Characters Costumes AND Props

Storyboard - not completed

 

(having trouble uploading the other images on my blog.)

 

Treatment

Treatment
Quick, fragmented establishing shots of Norwich at night, with overpowering sounds of city life (sirens, footsteps), artificial lighting from shop lights and lamp posts, along with obscured, tilted shots (with each shot not lasting longer than 0.5-1.0 seconds). We cut to a close up of a young woman talking on the phone in Polish. Cut back to a long shot to reveal she is leaving her house, as well as a close up of her feet. Quick, panning, long shots of the woman walking through Norwich, distracted by her on-going phone call. As the shots pan off the young women, a tall man is revealed lurking in the shadows. He is following her. The young woman reaches her destination of a dark alleyway where she is greeted by an acquittance. Cut to a close up of the man. Suddenly, the man jumps out of the shadows and holds a gun to the young woman. Cut to a close up of the terrified woman. Cut to a close up of the man, a confused look on his face. A series of quick, fragmented flashbacks are then shown of two holding hands. Notice the bracelet. Flash back close ups of the young woman, smiling. The man begins to lower the gun. Cuts to a low camera angle, looking up at a glamorous woman. She uses the imperative "just do it". Bang. The gun is fired. Cuts to a slow motion shot of the young woman's hand falling to the floor. Notice the bracelet.

Our influence came from the variety of thriller films which we have watched which includes Casino Royal and The Third Man. Our group likes the technique of the shadowing  to created the sense of mood and moral ambiguity with harsh lighting (to created sharp shadows). Casino Royal influenced us in our production of Damien Crowe with the lead character James Bond and his moral ambiguity. James Bond appears to be a good guy, working for queen and country, however his actions contradicts his perception due to his lack of conscience for killing for example. We wanted out character to have a similar appeal to him, however instead of working for the good and appearing to be bad, working for the bad but placed in positions and his perceptions which gives his the illusion of being 'good'.