creating a rough draft of our film

Every film needs specific planning in order to create a defined order for the creation of the film. I have worked hard over the past couple weeks in order to make a film opening that leaves room for the rest of the film, while also creating an opening that will leave the audience with provoked thoughts.  With this goal in mind and what lies below is a rough draft of what i have written.

Modern film based in 2019.

Film opens with an establishing shot of a house, an alarm clock is going off. Actors yawns and looks around. Yelling can be heard in the background - his family is having an argument. The actor not shown.

Dad  “turn your alarm clock off now” in an angry voice. Arguing continues as the main character turns off the alarm and gets dressed. Setting shows a room of a kid who is interested in skateboarding, with different posters on his wall that depict this idea.  Fully dressed in a typical outfit of somebody that skateboard wears. (black/cargo jeans, plain shirt high socks). The actor finished getting dressed walks in the living room.

MOM “Jared, what did I tell you about turning your  alarm clock on”

Son “ I'm sorry” The relationship between the parents and the son is noted in which appears to be abusive although not enough is known to make this assumption thus far.

Dad drops glass on the floor, shatters every. Low angle shot of glass falling

Dad upset “clean up my glass now before I step on it”.

(low pitched ringing noise begins, kind of annoying but not loud enough yet to be a big deal for viewers.)

(furthering abusive idea) Son cleans up the glass

“Now get out of my house”

Son grabs a skateboard and leaves how shots of him riding down the street are shown jump cut of varying tricks. As he is going down the street he misses an ollie and falls ringing intensifies that is a sound motif paired with his parents. Diegetic sound is not heard anymore and the ringing intensified.

At this point, the son is at town center skating the stairs and we seem him trying to jump over the stairs. Every Time he falls the ringing gets louder until it becomes inaudible. Quick cuts show 3-4 attempts and finally last attempt low shot slow motion. Lands it rings disappears silence for a second. The title appears on concrete next to him.