRAFFIC SOUNDS) HEAVY BREATHING]

Looking at Gang Members: [TRAFFIC SOUNDS]

Looking at Isaac: [HEAVY BREATHING]

Looking at Isaac: [TRAFFIC SOUNDS FADE OUT]

[SKIP TO GANG MEMBERS ON STAIRS]

Karim: [STANDING UP] "Yoo, babes..."

Jay: "Check out the back off!"

Karim: "Jheeeeze!.......Oh my gosh"

[STARING AS THE GIRL WALKS BY]

[SKIP TO ISAAC AT A LONG SHOT]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[SKIP TO GANG MEMBERS AT A LONG SHOT]

[REST OF THE GANG ENTERS]

[SKIP TO ISAAC AT A OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT]

[SKIP TO NEW GANG MEMBERS AT A OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT + TRACKING]

[SKIP TO ISAAC AT A OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT]

[SKIP TO GANG MEMBERS AT A OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT ON THE STAIRS]

Karim: "Yoo, cool mandem!"

Yuyi: "Wagwan fam!"

[GANG MEMBERS GREETING EACH OTHER BY ALSO USING GESTURES]

[SKIP TO ISAAC PLAYING FOOTBALL]

[SKIP TO 2 OF THE GANG MEMBERS (KARIM & YUYI) AT A SIDE VIEW BEING MISCHIEVOUS AND AGGRESSIVE WITH EACH OTHER]

Jay: "Moist yutes fam, BANG him fam!"

Karim: "Aye what!"

Yuyi: "What!"

Karim: "You dumb fam?"

Jay: "Bang him bruv!"

[JAY KICKS YUYI IN THE FACE AS A JOKE TO STOP THEM]

Yuyi: "Arghgh!"

[SKIP TO ISAAC PLAYING FOOTBALL]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[DRUG BUYER WALKS IN THE SCENE TOWARDS THE GANG]

Drug Buyer: "Yoo"

[KARIM WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS RELAXED]

Karim: "Aye Aye, business!"

Drug Buyer: "You got the stuff?"

[SKIP TO ISAAC PLAYING FOOTBALL]

[KARIM AND DRUG BUYER DO AN EXCHANGE]

Drug Buyer: [SNIFFS DRUGS] "Its good man!"

[KARIM NODS AND THEY SHAKE HANDS]

[DRUG BUYER WALKS OFF]

Sidelined Storyboard

Analysing Opening Sequences

Kidulthood

The first 20 seconds of the opening is filled with production titles of different companies who contributed in this film against a black background and the transitions of each title was faded in and out one after each other. As they faded in and out their wasn't any background music used. The background music came in at 21 seconds in the opening and showing the what film productions were involved. The transitions of the text was a smooth and slow fade in, moving slowly across each direction. As this is followed up by main Kidulthood title in a cool looking font.

The opening scene is with a persons legs and a football moving in slow motion to the right. As the person kicks the ball, the camera moves from slow motion to a high speed on to the main characters and as the camera shows the characters it goes back into slow motion. This is because the camera wants to show how each character is represented in the opening such as it can be showing someone who is popular or a bully, etc. The camera is showing each character from a medium long shot which allows the audience to see the mise-en-scene. This lets us see where the location could be which in this case is a playground of a school. It also lets them see how framing of the camera shows what groups of people are each represented as, as the camera allows them to notice that there are groups all spread out in different areas which can mean there is tension between certain groups. This is also supported by how the camera not only shows certain characters but also groups looking across at another group and how the group use their body language to stand up for themselves. The camera is also almost never still, it is moving in nearly every scene whether its slow or fast. The scene where the camera is still is when you see a character drilling but the camera is at a subtle low angle which hides what the person is drilling and this grabs the audiences attention as the want to see what exactly the person is drilling. Is it a weapon they could be drilling to show how corrupt the school is or something for a project to show a benefit of students who are in school? But it also shows that the person is alone, and this senses that its something he doesn't want people seeing, this could lead to the fact that its some dangerous which makes the audience wonder and engages them into the film to see what it really is.

The generic conventions of this film is based on a urban British thriller and this links well with our idea for our film as we have the genre. The use of slow motions in the beginning is what we want to do in our opening sequence because it is a good technique which we thought would be perfect for us and the effect it has would be appropriate for our opening sequence. Also the fact Kidulthood's opening sequence starts with a close up of a football, links to our idea because we looking to do a similar shot in our opening sequence to show the technique used.

Trainspotting

The film starts the same as Kidulthood, with the black background and the production company's name. The first shot is a mid shot of the legs which is also the same as the opening shot of Kidulthood. This camera angle links well with what we want to do with our opening sequence and this camera technique used could be used in our opening as its shows action and it introduces the audience to the miss-en-scene. This shot gets the audience straight into the action in the movie and this starts the film with a bang as there is background music of drums being played. This engages the audience straight in because the film gets introduced with an action scene which is a very good technique that we could use. Also this shot of the legs is framed well, making the legs in the centre of the screen which is the only part of the shot what that is focused to show that it is main area in the shot. This directs the audience to know where to look and the mise-en-scene is blurred in the background to make sure the audience focus on the legs.

The use of a close up in this shot shows some of the character of this film and how they are represented. The fact that one of the main characters is in front of the other and more closer to the camera shows that he must be the most important main character in this film but also because the camera puts him front with a close up and not the main character shows that it is to make the audience focus more on him. This technique used is a really smart technique as it uses the rule of thirds and this is shown by the close up of the main character on the left side of the frame, the middle side of the frame shows the mise-en-scene captured of the two people in suits chasing these two characters and right side of the frame is mid shot of the other main character running. This is demonstrated extremely well in this shot and we like how its shown to the audience because this one shot shows a lot of what's going on.

The voice over sound used over the background music is to establish protagonist and to engage the audience in to hear hear what the character is saying and what it means in this film. The background music is non-diegetic and it also because of the use the narrator speaking in the background.

The comparison to the opening of this film and Kidulthood with the mid shots of the legs in the beginning tells us that it would be ideal for us to start our opening sequence similar to them as it is a very common and effective shot. Also the close up of the main character is key to what we want to do because of the fact we are planning on doing it in our sequence and they way its used in this film has helped us decide on how we are going to use it and what sort of technique we can use. The use of voice over in the opening is helpful as we could be doing voice over in our sequence and the fact the voice over is over the heavy background, makes us closer of putting music in as it is proved to work very well in this film. The use of mise-en-scene has proved to look well in this film and it has helped us to know what we should have in the background and if we should use it such as in the rule of thirds like the way its been done in this film.

Institutional Research

Institutional Research

Vertigo Films is a vertically integrated UK Development, Finance, Production and Distribution media company founded in July 2002. In 2004 Vertigo Film made The Football Factory which is just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong.

Vertigo Films was created in 2002 by producers Allan Niblo (producer of Human Traffic and South West 9), James Richardson (producer of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)), director Nick Love (screenwriter and, prior to company formation, director of Goodbye Charlie Bright and The Football Factory), distributor Rupert Preston (distributor of Chopper, Chasing Amy and Bride of Chucky, among others), and entrepreneur Rob Morgan. The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It's All Gone Pete Tong.

Vertigo Films current stated goal is to produce and distribute four films per year. Their first film was Nick Love's The Football Factory which is the biggest selling independent UK DVD with 1.3M units to date. Vertigo films are interesting as they represent a vision of England that one could argue is more realistic than the Working Title stable of work. 

Based on John King’s excellent book, which was directed by Nick Love, the film stars an all British cast featuring rising stars Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan. The Football Factory centres on a group of Chelsea fans, examining the comradeship and bitter feuds that exist between the ‘top boys’ and their troops. Here, the theory that football violence only attracts the disenfranchised is finally laid to rest, courtesy of solid characterisation. It is also fast-paced, often brutal story of the narrow-minded and twisted mentality of the so-called supporters, who look forward to the big fight rather that the big game. The film unpicks their manifesto, and offers insight into their perverse world and their reasons for bloodshed which could be because of the fact their parents beat them and that England has too many immigrants etc. Such pathetic excuses for their way of life make their barbaric acts of cruelty even more deplorable. This film really demonstrates that even the chance of redemption cannot alter their course in life.

EOne Momentum (Formerly known as Momentum Pictures and Alliance Atlantis UK) is one of the leading independent motion picture distributors in the UK and Ireland and releases approximately 20 theatrical films a year, with several dtv releases. It is also one of the leading motion picture distributors in the UK and Ireland and releases approximately 20 theatrical films a year, with another 25+ STV titles to feed our fully-integrated distribution operation. On 9 January 2013, Entertainment One acquired the parent company of Momentum, Alliance Films. The company was renamed EOne Momentum. 

Momentum's most successful theatrical releases include the Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA-winning The King's Speech, Amélie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Control, Downfall, The Young Victoria, Defiance, Milk, Let the Right One In, The Illusionist, Just Friends, District B13 Ultimatum, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Law Abiding Citizen, Glorious 39 and P.S. I Love You.
Momentum Pictures distributed Vertigo Films The Football Factory. 

I think The Football Factory links well with our film 'Sidelined' as it is a classic, hardcore British film with football around it. It also has violence in it which we are focusing more on as well in our film. I believe that Vertigo Films would be ideal for us because of their history of low budget British, hardcore films. And the fact they are well establish at making films with genres similar to ours which in this case action, urban, youth culture. The Football Factory is a clear example of how we would like to make our film in a way it is set such as the genre, the way it appeals to our target audience and the fact it has football along with violence in the film makes it better for us to use it as an example. Another example Vertigo Films have made is London To Brighton which would link well with our film as it is a young, gritty ad urban film. Also the genre is action, thriller which goes well with our film because of the we have made our genre similar to ours. Furthermore, Vertigo Films productions of Sweeney also links well with our film as it is a another example of a hardcore, British, action film. It also would have the same target audience as ours, as it is more of a male dominant film. 

Sidelined Synopsis

Isaac King (Theo White) is on the brink of becoming a professional premier league footballer (striker). However unfortunately he gets stabbed in a reprisal attack relating to his brothers gang actives on the way home from training. The knife severs an important ligament in his leg which puts him out of the game for life. Isaac wants to seek revenge on the gang that stabbed him so he hires a hit to kill them. The hit goes wrong and the gang finds out that he set the hit and go after him. He has to go on the run with his brother Ryan King (Jack Smith) and they try to survive against the gang chasing him down. Isaac and Ryan hide out in various places but eventually they get caught and the Ryan dies in front of him. In his anger he punches the gang leader to death. The film ends with Isaac lying in a heap of bodies, crying. The moral of the story is revenge will lead to suffering and bad consequences.

Timetable

Timetable

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
P. 1	P. 1	P. 1 - Media	P. 1	P. 1 - Free
P. 2	P. 2	P. 2 - Media	P. 2 - Free	P. 2 - Free
P. 3 - Free	P. 3	P. 3	P. 3 - Media	P. 3
P. 4	P. 4	P. 4	P. 4	P. 4 - Media
P. 5 - Media	P. 5	P. 5 - Free	P. 5	P. 5
P. 6

In RED is when we have the same free periods.

In BLUE is when we have media lessons.

In BLACK is when I have free periods. 

Preliminary Task Evaluation

This was the preliminary task we filmed which is a shot reverse shot sequence. In our preliminary task we learnt how to use and shoot a variety of shots such as long shots, close ups, over-the-shoulder shots, reverse angle shots, mid-shots and medium close ups. 

In our opening sequence we did an established long shot of the building to set the location and time of the scene. I thought this shot we used established the shot very well for the opening sequence of our film, this shot proved to be very effective as it outlined the building at a good angle. Our second shot was of me getting tracked going into the building and from 0:08 to 0:13 and the camera was still but moving sideways as I was walking and this showed that the camera was steady as it was resting on a tripod. I thought what we did really well was at 0:24 to 0:32 when you see a over-the-shoulder shot of me walking into the room but then the camera changes to a over-the-shoulder shot of Theo watching me walking up to him. The reason being because you see how the worker uses his body language in respect of his boss by putting his hands behind his back and standing up straight, looking directly a him instead of his hands in his pocket and looking at the around the room. Also, the way the shot establishes Theo's character of a person who has dominance, power and respect. This proved to be effective as we showed the audience what kind of characters we represent just our body language. In the shot of Theo's view of me, you could only see my body taking up half the shot along with the mise-en-scene and the other half of the shot was of Theo and his view. 

I thought our framing at 0:44 to 0:53 could of been better, as it looked to be dramatic shot instead of being a subtle shot. It looked like Theo was a small person looking down at someone and the way I looked up at Theo showed that I was looking up to more of a giant. This showed that we could of adjusted the framing to make it to look more subtle. Another shot I thought we could of done better was at 0:22 to 0:25 of the sign on the door. We filmed the sign on the door in one shot and then as you see me walking into the room the sign is not there anymore. This showed we didn't focus on this scene properly, leading it to look poor and unprofessional.

I think this task helped me and Theo alot as it showed us what we did good and what we did bad. This can help us in the future because we learn from our mistakes. It also widened our knowledge on how to do different shots and make a good story board. The story board helped us plan our story and gave us a better idea of how to make the short film.

                                                                      

Overall, I am pleased with our short film because I think we did really well at our first time filming and even though we made a couple of mistakes, I think we can learn to improve on them in the future. As a whole, the film turned to be good and I think me and Theo did really well.