Thursday 31 March 2011
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Poster for 'Labels'
This is the poster we created for our short film 'Labels'. It was created in Photoshop and is based on the idea that characters from the film are shown as pictures pinned onto a notice board. The title is spelled out on post-it notes, with the tag-line "Tag, you're it!" on a crinkled piece of notepad paper. The billing block contains all cast and crew with their respective roles.
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Script - 'Labels' redraft
Title on black. Labels.
Score enters
Int. School. Day.
Protagonist walks down corridor placing 'Post-it' notes on walls containing credits and stereotypical slogans on objects.
Ext. Road. Day.
Walking down a road towards school, protagonist passes a girl and labels her a "UP FOR IT"
Ext. School. Day.
Exiting school, protagonist side steps a young male, maintaining distance suggesting he is undesirable but quickly braves his perimeter to label him "PIKEY".
Int. School. Day.
Protagonist continues along corridor, a young male walks past at the same time on the phone and upon walking past, the protagonist tags his back with the label "TOFF".
A young Indian male walking up stairs passes the protagonist and is labeled "FOREIGNER".
Ext. Road. Day.
Protagonist walks down road, passes young black male and draws up label reading "THUG".
The protagonist proceeds to walk away and as he does, the camera reveals several labels on his back. "RACIST" "XENOPHOBE" "CLASSIST" "SEXIST" "PREJUDICE" "BRITISH".
Reasons for Changes
Several things changed between the initial script for 'Labels' and the final product. We decided to remove the "FAT" scene due to filming/set difficulties, also we changed "BLONDE" to "UP FOR IT" as we felt the idea of a 'easy' girl is more British than the stereotype of blondes which we saw as more American. Removing the 'POOF' scene was done as we saw homosexuality as having a less impact on British society compared to other countries in the world and the other stereotypes we used had a greater reflection on British identity.
Score enters
Int. School. Day.
Protagonist walks down corridor placing 'Post-it' notes on walls containing credits and stereotypical slogans on objects.
Ext. Road. Day.
Walking down a road towards school, protagonist passes a girl and labels her a "UP FOR IT"
Ext. School. Day.
Exiting school, protagonist side steps a young male, maintaining distance suggesting he is undesirable but quickly braves his perimeter to label him "PIKEY".
Int. School. Day.
Protagonist continues along corridor, a young male walks past at the same time on the phone and upon walking past, the protagonist tags his back with the label "TOFF".
A young Indian male walking up stairs passes the protagonist and is labeled "FOREIGNER".
Ext. Road. Day.
Protagonist walks down road, passes young black male and draws up label reading "THUG".
The protagonist proceeds to walk away and as he does, the camera reveals several labels on his back. "RACIST" "XENOPHOBE" "CLASSIST" "SEXIST" "PREJUDICE" "BRITISH".
Reasons for Changes
Several things changed between the initial script for 'Labels' and the final product. We decided to remove the "FAT" scene due to filming/set difficulties, also we changed "BLONDE" to "UP FOR IT" as we felt the idea of a 'easy' girl is more British than the stereotype of blondes which we saw as more American. Removing the 'POOF' scene was done as we saw homosexuality as having a less impact on British society compared to other countries in the world and the other stereotypes we used had a greater reflection on British identity.
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