The short film is below:
Get Off My Land from Douglas Ray on Vimeo.
The key ides of the short film is a couple who are clearly angry with each other.
The male character is walking behind the female trying to keep up and when he does catch up with girl they are walking together. In the distance a Landrover Defender (4x4 vehicle) pulls up and the couple stop still. The farmer walks towards them, they stop because he doesnt look particularly friendly.The farmer tells them that this isnt a public footpath, however the couple disagree and the woman apologising and says that they will move away and try and find the public footpath. Her partner is clearly already angry, due to not particularly wanting to be in the country side with his girlfriend, starts to argue with the farmer. He asks what makes it his land, they have a heated discussing end up with the farmer telling him that someone years back would have had to fight for the land. Trying to be clever the young man says that he'll fight for it. Little did he know, this was the wrong thing to say. His girlfriend thinks he's being irrational and stupid and tells him to back away. The farmer walks back towards the truck he arrived in. The couple both think that he has surrendered. Almost immediatley the farmer returns to the couple with a gun, the couple are extremeley panicked and the farmer shoots the young man. The girl is left with blood all over her face in hyserics, the farmer is clearly bothered by her noise. The shot breaks away to a view of the tree's and there is a noise of a gunshot, clearly the girl has been shot. All the audience can see is some birds fleeing the tree's.
Brief Notes
about the Short Film
Written and
Directed by Douglas Ray. It’s about a young couple's walk in the countryside
that leads to a confrontation with the landowner and an unlikely challenge.
One
Developed Character
In this
short film, although there are quite a few characters- the main developed
character is the young male, as the camera tends to be focused on him the most
and he has the most dialogue. The short film revolves around his and his
girlfriend’s journey but mainly his, she has very little dialogue. We must not
forget the farmer who could be also seen as the main character as he is playing
an important part and we probably learn the most about him through his
dialogue.
Circular
Narrative
The circular
narrative could be the location as the film finishes in the same place in which
it begins- in the countryside.
Catalyst
The catalyst
could be the wobbly gate- this wobbly gate helps to foreshadow the death of
both the walkers, through the way the gate is dangerously portrayed and gives
the idea that maybe you shouldn't cross over the fence into a dangerous
situation.
Audience
Expectations
The audience
expectations are completely turned belly up, as the seemly average farmer pulls
out a gun and shoots both the male and female walkers- this was completely
unexpected as there was little to suggest that both of them would end up dying.
Props needed: Off-road vehicle (green Land Rover Defender), Shotgun, two red shotgun shells.
Mise-en-scene with camera angles:The first introductory establishing shot we see is of a male and a females shoes. The female is wearing walking shoes and the male is wearing some fashionable trainers. From here we see a collection of two shots, which demonstrate that this is a couple, however not so much happy. The woman is seen storming ahead whilst the man is constantly complaining, either in his dialogue or with body language such as the brushing off of mud on his jeans with a deep sigh of annoyance. His 'difficulty' to climb a wooden fence is really his reluctance to carry on with the muddy autumnal walk. The girl friend storming off suggests that the boyfriend have done something wrong previously. We are then introduced to a farmer, however we only know he is a farmer because of how he is stereotypically dressed and material items- tweed hat, Land Rover, green outdoor clothing and a later shotgun. The built up aggression that the boyfriend has is then shown in a medium two shot when he demands to fight for the piece of land that they believe to of trespassed on. The aggressiveness that he shows when unzipping his jacket also stands for his ego to show his patriarchal dominance. An over-the-shoulder shot of the boyfriend then putting his jacket back on after the 'farmer' walks away gives the audience a fake sense that the battle is over, however, the farmer then returns and shoots the boyfriend, leaving the girlfriend shaking in fear and grief. We can see in a close up that blood has splattered onto her face leaving her with more fear. The farmer then saunters off only to swivel round and aim the gun at the woman. We are then situated with a shot of the forest and a gun shot resulting in birds flying out of the trees. A medium shot then shows the farmer continuing ith his previous journey and the two bodies of the couple.
Sound:The sound is all diegetic. There is no music and sounds such as the wind and motor way noise are natural and kept in the film to give situation context. Of course in reality the gun shot noise is not real because it is acting so that is edited in, however, the gun shot is a realistic one in the context, especially when the gun is not in shot and the birds caw and fly away.
Final Cut:
Above is the final cut for our recreation of 'Get Off My Land'.
Evaluation:
Character Profiles - ‘Get Off My Land’
Character: Woman
Originally played by: Ruth Wilson
Characteristics: Long brown hair, brown eyes, middle aged.
Costume: Purple rain mac, white t-shirt, grey waterproof-type trousers, walking boots.
Props needed: fake blood
Character: Man
Originally played by: Rafe Spall
Characteristics: Short brown hair, brown eyes, middle aged.
Costume: Black jacket, black t-shirt, jeans with brown belt, converse trainers.
Props needed: N/A
Character: Farmer
Originally played by: Robert Glenister
Characteristics: Grey hair and beard, getting on a bit (maybe 50-65).
Costume: white chequered shirt, with green jumper, dark green jacket, flat cap.
Mise-en-scene with camera angles:The first introductory establishing shot we see is of a male and a females shoes. The female is wearing walking shoes and the male is wearing some fashionable trainers. From here we see a collection of two shots, which demonstrate that this is a couple, however not so much happy. The woman is seen storming ahead whilst the man is constantly complaining, either in his dialogue or with body language such as the brushing off of mud on his jeans with a deep sigh of annoyance. His 'difficulty' to climb a wooden fence is really his reluctance to carry on with the muddy autumnal walk. The girl friend storming off suggests that the boyfriend have done something wrong previously. We are then introduced to a farmer, however we only know he is a farmer because of how he is stereotypically dressed and material items- tweed hat, Land Rover, green outdoor clothing and a later shotgun. The built up aggression that the boyfriend has is then shown in a medium two shot when he demands to fight for the piece of land that they believe to of trespassed on. The aggressiveness that he shows when unzipping his jacket also stands for his ego to show his patriarchal dominance. An over-the-shoulder shot of the boyfriend then putting his jacket back on after the 'farmer' walks away gives the audience a fake sense that the battle is over, however, the farmer then returns and shoots the boyfriend, leaving the girlfriend shaking in fear and grief. We can see in a close up that blood has splattered onto her face leaving her with more fear. The farmer then saunters off only to swivel round and aim the gun at the woman. We are then situated with a shot of the forest and a gun shot resulting in birds flying out of the trees. A medium shot then shows the farmer continuing ith his previous journey and the two bodies of the couple.
Sound:The sound is all diegetic. There is no music and sounds such as the wind and motor way noise are natural and kept in the film to give situation context. Of course in reality the gun shot noise is not real because it is acting so that is edited in, however, the gun shot is a realistic one in the context, especially when the gun is not in shot and the birds caw and fly away.
Final Cut:
Above is the final cut for our recreation of 'Get Off My Land'.
Evaluation:
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