Pre-Production Film Trailer Treatment and Concept
Production Team
· Jake Dungworth – Director/Cinematography
· Alex Raynes – Producer/Writer
· Will Hewitt – Producer/Writer/Cinematography
· Lewis Leversidge – Post Production/Health and Safety Manager
Characters/Actors
Connor Wright – Mike Davies
Ronnie – Luke Goddard
Mr. Shipman (Boss) – James Scanlan
Connor’s Mate – Mitch Morton
Connor’s Mate #2 – Dominic Duerden
Policeman – Mick Heard
Locations
Derelict Building - UTC Sheffield College Basement (111, Matilda Street, Sheffield, S1 4QF) – Monday 17th 9:30am – 12:30pm
Office – Sheffield Live! (15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX) – Wednesday 19th 9:15 – 11:00
Flat (6, Stanwell Avenue, Wincobank, Sheffield) – Saturday 15th 10:00am
Concept
In the trailer of Static Reality we touch on the ideas of schizophrenia, human conscience, drug use and the ‘groundhog day’ esque style of film where the days repeat themselves from our main character’s point of view.
Essentially it follows the life of a single man, Connor Wright who normally lives a ‘regular’ life, where he goes to work at the accounting office of Willow Pharmaceuticals, but is also a drug addict. He and his friend Ronnie are obsessed with drugs, their lives are going nowhere and this how they prefer to spend their time. At the beginning of the trailer, Connor awakes in a derelict building next to a dead body. A static radio noise plays in the background. Mysteriously the corpse doesn’t faze him and he knows he has to get rid of the body but is unsure why, as if he’s in fear that if he doesn’t do it bad things will happen. Our character suffers from blackouts, which are sequentially followed by these instances where he awakes in the room. Basically he believes he has a different life purpose on these different days. However, the character’s memory is erased after these days and he has no knowledge of either day. Until one day, his boss at work catches on to his mysterious absences; our character looks bewildered at the boss insistent that he never misses a day at work. Following this, he wakes up next to his boss who is dead. The character thinks this is just another body to dispose of, unbeknown to the fact it’s his boss. Waking up on the next day he goes to work to discover his boss is missing, yet there is police involved. He overhears the police enquiring a co-worker, who replies that he hasn’t be seen for 2 weeks. During this scene, the camera focuses on our characters face that increasingly looks confused as to what might have happened. He walks over to his desk to find an envelope with his name on. He opens the envelope to find a needle; a message from someone who knows. The trailer cuts to several clips of other scenes in the film, an action scene, a clip of our character running etc. while ‘Feel Good Hit of the summer’ by Queens of the Stone Age plays.
Audience
Broadcast for a 15+ Audience
Purpose
The trailer for Static Reality has been created for Warp Films as a competition.
Equipment (Provided free by UTC Sheffield College)
Camera – Sony Pro HD P100E, Canon 650D DSLR
Mounts – Tripod, Steadicam, Fig Rig
Lighting
Props, Costumes and Models
Wheelbarrow
Bin Liner
Imitation of Drugs
Radio
· Connor Wright – Suit/Casual Clothes
· Mr. Shipman – Suit
· Ronnie – Casual
· Policeman – Uniform
Health and Safety Considerations
Risk Assessment
Legal and Ethical Considerations
Static Reality will feature the use of drugs and violence, so must adhere to the British Board of Film Classification’s regulations for 15 rated films.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse
(for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
The use of drugs in Static Reality is brief and intends to showcase the characters’ dependence and addiction. It does not promote the use of it and portrays the negative effects of using it, depression, schizophrenia, impairment etc.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.
There will be a clip of a fight scene, that won’t show injury. The corpse won’t have any external injury and will just appear dead. This does not breach the regulations of the BBFC.
We will also be using a copyrighted music track, Feel Good Hit of The Summer by Queen of the Stone Age, so the proper legal action must be carried out to request it for use in our trailer. Alex has filed a request to Kobalt; the legal owners of Queens of the Stone Age to allow the use of the track in Static Reality. Other tracks used in the trailer are sourced from Incompetech, provided royalty free and licensed by a Creative Commons license.
We will assure that before entering or taking photos of an individual’s private property, permission is granted from the owner.
The Data Protection of 1998 states that if an individual is featured in photography or video footage, their consent must be given for it to be published or broadcasted. We will make sure that the actors featuring in our trailer will sign a release form.
