POST #31 - FINAL SCRIPT [COURSEWORK]

It's here...

The final script! :D GET HYPED :0

THE SCRIPT

Written by

NOAH CAROLAN and EMILY ROGERS

ZAK BOLTS BOLTS UP IN BED. HE IS IN A COLD SWEAT, AND LOOKS AS IF HE’S JUST HAD A NIGHTMARE.

ZAK:

WOAH, THAT WAS A MOST BOGUS NIGHTMARE.

UGHH, I NEED TO PLAY SOME GAMEBOY TO CALM DOWN.

HE REACHES OVER TO HIS GAMEBOY ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE. HOWEVER, IT’S NOT THERE… IT’S REPLACED WITH AN IPHONE.

ZAK LOOKS AT THE PHONE IN CONFUSION AND DISGUST.

ZAK:

WHAT IS THIS TRASH? I CAN’T PLAY MARIO ON THIS!!

HE THROWS THE IPHONE ACROSS THE ROOM.

HE LOOKS AROUND HIS ROOM. HIS POSTERS OF PULP FICTION AND BOTTLES OF CRYSTAL PEPSI ARE GONE, AND IN THEIR PLACES ARE POSTERS FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA AND STARBUCKS CUPS.

ZAK NOTICES A NAME ON ONE OF THE CUPS. IT SAYS “LEVI”

ZAK:

WHERE THE HECKO AM I, DUDE BRO? WHO’S LEVI?

ZAK THINKS OF ONE WAY TO MAKE SURE HE WASN’T BEING PUNK’D.

ZAK:

[SHOUTS] MOM?

MUM:

[FROM DOWNSTAIRS] YES DEAR?

ZAK REALISES THAT THIS IS NOT HIS HOME.

ZAK:

WHAT IS GOING ON...

HE FULL ON GETS OUT OF BED, STILL WEARING HIS BASEBALL CAP, BACKPACK, ETC. POKING OUT OF HIS BACKPACK IS A SKATEBOARD, WHICH HE GETS OUT OF HIS BAG AND PROCEEDS TO USE TO SK8 OUT OF HIS ROOM.

HE RUNS DOWNSTAIRS, AT A SPEED THAT NO-ONE COULD SEE HIM.

THE FINAL SHOT OF HIM IN THE HOUSE IS OF HIM SKATING OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR.

OVERHEAD SHOT (USING DRONE) OF HIM SKATING DOWN A PATH, PRESUMABLY TO THE CITY.

CUT TO ZAK SKATING THROUGH THE CITY.

MULTIPLE ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF THE CITY, FEATURING MILLENIALS DOING MILLENIAL THINGS.

ONE IS PLAYING “POKEMON GO”, ONE IS USING TERMS LIKE “ON FLEEK” AND “BAE”, ETC.

THE CAMERA SPINS AROUND ZAK AS HE STOPS, AND SHOWS THE BUSTLING CITY AS IT SPINS.

ZOOM IN ON ZAK’S FACE.

ZAK:

BOGUS.

[CUT TO BLACK]

JSRTGRFAWENJ IT'S PRETTY GOOD I THINK

We will be filming from this script, so... nice! :D

~ Noah :)

POST #30 - PROP LIST [COURSEWORK]

Hello!!

So, as with any movie, we need props. We've both had a fair share in prop making, but for this we will simply be listing pre-existing props.

- Pokemon Cards (japanese?)
- Skateboard
- Tamagotchi
- Crystal Pepsi bottle
- Numerous Starbucks cups
- Captain America poster
- iPhone
- Cap
- Backpack
- Sleeveless jacket
- Sunglasses?
- Cool trainers

That was quick.

Bye!

- Noah :)

POST #29 - DRAGON'S DEN PITCH FEEDBACK [COURSEWORK]

Hello!

So, Emily wrote up the light feedback we got for the Dragon's Den pitch (it's the post below this one ya dingus), so here ya go!

"We pitched our idea to Euan and he gave us a large amount of constructive feedback:

• He said that he liked our idea, and thought it was cool to focus on the representation of a 90's kid in the media nowadays.
• He said that perhaps there could be more charaters, and maybe more settings, as this will make it more interesting. 
• Overall, however, he said he enjoyed the idea, and thought that it was unique and unusual."

Thanks, Em :D

~ Noah :D

POST #28 - DRAGON'S DEN PITCH [COURSEWORK]

Hello!

We did the Dragon's Den pitch in front of our friend, since the class was already preoccupied.

Check it out!



Nice one :D

Will post the feedback soon!

~ Noah :)

POST #27 - OUR CHARACTER [COURSEWORK]

Hello!

So today's post will be about the main character of our opening! :D

Name: Zak Cheeseburger Bolts (yes we're serious)

Age: 16 / 17

Profession: Student, Professional 90's kid, World Record holder for "sickest skateboard trick" (he made that one up)

Likes: Crystal Pepsi, Skateboarding, Gameboy, Tamagotchis (even though they always die), the 90s

Dislikes: Regular Pepsi, the future

History: Born in 1980, he's always been a man of the 90s. Even in the 10 years he wasn't in the 90s, he would go on about how the 90s were so much better. He's always been seen wearing a cap; there is no picture of him that exists where he isn't wearing one.

Traits: Very open minded, but still very selective of what he likes and agrees with. Very "cool", very popular. Slightly egotistical, overconfident in their abilities.

Friendship Groups: He's mostly friends with anyone who shares common interests, such as those who like those cool new Japanese "Pocket Monster" cards. His close friends are also named in a ridiculous fashion, such as Hiphop McFreshster, Gnarly O'Bladin' and Lil' Weeaboo.

Influences: (i presume this means characters that influenced this character)

- Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan

- Marty McFly

- Dippy Fresh

(the one with the skateboard)

- Cow Pretending to be a Man

- Will Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

- A stereotype "90's Kid"

3 words to describe them: Bodacious! <air guitar>

Well, that's the character! Hope he works well... :D

~ Noah :)

POST #26 - AUDIENCE FEEDBACK [COURSEWORK]

Hello!

Here's another non-written blog post, recorded and edited by me, and V/O by Emily! :D



that was a good one :D

~ Noah :)

POST #25 - PLOT SYNOPSIS [COURSEWORK]

Heyoo!
SO, Emily has written the plot synopsis! Check it!

"

This is the plot idea for our film opening:

The film opens with our character bolting out of bed. Bleary-eyed, he looks around, expecting to see his Pulp Fiction posters. However, the room he sees is not his own, and the walls are covered with Captain America and Panic! At the disco posters. Confused, he stumbles out of bed and discovers that he is fully clothed. He is wearing his neon windbreak, over a pair of blue dungarees. His backpack is still over his shoulders, and his skateboard is securely tied to it. 

Contents of backpack:

• Gameboy.
• Skateboards.
• Paper fortune tellers.
• Pokemon cards.
• A Supersoaker.
• Furby.
• Tamagotchi.
• Hubba Bubba reels. 
• Crystal Pepsi. 

He runs downstairs yet finds that his parents are not there, and he is in somebody elses house. A woman appears, but she is not his mother, and he shoos her out of the house, thinking that he is a burglar. He stumbles outside and squints in the sun, when his eyes adjust, he is instantly shocked about what he sees- he sees people using iPhones and Apple watches and is stunned- he has been mysteriously transported to 2017. 

This is our idea about the rest of the film:
After the opening, our character skates to the library to find out what he is to do next. He finds out that he must travel to Japan in order to get back to his own time.
To get the money for his journey, he sells his classic Tamagotchi. Along his journey, he falls asleep and has vivid flashbacks of his own time- It is the 27th of May,1995, and the character is in his living room. He is arguing with his mum and he storms upstairs in frustration. Whilst upstairs, we see that there is a huge storm brewing outside. He throws himself onto his bed and begins angrily playing on his Gameboy. Suddenly, a huge lightening bolt hits the house and it all goes black. 
Back in 2017, he wakes up when a stewardess is shaking him awake- he has arrived. He journeys across Japan until he reaches the mystical person who can send him back to 1995. He enters the persons home to find that this mystical man is not actually a man- he is a computer. After a long discussion, the computer tells him that he was taken from his time in a freak electrical storm that ripped through 2017, into 1995. The only way to get back to his own time is by riding the freak storm and it turns out that to do so, the computer must enter in a particular code and date that allows him to send him back to his time. However, alas, the computer is old and broken and is missing several important components that are essential in this process. The most important piece missing is the '9' key off of his keyboard- he simply couldn't enter in the date 1995 without it. 
Because of this, the boy is sent off again, and is tasked with searching for the all-important '9' key, which he soon discovers, is in the hands of the local Japanese mafia. He stumbles into the mafias dwellings and they assume he is an undercover policeman, and hold him hostage. He manages to escape as the gangsters find his awful 90's slang hilarious, and they make him an honorary member of their gang. With the '9' key safely in his windbreaker, he skates back to the computer and is just in time, the electrical storm has just begun, an has created a bridge between the two time frames. The computer enters the code and wishes the boy luck. In an instant, the boy is ripped out of 2017 and is spun through the time vortex. He is flung through the years, and we see time unfurl backwards. Everything goes dark. 

Dawn breaks and our character bolts out of bed. Bleary-eyed, he looks around yet doesn't see his posters, and instead sees a regal portrait of Queen Victoria. He throws off the covers and realises that he is a huge four poster bed, draped with rich purple sheets. The door slams open, and Queen Victoria herself arches in. She spots the boy and screams for her guards, and the boy screams too. The end. "