Narrative Script Rough Draft

Scene 1

FADE IN:

While the narrator is speaking, a montage of clips are shown in black and white. A female is getting mugged in broad daylight. A male is shown devastated at his torn-down door tag. A group of kids are shown being cut in line by an intimidating male. OFFICER MUFFIN (40s) is shown dozing off only to wake up startled and to be shown having a light bulb go off. CLAIRE, GABBY, AND ZELDA are each brought into the office where Officer Muffin explains to them their duty.

NARRATOR (v.o.)

In the year of 2010, the University of Tampa was on a rapid downward spiral. Walking around in the daytime became unsafe. Nametags being viciously ripped down. And the line at Salsa Rico having no structure, with students constantly getting cut. One day, while sleeping on the job, Officer Muffin had a startling dream; he saw the University being restored, but only with the help of three very different girls, Claire, Gabby, and Zelda. He called them into the office, and told them of their destiny and duty to protect the school from harm. From that day forward, all while keeping their identities secret, the girls have been protecting the school. They call for justice, but we call them, “The Security Sirens.”

FADE OUT

The Opening Title appears on screen.

FADE IN

Scene 2

Claire is doing sit-ups intensely and her phone VIBRATES. She picks up her phone and there is a text saying, “New Assignment.”

Gabby is shown doing hair flips and her phone VIBRATES. She picks it up and has the same text.

Zelda is studying environmental science when her phone VIBRATES. She picks it up and has the same text.

Gabby is shown pacing nervously in her room when Claire enters from the left.

Claire

Hey just got the text, what gives Gab?

Zelda enters from the right.

Zelda

Came as soon as I could. What’s our new assignment ladies?

Gabby

I don’t know, Officer Muffin should Facetime us any minute now. Look he’s calling now!

Gabby takes out her phone and holds it up so the three girls can see.

Three girls

Officer Muffin!

Officer Muffin via. Facetime

Hello ladies. I’m sure you’re wondering about your new assignment. We’re calling him or her, “The Printurgaler.” They’ve already messed with the printers in the computer lab, making all the printers only be able to print out pictures of Fergie on the set of her music video from London Bridge. Our instincts tell us that he or she will strike again, and it’s up to you girls stop them! Good luck Sirens. (Hangs up.)

Claire

Sounds like a task only for (three girls together) The Security Sirens.

Gabby

Let’s split up and look for clues. Claire, you hit up the gym, I’ll check out in the courtyard, and Zelda, you take Plant Park.

Zelda

(screams) We must defeat the Printburgaler!

Claire

Shh! If you’re too loud, my RA will…

A door busts open, and the RA enters. His name is HARRY.

Harry

Will you BLIMEY AMERICAN GIRLS KEEP IT DOWN? A YOUNG CHAP MUST KEEP UP WITH HIS STUDYING.

Harry slams the door.

Claire

What a nightmare! Come on girls we don’t have much time.

The girls split up.

Scene 3

A montage of clips are shown as music is being played and the girls search for clues.

First, Claire is shown in the gym looking keeping a close eye on fellow gym-goers. She sees an iPod on the floor. She picks it up and examines it for a little before smirking and running away with it cautiously.

Gabby is shown applying lip stick outside of the courtyard, spying on everybody. When she sees a backpack left unattended, she scurries over to it and finds a picture of Kate Winslet. She sneakily puts it in her purse and hurries off.

Zelda is outside at Plant Park examining the Spanish Moss and other leaves. When she finds a plant that looks unsuaul, she makes a perplexed face before sealing it in a plastic bag and hurrying off as well.

Scene 4

The girls are sitting at a table looking sad.

Gabby

Guys, this is hopeless!

Claire

Don’t say that!

Zelda

Yeah Gabby don’t give up, mother nature is signaling to me that we’re gonna nail this Printburgaler.

Claire

Yeah, once he deals with us, he’ll have to leave the country and go to England or something!

Gabby

England…? Wait a minute, Claire didn’t you say that the iPod you found at the gym was mostly SClub 7?

Claire

Yeah, so?

Gabby

SClub 7, Kate Winslet, the London Bridge Music Video… it’s all British!

Zelda

According to my lab results, the different kind of leaf I found in Plant Park originated from England!

Claire

But what do all these random unrelated British things mean?

Gabby

It means that Printurgaler is…

Scene 5

Harry is frantically typing all sorts of interesting on his computer.

Harry (to himself)

This is it! All I have to do is hit enter, and every printer at this bloody school will only be able to print pictures of Elton John, Twiggy, and Kate Middleton! Muahahaha… Oh look I have a new email. Hmm, it’s from The Security Sirens… the subject of the e-mail is justice. Hmm wonder what that could mean? Would you like to hear the audio of this email? Why of course, I love emails with music!

Harry Opens the email and “Sweet Home Alabama” starts playing.

Harry

Oh no! Sweet Home Alabama! The most American song known to man! I’m melting I’m melting!

Harry melts into a puddle of smoothie.

Scene 6

The girls are back in the office with Officer Muffin.

Officer Muffin

Well Sirens, you’ve done it again. The Printurgaler is dead and it’s all thanks to you. The guys are making breakfast back at the station. You guys want some English Muffins.

Claire

Oh no sir, no English muffins for us!

Zelda

But maybe we’ll have an omlette…

Gabby

With…

Three Girls

AMERICAN CHEESE!

Everyone fake laughs.

     FADE OUT

The End

Logline and Treatment/Synopsis

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

COM 241

10 October 2012

Logline and Treatment

Logline: Three girls who are secret campus safety agents must defend their school from an unidentified villain who plans on disconnecting the library printers.

Treatment:

Claire, Gabby, and Zelda are all very different girls, however they all share one thing in common; they are secret agents of campus safety at the University of Tampa, and their latest mission may be the most difficult of all. The girls must figure out the villain who is planning on disconnecting all of the library printers, which would cause havoc throughout the whole school, before it’s too late!

            The girls split up and each use their strengths to try and find out who plans on executing this evil plan. As they find more and more clues they are each drawn to the same spot where they find who is causing all this mischief. They figure out that it’s… their RA! Their evil RA wanted to get revenge on the school for his residents being insensitive to his British culture. Right before this evil mastermind can accomplish his goal, the three girls stab him to death and save the school and library once again.

            As the three girls walk back to their room, they meet their new RA and share a sentimental moment with one another, knowing that they were responsible for keeping the school safe and sound.

Color Tint Assignment

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

COM 241

24 September 2012

Lighting Tint Assignment

            In one of the later scenes in James Cameron’s Titanic, Rose and Jack are in the water, as Rose is keeping afloat on a piece of the boat while back holds onto the side in the water; she then shortly realizes that Jack is dead. One of the ways the blue tint works so well here, is to show the coldness of the scene. The characters are obviously in freezing water, and the blue tint makes even the person watching it feel colder. The blue tint on the characters’ faces make it seem like they are absolutely freezing and gives you a sense of desperateness. It makes Rose's face appear even paler than usual, creating a sense of how vulnerability in the character. The blue tint is also used to enhance the location of the scene; it’s the nighttime in this part of the film, and it makes the whole energy of the scene feel dark and hopeless. The blue tint also works well as it complements the large open black sky and the dark water. 

Lighting Examples Journal

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

COM 241

19 September 2012

Lighting Examples Journal

11.     Overexposure: This picture uses overexposure and it is being used to exaggerate the pain on the character’s face and show that something extraordinary is about to happen. 

2. Underexposure: This picture uses underexposure to show the eeriness of the background and setting.

3. High Contrast: High Contrast was used a lot in old films and it's used here to accent some of the colors like red and yellow from the white and dark colors.

14. Low Contrast: While this one was difficult to find, in the opening scene of The Sound of Music, he shows the scenery using low contrast.

55. Hard Light: Hard light is used for this Marilyn Monroe still, so it can create a glow about her have her look in the spotlight.

66. Soft Light: This picture is a good example of soft light because it doesn't emphasize the details on his face so much. It works because he kind of blends in the background and seems mysterious.

77. Flat Light: This is an example of flat light. The image appears very one-dimensional; the director probably used this to make the girl seem ordinary.

T8. Low Key Light:  Low key light is used here to create a dramatic effect to go along with the dramatic expression on the woman's face. 

99. High Key Light: High key light is often used on TV studios, which is why it is used here during an interview of the show Intervention.

110. Backlight: A backlight was used in this scene to keep the man's face darkened and create an eerie vibe to the scene.

111. Presentational Light: The only presentationa light example I could find was one of a TV anchor, a kind of lighting which is often used during news reports to help enhance the anchor's features and surroundings.

112. Representational lighting: This ind of lighting is used to try and create a natural lighting using nature, and in the film Melancholia, it is used well in this photo. The nature is very natural looking and it contrasts the fact that she is in a wedding dress, making you wonder why she is surrounded by nature with vines pulling at her. 

113. Motivated Lighting: Motivated lighting needs to have lighting that all looksl ike it's coming from a real source. In this scene of Kill Bill 2 it goes from complete black, to showing light in the coffin, making it seem very real and scary. 

Mis-en Scene: The Godfather

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

Com 241

16 September 2012

Mis-en-Scene The Godfather

            In a thirty second scene from The Godfather, Mama Corelone steps up from the crowd at her daughter Connie’s wedding to sing. While the scene may seem trivial, it features many aspects of mise-en-scene. The scene begins with a wide shot of the band, two male wedding singers, and some wedding guests shown all near the dance floor. The director uses the rule of thirds, focusing on the wedding guests in the left third of the frame, the band in the back middle, and the two male singers closer to the right of the frame. The director also gives a sense of depth perception, as the band is further back than everyone else in the scene.

            The set for this scene is mostly focused on the dance floor and the stage behind the dance floor where the band is playing. However, in the beginning of the scene, there are bushes and vibrant green plants and flowers shown in the corners of the top frame, which contrast well with the cream-colored dance floor. There is also a stone wall that goes from one side of the frame to another.

            The first noticeable image of the scene is right as the scene begins, a little girl wearing a yellow dress comes out from the right of the frame and begins dancing. Your eyes are immediately focused on her as she moves across the dance floor and frame. This was the first noticeable costume decision made by the director. All the other guests are wearing colors that don’t really stand out (mostly black and some khaki) but the little girl in the yellow dress is a notable standout. The yellow attracts the eye immediately on the frame, and the girl’s dark hair contrasts with the dress, and makes her pop. She also has a large yellow flower in her hair as well, which even more adds to her standing out in the frames. 

From beginning to end of the scene, when Mama Corelone is in the scene, she is shown in the center of the frame. After the frame with the girl in the yellow dress, we see Mama Corleone for the first time in the scene; she is in the center and happily clapping to the music with mostly men surrounding her. As one of the male singers comes out on the dance floor to grab her and get her to sing, there is great use of mise-en scene shown. She is surrounded by men all around her trying to get her to go up and sing, and they continue to accompany her as she reluctantly walks up to the stage. Firstly, the men she is surrounded by are all shorter than her, and Mama Corelone is probably heavier than most of them as well. With this setup, along with her being in the dominant center of the frames, it gives the audience the impression that Mama Corelone is a woman of power. However, as she is wearing a light pink simple dress, it gives the impression that she is gentle, as opposed to if she were wearing a fire-engine red or black dress. Her hair is also pulled back in a sort of bun type hairstyle, with areas of gray hair showing, presenting the impression that she is aging, and not  completely focused on her looks, as she is also wearing light make-up. The last ten seconds of the scene are one take of Mama Corelone singing with a man on both sides of her. As she remains in the center of the frame, the shorter men by her sides are positioned and angled in a way that shows that they are inferior to her. For this sequence, the director again uses the rule of thirds, and effectively uses two men in the background playing instruments to focus on Mama Corelone even more than before (see picture).

One of the most important factors in this scene is the lighting. The scene was obviously taken outside and not in a studio, and the director utilizes the sunny day, as the whole scene is incredibly bright and highly lit. While I’ve only seen some scenes from the movie The Godfather, the scenes I have scene are mostly dark, or use chiaroscuro lighting. However, I believe for this scene, the director chose the scene to be so bright because it fit well with the high energy and happiness of the scene.

The design influences for the scene are most closely shown to be Italian neorealism. The film is based off of an Italian family, so that design influence would be the best choice to use for the film. The scene also depicts mostly open framing, as it would have been very difficult to get all of the wedding guests into one frame, so some of the non-important faces are cut off during the scene. The scene mostly uses static composition instead of dynamic, however there is one scene where one of the male sings cuts diagonally across the dance floor to retrieve Mama Caleone.

The lastly most important aspect to the scene is the movement; the whole scene depicts a lot of movement from the characters. The beginning of the scene, which features the most people shown in a frame, shows almost everyone either dancing or clapping along with the music that is playing. Even as Mama Coreloeone sings and is standing still, she continues to clap her hands and bob her head hapilly.

Mis-en-Scene Journal in my room *Update

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

COM 241

16 September 2012

Journal

        This is a photo of myself in my room. I never put much thought into analyzing my room, but this picture can in fact be an example of a mise-en scene. The composition for the frame is a wide shot of myself laying on my bed. The composition is also very much static, as the bed, and my body are horizonally straight. However, there is also a little bit of dynamic composition in the blue bin below the bed and the tipped over water bottle case in the very back below my bed also. Both open and closed framing are used for this picture. My body depicts an example of an object being closed in the frame, however my bed, chair, and desk are all not entirely enclosed within the frame, making it an example of open framing.

The setting and construction of my room is fairly bland. There is a pretty simple blue and cream-colored theme going on, with my shirt being the only thing that is black. I also depicted the rule of thirds for this picture, as my bed takes up th first two thirds of the picture starting from the left, while the last third of the picture on the right is my night-stand.

In regards to lighting, the top half of the picture is very well lit while the bottom of the picture is more dark. My t-shirt shows that I am very comfortable in my room and do not care much about how my appearance is in my room. 

Journal #1

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

Com 241

31 August 2012

Journal Entry 1

I have been a fan of the show Lost for years now. I always admired the way the show was written and the wonderful acting from all of the characters. The plot twists and turns of Lost were what it was known for, however I never really noticed all of the direction from behind the scenes, that made the show work so well.

            The first scene of Lost shows the main character Jack waking up after a plane crash in the middle of the jungle. I’ve watched this scene many times before, but this time I noticed how many shot sizes are given in this scene. They do extreme close-ups, regular close-ups, and medium far away shots all in a matter of seconds. Right after this, Jack runs toward the beach when he hears screaming, and as he’s running, it shows a great example of leadroom. Another scene that shows an example of the golden mean is when Jack is standing next to the damaged plane. In this example, “A” would be the plane, while the .618 or “B” was Jack.

            Soon after all the chaos cools down, many survivors are just staring around, and I realized that this was a great example of the director showing lookspace. He gives a decent amount of space between for the actors to look out into the whatever, and it definitely adds to the scene. In one scene, characters Jack, Claire, and Hurley are in the middle of the picture while the plane is to the right and the ocean to the left, making this shot an example of “the rule of thirds.”

            While I do not own a television currently, I read in Making Media that a computer screen like mine would have a 16:9 aspect ratio. I watched a television movie Wish Upon a Star, a movie that I have seen many times back at home on my flat and wide screen television, and I definitely noticed the difference between a 16:9 ratio and a 3:2 ratio.