Discovery Project log: Prologue

3 ideas i had for the discovery class this term:

1) a short film about the Prison Fellowship Ministry in Canada (Vancouver)

2) an artistic experimental short about my brother's daily routine

and 3) a music based video (no lip syncing MTV) collaborating with my composer friend

Always wanted to 1 but never got the motivation to complete anything concrete before the passed Friday, chilling with a friend talking about his personal experience, and after the long and enriched conversation, Im deeply moved and motivated to get the job done, sending a message with my talent. 

Escape and Redemption 

A short story about the Prison Ministry fellowship in Canada. 

Few directions on this matter:

Filmsy, down-to-earth, More filmsy and more down to earth, or more down to earth and less filmsy.

In other words, can be either dramatic or not so dramatic, need to see the balance of the finished script to make any decisions.

Prisoner

Lost cus looking back now, he realized the lack of purpose in his life. Even more lost because he can’t imagine living this pointless life when he’s out of prison. Due to this reason, his subconscious develops this tendency of staying in this prison, the only thing that’s left for him.

And so it begins…

Black Frame

A few “bangs” of gun shots

Footsteps sprinting from far to close

Siren of Police force follows

Scene appears

EXT. Random street-Daytime

Floor angle of an ordinary street, the sprinting legs cut into the scene, running away from the camera.

Cut to

EXT. the corner brick of the street-Daytime

Again floor angle of the street, but this time the sprinting legs are running towards the camera, they reach the corner then quickly turn and hide against the wall

Camera

Elevates from the foot till we see the face of their carrier, which is masked with a typical robber mask.

Breathing

Heavier and heavier as the camera elevates

Body

Shivering from heavy breathing

Now we finally get to see the entire body of this criminal, ordinary clothing with a pistol on his hand and a bag on the other.  He is leaning towards and the wall, trying to catch his breath from this escape.

Criminal

Takes of his mask with his pistol hand

CU of the Criminal

Cut to

Black Frame with a closing sound of a cell

Quote appears

“Once you are a prisoner,

You’re always a prisoner…”

Quote fades out

Fade in

INT. Prison Cell

Overhead shot

prisoner and the cell

We see for a while, it is an old fashioned, small cell with one gate and surrounded by bricks, no windows with only a dim set of lighting.  The prisoner is sitting on his bed, facing down.

Wide angle shot

The prisoner on his bed, eating an apple

The wall is filled with sets and sets of tally marks.  Nothing needs to be said, we know this prisoner is counting his days out of this place, but for what purpose, we don’t know…

*Taken from Sin City (Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller)