Tuesday 3 November 2009

media project treatment

Below is an overview of the whole film, not all of this will be seen in the trailer.
Scene 1.
The first scene would involve all the lights going down in a building, with someone yelling the words “powers out.
Scene 2.
The second scene would be a shot of Jack Jones talking to his boss. His boss would be explaining to him the threat the terrorists pose to the nation, and explaining that they were responsible for the power outage yesterday. Finally, the boss would explain to Jack that his mission is to retrieve both the program that shut down the power network and the scientist that created it.

Scene three.
This scene would show Jack evading guards on his way to the scientist. A possible method of him doing this would hiding in cupboards as the guards walk past, or hiding in various storage containers so that guards do not notice that e is there.

Scene four.
This scene would involve Jack meeting the scientist ( Dr Smith) for the first time. This would be done in a large room filled with computer equipment. Jack would enter the room just as Dr smith was about to shut down the power network for the second time Although jack is able to retrieve the disk from Mr Smith, Mr Smith sets off the alarm system, and so jack is unable to evacuate him safely.

Scene 5.
This scene would be a chase sequence in which Jack is seen running away from pursuing guards out of the terrorists headquarters, he would escape to a helicopter that is waiting outside.

Scene six.

Jack wold be talking to his boss again outside the base for this scene, his boss would explain that the disc that Jack recovered was only a backup, and the real program was on the terrorists central computer system. Located at the top of a tower.Jack objective is to blow up the mainframe.

Scene Seven.
This scone involves Jacks re entry into the base. It is another chase scene, but this time the chase covers different areas that it did before, at the end of the scene jack finds the mainframe control room and plants the demolitions charges he has been given.

Scene eight
This is the scene in which jack escapes from the base, at the beginning of the scene, Jack communicates with his boss, who explains to him that he only has five minutes to escape before the whole thing blows to pieces. This scene will be incredibly similar o the other two chase scenes, expect that the people rushing around will not necessarily be after jack but looking to escape as well. At the end of the scene, jack fights the scientist and wins. The end of the film sees jack escaping into the waiting helicopter, with the base blowing up behind hm.




Contents of the trailer.
this is the parts of the film that I would actually shoot for the project.

The trailer would Begin with a shot of the computer room, and a voice over saying that if this machine goes down, then the whole national grid will go down.

The trailer would continue with a shot of lights going out in various offices, and someone yelling “powers out. As happens in the start of the movie. The trailer would then cut to a scene of Jack talking to his boss outside the base he is supposed to be entering, with his boss explaining to him the situation.

The next scene in the trailer would involve Jack hiding in a cupboard to to evade a guard, then taking the disk that contains the power disrupting program form a shelf. He then sees the scientist about to push an alarm button , who says the line “ you’ll never take me alive

“ the next scene involves Jack being chased out of the installation while being followed by guards. Eventually bursting out of a large gate. The trailer ends with jack talking to his boss again, setting up the final scene of the movie.

1 comment:

Brother Paul said...

Suggestions:

Re back story: power cuts could be random but not global - would be equally destructive to economy, yet easier to shoot. Normally there would be a second strand in story e.g Jack's wife/girl ( or Jacqueline's husband/bloke if you find strong female lead in Performing Arts dept.)

Helicopters not available, alas. Explosions are difficult, too.

Re trailer - trailer should move towards climax and cliffhanger question