During this project i learnt how to use premier pro to create my own thriller within a small group of class mates. The thriller we created forfills the nature of a thriller using the codes and conventions, for example in our thriller we can only see certain parts of what is going on, like bonitzer we used partial vision to keep something’s hidden which then made the audience question on why the 'postman' was been followed in the first place or why the postman was reading through other peoples mail, another good example of Noel Carrolls suggestions to the question and answer model was brought up in our audience feedback when the individual wanted to know more on what was going to happen next and in the rest of the short beginning of our film.
The other way our film forfills the nature of a thriller is that we used an ordinary man with an ordinary job of a post man and included a villain that makes the post man get dragged into a tough situation all because he didn’t post a certain letter to the woman the villain wanted it to go to, like Northrop Frye believes that men and women are presented in the same way in most horrors, with the woman been the weak victim, although we do not show the woman in the opening of our thriller, the idea of her receiving threatening letters suggests she is a weak character. We also played with the genre codes as we used music to build up tension and have certain camera views so the audience would think something bad was going to happen, when infact the short film ended at that moment, doing this was effective and it did what we wanted it to and put thoughts into the audiences heads.We filmed our thriller outside in a residential area, this gave the effect of normality, which matches with the codes and conventions of a thriller, as it is a normal place.
by using a man with a normal job who leads a normal life, the opening scene of him walking through the woods with a nervous look on his face made the audience feel sorry for him, this was what we as a group wanted to achieve, as later in the film he is seen opening other peoples mail, then changing the audiences mind on him and maybe even portrays him as a villain himself.
The media i would of thought to distribute our film would be Filmfour, as they are well known and released films such as enduring love, therefore people would hear about our film.
The audience we chose for our thriller was certificate 15, choosing this was good due to the class that reviewed it were all aged between 16-17. To address our audience and keep them wanting to know more we created drama and suspense by using things such as creepy music with a fast paste beat, and changing the colours from a range to black and white, sepia and normal and used different camera views to draw the audience in.. By doing simple things like that we gave our audience what they wanted to see, and got back the feedback we needed, which was mostly very positive.
'the sepia effect was very good as it gave an eerie view on the film'
‘using the sepia effect made the villain out to be some kind of monster not just a villain’
'using the black and white footage was effective and it helped make the scenes fit together'
'the bag was good for the postman, but it was hard to identify him as a post man at the start'
‘the mumbling the postman did was good because it made him seem more unusual’
'the mask was quite comical. but it also added to the effect of unusual and creepy'
‘the heavy breathing done by the villain was scary and made it interesting’
'the graphics were bold so they stood out making it seem they wanted to be noticed'
'the colour of the titles used was effective because the red made it seem more like a thriller'
‘the hand held camera movement was really good because it was like someone was been followed’
'at first I found it was confusing because it was hard to focus with the movement of the camera, but that made me want to see more'
“The shots used ran smoothly together and the match on action was pretty much perfect”
“The music was well used and really added to the element of threat that the character felt from the villain”
The reactions and feedback we got from the class was something that made us proud to have produced a film that made people question and be unsure of what will happen next. Where as some people in the group said the mask was comical, the other half said if however they were in the situation of been followed by someone wearing the mask then they would be very scared and uneasy, another thing was that our thriller contained no murder scene or death, this was different to the rest of the groups who had murder scenes, we liked the fact that without a death the audience would be left on a cliff-hanger and leave the audience in constant wonder.
When filming our thriller, we ended up filming twice as the first time caught the sun light making it seem less scary, where as on the second it was darker and was an icy day creating more of a scary atmosphere to connotates, evil, sadness to forfill the codes and conventions of a thriller .
During this project using premier pro, I learnt how to edit properly to make scenes fit together to make a whole sequence, also how to cut things down or make them slightly longer to suit the frame. The main thing I learnt from this was to keep all my separate frames together and organised to make it easier to choose which clip I want and which ones go in which order, using the digital technology makes things run at smoother for example all the data is in one place so it doesn’t go missing and making a film, you can always go back and re edit if needs be and also reorder things the way you want, on the other hand digital technology can always hamper you, whilst half way through work the system can crash or something can go wrong making you loose your data or if one thing goes wrong, most of the work has to be reordered and put into place.
Also with it been so hands on, its hard to get more than one person to do the editing so you have to take it in turns which can be difficult to see where the other person got up to and take off where they left. Also when editing, if something goes wrong and you save it, theres no going back to the point it was at before.
At the beginning of the year we worked in groups of three and did a preliminary task on a continuity sequence with someone walking through a door, by doing this it was the first way to teach the group and myself how to use a camera properly. And how to use a camera with a stand and without a stand, we also used a microphone in the group I was in to add sound over the top of the short clip. The main thing we had a problem with as a group, was the space we needed to use was also been used by others in the group and as it was a corridor people walking past were caught in the shot, or the voices of others were recorded as well despite calling out ‘quiet on set’. if I were to do the preliminary task again I would first start off with making a better plan of where to film, and make sure it was a quiet area, I would also keep focused as I was easily distracted in the corridor. The other main thing to make sure off was that nothing was left on set for example a pen or white board in the background.
By doing the preliminary task it set me up for doing the thriller film as I took the things id learnt from the task and remembered them when doing my thriller.
At the start of making the thriller with my group, we ended up having a major problem. When filming, everything went as we wanted and we took the footage into college pleased with what we do, little did we know when shown on screen the footage looked as though it had a cloudy screen, we then realised the camera we filmed with had a finger print smudge on the lense, this was a big set back for the group as we had to go back and re film aswell as cast more people as the original characters were not in use. Fortunatly we resolved this issue, and refilled and got someone else to cast in our film, it turned out to be successful and although we lost time due to the incident we caught up and made the dealine for the media film to be finished.
Because of the setback it has also taught me to make sure before and during filming that there are no marks on the lense to prevent any further mistakes.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Friday, 16 January 2009
section 11 audience feedback
We watched our media films as a group and were given some audience feedback, we then had to record their feedback on the questions which were asked.
1: do you think that the effects we used help portray the characters?
'the sepia effect was very good as it gave an eeary view on the film'
' the black and white footage was effective and help make the scenes fit together'
2: Were the props appropriate for the audience to understand what was going on?
'the bag was good for the postman, but it was hard to identify him as a post man at the start'
'the mask was quite comical. but it also added to the effect of unusual and creepy'
3: Were the graphics used in the film suitable for this genre?
'the graphics were bold so they stood out making it seem they wanted to be noticed'
'the colour of the titles used was effective because the red made it seem more like a thriller'
4: Did the hand held camera work create tension for the audience?
'some of it did because it suggested someone was been followed'
'at first it was confusing because it was hard to focus, but that made me want to see more'
1: do you think that the effects we used help portray the characters?
'the sepia effect was very good as it gave an eeary view on the film'
' the black and white footage was effective and help make the scenes fit together'
2: Were the props appropriate for the audience to understand what was going on?
'the bag was good for the postman, but it was hard to identify him as a post man at the start'
'the mask was quite comical. but it also added to the effect of unusual and creepy'
3: Were the graphics used in the film suitable for this genre?
'the graphics were bold so they stood out making it seem they wanted to be noticed'
'the colour of the titles used was effective because the red made it seem more like a thriller'
4: Did the hand held camera work create tension for the audience?
'some of it did because it suggested someone was been followed'
'at first it was confusing because it was hard to focus, but that made me want to see more'
Section 10 logging sheets
Counter number shot decription shot length good take yes/no edit
..............................................................................................................................................................................
00:00:00 pan right to follow 10 sec no no
simon
00:00:10 TAKE 2 11 sec no no
00:00:21 TAKE 3 9 sec yes yes
...............................................................................................................................................................................
00:00:30 long shot of simon 5 sec yes yes
walking
00:00:35 hand held shot mr A 10 sec no no
point of view
00:00:45 TAKE 2 10 sec no no
00:00:55 TAKE 3 10 sec yes yes
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:05 Hand held following 5 sec yes yes
Simon
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:10 Hand held Mr A 5 sec yes yes
point of view
.................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:15 long shot right 5 sec yes yes
side of simon
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:20 midshot of front 5 sec no no
of simon
00:01:25 TAKE 2 5 sec yes yes
..................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:30 long shot behind 10 sec no no
simon
00:01:40 TAKE 2 10 sec yes yes
....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:50 long shot right of 5 sec no no
simon
00:01:55 TAKE 2 5 sec yes yes
....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:00 close up of feet 2 sec no no
on drive
00:02:02 TAKE 2 2 sec yes yes
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:04 full body shot 5 sec yes yes
of simon
......................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:09 mid shot behind simon 10 sec no no
00:02:19 TAKE 2 (changed to 10 sec yes yes
right side of simon)
.........................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:29 hand held MR A view 10 sec yes yes
...........................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:39 Long pan of simon following 10 sec no no
right
00:02:49 TAKE 2 11 sec no no
00:03:00 TAKE 3 10 sec yes yes
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
00: 03: 10 Hande held MR A view 10 sec yes yes
..................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................................................
00:00:00 pan right to follow 10 sec no no
simon
00:00:10 TAKE 2 11 sec no no
00:00:21 TAKE 3 9 sec yes yes
...............................................................................................................................................................................
00:00:30 long shot of simon 5 sec yes yes
walking
00:00:35 hand held shot mr A 10 sec no no
point of view
00:00:45 TAKE 2 10 sec no no
00:00:55 TAKE 3 10 sec yes yes
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:05 Hand held following 5 sec yes yes
Simon
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:10 Hand held Mr A 5 sec yes yes
point of view
.................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:15 long shot right 5 sec yes yes
side of simon
................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:20 midshot of front 5 sec no no
of simon
00:01:25 TAKE 2 5 sec yes yes
..................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:30 long shot behind 10 sec no no
simon
00:01:40 TAKE 2 10 sec yes yes
....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:01:50 long shot right of 5 sec no no
simon
00:01:55 TAKE 2 5 sec yes yes
....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:00 close up of feet 2 sec no no
on drive
00:02:02 TAKE 2 2 sec yes yes
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:04 full body shot 5 sec yes yes
of simon
......................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:09 mid shot behind simon 10 sec no no
00:02:19 TAKE 2 (changed to 10 sec yes yes
right side of simon)
.........................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:29 hand held MR A view 10 sec yes yes
...........................................................................................................................................................................................
00:02:39 Long pan of simon following 10 sec no no
right
00:02:49 TAKE 2 11 sec no no
00:03:00 TAKE 3 10 sec yes yes
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
00: 03: 10 Hande held MR A view 10 sec yes yes
..................................................................................
Sunday, 14 December 2008
section 9 production schedule
Production Sheet
Film Title: Mailman
Directors: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas, Chloe Roper
Producer: As Above
Client: Media Project
Date Production Started:
5/11/08
Story Board Started:
20/11/08
Shooting Started:
7/12/08
Location equipment required
Camera
Crewing Requirements
Camera Crew: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas
Film Title: Mailman
Directors: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas, Chloe Roper
Producer: As Above
Client: Media Project
Date Production Started:
5/11/08
Story Board Started:
20/11/08
Shooting Started:
7/12/08
Location equipment required
Camera
Crewing Requirements
Camera Crew: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas
section 8 production material
“Mailman” Storyboard
Shot List
Shot 1: Long shot in park of man walking towards the camera:
Shot 2: Same shot as previous but from a different angle in which it looks like someone is watching the man.
Shot 3: Same shot as previous but again from a different angle this way in editing we can swap and change between different shots to make it look like he is being watched from all angles.
Shot 4: Low angle shot from bushes as the man looks to where he hears a noise from.
Shot 5: Mid Shot, which is not positioned on a tripod as it is used as if somebody is following the man.
Shot 6: Panning shot establishing where the man is walking, it then zooms in as he walks past and approaches the house.
Shot 7: Long Shot of the man walking to the door.
Shot 8: The camera then zooms in to show a full body shot of the man.
Shot 9: Close up of the letters that the man is opening.
Shot 10: Close up of the man's face in reaction to opening the final letter.
Shot 11: Long shot from over the man's shoulder as he looks behind him.
Shot 12: As the man walks off the camera is postioned behind him and in front to compile series of effective shots.
Shot 13: The man is then seen walking off back into the woods in along shot from the bushes. Which finishes the opening sequence.
Shot List
Shot 1: Long shot in park of man walking towards the camera:
Shot 2: Same shot as previous but from a different angle in which it looks like someone is watching the man.
Shot 3: Same shot as previous but again from a different angle this way in editing we can swap and change between different shots to make it look like he is being watched from all angles.
Shot 4: Low angle shot from bushes as the man looks to where he hears a noise from.
Shot 5: Mid Shot, which is not positioned on a tripod as it is used as if somebody is following the man.
Shot 6: Panning shot establishing where the man is walking, it then zooms in as he walks past and approaches the house.
Shot 7: Long Shot of the man walking to the door.
Shot 8: The camera then zooms in to show a full body shot of the man.
Shot 9: Close up of the letters that the man is opening.
Shot 10: Close up of the man's face in reaction to opening the final letter.
Shot 11: Long shot from over the man's shoulder as he looks behind him.
Shot 12: As the man walks off the camera is postioned behind him and in front to compile series of effective shots.
Shot 13: The man is then seen walking off back into the woods in along shot from the bushes. Which finishes the opening sequence.
section 7 recce and location sheets
Location Sheet 1
Room of Postman’s flat
The room is quite small so we will make sure that people who do not have to be in there whilst filming is taking place aren’t in there. Also we will make sure that there are no lose cables on the floor where people could trip over them.
The location of the film is
58 XXXX Close
Cinnamon Brow.
Room of Postman’s flat
The room is quite small so we will make sure that people who do not have to be in there whilst filming is taking place aren’t in there. Also we will make sure that there are no lose cables on the floor where people could trip over them.
The location of the film is
58 XXXX Close
Cinnamon Brow.
section 6 character outlines and script
SCRIPT
“MAILMAN”
Script
Scene 1
Letter Scene
INT: Dark Room
*Opens with view of table where a piece of paper is placed on it by somebody’s hands. They then begin to stick letters on it from newspapers until it eventually spells out a message. The person then carefully folds the paper and places it in an envelope. They then bring the envelope to their mouth where they lick it to seal it. The letter is then dropped on a table revealing who it is to be sent to.
Scene 2
Street Scene
EXT: Street
Enter ALAN BAILEY
Alan Bailey: Whistle (postman tune)
Alan Bailey the mailman is walking down a street on his rounds posting letters. As he reaches the doors of people’s houses he takes out their letters and then proceeds to open them and read their mail.
Alan Bailey: Short Laugh (as he sees the size of the bill on somebody’s mail)
Scene 3
Door Scene
EXT: Porch of house
Alan Bailey stands under a porch of somebody’s house. He then begins to open the person’s mail.
Alan Bailey: Bill, bill, bill (short pause) now then, what’s this. No address hey? How has this letter got so far?
Alan then proceeds to open the letter that simply has a name written on the front, the name is “OLIVIA JOHNSON”. He begins to read the letter and a shocked expression appears on his face.
Alan Bailey: Now this is interesting, makes a change from vet bills anyway.
Alan goes to push the letter through the letter box when he stops. He quickly turns round, places the letter in his pocket and continues on his round.
Scene 4
Mailman’s flat scene
INT: Alan’s flat
Alan is slouched in a chair in his flat. He stares vacantly out of the window, then turns to look at the letter. He picks up the letter, very carefully as if it has something valuable in it he then removes the letter revealing for the first time to the audience what the letter says.
There is then a number of close up’s on Alan face, where a voice over says his thoughts.
Alan Bailey (Voiceover): I don’t particularly wanna’ get involved in this, but this is about the highlight of my life, being a mailman n’ all. Maybe I should tell the boss. Actually that wouldn’t be smart coz then he’ll get wise to me opening people’s mail.
Look Alan, it’s none of your business you shouldn’t have brought the letter in the first place you idiot. When it goes dark I’m take it back post it through and forget this ever happened.
Scene 5
Woman’s house scene
EXT: Outside woman’s house.
Alan is seen stood outside the woman’s house. Staring up at a window where the light is on. Two people can be visibly seen talking. He edges towards the door and is once again about to put the letter through the letter box when he hears a violent scream coming from above. He then hears shouting from what from appears to be a male. The shouting continues. Alan barges his way into the house when he is knocked over by a man in a mask
ENTER MR. A. NONYMOUS
Mr. A. Nonymous: GET OUT OF MY WAY!
ENTER OLIVIA JOHNSON
Olivia Johnson: NO STOP HIM!
Alan makes a last ditch attempt to stop this man but doesn’t succeed. Olivia and Alan are then both left shell-shocked as they stare out of the open door.
Scene 6
Woman’s house scene 2
INT: Inside woman’s house.
Open’s with Olivia and Alan talking, stood up inside Olivia’s front room.
Alan Bailey: Look I don’t mean to intrude but, who the hell was that guy!
Alan Bailey: I might be able to help, go on, it can’t do any harm.
Olivia Johnson: I honestly don’t know, he said he wanted something and that I new
what it was he wanted. He mentioned something about a letter. But
I haven’t received anything.
What were you doing here anyway?
Alan Bailey: I just happened to be passing and heard all that commotion
Olivia Johnson: Who’s the letter for then?
Alan Bailey: Hey! That’s none of your business!
Olivia Johnson: Give it here!
It’s for me. Why have you got…have you got something to do with
that guy because if you have get out!
Alan Bailey: No, No I’ve got nothing to do with that guy; I’m on your side. Look, I
may as well come clean, I’m a mailman and I was posting your letter
this morning and, well, I opened your letter.
Olivia Johnson: YOU OPENED MY LETTER!
There must be some kind of law against that!
Alan Bailey: Look, that doesn’t matter now, the point is I was bringing it back.
Olivia Johnson: You could have got me killed!
He mentioned something about a letter, but funnily enough I was
Totally oblivious.
What did it say then, go on give it here.
Alan Bailey: Are you sure
Olivia Johnson: Give it here!
Alan Hands Olivia the letter.
Olivia rips open the letter and unfolds the paper inside, she begins to read it.
Olivia Johnson: My god.
How could you keep this from me, I could have gone to the police
and stopped him coming round!
Alan Bailey: Oh yeah, I’m sure the Police would have been able to trace this guy in
24 hours just based on a scrawny little letter.
Olivia Johnson: Do patronise me, you’re the one who got me into this mess.
You no what, I don’t even know why I’m letting you in my house.
GET OUT!
JUST GET OUT!
Alan Bailey: Calm down for a minute, I can help you
Olivia Johnson: I said get out of my sight!
Alan is about to protest then decides against and quickly goes out of the room.
EXIT ALAN BAILEY
Scene 7
Threatening Letter scene
INT: Postman’s flat
Alan is in his flat and eating breakfast. He is interrupted by the sounds of the mail being pushed through is door. He puts his cereal down and goes over to check the mail.
Alan Bailey: My god there’s so much rubbish in the post these days, I don’t even
Know why I bother.
Alan is about to put the mail down when he spots a familiar looking envelope simply addressed to “Alan Bailey”.
He begins to get nervous as he realises what the letter could be.
He carefully opens the letter to reveal a small piece of paper spelling out a simple message saying
Alan,
My work is very important to me,
I take great pride in it,
See you soon,
I’ll be watching,
Yours,
Mr.A.Nonymous
Character outlines
Characterisation:
Name: Allan Bailey
Age: 36
Sex: Male
Clothes / Props: Post bag, Blue shirt jacket and pantsCharacter outline: Allan has an obsession with looking in people's mail before posting it while on his rounds. He lives on his own in a scruffy flat.
Character 2
Name: Olivier Johnson
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Cloths / props : Casual cloths (Jeans shirt etc). Knife (to protect herself against the villain).
Character outline: Olivier is the secretary for the financial director of a world wide business.
Character 3
Name: Mr A . Nonymous
Age: Unknown (Possible late 30s to 40s)
Sex: Male
Cloths / props : Black leather gloves , white featureless mask , all black clothes. Knife that he takes from Olivia.
Character 4
Name: Detective Jack Miller
Age: 43
Cloths / props: Normal cloths (suit) due to his rank. Gun (he’s never used it)Character outline: He is a "by the book" detective who is respected in the local community and enjoys his job.
“MAILMAN”
Script
Scene 1
Letter Scene
INT: Dark Room
*Opens with view of table where a piece of paper is placed on it by somebody’s hands. They then begin to stick letters on it from newspapers until it eventually spells out a message. The person then carefully folds the paper and places it in an envelope. They then bring the envelope to their mouth where they lick it to seal it. The letter is then dropped on a table revealing who it is to be sent to.
Scene 2
Street Scene
EXT: Street
Enter ALAN BAILEY
Alan Bailey: Whistle (postman tune)
Alan Bailey the mailman is walking down a street on his rounds posting letters. As he reaches the doors of people’s houses he takes out their letters and then proceeds to open them and read their mail.
Alan Bailey: Short Laugh (as he sees the size of the bill on somebody’s mail)
Scene 3
Door Scene
EXT: Porch of house
Alan Bailey stands under a porch of somebody’s house. He then begins to open the person’s mail.
Alan Bailey: Bill, bill, bill (short pause) now then, what’s this. No address hey? How has this letter got so far?
Alan then proceeds to open the letter that simply has a name written on the front, the name is “OLIVIA JOHNSON”. He begins to read the letter and a shocked expression appears on his face.
Alan Bailey: Now this is interesting, makes a change from vet bills anyway.
Alan goes to push the letter through the letter box when he stops. He quickly turns round, places the letter in his pocket and continues on his round.
Scene 4
Mailman’s flat scene
INT: Alan’s flat
Alan is slouched in a chair in his flat. He stares vacantly out of the window, then turns to look at the letter. He picks up the letter, very carefully as if it has something valuable in it he then removes the letter revealing for the first time to the audience what the letter says.
There is then a number of close up’s on Alan face, where a voice over says his thoughts.
Alan Bailey (Voiceover): I don’t particularly wanna’ get involved in this, but this is about the highlight of my life, being a mailman n’ all. Maybe I should tell the boss. Actually that wouldn’t be smart coz then he’ll get wise to me opening people’s mail.
Look Alan, it’s none of your business you shouldn’t have brought the letter in the first place you idiot. When it goes dark I’m take it back post it through and forget this ever happened.
Scene 5
Woman’s house scene
EXT: Outside woman’s house.
Alan is seen stood outside the woman’s house. Staring up at a window where the light is on. Two people can be visibly seen talking. He edges towards the door and is once again about to put the letter through the letter box when he hears a violent scream coming from above. He then hears shouting from what from appears to be a male. The shouting continues. Alan barges his way into the house when he is knocked over by a man in a mask
ENTER MR. A. NONYMOUS
Mr. A. Nonymous: GET OUT OF MY WAY!
ENTER OLIVIA JOHNSON
Olivia Johnson: NO STOP HIM!
Alan makes a last ditch attempt to stop this man but doesn’t succeed. Olivia and Alan are then both left shell-shocked as they stare out of the open door.
Scene 6
Woman’s house scene 2
INT: Inside woman’s house.
Open’s with Olivia and Alan talking, stood up inside Olivia’s front room.
Alan Bailey: Look I don’t mean to intrude but, who the hell was that guy!
Alan Bailey: I might be able to help, go on, it can’t do any harm.
Olivia Johnson: I honestly don’t know, he said he wanted something and that I new
what it was he wanted. He mentioned something about a letter. But
I haven’t received anything.
What were you doing here anyway?
Alan Bailey: I just happened to be passing and heard all that commotion
Olivia Johnson: Who’s the letter for then?
Alan Bailey: Hey! That’s none of your business!
Olivia Johnson: Give it here!
It’s for me. Why have you got…have you got something to do with
that guy because if you have get out!
Alan Bailey: No, No I’ve got nothing to do with that guy; I’m on your side. Look, I
may as well come clean, I’m a mailman and I was posting your letter
this morning and, well, I opened your letter.
Olivia Johnson: YOU OPENED MY LETTER!
There must be some kind of law against that!
Alan Bailey: Look, that doesn’t matter now, the point is I was bringing it back.
Olivia Johnson: You could have got me killed!
He mentioned something about a letter, but funnily enough I was
Totally oblivious.
What did it say then, go on give it here.
Alan Bailey: Are you sure
Olivia Johnson: Give it here!
Alan Hands Olivia the letter.
Olivia rips open the letter and unfolds the paper inside, she begins to read it.
Olivia Johnson: My god.
How could you keep this from me, I could have gone to the police
and stopped him coming round!
Alan Bailey: Oh yeah, I’m sure the Police would have been able to trace this guy in
24 hours just based on a scrawny little letter.
Olivia Johnson: Do patronise me, you’re the one who got me into this mess.
You no what, I don’t even know why I’m letting you in my house.
GET OUT!
JUST GET OUT!
Alan Bailey: Calm down for a minute, I can help you
Olivia Johnson: I said get out of my sight!
Alan is about to protest then decides against and quickly goes out of the room.
EXIT ALAN BAILEY
Scene 7
Threatening Letter scene
INT: Postman’s flat
Alan is in his flat and eating breakfast. He is interrupted by the sounds of the mail being pushed through is door. He puts his cereal down and goes over to check the mail.
Alan Bailey: My god there’s so much rubbish in the post these days, I don’t even
Know why I bother.
Alan is about to put the mail down when he spots a familiar looking envelope simply addressed to “Alan Bailey”.
He begins to get nervous as he realises what the letter could be.
He carefully opens the letter to reveal a small piece of paper spelling out a simple message saying
Alan,
My work is very important to me,
I take great pride in it,
See you soon,
I’ll be watching,
Yours,
Mr.A.Nonymous
Character outlines
Characterisation:
Name: Allan Bailey
Age: 36
Sex: Male
Clothes / Props: Post bag, Blue shirt jacket and pantsCharacter outline: Allan has an obsession with looking in people's mail before posting it while on his rounds. He lives on his own in a scruffy flat.
Character 2
Name: Olivier Johnson
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Cloths / props : Casual cloths (Jeans shirt etc). Knife (to protect herself against the villain).
Character outline: Olivier is the secretary for the financial director of a world wide business.
Character 3
Name: Mr A . Nonymous
Age: Unknown (Possible late 30s to 40s)
Sex: Male
Cloths / props : Black leather gloves , white featureless mask , all black clothes. Knife that he takes from Olivia.
Character 4
Name: Detective Jack Miller
Age: 43
Cloths / props: Normal cloths (suit) due to his rank. Gun (he’s never used it)Character outline: He is a "by the book" detective who is respected in the local community and enjoys his job.
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