Intertextual analysis

Prop List

Here are list of props we could use for our short film:


- Umbrellas

- Cigarettes

- Cigars

- Flowers

- Bucket of Water

- Lighter

- Paint

- Balloons

Location Recce

For shooting purposes, we have analysed the danger risks in all of the following places where we shall be filming. We have taken into account various situations which could be dangerous and have noted down any precautions we will be taking to avoid any.
The Henley College, Henley:
Here we will be shooting both internally and externally.

Internal:
Watch out for any loose cables or wires that could be tripped over or cause electrical shocks.
Check areas where we are filming for any damaged objects that could hurt people involved, e.g tables, chairs, shelves e.t.c
Carefully use equipment without throwing around room to avoid hitting other people or classmates.

External:
Cover equipment to protect from rain, bad weather and damage from dropping or other.
Wear appropriate clothing, e.g footwear to minimise the chance of falling or injuring ourselves.
Check grounds where we are to be filming (field) for any potholes or other.

London:
Here we will be filming the majority of the shoot externally, though some shall be internal in the underground.

Internal:
Be careful of others around you, there will be large crowds on the London underground and so must be careful of damage to equipment and people.
Keep to one side of escalators so as not to disrupt other people.
Avoid standing in the middle of doorways, pathways or blocking them with equipment.

External:
Be careful of not loosing equipment, keep close and safe at all times.
Use waterproof/damage proof covers for all possible equipment.
Do not disrupt pathways, doorways and crowds of people.
Be aware of the road and traffic.

High Wycombe:
In High Wycombe we will be filming at Sophie's house and in her garden, using her trampoline.

Internal:
Be aware of other people and of objects so as not to break them.
Be careful as to not trip over cables or loose wires or otherwise.

External:
Be careful of falling off trampoline.
Look after equipment and make sure it does not get wet or damaged

Shooting Script

INTRO MUSIC

HEADER: “I am the Walrus” Lennon/McCartney
Header flies off in different directions

LS - A person in an animal mask stands stationary in a field. CAMERA tracks in, swaying and dreamlike.

DRUMBEAT – montage of CU’s of people’s faces, all staring into the camera blankly.

LS – The same masked person spinning around
FADE INTO: A person blows smoke into the screen, screen goes hazy and fades into next shot.
CU – person singing

JOHN
I am he as you are he as you are me

One person on screen, adds another person, adds another person, adds another.

JOHN
And we are all together

Heads merge into one, zoom into close up

JOHNSee how they run like pigs from a gun,

Four people run backwards from the camera

JOHN
See how they fly.

Jump backwards into tree
SPLIT SCREEN – lips singing
JOHN
I'm crying

Person with mask on head looks down. Lifts up, mask is gone. They’re crying colours.

GEORGE
(guitar)

Quick montage of London.
FLASH of the eggman at the top of the hill JOHN
Sitting on a cornflake,

LAS, Camera tracks fast across the zebra crossing
MS – Someone meditating on zebra crossing

JOHN
waiting for the van to come.

EGGMAN sits down at bus stop.

GEORGE
(guitar riff)

PAN along people at the bus stop as they look at egg man.

JOHNCorporation tee-shirt,

Back to masked people in field. JIGGLING to music, clicking.

JOHN
stupid bloody Tuesday.

MS - Big Ben. Tilt down to egg man at the bottom.

JOHNMan, you been a naughty boy,

Montage: LSD dropped into mouth, coke snorts backwards into person, smoking pot.

JOHN
you let your face grow long.

Lips singing. Turn to a serious frown.

JOHNI am the eggman,

EGGMAN on top of the hill, dancing.

PAUL AND GEORGE
WHOOOO!

Camera swoops in on four swaying people – psychedelic colours.



FIELD


JOHN
they are the eggmen.

HAS. Random montage of people in London. Masked people stand in the middle of them.

PAUL AND GEORGE
WHOOOOO!

Camera swoops in on four swaying people – psychedelic colours.

JOHNI am the walrus,

EGGMAN puts his arms up, three random strangers behind him put their arms up too.

JOHN
goo goo g'joob.

Masked person sings ^
JOHNMister City

PAUL MCCARTNEY in concert.

JOHN
Policeman sitting

BEATLES get off the plane. Black and white footage of SOPHIE and COURTENAY screaming.

JOHNPretty little policemen in a row.

Policeman walking at night in a row with bright jackets.

GEORGE
(guitar)

People handing out flowers in the street

JOHNSee how they fly

Fireworks

JOHN
like Lucy in the

First man on the moon footage.

JOHN
Sky, see

Girl on trampoline.

JOHN
How they run.

EGG MAN and MORPH GUY running through London.

JOHN
I'm crying. I’m cryyyyyyyyyying.

Hippy stands with flower. Business men walk past her.

JOHN
I'm crying, I'm cryinggggg

Hysterical fans. Slow motion. Paul in concert. JOHN
Yellow matter custard,

Gummy snake goes backwards into somebody’s head.

GEORGE
(guitar)

Montage of random people

JOHN
Dripping from a dead dog's eye.

Lip synching. Three legged dog.

GEORGE
(guitar)

EGG MAN with the soldier, dancing around him.

JOHNCrabalocker fishwife,

The masked people crawl across the dining room table in time to music.

JOHN
pornographic

Flash of egg man

JOHN
Priestess

Masked people dancing in time to music

JOHNBoy, you been a

Lip-synching

JOHN
Naughty girl

Girl unwraps the pill

JOHN
You let your knickers down.

Knickers fall down in CU of ankles.

GEORGE
(guitar)

Boy looks up seductively

JOHNI am the eggman,

Teacher points to white board which reads “I am the EGGMAN”

PAUL AND GEORGE
Whooooo!

Class nod along and lip-synch the words

JOHN
They are the eggmen.

Dwarf sings it

PAUL AND GEORGE
Whooooo!

Hair flows about back and forth, side to side. I know what I mean.

JOHNI am the walrus!

Egg man puts arms in the air with three strangers behind him

JOHN
goo goo g'joob.

Girl with four heads sings that.

GEORGE, PAUL, RINGO
(BREAK)
Setting up a table in the middle of a park

JOHN
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.

Round the table in masks eating ice cream in the bad, bad weather.

GEORGE
(guitar)

Masked people run towards the camera in fast motion
JOHN
If the sun don't

Masked people jumping from behind a wall

JOHN
come, you get a tan

EGG MAN runs across Abbey Road Zebra Crossing

JOHNFrom standing in the English rain.

People with umbrellas run across the Abbey Road Zebra Crossing

GEORGE
(guitar)

Montage of people’s faces



JOHNI am the eggman,

EGG MAN on escalator

PAUL
(inaudible speaking)

Masked people marching in field

JOHN
they are the eggmen.

EGG MAN on escalator

PAUL
(inaudible speaking)

EGG MAN with solider

JOHNI am the walrus!

HA shot of the whole class bunched together, singing the line with their arms in the air.

JOHN
goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

Bucket of water over somebody’s head – BACKWARDS!
Pan around London and the sky – psychedelic coloursExpert textpert choking smokers,Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?

PAUL AND GEORGE
HEHEE, HOOO, HAAA!

Cut BEATLES laughing in with SOPHIE and COURTENAY laughing.
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,See how they snied.I'm crying.

GUITARSemolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.

JOHN AND PAUL
Henr-ha-uh-ha-everybody smoke pot (X 100000)

People across zebra crossing
EGG MAN rolls down hill
MORPH MAN picks up a small egg.

THE END.

Ice-skating, people in field, abbey road antics, London montage, egg man antics, Trampoline, Fireworks, Paul in Concert, Hari Krishna, pot, lip synching rubbish, classroom, busking, sex in the shower (knickers girl and seductive boy), dancing in the street, beatles clips, egg in supermarket, hands on balcony, knickers on floor still, hairdryer stuff, police arrest egg man?? – Spontaneous weird stuff

Storyboard

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Costume List

Here is a list of ideas for costume, for our music video:


- Sunglasses (Jhon Lennon round sterotypical glasses)

- Animal Masks

- Egghead (Easy humour with the song lyrics "I Am The Eggman"

- A different selection of hats

- Flowers

- White plain masks

- Make up dripping from eyes

- Sergeant Pepper style Jacket

- Morphsuit

- Egg and Bacon Costume

- Chicken Costume

- Bright coloured Costumes

- Big Fluffy jump suits

Short Story Idea

Hilltop Hoods – The Sentinel

Soho, London

Its Friday and the commuters have left the capital leaving the partiers to descend upon the streets, they look just as busy as it did only hours earlier but now the town has come alive with an uplifted mood.
They had obviously been drinking and were on their way home, tripping over each other and laughing along the way. They crash into a door and fall through it collapsing in a heap together.
When they finally realise what had happened they helped each other up and started looking around, the room was small and looked derelict, a thick layer of dust covered all the surfaces, the small amount of furniture was pushed to one side and covered with a large white piece of cloth a window near the door illuminates the darkness, but only by moonlight. The walls are a dark red colour, almost earthy, as the two men look harder into the darkness they make out a large set of heavy double doors carved from wood.
Curious they open one side the door, it opens with a creek to reveal a long corridor, at the far end is a dull light a red glow in the haze of darkness, as they walk down it they notice music, muffled at first but then growing in intensity, coming from the opposite end. The music is strange the men are now confused to what is happening, despite this they continue forward down the corridor towards a small staircase that sweeping down into the nothingness, a man stands guarding the stairs, he is large and well built, he is certainly not one to be messed with.
The two guys now scared and want out of this situation, there is something very wrong regardless of this they continue walking almost against their conscience minds as if in a trance, they continue to the stairs and stop at the guard there is a brief discussion that is mostly drowned out by the music they then are lead down them by the guard and they soon wind slowly into the abyss.
Soon they reach the bottom, the music is coming from a stage set into the rock of the basement, it’s a bar. Red tube lights surround the walls giving the place a surreal mood. They take a seat, back to their own senses and quite enjoying the strange but almost welcoming club they have stumbled upon, the others around them seem like they are enjoying themselves a good atmosphere and good music, they sit back and one of them walks off to order some beers.
The other decides to explore the building, it’s made up of a series of interlocking tunnels that all lead to the main area, as he walks round he sees different groups of people huddled into the corners smoking and keeping very to themselves. Looking up he’s sees a giant picture of a man made with graffiti.
The man returns to the main room and sits with his friend drinking his beer and watching the stage on which a DJ is playing songs and a few people are singing. At this point a man appears he is dressed very smartly dressed he looks friendly enough but there is a sinister impression given by the way he flows between his words. He is the club manager and he invites them to rap on stage in a contest as the two men have been heard to have quite a reputation for this sort of thing, they accept.
Hours pass and they are still stuck on stage they have had enough of this by now and start to leave but are stopped by the manger, they are told they will never be able to leave, in a ferocious panic to break free the charge towards the stairs leaving the hall in shock.
They run down the corridor and out into the small room at the end. The sun is coming up and light is pouring through the window, they open the door to find themselves in a dusty barren landscape, it’s a small town with buildings covered in a red dust and the humidity hits in a powerful surge it looks like they have somehow re-appeared in a South America.
The men are too terrified to discuss this phenomenon and instead flee through the town till they can run no longer, their legs give way and they fall to the floor. As the catch their breath they look up to find two figures standing over them laughing to themselves, the manager and guard have found them, the nightmare is not over, they surrender themselves to the thought of spending eternity in the underground layer.

(manager and guard morphing into demons?)
(think may be too much and a bit over the top)