Saturday, 2 January 2010

Shot List and Script mix

L’AMOUR DU SANG Written by Thomas West, Co-written by Luke Parker, Corey Wilcock & Karl Swales.

SCENE 1. EXT URBAN AREA. EARLY EVENING.

JASPER is sat on a bench; he is staring at a woman across the street.

Shot 1: Medium of Jasper to introduce him.

Shot 2: Long pan shot over Jaspers shoulder following Abi crossing the road.

JASPER

Shot 3: 1st person from Jasper watching Abi.

It wasn’t always like this; I was normal like everyone else. I didn’t ask for it, I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone. Imagine living everyday hating yourself and who you are.

Look at her. She’s innocent, pure, human.


SCENE 2. EXT CHURCH. EVENING

Shot 1: Long shot following Jasper.

JASPER is exiting a church; he walks solemnly with his hands in his pockets, he walks towards the gate, but a mysterious figure is stood looking at him.

Shot 2: Medium of/from behind right side of Jasper and showing the “mysterious figure”.

JASPER starts walking the other way to the other exit, but another figure is stood there.

Shot 3: Medium shot as before but camera turn around 100 degrees to show the other figure but now from the left side of Jasper.

Shot 4: Close up on the “other figure” from shot 3 (shows us that they are vampires, show fangs and start hissing).

They advance on jasper.

Shot 5: Medium showing the 2 figures (now known to be vampires) both advancing towards Jasper.

Jasper rummages round to find his cross, he holds the cross in front of his face.

Shot 6: Close up of rummaging for cross and getting it out.

The brown Haired Vampire [MARQ] grabs the cross and throws it away the blond haired vampire [LOUIS] grabs JASPER and restrains him, while JASPER tries his hardest to escape.

Shot 7: Medium of Jasper holding up the cross then Marq throwing it and Louis in turn quickly restraining Jasper.

The Ginger Vampire [SOLOMON] Advances towards JASPER.

Shot 8: Medium of Solomon advancing.

And toys with him before biting his neck.

Shot 9: Close up of biting.

SCENE 3. EXT. URBAN AREA. EVENING.

The Young woman, Abi, walks across a road and looks at Jasper

(Following on from scene 1) Shot 1: Medium shot of Abi.

Shot 2: Close of Abi.

ABI

Do you have a light mate?

Shot 3: Close of Jasper

JASPER

(Shocked) Excuse me?

Shot 4: (semi) Close of Abi talking but not too close so we can still see the cigarette.

ABI

A light, for this (waves cigarette)

Shot 5: Close of Jasper.

JASPER

Sorry I don’t have one.

Shot 6: Medium following Abi.

ABI

Oh okay! (Sits down next to Jasper and starts rummaging through her bag)

ABI starts looking through her bag for a lighter

ABI

Got it…would you like one? (Offers cigarette to Jasper)

Shot 7: Close of Jasper.

JASPER

Sure

Shot 8: Medium of them both smoking.


SCENE 4. EXT. DARK URBAN AREA. NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN

Shot 1: Close up of Jasper.

He is laid on the ground on a dark rainy evening, his face is covered in blood, he has just been in a fight and has been abandoned we see the other vampires returning to him.

Shot 2: Close up of Marq.

MARQ

Have we made our point clear now!

Shot 3: Close of Louis.

LOUIS

Betray us again and you’ll wish you were never born!

Shot 4: Medium of Jasper also to show the vampires around him.

JASPER

You don’t understand! I don’t want to be like this any more!

Shot 5: Medium, Marqs line then Solomon stopping him then Solomon's line.

MARQ

Let me pummel the bastard!

SOLOMON

Wait…we give you the gift of immortality and this is how you repay us?

Shot 6: Medium panning shot following the fight.

LOUIS and MARQ start to beat us JASPER, They all put up the fight of their lives, blood splatters everywhere, and JASPER gets thrown to the floor again.

Shot 7: Close of Solomon and Jasper.

SOLOMON

Have you learnt your lesson yet?

JASPER

I will never be one of you!

Shot 8: Medium of Marq and Louis.

MARQ snarls and lunges forward but LOUIS restrains him.

Shot 9: Close of Solomon.

SOLOMON

Well you shall be destroyed!

Shot 10: Medium to show the vampire surrounding Jasper as the do there last lines.

LOUIS

Any last words?

JASPER

Bite me!

MARQ

(Chuckles) don’t worry we will.

LOUIS, MARQ & SOLOMON surround JASPER, he slumps into a ball and remains still.

(Note: Through out scene 4 all shots from Jasper will be low angle (looking up) and all shots of Jasper will high angle (looking down).)


SCENE 5 EXT URBAN AREA. EVENING

Shot 1: Tracking shot of front Jasper and Abi walking having finished smoking.

JASPER is looking down at his feet his cigarette burning away, ABI looks at him

ABI

I’m Abi by the way (she smiles)

JASPER

Jasper

ABI

I was wondering…would you like to go for a drink?

Jasper

I would like that.

Shot 2: Medium of Abi and Jasper main focusing on Jasper.

They walk past a dark alleyway, Jasper starts to twitch, he is visibly starting to change more ‘vampire’ like.

JASPER

Wait here; I’ll be rite back.

Shot 3: Close of Abi (confused).

ABI

Okay

Shot 4: Medium of Jasper scuttling away.

Jasper scuttles into the alleyway, his eyes start to get darker, his face goes pale and his fangs are more pronounced than before, in his head we see a montage of the other three vampires: LOUIS, MARQ & SOLOMON, laughing and taunting him, we also see all the events of the film so far and a few shots of JASPERS struggle.

Shot 5: Close of Jasper.

JASPER

Abi! I need your help a minute.

Shot 6: Long of Abi running up the alley.

ABI runs into the alleyway, she seems apprehensive.

Shot 7: Close of Abi.

ABI

What’s wrong? (She sees jasper) oh my god!

Shot 8: Close of Jasper.

JASPER

I’m so sorry, but I can’t take it anymore, I must have your blood.

Shot 9: Close of Abi.

ABI

I knew it, vampire, I can help you.

Shot 10: Medium of Jasper as he heads towards Abi and says line.

JASPER

Its too late, I'm so sorry

Shot 11: Medium shot following the fight.

JASPER attacks ABI, they fight, at one point JASPER has the upper hand and attempts to bite ABI, but she manages to break free, she then rummages through her bag and gets out a gun and a stake.

Shot 12: Close of Abi holding gun a stake.

ABI

I didn’t want to have to do this.

Shot 13: Medium of Abi shooting Jasper.

She shoots him several times in the stomach and blood splatters everywhere, he lies on the ground in pain and starts to panic.

Shot 14: Close up of Abi stabbing Jasper.

She then stabs the stake through his chest and he eventually dies. She sits next to him on the ground, and wipes the blood from his forehead. She puts the same cross that JASPER lost in an earlier scene around his neck. She kisses his forehead sobbing and gets up.

Shot 15: Close up of Jaspers head on the ground with Abis feet in the background walking away.

Cut to credits.

1 comment:

  1. Unfortunately due to script changes, location changes, props not being exactly how we expected them to be and the weather couldnt keep very close to the shooting script.

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