Oliver Turner AS MEDIA: Character Profile + ideas for film

For our next task we were given a picture of a character/person at random. We were then told to create a character profile from this image, trying to develop more of a background to their life and the storyline of the sequence.

My character profile:

Name-
Do they have a nickname? If so, what?-
Age-48
Nationality- Romanian/speaks English
Profession-
Marital Status- Single

Setting

We were then given a picture of a particular location that we were to try and incorporate into our own character profile. I was given what looked like a London train station that actually made me rethink the entire plot of the opening sequence. I have also added another character here who works in conjunction with our main character, Bruce Lee. 

Potential location for my final openings sequence. Ideally I would prefer to film in a public place to make the film more believable and of a natural occurrence as opposed to merely filming all in one location or inside. Places such as translations, shopping malls, alleys would be great for a chase scene, allowing the viewer to observe the characters as they run through the crowds.

Genre- Action
Title- Beyond Justice
Character(s)-

• Man in office, middle aged with shirt and tie on.
• Accomplice, skinny looking man with black trench coat and phone in his hand. He is pulling a suspicious looking suitcase behind him. 

Location(s)- Busy Crowded places such as Train stations, City centre, Office.
Plot synopsis-
My idea consists of a man that is seen in his office. This man is middle aged, and is seen sitting at a desk in an empty office on the phone. There will be close up shots of him picking up the phone and then raising it to his ear. He dials a number and speaks to someone but we cannot hear what he is saying just the miming of his lips as music is heard gradually building up. The camera then quickly turns to a panoramic shot of a train station or crowded place where there are several quick-paced shots of another man. This man is quite skinny, young and appears to be holding a suitcase. He look rather suspect due to his black trench coat and bowler hat. He is seen running through the crowd, trying to get somewhere- maybe a train or building. Two security guards are later filmed running after this man, both are in black suits with ties and sunglasses. There intention to kill. The camera fluctuates between the office and the action chase as to build more suspense and ultimately gain the viewer's attention. I could think about having a split screen of them both on the phone

 Are you looking to work as a 1/2/3/4?
I am looking to work in a group of four. This way we can assign different roles to each part of the film and ultimately achieve a better standard of work as opposed to a smaller group. The larger the group also means that the whole process can be tweaked and changed, having different perspectives aid both creativity and overall outcome of the short film.

What genre are you going to make your film in?why? 
The genre of my film will be an action styled theme that I think will work well for my opening scene. The reason I have chosen to do action is because it will be fast-paced due to the running scene and also the interrogation trip


What narrative style are you looking to use?why? 
We are looking to film in a narrative that fluctuates between both present and past. I think this will make the overall scene, despite being only two minutes long, more interesting to watch as opposed to just one time period. The way we will indicate and notify the audience between time frames is by using grayscale for the present and colour for back in time. I think this will be really effective and help give an insight to the style of genre we are after.

How many characters are you looking to use in the film opening? 
We will be using four cast members for our opening scene. The reason we have chosen this many is because wedding want too many as to distract from the actual narrative. By having a smaller amount of actors means, as a group, we will be able to manage our idea much better instead of relying on multiple people that may not be able to make deadlines. We will also use social media. more specifically "Facebook Messenger" as the site allows us to easily create a group chat that everyone can actively contribute to. This will make arrangements considerably easier on filming day.