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Script Breakdown

The document outlines a script breakdown for a short film. It describes 14 scenes showing a day in the life of the main character. In each scene, everything and everyone around the main character is sped up while he remains in slow motion, appearing detached. This is meant to convey how the character feels the world is moving faster than him. The scenes provide insight into what may be causing his detachment through family portraits on his wall and an empty plate at the dinner table.

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Script Breakdown

The document outlines a script breakdown for a short film. It describes 14 scenes showing a day in the life of the main character. In each scene, everything and everyone around the main character is sped up while he remains in slow motion, appearing detached. This is meant to convey how the character feels the world is moving faster than him. The scenes provide insight into what may be causing his detachment through family portraits on his wall and an empty plate at the dinner table.

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Script break down

Scene
Introduction 10 seconds

Shot length
Long shot

Camera angle
Eye level

Action
A still clip of a door which leads to the main characters bedroom. This stays the same, but animated writing saying MGMT Kids will appear within the 10 seconds. The same clip as before is used, but the door starts to open in this clip, then the camera will have the effect that it walks into the room, and then watches the character sit on the edge of the bed after just waking up. The alarm clock will be going off, and also the sun in the background will be rising. Everything around the character is moving much faster than he will be. So the clock will move 15 minutes in the space of 20 seconds, and also the sun will rise in that time. In this clip, the camera will be in place of a bathroom mirror behind the sink, the main character will start on his own, but as he is slower than everything around him his brother and father will be in and out of the room using the mirror as well, and once again they will be sped up. In this clip the main character will be sat at the table with his spoon halfway to his mouth, meanwhile in the background another character will be cooking their breakfast and will sit at the table and eat it, all of this will be sped up. The main character will be sat in the back seat of the car, the camera will be able to see cars driving past out of the rear windscreen, but will also be able to see the driver and passenger in the front, they will be generally talking, and have an argument, once again all of this will be sped up around the main character. In this clip the main character will be stood as if walking in the hallway and other students will be walking past him, once again sped up. The camera will be at the front of the classroom, with a view of the whole room. The teacher will just be handing out a worksheet, and the camera will slowly be zooming in to the main character, which will be glazed over as if he is in mid thought, once again he will be a still. With everything else moving faster around him. The main character will be sat in the back seat of the car, the camera will be able to see cars driving past out of the rear windscreen, but will also be able to see the driver and passenger in the front, they will be generally talking, and have an argument, once again all of this will be sped up around the main character.

Waking up 20 seconds

Long shot

High angle

Brushing teeth 25 seconds

Medium shot

Eye level

Breakfast 28 seconds

Wide shot/long shot

High level

Car journey 32 seconds

Medium shot

High level

School hallway 10 seconds Classroom 20 seconds

Long shot

High level

Wide shot/long shot

High level

Car journey home 31 seconds

Medium shot

High level

Dinner 20 seconds

Wide shot/long shot

High level

Brushing teeth (Night) 30 seconds

Medium shot

Eye level

Sleep (night) 26 seconds

Long shot

High angle

Family portrait wall 30 seconds

Close up

Panning

Waking up (morning) 20 seconds

Long shot

High angle

4 people in the scene, main character will be sat at the end of the table, the father on the left hand side, and the two siblings on the right hand side. 5 plates will be dished up, to give the sense that someone is missing. The other 3 will finish their meal as the main has his fork halfway to his mouth. In this clip, the camera will be in place of a bathroom mirror behind the sink, the main character will start on his own, but as he is slower than everything around him his siblings will doing the same, and once again they will be sped up. Main starts by sitting on the edge of the bed, as a still, but the one movement that he makes is a single tear running down his face. The scene will then cut to the main in bed sleeping. This will then merge into the next scene. From the sleeping scene the camera will zoom into the wall above the bed, this will have around 6 family photos, the first 2 will have a mother in them, the rest will not, this will give the audience the final hint to why the main is the way he is. The same clip as before is used, but the door starts to open in this clip, then the camera will have the effect that it walks into the room, and then watches the character sit on the edge of the bed after just waking up. The alarm clock will be going off, and also the sun in the background will be rising. Everything around the character is moving much faster than he will be. So the clock will move 15 minutes in the space of 20 seconds, and also the sun will rise in that time.

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