Transformers 2, at last..!

Transformers 2.....
I finally got round to watching Transformers 2 at the weekend, I'm sure I probably should have been doing work on my script, but honestly i just couldn't concentrate, so i decided i would better off relaxing for a bit. 
I don't normally watch action movies,however i was very impressed with the first film, so i thought it was about time i watched the second, after all i figured i was owed some sofa time..
Having grown up with Transformers, He-man, Thunder cats, etc etc the
inner child was quite desperate to see the continuing adventures of Sam and MacKayla.
I was yet again impressed with the graphics, and only in my wildest dreams as a child could I have imagined Optimus Prime and his team of auto-bots becoming the wondrous machines they are now..It really is amazing what they can do with computers.
As far as plot lines go, its not that much different to the first one, making it easy viewing, and still suitable for my daughter to watch,(its a little harder to get upset about a lump of metal dying,than say for example a puppy) so anyway, yet again Sam saves the day with the help of the auto-bots and his rather hot girl friend good triumphs over evil and the world is safe again from the devious Decepticons.
I cant honestly say that i was that impressed with the overall result, however despite it all, i will be going to the cinema to watch the third one when it comes out, and even though i don't really like action movies, Transformers will always appeal to the child inside of me....

Character profiles for the meeting.

Character profile for Emma.
25 years old.
Plain looking, no distinguishing features, light brown hair, average build, about 5ft 2 inches.
She has spent most of her life going from one crappy job into another, never really happy or settled in her job choices, she is constantly looking for something to make her feel normal, whether is a relationship or job, she is always looking.
Emma suffers from post traumatic stress and severe depression, she has reached a point in her life, where she can no longer see a happy future, and has tried to kill herself, which has resulted in her being admitted into a mental health institution.
Emma is a very jittery character but has a lot of potential to be a confident,happy person, if she can only sort herself out.

Father character profile.
Age at time of death, 46 years, 2 months, 3 days, 4 hours and 23 minutes.
Stocky build, greying hair, hands the size of small dinner plates. He spent his primary years in care homes, with his brother and sisters, as a result of his mother abandoning them so she could go to university, whilst his father was away with the army. He always worked hard throughout his life so he could provide for himself and then his family, although he wasn't essentially a bad guy, he was abusive to his daughter, and also violent towards his wife.
He also had mental health problems which were never resolved, suffering with paranoia and mild schizophrenia, he had been an outpatient of a mental institution for years, before eventually killing himself.

Cameo roles, social worker. To be honest her part is so minor that i haven't really come up with a profile for her, other than late thirties female.

Hmmm well I think this enough for the meantime.........

Pitch for the meeting, version 2

After a re think and some feedback from simon, i have re written my pitch for the meeting.

A young woman finds herself in limbo with her deceased father, also her childhood abuser,and gets to ask him those all important questions. 24 words.

I hope this better and not so dry.

The Meeting, ideas for filming....

Well the synopsis is up for viewing....I have ideas for how i want the film to look, first of all it would be good if i can use studio three so that i can use the green curtains, as i was hoping to do a white room backdrop for the first scene,for the father and daughter scene, i was looking to have a fiery backdrop behind the father, possibly depicting scenes from hell with the daughter surrounded by an off white colour. I'm not sure how good final cut pro is and whether or not this is possible, so some research is required...  Hmmmm we shall see... Anyway i hope everyone is having a good weekend...see yah all on monday....

The synopsis for The Meeting.

The meeting, the synopsis.

This short film features a young woman “Emma” a fairly plain looking woman who is 25 years old. Emma is currently in a mental health institution due to severe depression and suicidal tendencies brought on by a traumatised childhood where her father regularly beat and sexually abused her. She has only been in the institution one week so far and has just received news from her social worker that her father has committed suicide. Emma is furious that she never got the chance to confront her father.

After receiving the news Emma lays in bed praying that she had just one more chance to speak with him to ask him the questions she never had the opportunity to ask.

After falling asleep she “awakes” to find herself in limbo, with her father standing before her, shocked but unafraid she stares her abuser in the face, her father still looks the same in death as he did in life, with his grey hair, stocky build and still wearing the same look of contempt for her that he always did.

She finds the courage to start her inquisition of her father with the intention of some resolution, possibly even closure. This is a film about relationships, love and resolution, looking at the human psyche in a painful and emotional way, it is set mainly in the one room as this is a character based film and doesn’t require too many effects to get the point across. This is a touching subject for many people and as we follow Emma’s journey, and ordeal we hope for her that she will get the closure she needs to feel “normal” again. This is a once in a life time opportunity to confront her abuser, how many people out there would relish that chance to confront someone they once knew who has since passed on?  

313 words again...not sure why this has happened.....

The pitch for The Meeting

After a long week and more problems with student finance, I have finally managed to get back to blogging.

This is proving harder than I thought, I have an idea that is about something I care very much about, however trying to "sell" this idea wont be easy, its not about something pleasant and its also going to be a pig to post edit, specially because I still don't know how to use final cut pro, I think I may have to spend some time with Fergus.
So far I have come up with several ideas, none of which felt quite right to me, this one however does.

This is the pitch, "A young woman is given the opportunity to confront her abuser after he has died, and ask the questions she has wanted to for years." 25 words.

Now for the synopsis, wont be long...

The Meeting

Well at long last I have finally settled on an idea for The Meeting. I'm not sure how everyone will feel about it, so I wont be revealing too much until the big day... I thought long and hard about whether or not to do this, as its very raw emotionally, and might upset some people, but its about real life, and what we wish we could do about it... I don't want to say too much, and I have a lot to write up.

The synopsis for Spaced.

We have been asked to write a synopsis for Spaced in 300 to 500 words. I wont say this was easy, because it wasn't. I managed to write 313 words.


Not your typical boy meets girl story, Spaced is about the adventurous lives of Tim and Daisy who live in a shabby building in London. It starts with Tim and Daisy meeting in a café, where they form a friendship. Daisy a deluded graduate who has been living in a squat is flat hunting, and the aspiring comic book artist Tim who has been recently dumped by his girlfriend is also looking for somewhere to live .After realising they need each other they move into Marsha’s (the land lady) room under the pretence of being a couple.

Living in the building is Brian a tortured artist with a split personality, who isn’t in touch with reality very often and is dating a rather ditzy girl by the name of Twist who believes she works in fashion but in actual fact works in a launderette.

Tim and Daisy together with Tim’s T.A crazy friend Mike who is a trigger happy fantasist go on a variety of fast paced comical adventures, whilst still trying to keep secret about their fake romance from the prying eyes and ears of the alcoholic land lady Marsha.

This is a fast paced comedy set locally with lots of pop culture references and action scenes with the occasional dose of animation and a contemporary sound track, with the characters growing emotionally and each episode being self contained it is easy but enjoyable viewing for the audience, keeping them interested and allowing them to become familiar with the characters.

With multiple story arcs and non linear, fast editing, jump cuts and unusual camera angles this makes for great viewing as well as making you aware of watching it. Slightly abstract but hilarious British comedy this is a series about modern day relationships, surviving the rat race and realising your head full of dreams is sometimes just a head full of dreams.

Spaced the pitch.

The first time I watched spaced was some years ago, and I enjoyed watching it this time round just as much as I did then. We were asked to come up with a 25 word pitch for spaced as part of our story telling module.

I came up with 4 drafts and eventually settled on the first one I wrote. I'm not sure how good this would sound if I had to pitch this to someone in a lift and I went over my limit by 1 word. Anyway this is it......

"The lives of a dysfunctional couple who live together in a building with surreal characters. All trying to survive in the rat race, with hilarious results".

We were also asked to come up with a pitch for our favorite T.V series or program, mine is as you can see from the above image is Smallville. This was my pitch....

"An action packed sci-fi series about the adventures of a young superman facing all of life's trials and tribulations as a post pubescent".  

Thats it for the moment I have a synopsis for spaced to work on.