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Film Task: Communicating Meaning

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 SCRIPT: EXT. OUTSIDE Lucy pulls into the driveway. She turns the car off and walks towards the front door, where she knocks. Her sister, Olivia opens the door, takes one look at Lucy, and then slams it shut. Lucy knocks on the door violently. Olivia, annoyed, opens the door again. OLIVIA What do you want? What else do you want to take from me?! LUCY I just want a chance to explain! Olivia No! The two get into a physical fight as Lucy tries to stop Olivia from closing the door. CUT TO - INT. Olivia’s bedroom OLIVIA What do you want? LUCY To explain what happened. OLIVIA I know what happened. You kissed. My. Man. LUCY He wasn’t your man?! OLIVIA He was going to be, until you ruined it! LUCY (sarcastically) You know what? Fine, you can have him. I don’t want him anyways. OLIVIA No, I don’t want him now. You probably gave him a disease. LUCY You’re the one with the disease! Silent tension. The two look at each other. A childhood photo of Lucy and Olivia is on the wall. Lucy looks at i...

Postcard Study

Postcard Study by Anna Ju
  Character Development by Anna Ju

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  CONCEPT Two ex-best friends bump into each other at a mutual friend’s gathering and are forced to confront their past as tensions escalate. CHARACTERS Sierra Caswell Gloomy fall 2000s aesthetic 26 years old Extraverted introvert, charismatic, sensitive Occupation: Journalist If an album: So Tonight that I Might See - Mazzy Star Lydia Summers Glitter, spunky 26 years old Occupation: aspiring actress Extravert. A character foil for Sierra LIGHTING Warm, cozy, candlelit. Lydia and Sierra are shown in contrasting coloured lights to show their separation from each other. CINEMATOGRAPHY Sierra and Lydia are both never in the shame shot until they are forced to talk. Opening: Camera focuses on two teenage girls laughing, smoking, stumbling. Finally, the camera pans from them to Sierra, who watches them with a longing look on her face, before she snaps out of her reminiscence. She walks out of frame towards the door. The host opens the door, and lets Sierra in. She’s greeted, then spots ...