Evaluation edit

Final Shot List

Final Shot list

1)      Shot of institutional information – Warner Bros. animation

2)      Fade to black of shot of institutional information – Writers Bloc.

3)      Static transition to institutional information – Silver Pictures.

4)      Static transition to wide shot of reporter with picture distortion and static.

5)      Static transition to footage of nuclear explosion with intermittent picture distortion.

6)      Cut to black – Fade in white letters of bible quote and then fade to black.

7)      Medium close up of Tom opening cupboard. (Appears as a fade in due to camera being inside cupboard). Hand then covers screen and acts as a match cut to…

8)      Medium wide shot of drab and desolate landscape.

9)      Straight cut to close up shot of map and pen

10)   Straight cut to close up of hand circling area on map

11)   Straight cut to hand circling area on map

12)   Medium long shot of burnt out and decrepit building.

13)Straight cut to low angle shot of Tom clearing a building with his gun.

14)   Dissolve to long shot of Tom walking through a bleak and desolate landscape.

15)   Straight cut to medium close up of Tom walking past a dangling, rusty chain into the distance of an abandoned factory.

16)   Straight cut to long shot of Max and Tom walking down a road and into a grey wooded area. Rises in contrast to a lurid luminance and then briefly fades to black.

17)   Quick fade in close up of Max and Tom hiding from and discussing threat.

18)   Straight cut to wide angle medium close up of Curtis in a dark office.

19)   Straight cut to medium close up of Kieran punching Max.

20)   Screen momentarily goes black.

21)   Medium close up of Max parrying Kieran.

22)   Screen momentarily goes black.

23)   Medium close up of Max stabbing Kieran IN THE JUGULAR.

24)   Screen momentarily goes black.

25)   Long shot of Max laying Kieran’s corpse down to rest in the undergrowth. Fade to black.

26)   Straight cut to medium shot of Curtis pacing in his office drinking tea.

27)   Dissolve to close up of Max taking cover against a mound of earth with brief static, camera glare and distortion of picture revealing disturbing image of child enveloped in hot ash from nuclear fallout.

28)   Straight cut to close up of Tom responding to Max.

29)  Straight cut to medium high angled shot of Max and Tom talking.

30)   Dissolve to close up of Tom by fire.

31)   Jump cut to close up of Tom again by fire.

32)   Jump cut to another close up of Tom by the fire.

33)   Jump cut to close up of Tom by fire showing his distress.

34)   Straight cut to extreme close up of battered and torn photo of a child. (Would be on fire but Pinnacle problems).

35)   Straight cut to medium long shot of Tom falling to his knees in distress.

36)   Brief shot of person consumed by ash.

37)   Straight cut to close up of Tom with pallid light flickering on his face. Again, there is a quick distortion of the picture to reveal a disturbing image of a person enveloped in ash.

38)   Static transition to a medium close up shot of Tom, head in hand.

39)   Straight cut to close up of Max responding and consoling Tom.

40)   Straight cut to wide angled medium shot of Max putting his hand on Tom’s shoulder.

41)   Straight cut to medium long shot of Max and Tom at a different setting walking towards the camera and conversing.

42)   Straight cut to Medium close up shot tracking Tom’s movement as he talks to Max.

43)   Straight cut to reversed angle medium close up tracking Max’s movement as he responds.

44)   Straight cut to medium shot of Curtis slamming desk.

45)   Straight shot to extreme close up of Tom firing rifle.

<46)   Sudden fade to black after shot and then cut to long shot of Max and Tom traversing down a path as the camera pans away from them.

47)   Dissolve to film title.

48)   Dissolve to information regarding film ‘coming soon’, websites, institutions etc. 

Final Script

     EXT. MAIN ROAD, WHITWORTH – DAY

     A reporter is seen with a gas mask amongst static         interruptions. A nuclear bomb is shown exploding.

NEWS ANNOUNCER

Reports suggest casualties in the thousands.

INT. FACTORY, ROCHDALE -DAY

The journalist is seen scavenging and a dead river bed is shown which they must follow to the coast.

MAX

Food and water; shelter; follow the river; avoid the cities; find the coast.

INT. FACTORY, ROCHDALE – DAY

A map is shown with various locations highlighted and the veteran pointing to them with a pen.

MAX

Bombs fell here, here and here.

EXT. FACTORY, ROCHDALE – DAY

The journalist (TOM) and the war veteran (MAX) are seen travelling around various locations.

PRIME MINISTER

This is the Prime Minister. Stay in quarantine; I assure you, everything will be alright.

EXT. WHITWORTH - NIGHT

A conversation between the journalist and the war veteran establishes a relationship between them and that they are being hunted. The two are shown in a state of panic as they hear a siren go off.

TOM

What is it?

MAX

I think someone’s coming. It’s an Enclave search party! I knew they’d be after us.

INT. ENCLAVE OFFICE – DAY

The Enclave leader (CURTIS) is seen in his office cocking a gun and passing it to his hit man.

CURTIS

Get it sorted.

INT. ENCLAVE OFFICE – DAY

Non-diegetic voiceover of the war veteran over a scene of the Enclave leader appearing increasingly frustrated and impatient.

MAX

The government are hiding something.

EXT. WHITWORTH – NIGHT

The two appear startled as they have just met under the difficult circumstances of being flushed out of hiding.

MAX

What the hell are you doing here?

TOM

Shut up man!

EXT. BUILDING SITE, WHITWORTH – NIGHT

The two are shown talking, denoting that they are becoming closer.

MAX

So have errr... you got any kids?

INT. DARK ROOM WITH FIRE – NIGHT

Non-diegetic voiceover of the journalist over various scenes of him looking helpless.

TOM

I knew these people, I knew these streets; I knew myself.

EXT. BUILDING SITE, WHITWORTH – NIGHT

The conversation that was started in this location before continues to a conclusion. The veteran then comforts the journalist.

TOM

I had a small boy; I don’t know how he could’ve survived this. I don’t like to think about it really.

MAX

Don’t worry. We’ll get out of this!

EXT. FACTORY, ROCHDALE – DAY

A conversation is seen where the two main characters are planning to escape the confines of the forbidden area on which they have trespassed.

MAX

We’ll be at the border soon.

TOM

Then what?

MAX

Then; then we run.

Poster

This is the finished poster that I made on Adobe Photoshop, including institutional information, logos, reviews, credits and a slogan. In the process, I got feedback from family and friends on how to make it better from previous drafts.

BBFC Rating

We have suggested that our full production would be rated 15 on the BBFC rating, by alluding to mature themes in the trailer such as violence and death. We have also promoted aspects of our production in the trailer that will appeal to teenagers, the most salient example being action elements in the form of gun and hand to hand combat, which is why we chose to opt for a 15 rating rather than an 18. In addition, we thought there would be no need for overexaggerated gore, lurid representations of drug use or segments with full nudity and/or sex and therefore the film didn't require an 18 rating. This is advantageous in the respect that it would open up our production to a broader, and potentially lucrative, market (young teenagers being one of the main demographics to watch films), but could possibly dissuade a mature audience who may percieve the production as too 'tame' for their liking.