Making Decisions:
My synopsis:
The father tackles the convict, trading blows and gaining wounds as the rest of the family calls the police. Brutally, the protagonist gathers objects to hit the villain with. The fight ends with the hero killing the villain in cold blood, trying to protect his family. He is unfazed and exhausted at what has happened that night. The police arrive, questioning the family and detaining the father until they realised it was self defence. He is taken to hospital then the family decide to move on with their lives in a new city.
Learning From Examples:
Key elements from my selected section - father is angry but lacks emotion when convict is dead, it is intense as the audience doesn't know who will win. There is a minor jumpscare when the convict jumps out at him. The emotions are represented as up and down throughout the story - the family being scared then relieved when the convict is dead.
This is an extract from "Get Out" - I have annotated key parts.
Protagonist
Name: Richard
Brief description: A family man will do anything to protect his home, family and himself
Propp Role: Hero
Main qualities/attitudes at start: Protective, scared, tense
Challenge they face: Fighting an escaped convict to the death
How they develop/change: Trauma from killing someone
How they are by the end: Quieter but happy that his family is safe
Antagonist
Name: Convict
Brief description: An escaped convict from a prison; goes out of his way to kill
Propp Role: Villain
Main qualities/attitudes at start: Cocky, tough, ready to fight
Challenge they face: Fighting protagonist to the death
How they develop/change: Nervous but still cocky
How they are by the end: Dead
Developing the angle of my concept:
These are the four angles. Character development could be especially useful to create a better story as the protagonist goes through a large conflict between him and the antagonist - including character development would make the story more interesting as the protagonist would live with the guilt of killing but also living with the relief of saving his family. Representation could be used to show that the prison system doesn't keep people inside as much as it should as well as possibly saying that it doesn't reform people who go there, which also gives the film a message of critiquing the prison system. The perspective is following the father's point of view in the story.
Formatting and Drafting:
I have made a small draft of my script to show the formatting of the dialogue, action, location, parenthetical and transitions. There is development of this in my M1 work.
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