PLANNING: Opening Credits

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PLANNING: INTERVIEWING OUR CHARACTERS

We have decided to interview oour characters, to get to know them. This screenshot is from a website called Film Escape, and on this post Charlie Sierra writes about a man called Pen Densham who is an Oscar nominated film maker who has made 16 feature film. Pen Densham uses the technique of questioning his characters in order to get to know them better. This way he can learn how the characters work which allows Pen Densham to understand each character when filming a feature film. Questioning the characters mean that Pen Densham can understand their personalities as well as the way they work.

For our film opening we will be interviewing our Police Man at the stage where we find out he has been involved in a hit and run accident. Here a police psychiatrist questions the police officer, questioning him about his mentality as well as getting to know what made the police officer commit such a crime and not report it. The interview is here:

Psychiatrist: Hello, how are you?

Police Officer: Not bad, I’m pretty good thank you.

Psychiatrist: So, have you been alright recently… has there been anything on your mind at all and still there now?

Police Officer: I’ve just been under a lot of pressure recently.

Psychiatrist: From work?

Police Officer: Mainly from work, but also from home I guess.

Psychiatrist: What’s been happening at work that’s causing you to stress?

Police Officer: I am failing to meet deadlines, my boss is angry, the work is piling and don’t get much time at home for my family.

Psychiatrist: Ok, do you think this has affected you mentally, like do you think it has influenced the accident that happened earlier this week.

Police Officer: What accident? There wasn’t one that involved me.

Psychiatrist: I want you to be honest with me now because I am suspicious of the way you are acting. (Squints eyes)

Police Officer: Okay, yes there was… but it wasn’t anything major I promise. (Rubbing his hands acting aggravated in his chair)

Psychiatrist: Ah, I see. So I am right in saying that there was an accident on your terms and yours only?

Police Officer: Unfortunately yes. (Looks down to his feet)

Psychiatrist: Right… Here is how I’m going to help (places hand on the file of paper before fading black into a cut away shot)

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