Film Studies: Screenplay

Film Studies Screenplay

Scene 1 – Shot 1

External location – St. James road

Time – Midday

Long shot used of Jake and Kyle as they wait for Austin to meet them.

Dialogue:

Kyle

‘’How long do you think Austin will take?’’

Jake

‘’He’s just over there look!’’

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 1 – Shot 2

External location – St. James road

Time – Midday

Medium shot of Austin approaching Jake and Kyle with a magazine.

Dialogue:

Austin

‘’Hey guys check this out!’’

Duration of Shot – 3 Seconds

Scene 1 – Shot 3

External location – St. James road

Time – Midday

Close-up on Jake, Kyle and Austin as they all read the magazine.

Dialogue:

Austin

‘’Look there at the bottom of page 14’’

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 1 – Shot 4

External location – St. James road

Time – Midday

Extreme Close-up on magazine music chart and show the band’s latest song in the new entry zone at number 20.

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 1 – Shot 5

External location – St. James road

Time – Midday

Pan around band members while they read the magazine.

Dialogue:

Matt

‘’I told you we would get somewhere one day’’

Kyle

‘’all this hard work is paying off!’’

Duration of Shot - 3 Seconds

Scene 2 - Shot 1

A Shot of ‘5 weeks later’ text in the centre of the frame.

Duration of Shot - 5 Seconds

Scene 3 – Shot 1

Internal location – Band practice room

Time – Afternoon

A Long shot is used to show Kyle going through a door into the practice room.

Duration of Shot - 2 Seconds

Scene 3 – Shot 2

Internal location – Band practice room

Time – Afternoon

Low angle shot used to show Kyle and Jake sat on the floor of the practice room.

Dialogue:

Kyle

‘’Hey man, take a look at this’’

Duration of Shot - 2 Seconds

Scene 3 – Shot 3

Internal location – Band practice room

Time – Afternoon

Low angle shot shows Kyle and Jake looking up at Joe.

Duration of Shot - 1 Second

Scene 3 – Shot 4

Internal location – Band practice room

Time – Afternoon

A Close-up is used of Joe as he talks to Jake and Kyle.

Dialogue:

Joe

‘’Hey guys, what’s up?’’

Duration of Shot - 2 Seconds

Scene 3 – Shot 5

Internal location – Band practice room

Time – Afternoon

Extreme Close-up on magazine and their song is at number three in the magazine chart.

Dialogue:

Joe

‘’As if! That is amazing’’

Jake

‘’I know right!’’

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 4 – Shot 1

A Shot of ‘1 Week later’ in white text centred in the middle of the frame.

Duration of Shot – 5 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 1

External location – Edward Street

Time – Late afternoon/evening

Over the shoulder shot used to show the distance between Jake and Joe.

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 2

External location – Edward Street

Time – Late afternoon/evening

A Close-up is used with the magazine in focus being passed between Jake and Joe.

Dialogue:

Jake

‘’Check it out man, we’re at number one in Kerrang’’

Joe

‘’Wait until we tell the others!’’

Duration of Shot – 3 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 3

External location – Edward Street

Time – Late afternoon/evening

Joe turns the pages and once he reaches page 27 he looks at the song chart.

Duration of Shot – 3 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 4

External location – Edward Street

Time – Late afternoon/evening

Jake and Joe meet up and start walking the band practice room.

Dialogue:

Jake

‘’did you notice Austin at last night’s gig?’’

Joe

 ‘’Yeah his vocals are getting awful, what’s gotten in to him?’’

Jake

‘’I don’t know but I’ve saw him hanging around with that guy Dave before the gig’’

Joe

‘’Dodgy business that’’

Duration of Shot – 5 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 5

External location – Outside of the practice room

Time – Evening

A low angle show looking up at Jake and Joe as they approach their practice room

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 6

Internal location – Practice room

Time – Evening

A Low angle medium show of Jake on the right hand side of the frame looking up at Kyle

Dialogue:

Jake

‘’looks like Kyle is here now’’

Duration of Shot – 2 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 7

Internal location – Practice room

Time – Evening

Kyle enters the room looking very annoyed and sees that Joe and Jake are already there.

Duration of Shot – 3 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 8

Internal location – Practice room

Time – Evening

Jake asks Kyle if he has seen the magazine yet to attempt to take his mind off things. While looking Kyle asks if either of them had heard from Austin

Dialogue:

Kyle

‘’Have either of you guys heard from Austin?’’

Duration of Shot – 5 Seconds

Scene 5 – Shot 9

Internal location – Practice room

Time- Evening

Joe answers Kyle and asks he is concerned then Kyle tells them both that he has been trying to ring him all day but has had no answer thus far.

Dialogue:

Joe

‘’no man, why?’’

Kyle

‘’I’ve been trying to ring him all day, what is he playing at?’’

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 6 – Shot 1

The phrase ‘meanwhile at an unknown apartment complex’ appears in the centre of the frame.

Duration of Shot – 5 Seconds

Scene 7 – Shot 1

Internal location – Unknown apartment complex

Time – Night

Medium shot of Austin lying on the floor.

Duration of Shot – 3 Seconds

Scene 7 – Shot 2

Internal location – Unknown apartment complex

Time - Night

Medium shot used as Austin looks at his phone.

Duration of Shot – 4 Seconds

Scene 7 – Shot 3

Internal location - Unknown apartment complex

Time –Night

Over the shoulder shot the fade out from shot to black.

Dialogue:

Austin

‘’Oh fucking hell, not again’’

Duration of Shot – 2 Seconds