1) The film opens with two characters in car parked in a suburban street at night. The driver is wearing a navy blue suit while the passenger wears light grey - both are wearing 60s style knitted ties. The film starts near the end of a conversation they have, and what they are saying seems ambiguous and is for the moment unexplained - they frequently refer to the time of someone arriving somewhere and 'whether a door will be left open'. They both observe a third man walking down the road, to which the driver points out that 'he is the one'. As the walking man turns a corner to walk down a long, dark driveway with gothic style gates, the passenger gets out and places a mask over his face - it is haloween, though the man intends to use it for other reasons. As he approaches his target - the two men are assassins - he bumps into a woman in the street, though she is unsuspicious of him due to the haloween context. He turns round the corner and the driver takes the car to the top of the driveway so as to block it from view, opening the passengers door as he arrives there. As he opens it, a shot of gunfire is heard from down the driveway. Following this, the passenger runs back in - it is implied that he has killed the man. As the passenger gets in, the driver asks if he has picked up his empty shell, and the passenger realises his mistake - evidence is lying with the dead victim. As he places his hand on the doorhandle to retrieve the shell, another set of headlights from the bottom of the driveway flicker on, revealing the entire crime scene.
2) Over a blank screen, muffled voices can be heard for three or four seconds. Eventually, they crescendo into a scream - at this point, the film cuts in to a man waking up on the DLR wearing a denim jacket. The man sat next to him - who has just arrived - asks him if he is alright, to which the man - who is the main character - responds that he is fine. We then establish the location of the DLR with a wide shot of Canary Wharf. Without any further conversation, the second man leaves, while the main character stays seated. The character notices a book the other man left behind, though instead of calling out to him, he picks it up and opens it to a page where a note is concealed. It reads a place and a time, 'Deptford Bridge, 5:10'. The character looks at his watch and sees that it is this time, then looks at the station. It is Deptford, and the man hurries off. We then cut to a street by the station where a taller man is standing. It is getting dark at this point. The main chararcter arrives to meet this man from the station, to which they have a conversation. The main character tells the taller man that he needs the information the man has about a frind of his, to which the taller man replies, asking for the money the main character was supposed to give him. The main character tells them that 'money wasn't part of the deal'. After a painful pause, the taller man asks the main character to come with him, and leads him into the night.
Sam's 1st idea - an interesting, involving plot with some good locations. The potential to have an ensemble cast is exciting, though it may also be a problem with the casting and direction of the scene. The suggestion that it should be raining is also interesting, but subsequently difficult to pull off, especially with regard to keeping the cameras working.
Sam's 2nd idea - though also having a number of different locations which may or may not be difficult to film, the concept would be easy enough to execute, and is certainly very tense. Ideas such as having the man assemble the camera and having an ambiguous gunshot noise at the end are very clever, and would be interesting to film.
Kayleigh's 1st idea - it has a set piece feeling, with some tense moments. This makes it both an interesting idea and easy to film, with some simple locations.
Kayleigh's 2nd idea - this has some very clever concepts, particularly the idea of masks. It would be very interesting to film and cast, and has easy locations. I particularly like the idea of ambiguities brought up with the involvement of masks, which would be very interesting to film.
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