MEST4 Linked production: Research and planning

1) My linked production will be based around a teenage Indian girl. She is a typical teenage girl who has been bought up in England but has these traditional Indian parents who want to bring her up how they had been bought up in India. Her parents believe that she is this innocent, traditional girl who doesn't do anything 'westernised', but that's not how her friends see her. I will be creating the opening of a short drama film where the teenage girl has been harassed by her parents because they found out that she was doing something which would completely embarrass her family and ruin their reputation. It will firstly start off with the ending (teasing the audience) and then start from the beginning, e.g. "3 weeks later". I already feel very confident with this because I have already planned the costumes and the characters which I am going to use for this production.

2) Murdered by my Father

• Opening sequence idea - started off with the ending then moved to how it all began.
• Main protagonist - Teenage Indian Girl
• Need a older male character to play the parent?
• Location shooting - estates or a rough area to make the atmosphere and the feel of it dull and frightening (possibly?)
• Scene from the movie
  When the main protagonist kissed another man on the cheek at her own engagement party to another man. And that man saw it happening...

Bend it like Beckham

• The fact that the main protagonist is playing football 
• Football shouldn't be played by an Indian girl
• This is how the argument can potentially start in the movie? If the main protagonist is playing football behind her parents backs and they eventually find out, this could be the reason why they start to torture her.

East is East

• Main protagonist is going out with some who is of another race? In this movie,the Pakistani man married a white lady.
• Old fashioned setting
• Give a 1970's theme - (Mise en scene - the characters dress code etc).

3) My aim on when I would like to shoot this by is in the February Half term. This allows me to get every detailed shot done and if there is something which I believe isn't right and doesn't count towards a 'professional standard', then this will give me a lot of time to go back and do some more shooting. In addition, the editing process will still be the same, in terms of which as I am shooting the production and believe I have got enough clips, I will start to edit them and if that it's good enough, it will still give me a lot of time to improve on. Down below is the schedule of what I will be doing during the process of the production:

4) SCRIPT

1.        INT. KITCHEN

SANDY
(Screaming)
     Aaah! Please … I'm sorry!!!

          SANDY SCREAMING AS SHE IS BEING BRUTALLY BEATEN UP        BY HER FATHER. STRUGGLING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE          BEATING BY THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

HASSAN
(Grinding his teeth)
GOODBYE Sandy!!!

          HASSAN GRABS THE METAL POLE FROM THE FLOOR AND USES       IT AS A WEAPON TO HIT SANDY IN THE HEAD WITH IT.             ONCE SHE STOPPED BREATHING, HASSAN GETS UP AND WALKS        AWAY WITH NO REGRETS.

DURING THE DEATH SCENE, AFTER HASSAN SAID HIS LAST WORDS, VOICEOVER SHOULD BE PLAYED HERE WITH LOCATION SHOOTING.

    SANDY

Dear dad, I have wanted to say this for a while now. Lately, you have been acting strange and I just wanted to make sure if everything was okay. I know that we have had our up’s and down’s but I just wanted to say sorry for all the stress I put you through. I love you…

2.        EXT. HALLWAY OF THE HOUSE

          HASSAN DRIVES HOME AFTER WORK AND LOOKS STRESSED.

(Hassan grabs his keys and opens the door)
HASSAN
Hello everyone. I'm home!

SANDY
(COMING DOWN THE STAIRS WHILE TEXTING)
Hey Dad. How was work?

HASSAN
(SHAKES HIS HEAD)
Not good. My manager gave me so much work which
is most likely going to take the whole week.

Pause.

          HASSAN THEN LOOKS AT HER DAUGHTER IN A STRANGE WAY        BECAUSE SHE SEEMED TO BE REALLY HAPPY.

HASSAN (CONT'D)
What’s up with you today?

SANDY
Huh? Nothing … Why?

HASSAN
No … No… Just wondering

3.        INT BEDROOM

          SANDY THEN GOES BACK UPSTAIRS AND INTO HER ROOM AND       CLOSES THE BEDROOM DOOR.

        SANDY
    (STARTS TO RING SOMEONE)
     Hey, sorry. My dad came from work and
    just went downstairs to say hi…

          SANDY STARTS TO LAUGH.

        SANDY
      So when should we meet up?

(Starts to think)
 Tomorrow? Can't do tomorrow. My dad's going
to be at home all day and he wouldn't
let me out…

3a.       DINNER

SANDY’S MUM IS MAKING DINNER AND IS ABOUT TO BE SERVED.

MUM
Sandy, dinner is ready…

SANDY
Kay, one sec…
(ON THE PHONE)
SANDY (CONT’D)
Okay got to go now. Speak to
you later, Bye.

PHONE VIBRATES
A MESSAGE APPEARS ON SANDY’S PHONE. “YOU CAN’T KEEP DOING THIS. I WANT TO SEE YOU”. SANDY PUTS HER PHONE ON SILENT.

HASSAN
Sandy, its family time. Put the
phone away.

SANDY
Sorry…

HASSAN
(While eating…)
So how was school?

5) 

5 seconds	Shot No./Type of Shot/Camera Movement -Shot 13/14 -Medium Close Up	Dialogue – Sound Main protagonist (male) looking exhausted, as he is opening the door (coming back from work).
25 seconds	Shot No./Type of Shot/Camera Movement -Shot 15 -Shot/Reverse Shot	Dialogue – Sound The two main protagonists are talking to each other after he had entered the house.
	Shot No./Type of Shot/Camera Movement	Dialogue - Sound
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7)

• Teenage Indian Girl (Main Protagonist)
• Older Indian Male: potentially someone who can play a role as an older brother (acting like a father figure).
• Turban?
• Rough clothes
• Indian Saree (maybe?)
• Hockey Stick / Metal Rod (Weapon for threatening the main protagonist)
• A Car
• Location Shooting
  
  Estates nearby West Ealing
  
  
  
  
  

  A house - kitchen (Main Scene)
  
  

  

  
  
  Field path (potential?)
  
  

  
• SOUND