Here are some tracks my partner for this film Harry Laird has made for the short film. I am personally not a fan of ”Intro”, so we will have different tracks but of similar nature.
This is the song Harry plans to sing in the film. ”Bring it on home to me” by Sam Cooke
To listen to Harry’s voice, here is a a track of him singing.
Here are some test shots I have of the film. The video is silent, but I recommend playing Harry’s tracks on Soundcloud, especially “Knockout, over the video to get a feel of the film we are going to make.
SCRIPT (draft)
Late night, Hyde Park(Woodhouse Moor, outside Akmal’s)
Harry gets up and enters the camera frame as he does so, bloody and in pain, struggling to stand. He recomposes himself, glancing from side to side as if to look out for witnesses, then walks away from back of the restaurant, into the darkness through the trees and out onto the bright sidewalk along the busy main road, and cleans the blood off himself with a handkerchief.
Cut to
Late evening/Sunset, Harry’s Room
Harry sits by the window with his guitar and sings “Bring it on home to me” by Sam Cooke. Finishes the song. His crime partner gets off his chair in the room and walks across the room to Harry with a decanter of whiskey, and pours Harry a glass. They pick up their gloves and hammers and exit the room.
Cut to
Late night, House to be burglared into
Harry and his partner walk up the street and enters the house through the kitchen window. They split up upon entering. Harry enters a room and begins his search in a relaxed and observant manner. With his back to the door, he scrutinizes a precious object, and in the image reflected by the object, he notices a sillouette of a figure at the bright doorway. He spins around quickly to investigate but is immediately struck violently on across his head on his left temple by a wooden bat. [ milliseconds after he is struck, CUTS to a shot of a girl bathed in morning sunlight, looking perturbedly into the camera for a second, and cuts back ] He drops to his knees, then the rest of his body followed and [cuts to close-up of] his head slamming against the floor, blood spurting of his mouth, like this :
He manages to push himself up to his just in time to stop the second blow, catching the bat under his left armpit, and with his right hand in a swift and calculated series of movements, draws his hammer from the belt-loop located at the back of his jeans, swings it in a crescent arc and digs it into the ribs of his attacker. [ we begin to hear police sirens gradually growing louder ]. The attacker falls to the ground unconscious. Harry sits himself down against the wall, very hurt and bleeding all over his head.
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ENDS with both Harry and his partner not leaving the house, with police sirens growing louder to the point of practically being outside the house.
Chapter 3 of COP Essay
I am making a short narrative film with the hopes that it should serve the functions that I have mentioned. Ideally, my film would – 1. serve as a form of therapy ; Through audio-visual stimulation my audience will experience catharsis after conceiving the tragedy of Harry’s character’s downfall at best, or at least provide the audience an escape from their concerns for 10 minutes (escapism). 2. It would inform audiences, of the pervasive crime of burglary in Leeds, especially in the Hyde Park and Woodhouse area, which are majority students areas. 3. It would also inform my audiences of the harsh reality of leading an unlawful life. Successfully serving such functions would support my essay on the role of cinema.
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