Mar'08
20

Script Ideas and Suggested Scenes

I also agree with the idea of using a mixture of both the Amazing Race and 24. The suggestion of having a clock ticking away at the corner of the screen would work really well in the movie. It would be emphasizing the point that time is of the essence when we’re trying to get to class on time.

I think that the beginning of the film should show the various starting points that the five of us will be starting from as well as the destination point. We could incorporate some type of google map into the film with certain points showing where each of our starting points are and the relevant bus stops and subway stations along the way. The Macaulay building can be at the center of the map and throughout the movie we can show each of our progressions. Most of us used a google map in our previous projects and they were really helpful in showing us the routes we take.

            Anyway, in the film we can show each of us starting out on our journey. We can show one of us standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus, then switch to a shot of another one of us walking to the subway, then switch to one of us driving a car and so on…We can then show how each of the different modes of transportation have their own benefits and disadvantages. This is where our core themes can be played out well. We can show that the person waiting for the bus has to deal with a lot of dwell time and that he has to keep looking at his watch in nervousness, while the person taking the subway walks right onto the train as soon as it pulls up. We can show that the person driving the car is getting stuck in traffic, but has the benefit of making a stop at a store and easily pick up something along the way…

            I liked Priya’s idea of how to end the film. As she described, we could all be scrambling to get to class and then quickly compose ourselves when we enter the room. Professor Peters can then ask us if we had any problems getting to school and we could all just look around the room at each other and then the screen sort of fades out.

             

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