"THE RUNNER" Script

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Two girls jogging through a local park on the main pathway.
Scene opens with a close up on their feet to show their jogging attire.
The camera pans upwards so that the audience can see the full clothing and faces of the main characters.
The camera does a close up shot on a mobile phone calling a number.
A medium shot on one of the jogging characters and she pulls her phone out of her pocket and the audience see a close up shot on her mobile phone where the screen reads “Witheld Number Calling”.
The camera alternates back to the phone of the unknown caller and the screen reads “Call Ended”.
The audience then see an over the shoulder shot of the unknown caller from behind the trees and it focuses in on the jogging girls.
Girl 1: Argh
Girl 2 begins to stretch
Girl 2: What’s wrong?
Girl 1 also begins to stretch
Girl 1: Someone keeps on calling me and just breathing down the phone.
Girl 2: Oh don’t worry about it, it’s probably just some kids.
Girl 1 looks very distressed and speaks hesitantly.
Girl 1: You’re probably right.
Girl 2: As always…..
Girl 2 smiles sarcastically.
Girl 2: Anyway, let’s keep going, we have two miles left.
Girl 1: Oh really? Argh!
The girls jog off together.
There is a full body shot of the girls jogging off from behind the shoulder of the person behind the trees.

AGE CERTIFICATE

we decided to make our film a a certificate 15. ths is based on the bbfc's certification criteria. as it is a psychological horro they may be some violence but the film will not dwell to much on the violent act but more how it relates to the story. this makes the violence less imitable for the younger audiences. there is also no glamourised violence in our film, it is more a thing to be feared of for the victim and the audience. as there is some violence in our film and maybe some strong language there is a need to make it higher than a 12 as young people may still feel some fear from the violence. we feel that 15 year olds we be mature enough for the violent content of the film.

filming schedule

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WARDROBE

we thought that it would be a good idea for both the girls to wear hoodies as they are running in the park and it is quite cold. these hoodies are often associated with excercise as the person wearing the hoodie sweats alot therefore loses weight. we chose leggings as they often give the person wearing them alot of freedom when they do excercise and often associated with women doing excercise. the trainers in the video are also associated with people doing exercise. also as it is in a park it is very durable. the clothes are also commonly associated with females doing excercise.

you can see from this woman running in a park she is wering a similar attire to that of what we have chosen in our film. she is wearing a hoodie, trainers, and spandex trousers which bare resmeblence to leggings.

pictures of location

we chose this location as we felt that this location reflected the type of opening we were going for. in the films i have analysed some of them wer shot in public settings i.e hide and seek which was set in a park, the strangers followed a family on a public road, the hills have eyes is set in a desert, 1408 follows a man as he goes from the derelict area outside to inside a hotel. we also chose to set it in the daytime as many of our films were set in daytime i.e the hills have eyes, the strangers, hide and seek, drag me to hell and funny games. another reason why we chose this park is because of the trees as we can get a the message across that we are in public setting were anyone can be the killer and also the trees are good enough to film behind to get a point of view shot which makes it look more sinister.


the fact that she is in a park in the day time also suggests to the audience that she is more vulnerable as someone is watching her run on her daily not only in the daytime but also in a public setting. this brings a closer relationship to the audience as many of our audience may also go for morning jogs.

although the park may be in a public setting it also contains bushes a trees for people to hide behind which also makes it more vulnerable for an unsuspecting victim. this can be seen in the long shot.

target audience

As a group we have decided to give our film a 15 certificate. Most of the films reviewed hold a 15 certificate.

• Drag me to hell has a 15 uk film certificate.
• The hills have eyes has an 18 uk film certificate.
• The stangers had a uk crtificate of 15.
• Identity had a uk film certificate of 15.
• Identity had a uk certificate of 15.
• Funny games had a 18 uk film certificate.

typically the reason why films are given the 15 certificate by the bbfc is because they may have made crtiereia seen in the films i have reviwed. there is often a strong or menacing threat in psychological horrors these are deemede acceptable to be 15 unless they are sadistic or sexualised. also in many psychological horrors when there is dangerous behaviour it is not dwelled upon in enough detail to be copied. also weapons are not easily glamourised. funny games is a film that goes against the conventions as the violence is highly sadistic which is shown in its certificate. our target audience is males between 18 and 25 as it has been seen that they are the highest number of people that watch horror films. this can be seen in our film as the protagonist uses his computer to research his victim, as he is using a computer it suggests to the viewer that he is young as he is on a social networking website.