The Script (edited to the end result of the film)

(Mid shot of Darren running towards Lauren. Behind shoulder shot of Darren)

Lauren: Did you get it?

Darren: Eye

Lauren: Let’s go

(Behind shot of Lauren and Darren running off in different directions. Then the same shot but with Jonny running to where Darren went and Connor and Tom running to where Lauren went.)

Jonny: Look! Points in front of him

Connor: Which one has it?

Tom: I don’t know!

(Long shot of Connor and Tom running and Tom takes over Connor. Mid-shot of Darren hiding behind a tree as Jonny run past. There’s a mid side shot of Connor about to hit Tom then it cuts to a mid-shot of Jonny stopping then a close up of him turning around slowly. Then the camera changes to a mid-shot of Tom falling as Connor runs past.)

(Long shot of Lauren running then stopping, and Connor following then stopping. Mid-shot of Jonny preparing to fight with his fists, then a close up pan on Darren’s face to his sword. Then there’s a zoom out from a close up on Connor’s face to see him holding his nun-chucks, and a close up pan on Lauren’s sword to her face.)

(Extreme close up on Jonny’s eyes then on Darren’s eyes. Also a extreme shot on Lauren’s then Connor’s eyes. Long shot of one of the couples facing each other, then the other. Quick long shot of Darren and Jonny running towards each other about to strike one another. Also a quick long shot of Lauren and Connor running towards each other about to strike one another.)

(Text on screen fades in and then out, “Earlier that day” )

(The ninjas are hidden, deep in the woods.)

Connor: Since I am the leader I think I should look after the stone of eternal life

Jonny: Well I think I’m more reliable than you to look after such a precious artifact

Tom: Just because you are the tallest out of us doesn’t mean you have to be the most trustworthy, remember what happened in Egypt? In the Pharaoh's tomb?

Jonny: That was a misunderstanding!

Connor: Quiet, the both of you! You two do realize the consequences of breaking this stone; an unforgiving curse will be unleashed upon your souls!

Tom: And where did you get that from?

Connor: It’s a well known legend, passed down my fore fathers.

Jonny: I never heard of this “well known legend”

Tom: Yeah, you’re just trying to scare us!

Connor: You will listen to me and understand that I need to keep this stone in my possession

(Darren sneaks through the trees reaches for the Stone, grabs it and flees. Jonny and Tom argue over each other)

Jonny: But that means we won’t have eternal life, and you’ll live for eternity doing great things-

Tom: That’s not fair, just because you’re the leader doesn’t mean that you have to keep all the good stuff -

Connor: (Shouts over the other two) Shut up! (Jonny and Tom turn silent) the stone is missing!

(Long shot from in the trees where Darren was on all three, Tom and Jonny gasp and all three run through the tress towards the camera to follow Darren.)

Pirates, Ninjas & the Stone

I've created a youtube account just for my media work, so now I have 'Pirates, Ninjas & the Stone' up there and I can upload my preliminary task on there as well.

Editing

The brightness from the second time filming is great, although it is brighter than the dialogue from the first shoot. So I thought it would be a great idea to switch the scenes apart and make it post-modern by starting the film with the chase, then finding out why they are all running with the dialogue earlier that day. Also I can have this based in the early hours of the morning, where the sun is rising.

The music I have chosen is from http://freeplaymusic.com/ it's called "Stadium" composed by Vincent Varco. I chose this because it is dark and and has a action/adventurous feeling to it.

All I need to do now is get this on a disc, take it home and upload it to youtube (because it's blocked from the school computers), then display it on here!

Re-shoot!

Today was a good day to film because we had no lessons. At noon I shot Darren and Jonny's fight scene again, then when Tom and Connor came later that day we filmed all the chase scene and mine and Connor's fight scene. I didn't re-shoot the dialogue again because I thought that looked good.

Such a Rush!

Yesterday I filmed after school, because it was when my actors where all available. The begining with the dialogue was great but it got dark quickly and as I thought the footage it too dark, there is an obviouse difference with the brightness of the footage from the beginging to the end, I have tried brightening it but it looks unrealistic because the colours don't really fit with the setting. So I will have to re-film it.