Research planning: Voice over that creates character persona

Voice over: Aim to bring more character into the voice over

Theatre entrance scene:

Greats like Mozart said, “The music is not in the notes but in the silence between.” Yeah I know, totally cliche but you just have to be brave enough to listen.

(LINKS TO THE NEXT SCENE BECAUSE IT SHOWS FAMILY STRUGGLE)

Park scene:

“I’ve always been seen as a burden to my mother. She would spend her days wasted out of her brains so naturally I wouldn’t stick around. This place right here is the only place that I can find myself.  This was our special place, mine and my father’s, before he passed away. I like to come here sometimes. It’s my sanctuary, my place of clarity. He wrote me this letter; this is all I have left off him.”

(CONTRAST FROM SCENE TO SCENE- A PLACE HE FEELS PROTECTED AND AT HOME TO A PLACE THAT HE IS ISOLATED AND RESTRICTED)

History Classroom scene:

“I wish these idiots would shut the fuck up (MAYBE SHOUT SHUT THE FUCK UP) I mean look at them, no care in the world. Some of us haven’t got time to spare for such nonsense. It takes time for genius to thrive, to be nurtured to (BELL RINGS- GOES TO NEXT SCENE. THOUGHT PROCESS STOPPED BY THE DAILY ROUTINE PROCESS. THE CLASSROOM SCENE LINKS TO OWN VIDEO OF PIANO PLAYING)

(SETS UP CAMERA) (MUTTER) 

"Oh it’s on… erm Hi…I’m Dan…wow how lame do I wanna sound" (Mess with hair)

“I’m going to play you a little something… erm I call it lost for words.”

FADE
Notice board scene

“It started out with just one worry and then it built up and up and up…

Now I’m here, stuck in a spiralling vortex of my own self-pity and constant hostility.

I’m never going to get out of this fucking mess.

I can’t concentrate. Here come the headaches, the sleepless nights, the complete lack of control.”

(LINKS TO NEXT SCENE BECAUSE OF PIANO PLAYING PROVIDES ESCAPISM)  
Music classroom scene

“Oh I forgot to mention this is Jayne, my mentor and let’s just say she’s my only friend. Other than my piano.”

NO VOICE OVER PIANO SPEAKING

(THIS PIANO GOES QUIET AND DECLICATE)
COMPLETE CONTRAST OF EMOTION

Alleyway scene:

“I’m useless *pause (kick)* pathetic *pause(kick)*unwanted… I don’t know why I bother, when everyone and everything is trying to kick me when I’m down… but I will prove them wrong no matter how long it takes.”

(LINKS TO SNIPPET SCENES BECAUSE IT SHOWS ROB TRYING TO COMPLETE WORK, TO PROVE PEOPLE WRONG) 

Fast/ snippet scenes: NO VOICE OVER FOCUS ON DIEGEGTIC SOUND

·       Library scene- The pencil snaps and the frustration carries onto the next scene

·       Barging shoulder scene- Where Rob walks with paper and then an extra actor barges into him. Rob stumbles, extra acts as if he is non-existent.

(AN EDIT CAN BE USED WHERE THE PAPER SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR GOES TO THE NEXT SCENE WHERE ROB IS SURROUNDED BY A CIRCLE OF PAPER.)

·       Circle of paper- Overwhelming situation

·       Rob hunched over, head in hands sobbing but mainly anger- Overwhelming situation

·       Canteen scene- links to interview where the laughing in the scene shows his insecurities about the interview.

BRIGHT WHITE CUT

FADE TO INTERVIEW

Interview scene:

“Life has an unpredictable turn of events. One moment can change everything. That glistening moment that justifies your whole existence. My moment is in the hands of this pretentious arsehole in front of me.”

DIALOGUE: ‘Hi it’s a pleasure to meet you’ (SHAKES HAND)

“Yeah, this is going to take a while to impress him.”

(INTERVIEW INTRODUCES MINI FLASHBACKS. THE INNER/ VOICE OVER SHOWS DAN TO BE ARROGANT WHEREAS ROB SHOWS DAN TO BE SHY.)

Theatre:

Then goes back to the theatre. Leaves a sense of ambiguity of success or failure.

Key:

·         Red is significant to the group and Blue is significant to Rob's stage direction

The scenes are added in a coherent way in order to create a sense of character within the voice over. The voice over also switches back to dialogue which sometimes is used to create a sound bridge where a sentence is continued onto the next scene but has relation to the next scenes based ideas. Conventionally, more than one voice comes across but the focal point of this film trailer is the main character so his voice is the main voice. 

Trailers that inspire voice over:

All these trailers are under an umbrella branch of the social realism genre to an extent. However, each trailer develops a sense of character which allows the audience to comprehend the main characters attitude which allows them to judge whether the film will appeal to them. Each main character is the central piece to trailer development, so I have used this idea to develop character persona that will create audience appeal by relating to the audience (intended target audience 15-21 years old). This effect is what makes social realism films so valuable.