Deadlock Film

Preliminary task

Findings

Character Profile: Damien

Name: Damien

Costume: weathered apparel, orange jumpsuit

Characteristics: scared, quiet, hoarse

Gesture/Movement: shaky, enclosed

Representations:

-         stereotypical prisoner look but plays on the personality stereotype by childlike fear

-         goes against stereotypical male; scared, whimpering

Casting Idea

Luke Gibbons:

-         Mature

-         Will take it seriously, won’t mess around

-         Looks the part

-         Voice has good character

Character Profile: Alison

Name: Alison

Costume: unseen

Characteristics: nervous, worried, takes control

Gesture/Movement: unseen

Representations:

-         Goes against stereotypical female; keeping things in control, looking after Damien

Casting Idea

Sophie Couch:

-         good voice; nice tone, can put emotion into it

-         takes it seriously

-         confident

Shooting Schedule

Script

FIRST PART

FADE THROUGH BLACK.

DRAMATIC MUSIC STARTS.

[LONG SHOT FROM CCTV]

[ZOOM IN ON MAN, CHANGING FROM CCTV TO NORMAL]

[MID SHOT]

Man sat in the dark whimpering, head in hands.

[CLOSE UP OF MAN'S HEAD]

[MID SHOT OF WALL]

Shot of the wall splattered in blood.

[BACK TO MID SHOT OF MAN FROM SIDE]

Radio crackles.

[MID SHOT FROM FRONT]

Man looks at the Radio.

[CLOSE UP OF THE RADIO]

Alison

"Hello? Are you there?"

[CLOSE UP OF MAN'S HEAD]

Man continues to whimper.

[MID SHOT FROM SIDE]

ALISON

"Anyone there?"

[CLOSE UP SHOT OF RADIO]

[MID SHOT FROM FRONT]

Man picks up the radio.

DRAMATIC MUSIC DIMS.

[HIGH ANGLE CLOSE UP]

DAMIEN

"I'm here" He says shakily.

[CLOSE UP OF MAN'S HAND SHAKING]

ALISON

"Thank God. Where are you? I heard about the riot"

[SHOT OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE CELL, OUT THROUGH THE BARS]

[MID SHOT OF MAN, TOP OF FACE HIDDEN]

DAMIEN

"Prison. I stayed here. Only place that's safe, behind bars"

ALISON

"Can you get out?"

DAMIEN

"No. My leg got pretty badly bitten"

[CLOSE UP SHOT OF LEG WOUND]

Shot of his leg with torn material on the trousers and blood seeping through.

DRAMATIC MUSIC STOPS.

[LONG SHOT OF CELL]

ALISON

"Bitten? Okay, I'm coming to get you"

ENERGETIC MUSIC STARTS.

STRAIGHT TO BLACK.

Main TITLE

BLACK SCREEN, RED WRITING.

Actors who appeared in this film etc

CUT TO LONG SHOT CLIP OF PEOPLE RUNNING.

CUT BACK TO BLACK SCREEN.

Person in film number 1

CUT TO MID SHOT OF MAN IN A LAB WORKING.

CUT BACK TO BLACK SCREEN.

Person in film number 2

CUT TO MID SHOT OF BUS CRASHING

CUT BACK TO BLACK SCREEN.

Person in film number 3

CUT TO MID/LONG SHOT OF MILITARY PEOPLE SHOOTING CIVILIANS.

CUT BACK TO BLACK SCREEN.

Person in film number 4

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF NEWS READER.

CUT TO BLACK SCREEN.

Person in film number 5

CUT TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF DAMIEN WITH RED EYES STARING AT SCREEN.

TITLE FADES IN OVER TOP RIGHT.

Synopsis of our film

The film shows the perspective of 2 survivors of a virus outbreak that alters the physical and mental capabilities of its host into that of a savage zombie. A female scientist and male criminal, they are brother and sister and alone. Throughout the film, they will be separate and trying to fend for themselves, communicating with each other over short wave radio.

The criminal, who is in prison for killing an infected person (prior to the knowledge of the virus). However, it was actually his sister who killed the person, and she feels guilty for him taking the fall for her. So when she hears that after 2 days of zombie infection spreading her brother is still alive, she rushes to save him.

Her brother, who had been in prison for a week, managed to escape his cell during a prison riot. During this time, he finds the dead body of a security guard, and takes a pistol from him, and a short wave radio. The influx of prisoners who had started the riot were infected, and now he was stuck in the building with a load of zombies. To save himself, he locks himself in a cell with enough provisions for 3 days of survival. While locked in there however, a zombie gets itself stuck in there with him, and bites his arm before he shoots it in the head. 

Film synopsis

The film shows the perspective of 2 survivors of a virus outbreak that alters the physical and mental capabilities of its host into that of a savage zombie. A female scientist and male criminal, they are brother and sister and alone. Throughout the film, they will be separate and trying to fend for themselves, communicating with each other over short wave radio.

The criminal, who is in prison for killing an infected person (prior to the knowledge of the virus). However, it was actually his sister who killed the person, and she feels guilty for him taking the fall for her. So when she hears that after 2 days of zombie infection spreading her brother is still alive, she rushes to save him.

Her brother, who had been in prison for a week, managed to escape his cell during a prison riot. During this time, he finds the dead body of a security guard, and takes a pistol from him, and a short wave radio. The influx of prisoners who had started the riot were infected, and now he was stuck in the building with a load of zombies. To save himself, he locks himself in a cell with enough provisions for 3 days of survival. While locked in there however, a zombie gets itself stuck in there with him, and bites his arm before he shoots it in the head.