Film Brief Blog Post #3 - 12/13

 I haven't begun the film brief yet, but I've fleshed out my idea more. I'm going to go with the Zombie idea, and I have a good idea of exactly how the scene will go. The scene will begin with an over-the-shoulder shot of someone sitting at a desk, facing the door. Character #2 comes into the door, sitting down. The shot cuts to face the person at the desk, Character #1, and the camera does a fairly close up and fixed shot of whoever is talking. There's no music in the background, but maybe a slight droning sound, making the scene tense, yet disarming as there is no stressful music adding to the tension. Eventually, Character #1 makes a proposition to #2, and #2 rejects it. This causes #2 to walk away, and #1 chases after them, begging them to reconsider. This begins a tracking shot from behind and to the side of the characters that follows them all the way to a room. Character #2 opens the door and the camera stops, as he stumbles back in shock. The camera cuts for the first time since the tracking shot began, showing a zombie in the corner eating a hand (I have the proper at home for the dismembered hand), with the sound of the zombie chewing on flesh and breathing heavily playing loudly in the scene. The zombie looks up, seemingly looking towards the camera, and the camera cuts back to the two characters, in a state of shock and distress. They run, and the zombie chases after them. At some point in the chase scene the zombie catches up to Character #1, showing the audience that the zombies are fast and capable, and the zombie attacks and eats #1. #2 looks back, but doesn't stop running until they finally reaches the door. #2 opens the door, getting out and shutting the door quickly. They breathe heavily, sighing in relief that they finally escaped the zombies. They would be catching their breath outside the house in a small area with some plants on either side. I'm not sure yet what I want the last scene to be exactly, my original idea (which I still like a lot) is to have a zombie hand grab them from the foliage on the edge of the screen, and the scene ending there. I think that ending may be too closed however, and may not really fit a film *intro*. My other idea is the camera panning out to the cul-de-sac outside my house, with zombies appearing, signifying that there are zombies everywhere. This idea might be hard to execute, since I would have to zombify a decent amount of people (which may take a lot of work, adding makeup and costumes to make everyone look very zombie-like), but it would be a fantastic ending. I could also combine the two, having the character get grabbed and then panning to the zombies outside. This would take away the sudden shock ending of the first idea, but would leave it much more open to a more complete movie afterwards. I think I would like to go with the first or third options for the ending. 

I also have another idea for the scene I just thought of which may work better. My biggest issue at the moment is that the setting of a house doesn't work well for the introduction of the scene, being some sort of business meeting. It would make the scene look incredibly amateur, which it of course is, but the goal should be to make it seem as believable as possible. I could perhaps have the scene be two kids playing outside. They go to get something from the shed, and when they open the shed they see the zombie, queuing the second half of the scene with the zombie chase and ending. I think I'll go with this one, though some shots may have to change a bit (such as the over-the-shoulder shot at the beginning) to fit it better.