Character Description

Todd Howard
I like to think of Todd as a similar character to the main character from the parole officer, quite awkward but in a funny way a bit of a guy you feel sorry for and you love at the same time a very british lovable loser.  
Guy (The Guy)
I want to get Guy as a sort of Jock (sporty kid)/Class clown feel to it, this student is very different to Todd, nowhere near as clever more confidant but in a sort of dense way.

A Couple test movies

To get to know the program a little more, 

The Chase                                                              

This is about character one forgetting his wallet and character 2 try's to give it back. 

 Frisbee Movie

Two people find a frisbee and they just have a little go with it. 

Just before storyboarding

Start I want blurred filming with the credits, I haven't yet found the soundtrack to this opening but i chilled out synth tune for my opening. Then it fades into one of the student setting up a prank that some of the education department, who are visiting walk past that area of he school he moons them with a sign up saying  down with homework and then a convosation happens between the main character and this character. Lets just call the moonie boy, Guy and the main character Todd. 

Guy: Hey Toddo, come hear.

Todd: Oh you alright.. buddy?.

Guy: Don't touch me, now i know your ways and if you end up leaking my plan to anyone, your stuffed!

Todd: Stuffed?

Guy: Yea gone, dead or anything else you want to call it.

Todd: Ah alright well i will be off then. 

Guy: Don't you even want to know what i'm doing? 

Todd: Not really... sorry

Guy: Well I will lift this sign and then, this is the best bit, i will release my buttox *grins*

Todd: Ah alright, no homework clever... but i don't there's a need to reveal yourself like that

Guy: Your wrong, I am the Guy, the Guy isn't wrong.

Todd: You spelt homework wro *gets interrupted*

Guy: There he is go, run fast, faster white boy!

Todd: *runs girlishly of scared to get in trouble*

Guy: Im ready

Then he gets home and has a monologue explain about his school, what's write in it and what's wrong.  

 *Todd walks in kitchen takes of blazer sees that there's a letter on the table for job* *Cross's fingers runs upstairs grabs his lucky blanket, takes a deep breath opens it slowly then whips it out* 

Todd: (Very british way) Shit...

Todd: thats the 6th job thats declined me, i don't know what it is, i have the grades. I just cant keep my cool in the interviews. 

*Goes to scene of him shivering outside the interview room, then someone calls Mr. Todd Howard then he passes out and falls of his chair* 

*Back at home in the kitchen*

Todd: I'm  getting a bit bored of this every day routine *filmed from the fridge as he grabs out a cheese string* 

Todd: you know it is hard being Todd Howard, its a wicked world for a your average day geek, brain box or dork, *pours some milk* ah calcium you may be able to make my bones stonger and up to a suitable and safe level but i'm pretty sure you cant cure a broken heart and all the sadness and pain that comes with it. 

Todd: *Turns around trips over dog spills milk*oh fuck (very british, similar to the way parole officer says it) 

Todd:*Stands up wipes his clothes* Bloody dog

Thinking about story boards

I am going to start looking at a few nice ones to pick up some tips from them 



I am going to try to start sketching a draft story board first

Finding a soundtrack & start of story line

I think it is a good idea for a few reasons to look at the sort of soundtrack before properly developing on the story line, so then you are sure your the soundtrack will go with the story line and film ideas. There's 2 main sound tracks I am looking out for. The basic opening story line is.
1. Blurred artistic credits
2. Focus to a student from in trousers down pointing his bum outside the gate acting stupid the public acting stupid.
3. Main character walks past speaks to the trousers down student about something they are doing that night and walks of trousered down student carry's on and speaks as if nothing is weird and as soon as main character walks of screen you see a teacher notice and start to chase him as he runs away.
4. Main character arrives home and speaks to camera about school as he takes of his coat and shoes, and does normal getting home activities.

I have a feeling I will be switching the story line quite a lot but there are bits I will try to stick to like the mood switch bit, but this story line is just something to start from.

I will list some of the songs I have gone through and liked the idea of soon.

I think the next step is to start story boarding a bit.

I want a electro synthy chilled out sort of sound for the very opening and then i was thinking of using the king and I by the kooks after that bit.

Coach Carter

I watch the opening to coach carter, the music starts of rapping very well suited to the charecters big black basket ball players playing basket ball most of the opening. The new is being filmed there that makes you think what is happening is of importance. There are two scenes going at the same time in this opening one of the basket ball game and the other what looks like someone with something to do or maybe just a fan with it getting to the game in a rush.  Then they join into one scene, which is effective I think. A fight starts out in the basket ball teams and Samuel L Jackson looks in a bit of distress when this happens, then it goes to a scene with the team arguing in the changing room. 

After credits opening

I was thinking after the credits and the whole blurry scene, I was thinking to having a sort of morning after monologue a chance to get to know the character a little better, speaking to the camera monologue.

A twist in the opening

I was thinking about a twist in the opening scene, so it starts with a slow blurred opening calming music and when the artistic blurred opening similar to the start of crash, and then after the credits the blurry artistic part of the opening comes into focus and you realize what you have been looking at as beautiful and calming is something like a bunch or drunk teens pulling a moonie at the the main character or the public just generally acting stupid in the street at night. The kind of start that confuses the audience at the very start and makes them wonder "Am I watching the wrong film?" and then as the blur comes to focus the soundtrack completely changes and the mood switches very fast. Im not sure about the drunk teens bit but it would have to be something not expected, i'm not sure about the moonie bit, i would have to film it cleverly to make sure its not to much.

Teen comedies

American Pie
I started to look at the film american pie, because i thought the characters in it where easy to predict in a good way and they suited the sort of blink sound track very well. The film is based in america and made for teens so they chose american teen music, its important to choose the soundtrack well.

Soundtrack to american pie
Third Eye Blind - "New Girl"
Tonic - "You Wanted More"
Blink-182 - "Mutt"
Sugar Ray - "Glory"
Super TransAtlantic - "Super down"
Dishwalla - "Find Your Way Back Home"
Bic Runga - "Good Morning Baby"
Shades Apart - "Stranger by the Day"
Bachelor Number One - "Summertime"
Goldfinger - "Vintage Queen"
Bic Runga - "Sway"
Loose Nuts - "Wishen"
The Atomic Fireballs - "Man with the Hex"

The plot is basic but still is very interesting to watch, i think sometimes movies can be ruined when the story line is overly complicated. I am looking at films like these because I think in the first few minute you get a nice idea of the characters characteristics, this can be helped by the soundtrack as well.

The start: Looking through classics

At the start I wanted to look at a few comedy films, I was looking through some classic comedies on this site http://www.filmsite.org/funniestscenes6.html. Then I noticed the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, i have seen it a coupe times and I love this film. I think the its funny and i like the way how you get to know all the characters and you cant wait to see what they do. In the first 5 minutes you get a very good idea of the character Ferris Bueller, with lines like ("The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom; I'm a big believer in it..."). You immediately take a liking to this laid back character.