Art Department and Locations

PROPS:

• Cap Gun - $2 Shop

• Cell Phone - My own

• Banana Skin - Home

• Apple - Home

• Pocket protector with pens - 2 dollar shop

• Cigarettes

COSTUMES:

   Eugene

• High waisted jeans
• Button up shirt
• Nerd glasses - 2 dollar shop
• Waistcoat

   Big bob

• Muscle singlet
• stubbies
• work boots
• Beanie

    Esmeralda

• Black dress
• Black Heels
• Red lipstick

All costumes will be sourced from family and friends

Crew and Talent

Cast:

Zac Neill ( 0273885045 ) - Eugene

Michael Dunlop ( 0273755173 ) - Big Bob "The Bulldozer" Brown

Extras:

(town's people)

Emerald O'Neill ( 0277397885 )

Bryony Vickers ( 0272374206 )

Johnny Duncan (0278283820 )

Rebecca Dore ( 0273518914 )

Brian Dibnah ( 02102837622 )

Chris McGavinsky

Francesca Maremonti

Crew

Christian Lee

Taylor McLellan  ( 0278609444 )

Production Peer Assessment

Strengths...


The idea is behind the story is pretty good showing all the nerds they can stand up to their bullies and how it will be in Eugene's point of view will be real nice, and it might stop most bullying around school.


You are very organised making this film that you are making this, very sorted in what you want to do in your film.


Weaknesses...


Am worried about the school camera using because what if they are all booked and you can't use your friends one.




because you are doing this with a school camera and can't take the camera off school grounds am worried about the time of filming.


Questions...


How are you going to do the WESTERN theme?


Is you're character Eugene is going to portray a nerd well?

Treatment

The Present
Burnside High
Locker Bay


Eugene looks across the locker bay at his arch enemy Big Bob the Bulldozer Brown. He puffs out his chest, takes a deep breath in and gains the courage to walk past Big Bob without him noticing. "Please don't see me" he repeats in his mind. As he approaches big bob, he slumps into an unimposing heap. Big bob turns, and pushes him to the ground. Looking over him, he spits down on Eugene and if that wasn't enough,  he kicks him in the guts. Eugene looks stunned. He is sick of the daily treatment. It is time to get his own back. Eugene day dreams. He dreams that he is as big as muscly as Big Bob, so much so that he is able to beat up Big Bob. He snaps back to reality and gets up from his spot on the locker bay floor.

Task 1: Concept

I have decided to work around a genre and build my narrative upon that. I have chosen a western film, with a slight modern twist on it. The name of my film is yet to be decided but i have a few ideas, such as Eugene Out West, Small Town Hero, Eugene and a few others. I wish to explore the ideas of anti-bullying and sticking to your morals. I also want to show how being the small guy in the background and having good morals gets you far in life, and the bullies get punished. I want the viewer to have sympathy for the nerd in the opening, when we are shown his hard life. I want the viewer to fall in love with the nerd, then, when he defeats the bully I want the viewer to have a sense of pride for the nerd. As for the bully, I want to continuously portray him negatively, and the viewer develops a sense of hatred for the bully. I want them to feel happy for the nerd, and particularly i want them to realise the hurt that bullies can do. I also want to show that bullying is not OK and I hope that when they go away from the event and see a case like this on the street, they will do something about it.


The story will be set in a small town. The main character, Eugene is a bit of a nerd and socially inept. He is being bullied by the town tough guy, Big Bill "The Bulldozer" Brown. A 'fight' (or showdown) is organised for the afternoon and all the town's people are there to see. Eugene ends up 'accidentally' killing Big Bill and the towns people see him as a hero. There is where it will stop but the rest of the movie will be set up that he will go to other towns to defeat the enemy. I want to have no dialogue. I want to do this to avoid getting poor quality audio I will use a range of P.O.V and CU and Long Shots. I have friends that do drama that are happy to be actors and some friends with little acting experience to be extras a the town people. I will use the school cameras and possibly my friends camera and I have the adobe suite at home to edit it with. This will be interesting to a student audience because the idea of bullying is common at schools.

Thinking About Genre-Analyse

ANALYSE


Both Frankenstein and Nosferatu had very low budgets, and they were both very high grossing films. The low budget meant that they could not use intricate sets, but the simplicity of both films added to the fear of what might exist. Because they were both shot on location, the directors could use the natural setting and elements of their locations to both portray the foreign setting and to also add the the natural fear of both films.


The use of foreign setting in both was very affective, and in Frankenstein it developed a wider idea of the events of the time. Frankenstein was set in a war and depression stricken 1931 Germany. They had just come out of a failed war effort and their country's economy was at rock bottom. The views of Germany at the time were well and truly portrayed in Frankenstein. People saw Germans as evil, blood thirsty killing machines, after causing inappropriate terror on the world in World War 1. When Dr Frankenstein made his blood thirsty monster, this symbolised the stereotypical idea of Germans at the time. Being a USA produced film, their points of views of Germans were well and truly portrayed through the Symbolism of the monster.


 The effect on society created by the use of Foreign Setting of the film in Frankenstein was that the stereotypical view of Germany at the time of evil monsters was reinforced. There was a fear of Germans created as a consequence of people in the western world seeing this film. After Nosferatu, a impact on society was a large fear that a spooky town like Transylvania could exist. This was reinforced by the shot on location in Romania which made the viewer feel it was real. It also reinforced their current fears that the plague was contracted by and unknown source. This relates to the current events of the plague (at the time) in Europe and people were already scared  even without seeing the film. The film takes the current fear of the plague and exposes it to the viewer in a more harsh way.


In most critical reviews of the respective films, the Foreign Setting is not commented upon because it is overridden by other ideas developed in the film, but the y do comment that having a single location to film at made the budget much less, and it is still very effective in the way the setting links the the narrative and the wider ideas as a whole.


In conclusion, the Foreign Setting in both films adds an element of fear, and although it may not be the most important convention in both films, it is still use in such a way that it contributes to building the base of a lot of other conventions to make both films great.

Thinking About Genre-Explain

EXPLAIN:


The use of foreign setting in Nosferatu was used to create a fear of the unknown. Transylvania was a mystical, made up town which no one knows about. We are exposed to new and unusual castles and countryside that makes the viewer feel uncomfortable because they are not familiar with the setting. This links to the film as a whole because most of the fear is fear of the unfamiliar, unusual and unknown Vampire Nosferatu. The use of the foreign Transylvania adds to this element of fear. The use of the town of Transylvania conforms to the classic Vampire books and films. It is certainly not the first time that the viewer has heard about Transylvania but for many, it is the first time we have seen a  portrayal of Transylvania in film and for many viewers they are shocked at the isolation and how barren the town is. Also since Transylvania was shot in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, the viewer also considers if the spooky town is real. The effect of reality combined with fear of unknown adds to the fear of the film.

 The use of foreign setting in Frankenstein was used to make the viewer feel that the evil monster is amongst them, especially in the scenes where the monster roams through the streets because for most viewers they can relate to the town and the fear of a monster such as Franbkenstein being amongst them. It also adds a real element to the monster, which reflects the film as a whole because the monster is made from the body and brain of a human. The setting is mostly in the countryside which gives the idea of isolation which adds more fear to the film. The castle of Dr Frankenstein adds to the fear becauuse it is very large and medieval which frightens the viewer because again, it is an unfamiliar setting which the viewer is afraid of the unknown, and all the machinery in his lab is very intimidating and never seen before.

 The castle of both Nosferatu and Frankenstein both have a similiar purpose in their respective films. To expose the viewer to an unfamiliar environment but then also in the town scenes, the fear is made through how real the places are portrayed. This is reinforced in Nosferatu, when Transylvania is shot on location in Romania, which makes the 'fake' town of Transylvania feel much more real.