OPTIPLEX...
- Office (apartment)
- Street Corner
- Bedroom (House)
Characters:
Laura - business woman
Ahmed - IT Technician
Paige - Post woman/ company executive
Plot:
Film opens - black out, door bell rings - then cameras roll to middle close up, tightly framed shot of Laura and Ahmed talking at the door. close up of laptop when she hands it over to him. Fade to black & looks at her business plan on the desk and takes it with out her noticing it.
Next scene opens with Ahmed sitting at a desk, studying the laptop - high key lighting, makes it eerie, foreshadowing something serious/ impactful. Ahmed notices 'OPTIPLEX' on side of laptop, he has never heard of that brand before. Touches the screen (virus on laptop sends him through time) - dissolve transition - camera 'zooms' into computer screen, fades to white.
'fly on the wall' - Ahmed witness Laura's meeting with executive, discovers her company is going under, she is distraught. Fade to white - Ahmed is back in the present, sat at the desk.
Ahmed feels sorry for Laura. Suddenly, dissolve transition - camera 'zooms' into computer screen, fades to white. Sends him to 'bad' future - Laura is roaming the streets in shabby clothes, she stumbles to a cash point and there is no money, she is in despair. Fade to white - Ahmed is back in the present, sat at the desk.
Ahmed is determined to help her. dissolve transition - camera 'zooms' into computer screen, fades to white, inspiring music plays and see himself rich by helping Laura. Laura's door bell rings and Ahmed is standing there, he hands over the fixed laptop and Laura is ecstatic. Cross-cut to Laura's flat, they are sat at her table, And telling Ahmed about her loosing her business plan. He smiles, close up.
Film ends with fade to white.
This is to be accomplished using the Source Code, a time loop program that allows him to take over someone's body in a reenactment of their last eight minutes of life.
Stevens is sent into the Source Code repeatedly, and each time a series of events repeat, with variations due to Stevens' acts.
How we decided to promote
and market our film is by
making its own website based
on technology, where users can
make new features used in laptops.
Its going to be more like competition
because anyone who wins by
geting the most vote by the audineces.
The winner wins a Brand new 'Dell'
Laptop updated version at the top of the range.
We will also make posters, which will handed out in business and offices because the film is more based on business success. on poster we will have title of the film and catchy lines e.g 'Love to gain success in life? Get Optiplex' this will make the business class audinece watch the film. We will use famous business class people to promote our film such has Richard Branson. If the film is successful we can make a feature film such as 'Across The Hall'
First Run: She begins to run through the city, and she bumps into a woman and her baby in a carriage.
Second Run: She hangs up the phone and begins running with her dad already in mind. She bumps into the same woman and her baby.
Third Run: Lola hangs up the phone for a third time and starts to run through the city again. She encounters the woman with the baby but this time doesn't bump into her.
Narrative:
- 'Optiplex' is constructed by a fork narrative - the protagonist travels back to the past and the future, returning to the present in between travels to help the audience digest the plot easier and build context.
- We took examples from Hollywood films 'Run Lola Run' and 'Souce Code', both of which are centred around folk narratives.
1.Location
Promotion & Marketing
OPTIPLEX
The complexity of Time...