Stanley Gordon

With only a few weeks until deadline, I have decided to take a shift in direction with my work. Although I adore the script for Blue and still hope to make it a short film at some point, I simply don't have the time to complete it for my coursework. It is a multi-location, multi-cast piece which would require multiple shoots on about three or four different days at the very least, one scene requiring the creation of an artificial party. It was simply too ambitious. Perhaps if I would have started filming a month ago I could have pulled it off, but due to me not keeping an eye on deadlines that simply isn't possible anymore. This is very unfortunate, but the inability to film is also down to the general busy-ness of those I would rely on for this shoot (people to help with sound, actors, general extra crew etc.) and it doesn't make sense to keep relying on other people and have to rely on other people who then determine the success of my work. Regardless, I have to push on a...

ALL SHOTS NEEDED 1) Extreme close up held on the boy while he is underwater, slight pull back. 2) Extreme long shot, the boy begins to sink, reaching upward. 3) Aerial shot, the boy lays on his bed, title fades in. 4) Extreme long shot from opposite platform of train station. 5) Extreme long tracking shot as the boy walks down the road. 6) Long shot of the boy sitting in crowded dining hall. 7) Extreme long shot of the boy smoking from opposite side of road. 8) Over shoulder shot of the boy drawing on paper. 9) Extreme long shot of the boy sitting at the station platform. 10) Aerial shot of the boy on his bed, slow push in. 11) Extreme long shot of the boy spot-lit, slow push in. 12) Extreme close up on the boy, slow push out. 13) Extreme long two shot of the boy and friend standing next to one another. 14) Over shoulder shot of the boy's friend. 15) Over shoulder shot of the boy, slow push in to extreme close-up on his face. 16) Medium shot of the boy sitting in ...

Blue SCENE 1 COMPLETE DARKNESS BOY (VO) Sometimes… EXT. THE SEA. DAY.   THE BOY IS UNDERWATER, AT FIRST SIMPLY DRIFTING IN THE LONELY BLUE, ACCEPTING HIS SLOW DROWNING. AS HIS MONOLOGUE DEVELOPS HE BEGINS TO STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WAVES AND TRIES TO MOVE TOWARD THE SURFACE BUT SEEMS STUCK. DESTINED TO DROWN. BOY (VO) I feel like I’m drowning. I’m at the bottom of an ocean- I don’t know which one- I mean they’re all pretty much the same… and I just… can’t… breathe. Like my whole life is just… on pause. And I’m just sinking… drifting away… my lungs filling up… and when I scream… no one can hear it… SCENE 2   INT. IN THE BOYS ROOM. NIGHT. THE BOY LAYS ON HIS BED, LOOKING DIRECTLY UPWARD. THE LIGHT DAPPLED ACROSS HIM IS BLUE, JUST AS THE OCEAN WAS PRIOR. THE TITLE APPEARS. SCENE 3 MONTAGE-           1)(EARLY) THE BOY STANDS ALONE AT A TRAIN STATION PLATFORM       ...

SETTING   Underwater- Bath (USE GO PRO)   Two sections- Him beneath the water, still, and then fighting   Shot on a sunny day, light glows form above, multiple shots, initially distant then growing closer as he grows frantic      He bursts from under the surface, hand extended   Same day, same circumstances, aerial shot as he bursts skyward   The Boys Room- My own house (USE CAMERA FROM MEDIA DEPT. HERE ON)   Four sections- The boy is sprawled across his bed   Blue LED’s on, camera held over him, long shot        Identical as before   Blue LED’s on, camera held above him, long shot       The boy sits on the end of his bed, light slithered across his eye   Extreme close-up, sunny day, slither of orange across his face       Identical to first two, but camera is closer, he is writhing   Medium shot, ...