2. Our story
Our story begins with a long shot of the area the scene is set in. There
is a shot of two muggers walking down the street, talking that they
need to mug someone for money. The scene cuts to two drug
dealers preparing drugs in a house. The character is going to
deliver the drugs somewhere and the other drug dealer threatens
him if the drugs go missing. The character goes out of the house to
the street and starts walking, but he gets mugged by the two
muggers. The muggers run off, and the scene cuts to them looking
through the bag. Their shocked when they find drugs. The scene
cuts to the character talking to the other drug dealer, explaining to
him how he lost the drugs. The drug dealer shoots the character,
and the shot fades to the character lying on the floor. The scene
ends here.
4. Characters
The first character is the person who delivers the drugs, the
“good guy”. The “bad guy” is the drug dealer and maker and
two characters who mug the good guy. The audience will fell
aVracted to the good guy because he is doing this as he has
no choice, which makes him innocent. The audience will hate
the bad guy because he forces the good guy to do his dirty
work for him. The audience will also hate the muggers as they
are bea9ng up the good guy who has done nothing. We are
going to confirm the audience’s preconcep9ons as it will make
the characters and their situa9on easier for the audience to
understand if they know the characters well.
9. Edi9ng Techniques
• Straight cuts for most transi9ons to keep it as realis9c as
possible (e.g. as in beginning of Lock Stock, ShiZy)
• No Special FX as they are not used very much in social realism
films
• Fade to black may be used at the end of the opening
sequence where character is about to get shot. This will let
the audience think about what has happened and what will
happen next. This will also avoid having to show the shoo9ng
which could be very difficult to do properly.
• Titles will be superimposed over the top of the film content.