'Silent Cry' Radio Trailer

Final Production! Silent Cry

Silent Cry- Script

SILENT CRY

Love Shouldn’t Hurt

Voiceover

Lizzie sitting on the bed whilst the voice over is going on. Every time there is a voiceover,  the shot where lizzie is on the bed shows in the fram

‘I need him’, is what I always say, sounds cliché to some, but it is real with me! I am an orphan, I am alone, and who else can I turn to?

I’d watch him leave as he  goes to do what ever it is he does and leaves me to cover the bruises of the damage he did, I would  put on make up to cover up the cracks, some may not be visible but inside I can see and feel them. I hid up in this facade called make up it makes me feel like a normal beautiful woman.

We were once happy, in love and content with each other. We would stay up and watch movies all night long…. That s just how our relationship was, no big fuss… just us.

ACTION: Whilst the voiceover is playing Camille and Carnell are watching TV together

Voiceover: What changed? What demon entered him? He isn’t the same guy he said he was. Was I foolish then? Or just an easy target for him?

Voiceover: I’d staying bed all day hoping and praying the next day doesn’t come back, I’m tired of being the woman he wants to sleep with but doesn’t want to be with. Once he walks out the door I feel like a whole weight has been lifted off… I finally feel like I can breath, but the second he walks back in, the facade is over!

Voiceover: I love him and I don’t want to lose him. This is why even with everything being so bad I still try my best with him. Where would I go, who would I turn to?

Voiceover: Sometimes he would come home and everything is fine.

Then he just switches from good Carnell to monstrous Carnell.

Fade to black

ACTION: Camille opens the door for him and they embrace in a hug. CAMILLE breaks that embrace as she felt naturally to do so.

They walk to the kitchen

Voiceover: I would make him food; the Carnell I knew would eat the food and offer me some, but now? He acts like the food I’ve made him is poisonous. Rather him eating it, he would throw it back in my face…literally.

ACTION:

Camille gives him is food.

CARNELL: (Silence) (He stands up from the table holding his food and throws it at CAMILLE)

CAMILLE: (Shouts in pain)

Voiceover: Sometimes when I think of the things he’s done… I just sit and cr.

Fade to black

ACTION

CARNELL:  walks into the house to find Camille sleeping on the couch.

He has a disgusted look on his face and without hesitation he slaps Camille awake.

Camille wakes immediately

Voice over:

Yes it’s that serious. He does that all the time. I hardly sleep when he’s home because of the fear I live in, I walk on egg shells around him. This is why I try to get as much sleep as I can during the day when he’s not home.

Enough is enough; I need to go otherwise I will die. I’d rather die in peace than in pain.

ACTION: Camille packs a bag the night before and the next day when Carnell goes to work, Camille waits an hour

Voiceover: I’ve planned everything; I will leave when he goes out, I have my bag packed and ready from yesterday. I am escaping. I woke up done everything the same, but as soon as he walks through that door I’m waiting an hour then I’m leaving never to come back.

1hour later

Voiceover: With Adrenaline rushing through me, I got the confidence to leave. When I got my back and everything I felt I needed I took my chance and left. I left because if I didn’t he would kill me one day, I am a woman with willpower! Enough is Enough.

ACTION: Camille walks out the house without a second glance.

Voiceover:

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Final Poster!

After receiving a lot of feedback from my teacher and some of my friends about my poster ideas, I have gathered the information they have given to me, and i finally decided to use the actual character from my film as the image in the poster; this is because it looks more realistic and also more believable to the audiences, especially my target audience.

Poster Idea #2

I really like this poster because; the image explains a lot to the viewers without them actually having to watch the film. By looking at it they know already that the film is based on domestic violence. I decided to use a white background with white text because it’s a lot easier to read and see everything that is going on.

Radio Advert Script

Background Music: Ed Sheeran- Give Me Love (instrumental)

Hey Hey Hey You... Yes you listening to this. This summer is going to be hot and full of drama, know why?

Baby-love productions presents ‘Silent Cry’ a powerful innovative and moving story based on the lives of two young couples. It’s a must see short film that you do not want to miss. Starring new actors: Elizabeth Imanii and Sean Black.

Everyone knows being in love shouldn't hurt or come at a price.

Production Name And Logo

The reason I decided to use the same production name and logo as i did in As, is because I created it and thought of I myself  and I really like it, I really like the yellowy pinkish effect it has, because they are part of my favourite colours  and also the ways it looks  summaries me as an individual.

Radio Adverts Analysis

It was very hard to find a Radio Advert based on domestic violence, but I did find some that were about other media platforms.

The is a radio advert for Wonga.com. Fitting in with the code and conventions of  what makes a  successful radio advert, this Ad goes on for exactly 42 seconds, the background music in this advert was made to get the attention of the listeners, and also it’s catchy so it sticks in their heads after the advert. The aim of the advert is to inform the listeners and also provide the essential information the listeners need, it doesn't give out too much information on what they do, and this allows the audience to create a visual image and also makes them want to try it out.

Creative Brief: Radio Advert

Incorporating The Conventions In My Radio Ad.

Average Length

When making my radio advert, I will put my timing into consideration. This Is because most radio adverts go on for about 30-50 seconds, if the advert was any longer the attention span of the listener would have faded which might in some cases lead them to change the station. As I don’t want to lose the attention of the listeners I will be leaving my advert at 40 seconds or 45 seconds at the most.

Voice-over Narration

My radio advert voice-over will feature a male voice talking about the film. Linking back to the research I have done on radio ad’s I have learnt that the voice-over of the radio ad needs to have the 5w’s, which include: Who, What, Where, When, and Why.

Who: the voice-over will tell the listeners who the Ad is aimed at.

What: the phrase should help my audience with the understanding they need to know what the film will be about.

When: the voice-over will inform the listeners when my film will be available to be viewed and also the YouTube channel it will be on. It will also include additional information such as the film won’t be distributed like other blockbuster film.

Where: the links to my finished product will be available to view on social networking sites such as: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.

Why: at some point during the radio advert, the voice-over will tell the listeners the film was made to create awareness for young couples in abusive and violent relationships because there isn't a lot of attention paid to that area. And young people who find themselves in that situation might not know what to do or how to get out of it. It will inform them that the video is for them.

Music:

I will be using a music bed; this won’t be played until the end of the advert. My music choice is going to be the instrumental of Ed Sheeran- Give Me Love, it won’t be too loud, just enough for the listeners to hear it playing and allowing them to hear the voiceover speaking.

Research Into Radio Adverts.

Codes and conventions of Radio Advertisements

There are various types of Advertising in any media platform. Advertising makes the particular media text that is being advertised more popular and allows the audiences to be more aware of the actual product.

As part of my brief, I will create a radio advertisement; this is to create buzz and excitement for those that listen to the radio, especially my target audience.

Before actually making the radio advert I have decided to do some research into the Codes and Conventions of Radio Advertising, and the features include:

•  The advert for whatever media text it is needs to be advertised on well known Radio stations. For example: BBC Radio, LBC, Heart etc.
•   The product being advertised should always be made known, clear and understandable for the listeners, if this isn’t done the audience won’t be able to understand or even relate to the subject and importance of the advert.
• The advertisement should last between 30-50seconds approximately, this is usually a good amount of time as the listeners/audience could get bored and tune themselves off.
• There should always be a background music, this gives it a more friendly and entertaining atmosphere for those listening.
• As a cliffhanger, there should be an unanswered question asked relating to the product being advertised, the question should be simple and shouldn’t give too much information away. This is for the audience to have something for their minds to linger on.

Analysis of Poster Idea #1

Characters Profile

Carnell is 20 years old, attends university every other day, dedicated and hard worker, he works hard so he can maintain a good living for himself, he lives with his girlfriend he met a year ago. Carnell is a caring, loving and kind individual. He truly loves his girlfriend, he always wants to be there to care for her and protect her when she needs him, but sometimes he goes overboard with his over protective ways. He enjoys going out and having fun with his friends, he also likes spending time with his girlfriend when he isn't busy with Uni work. As well as having positive attributes, he also has some negative attributes such he is: easily aggravated/angered, always wanting things done his way and no other way.

Camille is 18 years old; she lives with her boyfriend she met a year ago. She’s an orphan with no family members to lean on for support. After being in and out of foster homes, she gave up on all her dreams hope and ambitions. She started getting into trouble with the police and got herself caught up in a bad crowd. With everything she faces, Camille is a very easy going young lady, she’s kind respectful and caring, she can be very gullible and naïve sometimes. After a while of sleeping rough and staying with a couple of her friends, she met Carnell and things for her changed from then on,  Carnell took her in and made her happy again, he protected her and gave her warmth. They were both happy together until things started going wrong between them, as we will find out in the film. Does she get out before it’s too late?

'Silent Cry' Storyboard Plan

Finalised Film Idea- 'Silent Cry'

My film is going to start off with my production name and logo, and then it’s going to a shot of the female character sitting on the bed, then it fades to black, whilst the name of the film comes up (Silent Cry).

The voiceover comes in immediately and it plays the scenes in the film are corresponding with what’s going on.

She will explain how she is an orphan with no one to turn to for help. She lives with her boyfriend of two years. When she met him he promised to change her life, he promised he will make her happy and she will never want for anything, being naive and young she fell for him and soon after they started living together. They were happy together, she cooked and cleaned for him, he bought whatever she wanted and more. They were happy and she thought it would stay like that forever until everything took a turn for the worse. He starts by telling her not to go out and when she did she had to be home at a certain time, she stopped college because she felt she had everything, with that action she has no qualification to get herself a job or support herself financially, so she relies on him and with her gullible and naive thinking, she feels he wants the best for her so she complies with all he says and all he asks her to do. 

As the months went on, things started to get heated between them. Their relationship wasn't like it used to be, he would shout at her suddenly for no exact reason or push her out of the way if he feels she isn't doing what she’s doing right, this went on for a couple more weeks until one day he came back home from Uni and meet her asleep on the sofa in the living room, he get angry and slaps her awake, this is where her abuse began. He would come home every day and find a reason to hit her or shout at her. This went on for months and months, she didn't know what to do, she had no friends to turn to or family to live with, she would cry herself to sleep silently most night; (this is where i got the idea to name my film ‘Silent Cry’), she felt trapped and enslaved. She wanted to leave but she had nowhere to go. 

As time and the abuse went on she decided that she needed to leave the abuse, the violence, her unhappy state was taking over her life, she was living in fear and she didn't want that for herself anymore. She knew she had to stand up to him or leave when he was out, she took the easy option and decided to leave when he left for uni one morning. She packed all her necessities and hid it under the bed, when he left that morning she waited about an hour before she decided it was time. She left without looking back at the house she just kept going and going.

As the film comes to an end there is a shot of help lines and emergency contact numbers for those who suffer or know anyone in a violent relationship.

Camera Shots

·         I will use a Wide shot at the beginning of the movie to show the girl’s bedroom and everything around her. And also to show the thinking position she’s sitting in.

·         I will zoom in on my main character’s face most of the time; this is to show her facial expressions.

·         I will use mostly establishing shots when the scenes the girl is remembering is showing, this is to show the environment they are in.

Editing:

·         I will be using the ‘Dip to Black’ effect to move from one scene to the other.

·         I will also be using a ‘Cross-Dissolve’ effect, whilst the male character is hitting the female character with his belt.

·         Over the shoulder shot will be used whilst he female character is checking her bruises in the mirror.

Setting

·     The film is going to be set in One house, both character’s house, their bedroom, the sitting room and their kitchen

Costumes:

·   The costumes both characters will be wearing will be very contemporary.

·         For the male character he’s going to be wearing the normal jeans and tracksuit, hoddie, with timberlands.

·         For the female character she’s going to be wearing jeans, normal tops with flip-flops this is because she’s in the house most of the time she feels she doesn’t need to dress fancy.

Possible Characters Idea

-Male character:- black boy, large bodied, average height and muscular, with masculine features.

-Female character:- black girl, average sized, tired looking, indifferent facial expressions, messy hair, dark circles under her eyes.

My Personal Reflections On All Three Video Analysis.

-Domestic Violence Part 1 Kmedia Film

  Analysis#2- Eminem Ft Rihanna- Love The Way You Lie

Analysis-Domestic Violence#3

I feel that of three videos is a true reflection of what goes on behind closed doors of some couples that live together young or old. The fact that the videos had young characters, made the message they were trying to convey more realistic and also more believable to the audience watching and most especially their target audience. The female characters’ being attractive also links to the ‘Laura Mulvey The Male Gaze Theory’. 

I think the producers of all three videos must have put this theory into consideration, because they don’t just want to get the attention of females they also want to get the attention of males as well, and they only way they could do this is by putting and attractive female at the centre of the message they are trying to send. This action made the videos successful with the awareness they were trying to create and also in gaining the attention of both male and female viewers.

Analysis-Domestic Violence#3

This is one of the most inspirational and powerful Domestic Violence awareness Ad I've seen so far,  it creates a sense of performance within the character’s life but yet there is no one, not even a director to say ‘cut’ to signify the end of the torture she’s facing.  

It starts with an establishing shot of the woman at her place of work; this gives the audience an idea that this whole Ad is based on her.  She is presented to be a lovely lady, and gets along with her work colleagues,  this is shown when she finishes on set and is on her way home,  a man stops her to tell her how great she was on t set, she accepts the compliment with a smile on her face.  Then there is a long shot, showing the whole set up drama stage where she works whilst she runs to her car, she is presented to be running as thou she is late for something (a meeting?). 

It then cuts to when she’s in the car driving home, there is a close-up shot of her wiping her make-up off, this gives the audience a funny feeling as to why she is wiping her make-up off in the car(Enigma Code). Another shot in this short film is a low angle shot, this is the shot after the lady parks her car, and she looks up to her apartment and there is a shadow of a body built man standing looking down at her through the window. This shot could symbolise the male being dominant and having power over her, whilst the female character is presented as weak, feeble and vulnerable, there is also an expression of fear in her eyes as she looks up at him.

Analysis#2- Eminem Ft Rihanna- Love The Way You Lie

This is not a film, but it is one of my favourite Rhianna songs. The homely mise en scene within the video is similar to how I plan for my production to be, the dark, gloomy setting creates a trapped feeling for the character as they feel there is no escape.

The video illustrates the different perspectives and roles of both the boy and girl in a relationship. It shows the difference between two opposite genders (Levi-Strauss’s theory will describe the whole video as a conflict between two binary oppositions).

The video starts with a close up shot of Rhianna; this automatically gains the attention of the viewers. The female character’s feeling is presented through Rhianna’s voice whilst the visual helps the audience understand what is going on in the video and also the meaning of the song.

As Rhianna continues to sing, there is a cross cut to a girl and her boyfriend sleeping on the bed and there is also another cross cut to the same girl sitting in the sitting room with fire in her hand, the fire connotes the girl’s state of mind, which also links back to the beginning of the song where Rhianna starts singing, there is fire in the background, this could represent a sense of destruction, chaos and war the girl or the female viewers feel when they know their partner is cheating on them.

The fire gives a literal meaning to the lyrics of the song where sings “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn”. Back to the scene of the bed, the female character suddenly opens her eyes, then Eminem’s aggressive voice breaks in, his voice represents the male character’s feelings, his lyrics fits in with the visuals, this is shown when the  boy is pushing himself to her in a forceful and aggressive manner, trying to convince her of what she’s thinking.  Then she tries to push past him but he’s  not allowing her, he gets really angry and punches the wall right next to her face, as this is going on the lyrics correspond to it when Eminem raps “ I laid hands on her, never stoop so low again. you know when you love somebody so much you can barely breath, have that warm fuzzy feeling, getting chills, you now getting f***ing sick of looking at them” this shows that at the beginning of their relationship the two characters were well and truly in love, but now looking at her irritates him, and they have ended up in an abusive relationship.

Although my production isn't a music video, this is similar to the idea I had for my film. The main  characters in my film start off with a loving, caring and violent free relationship then all of a sudden the guy changes just as the guy in this music video did, he doesn't care for her as much as he used to, he is violent towards her, the spark that they had is now gone.

I love the song and the video this is because it has a story line just like a short film; I never get board of watching or listening to it. It tells a story both visually and for those listening as well, and if a person is watching and listening at the same time the video fully relates to what is being said in the lyrics. 

Analysis#1- Domestic Violence Part 1 Kmedia Film

Whilst I was doing my research on domestic violence a while ago, I came across this online episode based on an aggressive and violent behaviour in relationships. It was directed by Kore jakpor & Luntu Masiza. The episode is about  a young couple living together for 2 years and counting, the guy(Daren) has been using the girl (Rachel) as his punching bag for a while. He puts her down emotionally and mentally, he makes her feel like she isn't any good, nothing she does around the house is ever good enough for him. In the first episode he is presented to be over dominant, aggressive, violent and rude.  

The episode starts with an establishing shot of Rachel in the kitchen doing the dishes, this automatically gives the viewer an idea the episode is going to be based on her. Being the only character in the frame, brings a sense to the audience that something is about to happen, it could  either be good or bad, in this case it is bad, because soon after her boyfriend comes in  and her facial expression changes from its neutral state to her looking irritated and scared at the same time. The tension builds up as they start talking over each other and they tone of voice gets louder, they Daren seems to have had enough of shouting, he grabs her by the neck and shoves the crusts of the bread he had in her mouth then pushes her against the wall. The music playing in the background represents almost how Rachel’s feeling; she feels .lost, unhappy and used.

This online episode has helped and given more inspiration on what I want my final product to be.