As such, on the first day, we gathered together to recap on the entire story first as some of us might have forgotten some parts, as well as clear any doubts or logical fallacies the film might have, which we eventually discovered it did have, so I'll explain more in a bit. Then, after finalizing the storyline, we went on to discuss the format of the film again - which will be a largely silent film, with minimal dialogue except for short dialogue phrases by the 2 main characters that may prove necessary to increase interest during the film. Lastly, we ended off the first day with looking up some of the photos of old school bags, torn and tattered ones, as well as the look of other props that we might be using on the actual day of filming, or in the film, and so we wanted to check out whether the prop was suited to be in the film.
On the second day, we met up again to discuss more on the creative/technical aspects of the film which are the camera angles, shots, duration of each shot, etc. The film is basically split into 3 main components - The "Intro", the "Build-up", and lastly the "Fight". So in the intro, we will introduce the characters - the bags and the people, and this will take no longer than a minute. Then, in the Build up of tension, we will show how the characters abuse/take good care of the bags they own, which we will try to show in 2 minutes, and lastly the fight in which the bags will finally get back their revenge/ or gratefulness towards their owners when both characters are given the same scenario, but with different outcomes.
Here is our planning.
2 Bags – different types of bags.
Origins of poor boy bag
Bags do not have to be the same
Pick up from dustbin outside rich guy house
Origins of rich boy bag:
Random shop which not so pro
Scene 1: ( Morning of the day, at a bungalow)
Rich boy fall down and his bag got minor tear. He throws away the bag outside his house’s dustbin as he is not satisfied with it after examining it
1. clear blue sky
2. bushes/plants
3. boy running [road]
4. close up(s)
5. zoom in when boy trips [ankle]
6. torso shot [collapsing]
7. on the floor with bag
8. zoom on bag - scratches
9. front shot - boy stand brush dirt off himself
10. picks up bag, shakes head and light natural sigh
11. continues his journey home (back view)
12. long shot of him walking to his bungalow (entering)
13. zoom in on him near the dustbin, shakes his head once more and throws the bag beside the dustbin
14. focus back on the blue sky
Scene 2: ( Afternoon, at a bungalow)
Depicting the poor boy’s outer appearance (Shoes, clothes)
Poor boy passes by the rich boy’s house and found the thrown away bag beside the dustbin. He decides to pick it up and bring it home
1. transition of the previous blue sky into a red sky (show that it is evening) jkjk
2. boy is standing still at one place (maybe bus stop). close up of the poor boy’s various outer appearance (especially his torn and tattered shoes), broken BAG, etc (if you can think of anything else)
3. enters the bus, fade out scene, then show him walking past the rich guys house (like on his way home)
4. close up of him, noticing the cool bag by the dustbin
5. poor boy looks at his own torn and tattered bag and says “time for a change”. he picks up the bag by the dustbin and throws away his piece of shit
6. continues his way back home and show him go to the 1 room HDB block.
Scene 3: ( just a random mall)
The rich boy go to buy the bag. Film him going into a big shopping mall then into some random bag shop to purchase a newer bag.
1. Out with friends iin mall
2. walks into bag store
3. first person view of shopping for bag scene
4. 3rd person view of him giving two thumbs up
5. Him and friends walking out of the mall
Scene 4 : ( Afternoon, park connector)
Rich guy passes through a park. He felt tired and he saw a dirty seat full of birdshit cuz parks have birds everywhere. He sits on the bag which will is still in the new wrapping.
1. walking in the park on his way home farshot-closeshot
2. phone rings
3. looks around for awhile for a bench
4. walks towards the bench
5. camera on bench-bag throw-boy’s butt
Scene 5 (Night Time, Bungalow):
Rich boy unwraps the bag and glances at the bag, then throws it on the floor.
1.rich guy opening door
2. vigorously cuts out the barcodes, the funny paper stuff attached to the bag,
3. attempts to dump the bag onto a rack, but misses and lands on the floor
4. show rich boy not giving a damn, walking away to do something else
5. night scene of rich guy setting alarm on a digital clock and going to bed
Scene 6 (Morning Time, Poor guy home):
Alarm clock rings poor guy wakes up carefully putting his schoolbooks into his bag.
1. same angle as no.5 of scene 5, poor boy wakes up to the alarm of analogue clock
2. hand snoozes alarm (same angle)
3. dresses up (NOT IN SCHOOL UNIFORM) and puts the books in the bag carefully
4. goes to the fridge and gets a glass of orange juice
Scene 7: ( any time, poor guy home)
Poor guy drink orange juice. He spills some on the bag, got worried and he washes the bag.
1. guy rummaging through bag for books
2. close up on glass of drink
2. hand reaches for glass, with the bag in the background
3. diagonal side angle drink to lip (dun wan close up)
4. tentative perspective from bag
5. drink spills
6. zoom in on bag dirtied with juice
7. show boys alarmed face
8. immediately runs to wash bag
Rich guy passes through a park. He felt tired and he saw a dirty seat full of birdshit cuz parks have birds everywhere. He sits on the bag which will is still in the new wrapping.
1. walking in the park on his way home farshot-closeshot
2. phone rings
3. looks around for awhile for a bench
4. walks towards the bench
5. camera on bench-bag throw-boy’s butt
Scene 5 (Night Time, Bungalow):
Rich boy unwraps the bag and glances at the bag, then throws it on the floor.
1.rich guy opening door
2. vigorously cuts out the barcodes, the funny paper stuff attached to the bag,
3. attempts to dump the bag onto a rack, but misses and lands on the floor
4. show rich boy not giving a damn, walking away to do something else
5. night scene of rich guy setting alarm on a digital clock and going to bed
Scene 6 (Morning Time, Poor guy home):
Alarm clock rings poor guy wakes up carefully putting his schoolbooks into his bag.
1. same angle as no.5 of scene 5, poor boy wakes up to the alarm of analogue clock
2. hand snoozes alarm (same angle)
3. dresses up (NOT IN SCHOOL UNIFORM) and puts the books in the bag carefully
4. goes to the fridge and gets a glass of orange juice
Scene 7: ( any time, poor guy home)
Poor guy drink orange juice. He spills some on the bag, got worried and he washes the bag.
1. guy rummaging through bag for books
2. close up on glass of drink
2. hand reaches for glass, with the bag in the background
3. diagonal side angle drink to lip (dun wan close up)
4. tentative perspective from bag
5. drink spills
6. zoom in on bag dirtied with juice
7. show boys alarmed face
8. immediately runs to wash bag
Scene 8: ( Soccer field, afternoon/morning)
Soccer scene - Rich boy throws the bag at a corner of the field and goes to play to soccer with his friends
1. leaves the bag by the goal post
2. random guy kicks ball and hits the bag
3. bag topples over into some puddles of hard mud (not very noticeable)
4. game ends and rich boy retrieves his bag, not noticing the mud whatsoever
Final scene: ( early in the morning, on the road)
Both of the boys are sort of late for school.
Poor boy runs to school, trips but bag doesn’t give way.
Rich boy runs to school but his bag gave way and tore, books drop all over the floor
Rich boy starts to cry (or something sad, or comically sad)
1. A few weeks later....
2. Split screen, both of them, wakes up realizing they have overslept and are almost late for school
3. Split screen, rich one stuffing books into bag, poor one books already in bag, thus he only puts 1 or 2 more in
4. Poor guy first, running out of HDB block in school uniform, trips and falls, but bag doesnt break despite it’s oldness, and he continues his way onward
5. Now switch to rich guy, running, looking at his Rolex watch worrying (front view). He stops for a while to take a breather.
6. Suddenly, *MUSIC*, the bag gives way and tears, books drop all over the floor. guy falls onto the ground and starts crying.
Credits.
Now, back a bit onto the fallacies that we've discovered during the initial recap of the story, or brainstorming we shall say. At first there was this part where the rich boy was supposed to put his bag onto a birdshit-filled bench in a park, for a rest after a long walk, but we found that a bit ridiculous, so we replaced that short story into one of when his phone suddenly rings, so he has no choice, but to take a seat, and put down his heavy stuff.
Another fallacy we found was that we wanted to rich guy to drop his bag into a puddle of mud, to play soccer. But again, it was a bit ridiculous because we felt that the rich guy would rather throw away his bag straight away, instead of keeping it. So we made the scene less exaggerated
Soccer scene - Rich boy throws the bag at a corner of the field and goes to play to soccer with his friends
1. leaves the bag by the goal post
2. random guy kicks ball and hits the bag
3. bag topples over into some puddles of hard mud (not very noticeable)
4. game ends and rich boy retrieves his bag, not noticing the mud whatsoever
Final scene: ( early in the morning, on the road)
Both of the boys are sort of late for school.
Poor boy runs to school, trips but bag doesn’t give way.
Rich boy runs to school but his bag gave way and tore, books drop all over the floor
Rich boy starts to cry (or something sad, or comically sad)
1. A few weeks later....
2. Split screen, both of them, wakes up realizing they have overslept and are almost late for school
3. Split screen, rich one stuffing books into bag, poor one books already in bag, thus he only puts 1 or 2 more in
4. Poor guy first, running out of HDB block in school uniform, trips and falls, but bag doesnt break despite it’s oldness, and he continues his way onward
5. Now switch to rich guy, running, looking at his Rolex watch worrying (front view). He stops for a while to take a breather.
6. Suddenly, *MUSIC*, the bag gives way and tears, books drop all over the floor. guy falls onto the ground and starts crying.
Credits.
Now, back a bit onto the fallacies that we've discovered during the initial recap of the story, or brainstorming we shall say. At first there was this part where the rich boy was supposed to put his bag onto a birdshit-filled bench in a park, for a rest after a long walk, but we found that a bit ridiculous, so we replaced that short story into one of when his phone suddenly rings, so he has no choice, but to take a seat, and put down his heavy stuff.
Another fallacy we found was that we wanted to rich guy to drop his bag into a puddle of mud, to play soccer. But again, it was a bit ridiculous because we felt that the rich guy would rather throw away his bag straight away, instead of keeping it. So we made the scene less exaggerated
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