The film opens with a long shot of the three main characters; Sam Appleby; Jacob Lexis; and Terry Colby. We see them slowly pacing away from the camera. The long shot is representing that the three characters are now 'out of reach' with modern society as we know it.
The character Sam then proceeds to stop at a Rock which he rests on. Through the use of the characters attire and general accessories such as their bags the audience can come to the conclusion that the characters know they're going to be out in the 'wilderness' for a long time to come.A shot of the landscape is shown, an array of ruined Skyscrapers being symbolic reference to the break down of society. Immediately our audience becomes aware that this isn't any form of holiday, yet a disaster beyond comprehension.
In comes the dialogue, with the characters Jacob and Terry voicing their frustration at Sam for taking a rest, as well as dialogue itself we also show this through a series of sighs, and overall body posture; folded arms to show their 'fury'.Following on from this is a long shot of Jacob beginning to sit down next to Sam. By doing this we are showing that Jacob's anger has turned to sympathy and he's now on Sam side. This is further backed up when we jump to a mid-shot of Jacob saying "Yeah well five minutes isn't gonna do much harm Terry".
At this point the plot begins to take a much more sinister twist when Terry retaliates with "Oh shut it J. If we don’t get there before dark tonight, then we won’t see light again."
Multiple questions are going to be jumping to the audiences mind. Where is the place the trio have to get to? Why won't they see light again? And more importantly why are they in this situation? By us making the audience think all these questions, we're keeping their attention and making them want to watch the movie for more. We're also making them get emotionally attached to the characters as they're going to want them to survive.
Going to a close up Sam says his dialogue in a very vicious tone due to his tiredness and frustration. We then proceed to get the first most significant lines of the movie from Terry
"Sam. Just over a month ago I was worrying about trying to get my English A-Level essays in on time. Now I’m trying to survive a nuclear apocalypse - am I really being all that dramatic?" A harrowing yet true line, that is sure to send shivers down the spine of the audience. We've taken such a normal situation such as 'trying to get English A-Level essays in on time' and put a sinister twist on it so we can try to relate the audience to how normal of a situation they have come from, and what a unthinkable situation they are in now.
Sam proceeds to drink a bottle of water he retrieved from his bag, the camera stays on him as Jacob begins to speak his next portion of dialogue. The effect of keeping the camera on Sam perhaps hints that he's a bit of a selfish character? He wants all the limelight, and we can see this from the first minute of the movie when he's the one who protests about walking and stops for a rest, without asking the others first.
In comes the mid-shot when Jacob asks the other characters if they've seen the 'skyscraper over there'...after exchanging further lines of dialogue, it ends with Jacob saying his dad used to work there, to which Terry replies with "Well he won't be now." This makes the other two characters extremely uncomfortable; and this is portrayed via them looking down to the ground.
So far in the story the audience will feel an unprecedented amount of sympathy for both Sam and Jacob. Yet the audience will be reeling by the sarcasm; and spiteful edge that Terry has whenever he speaks. Of course the audience might also understand that they've been put under a stressful situation, and feel not quite as much resentment for Terry.
Continuing with a mid-shot, Jacob returns to the rocks and sits with the other two characters. He looks much more upset, and glum then the other characters. This is done to show the idea of 'alienation' and he feels like he can't relate to the other two as much anymore after the catastrophe. To end the shot off the three characters all look up towards the skyscraper in the distance. Making them look extremely inferior, and powerless. The screen then fades through white.
The camera begins to zoom up to the building, but it's easy to see the time period has now changed. The skyscraper has dramatically changed and has far less greenery. We then fade through white and return back to the present day.
We then move to a close-up of Jacob, a close-up allows us to show the emotional strain that Jacob is currently under, and we can also see he's looking beyond the camera and thinking of something as if it's appearing right before him. This is only further extending the sympathy that the audience feel for him. Looking extremely upset, a tear begins to roll down his cheek, and as this happens the camera begins to blur, by doing this match on action we're allowing the audience to get far more involved with the movie as they can see the reality of how Jacob is currently feeling.
News Broadcast being edited in Adobe Premiere Elements. Allowed us to turn our Greenscreen footage into a news backdrop.
Quickly the situation changes, we have a fade through white that takes us to a news broadcast. The newsreaders explain the situation as it's happening, this gives our audience the back story of our movie, and already within the first two minutes of the movie. They know a lot about the three main characters, and how they've got too where they are now.
Cutting to a hand held camera we a shot of people running over the American flag in a frantic state of panic. In normal circumstances the American Flag is seen as a huge iconic figure, yet in desperate times people are forced to lose all sense of decency and run over it. Throughout this portion we still have the newsreader talking over the top of the clip.
Jumping to a shot of the president speaking over a background of the Presidential Seal he begins to tell people to remain calm and in their homes as there is nothing to gain by leaving their homes. At points throughout this broadcast we jump to different shots of mushroom clouds over various landscapes. This is so that it contrasts with what the president is saying, and the audience can see the harsh reality of what is really happening, and what people in the movie are being told.
Just as the president is about to close off his speech with "God Bless America" he gets cut off just after saying 'Bless' with a picture making it look like the transition is ending, which swiftly jumps to an 'EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM' logo. We decided to use this as it's something that everyone recognises, and people know how desperate a situation has to become before that logo is shown.
Fade through white again and to a close up it brings us back to the present day. There is a muffled voice in the background, that gets louder and clearer each time eventually we can tell it's Terry frantically shouting Jacob to move over to him. Jacob sharply twists his head in Terry's direction. A mid shot occurs where we see Terry kneeling over Sam's limp body. Terry tells Jacob that Sam's passed out. Now as an audience their opinion of Terry has changed, originally they saw him as a somewhat 'nasty' character, but now they can see his caring side so now they'll also like Terry as a character. Furthermore by Terry's body language they will be able to see that deep down he's just as weak as the other two are in this situation.
Jacob runs down opposite Terry and kneels beside Jacob. He checks for a pulse, and looks extremely shocked when he sees Sam's hand. Terry picks up on this and proceeds to ask Jacob what it is. Jacob drops the palm of Sam's hand for Terry to look. Then Jacob closes his eyes to confirm what Terry already knew "He’s... He’s infected?"
A jump cut takes place, a black screen appears with the Death3 logo on for about a second, it then turns to static. By doing this the audience are hungry for more. And we're also placing the cinema audience under the same situation the movie characters were in, as they also saw a static screen as the catastrophe took place.
The character Sam then proceeds to stop at a Rock which he rests on. Through the use of the characters attire and general accessories such as their bags the audience can come to the conclusion that the characters know they're going to be out in the 'wilderness' for a long time to come.A shot of the landscape is shown, an array of ruined Skyscrapers being symbolic reference to the break down of society. Immediately our audience becomes aware that this isn't any form of holiday, yet a disaster beyond comprehension.
In comes the dialogue, with the characters Jacob and Terry voicing their frustration at Sam for taking a rest, as well as dialogue itself we also show this through a series of sighs, and overall body posture; folded arms to show their 'fury'.Following on from this is a long shot of Jacob beginning to sit down next to Sam. By doing this we are showing that Jacob's anger has turned to sympathy and he's now on Sam side. This is further backed up when we jump to a mid-shot of Jacob saying "Yeah well five minutes isn't gonna do much harm Terry".At this point the plot begins to take a much more sinister twist when Terry retaliates with "Oh shut it J. If we don’t get there before dark tonight, then we won’t see light again."
Multiple questions are going to be jumping to the audiences mind. Where is the place the trio have to get to? Why won't they see light again? And more importantly why are they in this situation? By us making the audience think all these questions, we're keeping their attention and making them want to watch the movie for more. We're also making them get emotionally attached to the characters as they're going to want them to survive.
Going to a close up Sam says his dialogue in a very vicious tone due to his tiredness and frustration. We then proceed to get the first most significant lines of the movie from Terry
"Sam. Just over a month ago I was worrying about trying to get my English A-Level essays in on time. Now I’m trying to survive a nuclear apocalypse - am I really being all that dramatic?" A harrowing yet true line, that is sure to send shivers down the spine of the audience. We've taken such a normal situation such as 'trying to get English A-Level essays in on time' and put a sinister twist on it so we can try to relate the audience to how normal of a situation they have come from, and what a unthinkable situation they are in now.
Sam proceeds to drink a bottle of water he retrieved from his bag, the camera stays on him as Jacob begins to speak his next portion of dialogue. The effect of keeping the camera on Sam perhaps hints that he's a bit of a selfish character? He wants all the limelight, and we can see this from the first minute of the movie when he's the one who protests about walking and stops for a rest, without asking the others first.
In comes the mid-shot when Jacob asks the other characters if they've seen the 'skyscraper over there'...after exchanging further lines of dialogue, it ends with Jacob saying his dad used to work there, to which Terry replies with "Well he won't be now." This makes the other two characters extremely uncomfortable; and this is portrayed via them looking down to the ground.
So far in the story the audience will feel an unprecedented amount of sympathy for both Sam and Jacob. Yet the audience will be reeling by the sarcasm; and spiteful edge that Terry has whenever he speaks. Of course the audience might also understand that they've been put under a stressful situation, and feel not quite as much resentment for Terry.
Continuing with a mid-shot, Jacob returns to the rocks and sits with the other two characters. He looks much more upset, and glum then the other characters. This is done to show the idea of 'alienation' and he feels like he can't relate to the other two as much anymore after the catastrophe. To end the shot off the three characters all look up towards the skyscraper in the distance. Making them look extremely inferior, and powerless. The screen then fades through white.
The camera begins to zoom up to the building, but it's easy to see the time period has now changed. The skyscraper has dramatically changed and has far less greenery. We then fade through white and return back to the present day.
We then move to a close-up of Jacob, a close-up allows us to show the emotional strain that Jacob is currently under, and we can also see he's looking beyond the camera and thinking of something as if it's appearing right before him. This is only further extending the sympathy that the audience feel for him. Looking extremely upset, a tear begins to roll down his cheek, and as this happens the camera begins to blur, by doing this match on action we're allowing the audience to get far more involved with the movie as they can see the reality of how Jacob is currently feeling.
News Broadcast being edited in Adobe Premiere Elements. Allowed us to turn our Greenscreen footage into a news backdrop.Quickly the situation changes, we have a fade through white that takes us to a news broadcast. The newsreaders explain the situation as it's happening, this gives our audience the back story of our movie, and already within the first two minutes of the movie. They know a lot about the three main characters, and how they've got too where they are now.
Cutting to a hand held camera we a shot of people running over the American flag in a frantic state of panic. In normal circumstances the American Flag is seen as a huge iconic figure, yet in desperate times people are forced to lose all sense of decency and run over it. Throughout this portion we still have the newsreader talking over the top of the clip.
Jumping to a shot of the president speaking over a background of the Presidential Seal he begins to tell people to remain calm and in their homes as there is nothing to gain by leaving their homes. At points throughout this broadcast we jump to different shots of mushroom clouds over various landscapes. This is so that it contrasts with what the president is saying, and the audience can see the harsh reality of what is really happening, and what people in the movie are being told.Just as the president is about to close off his speech with "God Bless America" he gets cut off just after saying 'Bless' with a picture making it look like the transition is ending, which swiftly jumps to an 'EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM' logo. We decided to use this as it's something that everyone recognises, and people know how desperate a situation has to become before that logo is shown.
Fade through white again and to a close up it brings us back to the present day. There is a muffled voice in the background, that gets louder and clearer each time eventually we can tell it's Terry frantically shouting Jacob to move over to him. Jacob sharply twists his head in Terry's direction. A mid shot occurs where we see Terry kneeling over Sam's limp body. Terry tells Jacob that Sam's passed out. Now as an audience their opinion of Terry has changed, originally they saw him as a somewhat 'nasty' character, but now they can see his caring side so now they'll also like Terry as a character. Furthermore by Terry's body language they will be able to see that deep down he's just as weak as the other two are in this situation.
Jacob runs down opposite Terry and kneels beside Jacob. He checks for a pulse, and looks extremely shocked when he sees Sam's hand. Terry picks up on this and proceeds to ask Jacob what it is. Jacob drops the palm of Sam's hand for Terry to look. Then Jacob closes his eyes to confirm what Terry already knew "He’s... He’s infected?"
A jump cut takes place, a black screen appears with the Death3 logo on for about a second, it then turns to static. By doing this the audience are hungry for more. And we're also placing the cinema audience under the same situation the movie characters were in, as they also saw a static screen as the catastrophe took place.
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