Nathan....

After searching for our leading actor online we had not had the greatest deal of luck in finding a suitable actor, so we decided to try and find one through friends.
We held an audition for a friend named Nathan Whitefield, he had been acting for just over half a year but had also just got into one of the countries top acting colleges, central school of speech and drama.




I seem to of misplaced the shots we had of him from his auditions but he was by far the strongest actor and also had a feel of the character we were trying to create, his acting was very theatrical due to his acting background, he had just finished a play at the tricycle theatre. `however the theatrical acting worked with the film we wanted to do because of the lack of dialouge from the character, so his overacting would work in the film

The casting progress....

The only character that we will not be casting for is the role of Willis, we believe that we have already found a perfect person for this role, he is not an actor but visually is so suited for the role that i believe he will be perfect, especially as his role is not that main an will not require much acting.

The casting progress began with me posting adds on Starnow.com, Talentcircle.com and casting call pro, i used all three of these casting website to search for actors for the two roles of Harry and Nick. I had a lot of replies so decided to hold two days of auditions at a studio in east London were we meet a range of actors for both roles.

Here are the actors we got for the role of Nick, he is meant to be a young good looking mixed race man who has a clean cut look to him.








the last actor on here (Shelley) was the best suited visually and physically also he had the best acting skills as well as being the most like how i had imagined the character to look and feel. He was also ready an available to start acting when we needed him.


The next job for casting was a big one and was the casting of Harry the lead role, it is vital we get this one right, he is the lead protagonist and the entire film rest upon his role and acting, we saw alot more people for him.










After two days of casting we were not having much luck with the charecter of Harry all the actors were either not suited visually or simply lacked the skills to portray the character we had in mind, so we had to keep looking.

La Haine

The idea of our film is based over the course of a day and follows the main character through his day, as he goes through various different stages. By the end of the day the character has been through a lot of grief and has changed dramatically, that is something that is done very well within the French classic la Haine.

Shot in cinema verité style, this film follows a day in the life of three aimless and violence-prone young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris. Vinz, who is Jewish, is the angriest and the least intelligent of the three. North African Said is calmer, but is the most despairing about his future. Hubert is Black, and the most mature, channeling his rage through boxing. Although the trio seethes with fury over the arrest and senseless beating of an Arab friend, each manages to keep the other in check. But that changes after Vinz finds a loaded gun -- and the trio becomes entangled with the police, and later a group of skinheads. The film has a shocking and dark ending with the death of lead character Vinz and then the downfall of the most stable character Hubert as he murders the cop who filled Vinz.

The way that this film builds tension perfectly through out the film until the dramatic climax, is something that is very powerful and i would love to incorporate in our film, it will work nicely in our film as it also follows a character over a dramatic day in his life.

the cut off

Here is the first draft of the script we are going to be developing and working on over the next few weeks to create into a short five minute drama

Character 1

( Harry is in his early twenties he lives in an estate in north London with his mum who is a drug addict, he does not know his father. He works as a run around for an organized crime family who deal guns and drugs. Three weeks ago he was ordered to 'see a girl about a dog'; this involved picking up a dog off a girl and looking after it for three weeks until his boss was ready to take it off him. During this three weeks he has fallen completely i love with the dog and he has called it Leo. Today is the day he has been ordered to take Leo to his boss and does not want to say good by. Harry is confused by this emotion he feels towards the dog but feels a great deal of love towards the Leo)

The Park Good Bye

A hardened London city is boy in his late teens or early twenties sitting on a park bench, it is a sunny day, he is alone, deep in thought and has a look of blissful contentment on his face which seems out of the character and almost juxtaposed due to his appearance.

CUs of face, scars on knuckles, tattoos, chains, eyes, attire,?????? Wide of him on bench

A beautiful,, energetic, friendly, perfectly formed white and brown staffordshire bull terrier with a permanent smile on its face is playing on the grass (with another dog?). A small child passes it and pets it for a minute before it runs away and continues to play. (wides of the dog(s) playing in the sunshine running

CUs of the dog(s) laying with each other and rolling around as though are friends having the time of their live(s)....slow motion....an introduction to this fun loving dog)

Voice Over: See, its the owners.................I swear i'm stopping all them man puttin on them fights, don't care how much p tyson brings us......it's sick.

The boy gets up and begins to throw a ball for the dog and each time the dog brings it back to his feet, he throws it back and forth three or four times. The fourth time the dog drops the ball, the boy takes it from him but does not throw it again and begins to stroke the dog and pat him with great love and affection, the dog sits, the boy crouches and holds the dogs face, puts his hand out which the dog put his paw into and gives him a treat.

Voice Over: Im gonna be sad to say good by boy........im gonna come visit you all the time.................I wander in H will let me buy you?......nar, ees a cunt...... I know he won't.........he better not start treating you like shit...... The past three weeks have been the least fukin stressful weeks of my life.........well, i suppose if I didn't have you to look after he would have been givin me more work....but still true say I aint even really checked the boy too tough...we just been jamming....I swear its even been good for mum havin u about.........................

The boy stands up and walks out of the park with the dog on the lead.

the boy and dog both leave frame.

The last walk

from behind on the street as they walk together, the boy is looking down at the dog and the dog looks back at him

Voice over: Shit man...you ain't gonna be my dog any more in a minute...........i swear he better not treat you like shit.......

fackin hell what av you done to me, you turned me into a chick.........pull it together son..........................................but any way im gonna ask him to sell you om.........................fuck im gonna tell him ill work for free for a month .............or two months

(he begins to sound more and more desperate and frantic as he thinks to him self)

The harsh reality

The two of them have reached their location, they stand in front of a door, the boy faces it and pause reaches out to ring the bell, then pulls hand away and pauses

Voice Over: fuck it, im just gonna ask him straight up, H I wanna keep the dog.

(the boy stands up straight and shakes his head a bit)

FUCKIN HELL what have you done to me?

he shakes his head again and laughs s to him self as if he is embarrassed by his weakness

He rings the door bell and waits

(muffled noise is coming from the house and then thuds towards the door)

right im askin him straight up......no fuckin around.......im gonna tell im..

the door swings open quickly,

Iv told you you need to ring the FUCKIN door bell once.

(The door is opened by a very tall man)

tilt up only mans body in frame with head cut off

(the boy takes a breath in order to speak firmly to the man, but before he can get a word in edge ways, the man snatches the lead out of the boys hand, drags the dog inside the house aggressively, as the boy trys to enter, the man slams the door in his face.

(The boy stands outside with the door a centermeter away from his face looking shocked and confused)

The moves away from the door and tries to look through the window which is mostely covered with a drape and he is un able make out what is going on in the house

(the boy is left out side hearing muffled noise coming from the house again, thumps and crashes, then barks then whimpers then moans.)

The boy steps away from the window as he cannot make out what is going on and goes back to the door and rings the bell

(all of a sudden he starts to freak out wondering what is happening inside the house)

The boy rings the bel again

and again

and again

and again

(suspense gaining)

The door swings open agian even quicker than the first time, a huge open hand meets the side of the boys face with a slap which nocks him back away from the door.

I TOLD U ONLY RING THE FUCKIN DOOR ONCE.

The boy is now standing a meter away from front door and a package is thrown at him and hits him in the chest. The door slams closed again. The package bounces off his chest and drops to the floor, the boy stands there in shock for a minute, then moves his hand towards his face where the man had slapped him and he realises blood is on his face.

(the boy does not under stand how he is bleeding from a slap)

He begins to feel his neck and chest to see where the blood is coming from. he cannot work it out. He stands still in complete shock and confusion. He picks up the package from the floor and looks at it closely and realises there is a postet note on it with an note saying take it to the barbors, hes waiting. The door then swings open again quickly and the dogs lead is chucked out of th door at the boy, again it hits his chest and then the floor, quickly after that the door opens again ans out flies a big black bin liner with a not in the top of it this time the boy moves out of the way and it hits the floor next to him.

do sittin with it

The door slams closed again. The boy remains still for a moment then his facial expression and stature change instantly as he puts two and two togather, he quickly picks up the lead and sees a litle bit of blood on the collar, he then rips open the bag a bit, drops it and vommits imeaditly next to it on the pavement.

Character 2

(Nick is in his late teens, he lives with his mother and father in a small council house in Kensal Green in North West London. He is very close to his mum and dad. He is very excited to be taking the girl of his dreams out on a date tonight. He has been waiting for this day for a long time. He has been given forty pounds by his parents. He wants to take her to an expensive restaurant in central London, and has devised a plan in order to make him self look good and have lots of money to impress the girl. His plan is to get his hair cut wile waiting for his friend to bring him a large amount of cocaine, he is then going to swap the cocaine for a lump some of money and use a lot of his profit to get a new out fit to wear and take the girl out. He is on a tight schedule and is anxious, worrying that if his mate and the Barbour don't hurry his night won't run according to plan. His plan is to sell the package in order to make a lot of money quickly, so he can take the girl out for an expensive meal.)

also waiting for his mate to bring him a package.

is sitting in the Barbour shop waiting to get a hair cut,

is looking in the mirror opposite, moving his head from side to side checking him self out.

Voice Over: I swear down this better not be a long ting, man needs to meet this gual soon. I need to be looking fresh boi, this gual is tidy and I know say this ting won't fly unless mans looking trim........Hurry up man.

He begins to role his eyes as he waits for his turn...... as time passes he begins to look at the clock.....tap his feet and is clearly becoming impatient waiting,

The boy makes his way to the address on the package which is the local Barbour shop.

He walks with an un explainable awkwardness as though he is turning inside out as he walks.

The person he has come to meet has just finished getting his hair cut. Character 2 gets out of the Barbour chair and walks towards the door, as he reaches he door character 1 has just reached the entrance and is trying to walk in, they very nearly bump into each other and stand awkwardly opposite each other, character 2 opens his eyes widely as if to say turn around and walk out now. Character 1 quickly turns round and walks back out of the shop entrance, they walk down the street together The transaction is made

French new wave

French new wave was a name given to a rise of new innovative film makers from France, they were part of a film revolution not just happening in France but across the world during the late 50s and early 60s, in which film makers were defying convention and making ground breaking new cinema.

The young French film makers were the most successful and influential in the new wave of film makers, they resided from Paris and were writing for the "Cahiers du cinema", their ideas and theory on film were in stark contrast to that of the french film establishments of the time. They criticized the big french film makers of the times and created ground breaking new cinema through there original and innovative films.
Film makers such as Jean Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and Éric Rohmer, they were all from the Cahiers du cinema journal and by the 1960 they had all made there first films and were making waves in the world of film.

Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard.

In 1960, a director by the name of Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the scene and shattered the film community's preconceptions of what was essential in a film. Prior films would push that every film needed a decipherable beginning, middle, and end. Characters in typical films had to go somewhere, they couldn't remain static. A film couldn't be free-form and flowing, and everything had to serve a purpose.



The film opens with the lead character Michel Poiccard driving through the french country side, the shots from inside the car as he drove were something never seen in mainstream cinema before and was quite revolutionary at the time. We hear his thoughts as he travels down the picturesque roads, and follow him as he tries to flee from some cop cars, he pulls into a side road and thinks hes got away until one pulls in. Micheal in a rush of blood shoots and kills the police officer and quickly deals with the body, he then heads to Paris to find his American girlfriend and get some money from a friend to start his new life.

The film now follows Micheal through his day and night as he navigates through Paris and his problems, as he tries to get his girlfriend to leave the city with him and come to Rome. A main part of the film is based on the relationship between him and his lover, a long interesting scene in shot in her bedroom as they are hiding out there as the police are searching for him. Eventually he is betrayed by his lover in a dramatic ending in which he is killed in the middle of the road by the police as his American partner looks on, its a powerful climax left us pondering the motives and goals of the characters.
The films free flowing and lively feel gives it a unique feel, which was innovative and fresh at the time and has paved the way for many other films of its type since its release. A very original and effortlessly cool looking film which will stay with me for a while and has really inspired me for this project.




The 400 blows by François Truffaut's

Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old boy who can't seem to do anything right. His parents yell at him and then bribe him for his love and his promises to work harder in school. Meanwhile, his schoolteacher is out to get him and blames Antoine for everything--turning him into the class clown. As a result, Antoine runs away from school and his difficult family, living on the streets of Paris and committing petty crimes. While his life on the street is tough, it's much better than dealing with his preoccupied parents and his accusatory teacher. Nonetheless, things only go downhill for Antoine, descending to a simultaneously painful and beautiful conclusion.



Another powerful and groundbreaking picture from the New french wave directors, showing a lust of reform and a burning desire to tell their stories through the new ways of films making, in my opinion not as new and interesting as Breathless but none the less a massive film in the history of modern cinema.

The group and the script selection...

We formed into our groups for the drama unit and in doing so brought together the scripts we had worked on individually, and began to discuss and decide what sort of film we want to make and how will be the best way.

I formed a group with three of my contemporaries that i thought were like minded and interesting individuals, i had grown quite close to the three but never worked with any of them, so i felt it fit to work with them on this product and see how we operate as a team. They were Max Robson, Rico Dixon and Louie Marsh.

We brought together the scripts we had written and began deciding what to do, the only scripts brought to the table was my one, which as the time was only a few pages long and no where neat as developed as it is now. The other one was by max and was a story he had been developing for nearly a year, it was something he felt passionately about and i believed it was a film we could make to a high standard.

I do have some regrets about not pursuing my film and script but the idea we are making is a very interesting and original idea, I think i will be making my film this summer in my own time.

The use of the audio track by Al Green "I'm so tired of being alone", in my opinion is a powerful dramatic tool that will heighten audiences sense of the characters mind state and add to the mood of the dramatic ending.

The music is diegetic, so it gives the scene a more authentic feel, this is a style choice that is used throughout the film to create the characters world. The song is a clear representation of the characters feelings and illustrates the extent of his loneliness. It also juxtaposes the ending of the film, the soft soulful sounds of Al Green are in stark contrast to the shocking images of the final shots when we realize he is psychotic and has a female prisoner.