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Creating The World of our Multimedia Projects
Physical | |
| Being | What are the dominant species? Can they change shape or form? How long do they live? What size are they? Eddie is human |
| Movement | How do you move in your world? Are there different intensities of movement such as walking, running, flying...is gravity a factor or not? Like most humans on Earth. The story is set in a realistic environment |
| Survival | Any special rules of survival? Do you need extra equipment to survive? Nothing above and beyond what we already know |
| Time | How does time progress? Is it absolute or subjective? Does time play a part in the makeup of the world? Time is represented as normal to the character although as he is not alive, he is living in the past |
| Transport | What are the forms of transport, how do they work and who has them? restricted to available forms of transport in Australia 2008 |
| Landforms | Describe the terrain - is it hospitable? What does it have a lot of? Not much of? Set in a central melbourne apartment |
| Colours and Sense | What's the world's dominant palette - describe the background sounds, textures, smells and tastes Busy, developed city sounds |
| Technical | What tools are carried? What tasks do they accomplish? NA |
| Social | |
| Class or Caste | Is there a class or caste system? Are these boundaries firm, flexible, secure or under threat? NA |
| Communication | How do inhabitants communicate? Who owns the means and does everyone have access? Eddie can not communicate with anyone, although in this time frame he is not aware of that fact |
| Type of government | Monarchy, autocracy, democracy, dictatorship, commune, cult? What's its effect on the inhabitants? NA-Australia 2008 |
| Built environment | How much is urbanised? Wilderness? Is there a rural sector? Are urban areas well inhabited? In good repair? City Location |
| Social fabric | Are things generally good or bad? What makes them so? Who has power? Do they use it well? They appear good and normal at the start but turn bad by the end |
| Belief | Is there a predominant or established belief system? Who believes and why? Is this system tied to the government? Do you believe in ghosts? |
| Play | What do inhabitants do for fun? Sport? Art? Culture? War? Do they have fun at all? Movies, sports, games |
| Life pattern | What's the general pattern of living? Do most inhabitants have the same pattern? Who are the exception and why? work to live |
| Family | Are there families? Do inhabitants have parents? What's the system? How are they brought up - parents or others? What's the predominant morality regarding family units? Eddies family live out in the burbs and he stays in contact with them. |
| Fashion | What do people wear and why - fun, class, differentiation, identification? Eddie is casual in what he wears but does dress up when necessary, but tries to avoid the trappings of fashion dictation |
| Personal (for the main part character or primary agent) | |
| Appearance | Typical in appearance? If not, why not? What is worn? refer to above |
| Social standing | What's the social mix around you? What class, income, societal position? middle (working)class |
| Aim in life | What's your purpose or mission in life? live life, enjoy life and the people around me cos life can be short. |
| Place in the world | With the above info in mind, where do you stand in relation to this world and its social structures? "Winner"? "Loser"? Renegade? Typical resident? Some would class Eddie as a loser with no goals or objectives but he purposely avoids falling into line with what society is selling and doesn,t want the big house with the trophy wife and the merc in the drive. |
| Strength and weaknesses | Do you have special or unique perceptions and actions? An Achilles Heel/fatal flaw? Eddie perceives life is normal at the time of his story |
| Communication | How do you communicate to others? normally as humans do in western culture |
| Sensory perception | What senses do you use and why? as Eddie is dead, his soul is his only sense and what he sees is maybe imagination |
| Perception, memory | How do you gather and store information? Do you have any form of artificial memory? Does everybody have them? NA |
The Unwelcome
This Script belongs to Ralph Rosa, steal it and I will find you.
UNWELCOME
Scripted by ralph rosa
Scene 1.
Close up of television screen. Gazelles running around somewhere in
“Gazelle’s are extremely swift creatures and are able to reach high speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. The Eudorcas Thomsonii, commonly known as the Thomson Gazelle averages between 60 to 90 centimetres in height at the shoulder, is brown and white in colour with a distinguishing black stripe…”
STATIC(Channel change)
Feminine Hygiene Ad with girls playing on the beach, running around and laughing and having a great ol time.
“…and you’ll never have to worry no more. Panty Fresh is made of all natural ingredients making it extremely sensitive to your most sensitive areas.”
STATIC(Channel change)
Ad for new abdominal machine. Images of before and after. Really fat to really muscled. Fat guy doing sit up – No more!
“The AbRoyale will give you that flat, rock hard, sexy abs much more faster than any other of those inferior products on the market. The new titanium screws allows for a much more concentrated workout…”
STATIC(Channel change)
Scene 2.
Sound during A/
“…with their breeding habits in the wild. All species of Gazelle establish territories during the breeding season and will ensure the exclusion of other mature males while the females are receptive. A battle for the fairer sex can turn extremely violent given that their sharp horns can reach up to a foot long…
A/ Eddie sits on the couch in the dark. Glow of the tv reflecting on him. The channel is again on the Gazelle documentary. A packet of S&V chips sits on his right and he has a remote control in his left hand. A beer is on the coffee table next to a newspaper. His right hand fishes inside the packet of chips and then shovels them into his mouth. He then takes a swig of the beer and puts it down again. Eddie then changes channel again.
STATIC(Channel change)
Sound during B/
“…While Lindsay Lohan has gone into hiding since rolling the vehicle she was driving. Witnesses say the car flew about 45 feet before landing on its trunk
B/ Camera still on Eddie as he watches news report with female news presenter.
Scene 3.
Close up on the TV as news is being reported.
… Unconfirmed reports suggest Lindsay was seen entering the ambulance with a white powdered substance around her nose. And in other news, police in
Scene 4.
The Dialogue below continues through scenes A,B,C,D.
“…The victims seem not to have much in common and vary in age, race and sex. Police believe the murderer may stalk his victims and may even get to know them before killing them. His motive is still unknown. All victims have been found dead inside there apartments with lethal knife wounds. No witnesses have yet come forward, but police urge anyone that may have seen or heard something strange to please come forward. Police say they are still pursuing possible leads and hope they will have apprehended the murderer soon but do urge all citizens to ensure all doors and windows are locked and to not open the door to strangers…”
A/
Close Camera on Eddie, he grabs and eats some more chips.
B/Close up on door handle. Still at first and then it starts turning.
C/Back to Eddie, with no idea. Camera view further away with door in background.
D/Back to door handle still turning.
Scene 5.
News reporter in background: “…The latest victim was buried today in a private service at St Francis. Also in
Then the news reporter starts talking about weather over the country.
Camera is on Eddie with door in the background. Door slowly creeps open only about 20 centimetres. The newspaper on his coffee table rustles and he turns his head to see the door has opened. He gets up and walks over to close the door and turns on the light.
Scene 6.
News reader still reading news on weather.
Camera close up on his eyes looking around curiously.
Scene 7.
News reporter hands over to financial report.
Camera, full body shot at the front door and follows as he walks to the window on the other side of the room. Half way there he looks at his watch. When he gets there, rain is falling on the window and there is a neon sign for a motel on the other side of the road. There is a window with the light on and a figure moving around and then the light goes off.
“Shitty Weather!” he says and then draws down the blinds leaving the slates open.
Eddie then turns back and walks out of camera shot towards the couch.
Scene 8.
News report still going
Camera on Eddie as he sits on couch.
Then ‘BANG, BANG, BANG!’
Scene 9.
News report still going but very faintly in background now.
Cuts to bathroom and zooms in a little then BANG,BANG,BANG again.
Scene 10.
News report still going but very faintly in background now.
Eddie gets up cautiously and heads toward the bathroom
Scene 11.
News report still going but very faintly in background now.
Eddie at bathroom door. Camera at his back. He pauses then pushes the door open carefully and steps in.
Scene 12.
News report cant be heard at all now.
Camera pans left to right in the bathroom. Starting with shower on left then his own reflection in the mirror then the toilet on the right. Then the camera pans back to the centre and his reflection and he sees a dark figure behind him.(Sharp spike sound)
Scene 12b.
Close up on his face from front and turning around suddenly to face the figure but no one is there.
Scene 12c.
He looks back to his reflection and no one is there. He sighs a sigh of relieve. “I need another drink!”
Scene 13.
Camera on whole kitchen, Eddie walks into scene from right, to the fridge. Opens the fridge door. As he does so a cupboard door opens slowly that he can see out the corner of his eye. Then another one slowly. Then another fast, and another.
“What the hell is going on?”
He starts backing out of camera shot to the right.
Scene 14.
Close up of head darting around. “I gotta get outta here!” as he turns around towards the front door.
Scene 15.
Camera on full body shot and follows him to the front door.
Scene 16.
Close up of handle. His hand goes to it and it wont open.
Scene 17.
Camera full body. He is giving it his full force to open the door.
Scene 18.
He walks fast to the phone – no dial tone. Taps button twice. Still no dial tone.
Scene 19.
A/Cut to close up of phone. Taps phone again, still no dial tone.
B/Cut to close of face. “Shit.” Then goes to slam the phone down.
C/Close up on phone as it slams down.
Scene 20.
Full body shot as lights flicker a few times, he looks up and around then they blink out.
Scene 21.
Pitch black at first then you see a soft pink glow that flashes with the neon light from out side through the slated blinds. Camera follows Eddie as he fumbles to the kitchen. Shuffling through the cupboard and draws.
Scene 22. (now not a separate scene.Is now a continuation of scene 21)
Noise of shuffling through draws stops for a second then blink! A flash light lights the room. He starts walking towards the door cautiously.
Scene 23.
Camera directly behind Eddie, a metre from the door. Just his silhouette can be scene as the torch hits the door in a large circle of light. Something darts past behind him, close to the camera and unrecognisable. Just a dark shadow and makes a little moving noise. Eddie turns quickly and flashes light into camera then around the room. Sees nothing.
Scene 24.
Camera behind him again as he flashes torch around. This time facing the bathroom. Suddenly the bathroom light starts flickering. He approaches the bathroom. Camera zooms in with him. Then he hears the shower start to run.
Scene 25.
A/ Camera from inside the bathroom as he opens the door, looking towards the shower.
B/ Camera on the shower who’s curtain is now drawn. Slowly his hand reaches towards the curtain. Slow and drawn out to create tension. Then a fast pull of the curtain reveals nothing.
Scene 26.
Camera looking at him through the reflection of the mirror. He looks around the room confused. Then a bang! And the mirror cracks. Then again, and again. “What the?”
Scene 27.
Camera is outside in lounge room, looking at him in bathroom. He is extremely agitated and nervous now and leaves the bathroom and as soon as he steps out into lounge the lights turn on.
Scene 28.
He starts to walk towards front door. Camera on whole kitchen. The draw opens loudly, with cutlery rattling. He turns fast. A large knife raises out of the draw. He is mesmerized, and in a flight stance but unable to move, just watching. Knife heads towards the bathroom, Camera follows the knife. Knife drops to the floor when it gets into the middle of the bathroom.
Scene 29.
Eddie cautiously walks to the bathroom, walking like he is ready to run. He gets to bathroom entrance.
Scene 30.
Close up of knife on floor. Then Camera pans up to the mirror and he sees his bloodied reflection. His hand goes up to his face as he gasps.
Scene 31.
Head shot of his hand feeling his face. His face is normal.
Scene 32.
A/ Camera back to mirror, his face still normal. Then pans down towards the knife and he sees a dead body lying in a pool of blood.
B/ Close up of face reveals it is him.
FLASH BACKS Scenes are Dark and fuzzy.
Scene 33.
Camera is ripped into a flash back. Someone entering his apartment.
Scene 34.
Eddie in shower.
Scene 35.
Done in ‘missing scene’ where the murderer is in one second near door then quick flash and he is at the phone and rips the cord out
Scene 36.
A/ Close up of Eddies hand turning off water.
B/ Eddie towling off.
Scene 37.
A/ Murderer opens a cupboard
B/ Close up of knife being taken out of drawer
Scene 38.
Eddie is brushing his teeth. He is clothed now. He sees the murderer appear in the reflection of mirror
Scene 39.
Camera as the mirror looking out. Murderer flashes from the doorwy to right behind Eddie. Grabs his head and slams it 3 times into mirror.
Scene 40.
Knife stabs Eddie in the side.
Scene 41.
Eddie falls to the floor in the position where he finds himself. Camera moves into birds eye view as he falls. Then pans to Eddie standing over himself. Body still in shot as Eddie disappears.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Character Kit - Eddie
Eddie
Super Objective – Hang out and enjoy life cos life is short!
Eddie sees himself as relaxed and easygoing
If Eddie were a food item he would be pizza because its convenient and easy.
Eddie dresses to accentuate his torso
Eddie dresses to hide nothing as he is happy with his appearance athough knows he is no model
Eddie leads with his mind
Eddies idea of a good night out is a non pretentious bar with friends and a few drinks
My idea of a bad night is at an overcrowded night club were everyone is too beautiful to talk to and you can’t hear your friends talking.
I value my best friend because he will always be there for me.
Favourite music is Jack Johnston
Relaxing means home in front of the tv with beer and a pizza.
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