SESSION 20-21

L2 GROUP 1: ROULETTE END SEQUENCE - STAGE 1 from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

Above is the finished film ROULETTE. We uploaded this only yesterday on Monday, but today we have received feedback for the film. Most of it was positive, though several people have commented on how we did the spinning camera scene, suggesting we redo this to make it more smooth, and several different camera angles have been suggested by Steve to be redone to make it more effective.

PRODUCTION TIMELINE

Our film planning began several weeks ago, when we had to decide on what the plot must be, or “Genre.” After watching a famous scene out of the 1970 film, “The Deer Hunter,” which involves a game called Russian roulette. After we all agreed to this, we built up from that point from an original idea for an assassination attempt in a park, but due to restrictions (Including being unable find an Mini-14 replica) we used the idea of roulette to replace this idea. After we decided our idea, it then came down to deciding character roles, Tom as the antagonist, Jamie and I as protagonists.

STORYBOARD AND PLOT

We based most of plot around that of the deer hunter; only it is set in modern times instead of Vietnam. We begin the film with two hostages in what appears to be a storage room, giving the sense that the two were kidnapped. After a small bit of dialogue, the antagonist or villain climbs a set of stairs to where the two victims are held captive, and after laying a gun on the table, one of the victims reveal that the gun is for roulette, which startles his fellow. After threatening him with another gun, he forces the both of them to play. After several blank shots, one of the captives finally cracks under the pressure, refusing to continue. In the heat of the moment, the remaining victim assures him that the next chamber is empty, despite not knowing what will happen next. The man accepts this, points the gun at his head and fires. The next chamber does in fact have a bullet, and he shoots himself in the head, and then dies. Whilst in grief, the villain then reveals that he was going to kill the both of them anyway. Enraged, the remaining victim retaliates, stealing the gun off the villain and hitting him in the head, taking the gun from his dead captive in the process. The villain recovers and follows his prey down a set of stairs. Whilst he is looking for him, the survivor appears from behind him and raises his gun to the mans head as the screen blanks to white, leaving the death anonymous.