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Here is a test to create a sequence for the scene where Ash is hit by a car while running from the Police in my Drama "Dead Men Tell No Lies"

This was created by using a Sony Hard Drive HandyCam, A Pringles Tin (including the lid to hold the lens in place) and some padding to hold the camera in place.

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FIRST DAY OF DRAMA PRODUCTION SHOOT

I would like to say a big thank you to Tony Coughlan who played the part of Dave in my drama. A very skilled actor, very friendly, professional and genuinely nice guy. Now off to film scene 1 with Damian Reed and Tom Bishop.

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Production Update: 8/11/2011

Casting: I have confirmed 4 out of 5 cast. Tony Coughlan has is my most professional actor who has agreed to star in the production of "Dead men tell no lies" for free. I have also emailed approximately 30 other actors to inform them that the parts have been cast.

Production Locations: I have confirmed with Richard Goodman that I can use a studio at RGA Media Studio's in Stafford to film the scene in which Ash meet's a Heavenly Figure. All of my other locations will be fine to film at, although I will need to sort out some sort of crowd control to ensure that members of the public do not walk through shots during filming.

Props: I still need to create my own ATM machine as I cannot get permissions to film at a real ATM machine. But i think the footage from the camera will create a better effect once the footage has been edited.

Production Paperwork: I still have a lot of production paperwork to complete, I have been working hard in the last few weeks on my Corporate Video Production, my client currently wants 500 DVD's burning and Printing. This may have to be contracted out to another company.

I currently need to produce the following items of paperwork:

Equipment List

Production Schedule (needs to be updated)

Call sheet

Filming schedules

Shot lists

Storyboards need to be finished

Budgets

Risk assessments

DVD Cover

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DEAD MEN TELL NO LIES

Finding cast for my production has been unsuccessful using castingcallpro.com I have now tried using mandy.com. After posting this morning i have had two people interested in my drama although they have both applied for HEAVENLY FIGURE this was the same problem with castingcallpro.com I am struggling to cast the part for DAVE

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DEAD MEN TELL NO LIES

After speaking to a few businesses who have cash machines either inside them or attached to the building it will not be viable to film the theft from the cash machine, therefore I will be mocking my own cash machine although the camera will be inside the machine. This means that during my editing process I will have to make the footage black and white and put a grainy effect over the footage, I will also put a time code on the clip to represent CCTV footage from inside the cash machine.

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DEAD MEN TELL NO LIES

I have had interest from two professional actor's who want to play the part of HEAVENLY FIGURE however both men are from Greater London, and would like to be paid for Accommodation, Travel, food and other expenses which I cannot afford to pay on my current budget (£0.00 if only money was no object I could have had the Indian shop owner from Anuvahood)!

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DEAD MEN TELL NO LIES SCRIPT

Dead Men Tell No Lies

Ben Rose

A FRESH MEDIA PRODUCTION

Author:Ben Rose

Address:62 Exeter Street

Stafford

Staffs

ST17 4EE

Phone Number: 07759723118

1 2200 - EXT

IN THE YELLOWISH TINGE FROM THE STREET LIGHTS ASH IS SITTING ON THE ROAD SIGN AT THE END OF THE ROAD FINISHING THE LAST FEW DRAGS OF HIS SPLIFF BLOWING SMOKE RINGS AS HE EXHALES. HE LOOKS AT HIS WATCH AND WHEN HE LOOKS BACK UP HE SEE’S A WELL DRESSED MAN IN HIS MID TO LATE THIRTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD ON HIS MOBILE PHONE. ASH THROWS THE ROACH TO THE FLOOR AND STEPS ON IT EXTINGUISHING IT BELOW HIS TRAINER. AS THE MAN PASSES WHERE ASH IS SAT, ASH DECIDES FOLLOWS THE WELL DRESSED MAN DOWN THE ROAD AND PULLS A KNIFE FROM HIS POCKET OF HIS BLACK HOODED TOP AND RUNS UP BEHIND THE MAN.

ASH

BRANDISHING THE KNIFE IN HIS HAND MENACINGLY, THE BLADE GLINTING IN THE LIGHT FROM THE STREET LIGHTS

Give me your fuckin’ money and phone or i’ll stab you.

MAN

Fuck off, you haven’t got the bottle!

ASH

HOLDING THE KNIFE WITH A CLENCHED FIST HE PUNCHES THE MAN IN THE FACE.

I said give me your shit! Prick!

MAN

STAMMERING HIS WORDS WITH FEAR T..take th..them, jus..just don’t k..k..kill me!!

ASH

HURRIEDLY TAKING THE MAN’S POSSESSIONS, HE PUNCHES THE MAN TO THE GROUND, KICKING HIM IN THE TORSO AND STAMPING ON HIS HEAD.

Pussy!! That’s my shit now. You cunt!

ASH RUNS OFF INTO THE DARKNESS LEAVING THE MAN UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND AND BLEEDING ON THE FLOOR.

2 1100 ASH’S BEDROOM INT

ASH IS SLEEPING IN HIS BED, ONE OF HIS FEET STICKING OUT FROM UNDER HIS QUILT. HIS ROOM MESSY AND DIMLY LIT, AN ASHTRAY OVERFLOWING WITH CIGARETTE BUTTS AND SPLIFF ENDS SITS ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE NEXT TO A PACKET OF CIGARETTES, A LIGHTER AND A LITTLE BAG WITH THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF SKUNK IN IT. EMPTY BEER CANS STREWN OVER THE FLOOR AND ON TOPS OF CUPBOARDS. THE RADIO IS PLAYING SOFTLY IN THE BACKGROUND. HIS MOBILE RINGS, AWAKENING HIM.

ASH

Umm....hello..who is it...?

DEALER DAVE

Mornin’ Ashley...You got my money av ya?

ASH

Dave? I’m...

DEALER DAVE

Shut it you little shit bag!! You get my money to me by 2pm or your life ain't worth livin’! Do i make myself clear Ashley?

ASH

Crystal Dave. I’ll see you at two with your dolla.

DEALER DAVE

Good lad. It best be all there this time Ash, you know what happened last time, you wouldn’t want that again would you?

ASH

GULPS WITH FEAR, KNOWING THAT DAVE WOULD BEAT HIM SO BAD THAT HE WOULD BE HOSPITALISED AGAIN.

Anything but that Dave, six weeks i spent recovering in that hospital, it’s lucky i didn’t catch MRSA while i was there.

DEALER DAVE

MENACING IN HIS VOICE.

Maybe you should have, then you would have died and the world would have one less scumbag junkie in it!

DAVE HANGS UP ON THE PHONE.

ASH

SITTING ON HIS BED TREMBLING, HE REACHES FOR THE PACKET OF CIGARETTES ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE AND TAKES ONE FROM THE PACK, FINGERS FUMBLING TO PULL ONE OUT OF THE PACKET. HIS HANDS SHAKING AS HE TRIES TO LIGHT THE CIGARETTE HE LOOKS AT THE CLOCK WHILE TAKING A LONG DRAG ON HIS CIGARETTE.(VO)How the fuck am I goin’ to get two grand by two o’clock?

3. 1200 EXT

ASH SLAMS THE FRONT DOOR BEHIND AS HE LEAVES HIS HOUSE, HE TURNS HIS COLLAR UP HIS COAT TRYING TO BLOCK OUT THE COLD AND WIND OF AUTUMN.

ASH BEGINS WALKING TOWARDS THE LOCAL SHOP WITH A CASH POINT OUTSIDE, AS HE APPROACHES HE SEEs A MAN WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM THE CASH MACHINE, RUNNING TOWARDS THE MALE HE PUNCHES HIM IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD KNOCKING OF HIS FEET AND TAKING THE NOTES THAT HAVE BEEN DISPENSED FORM THE CASH MACHINE, BYSTANDERS LOOKING ON IN AWE AND SHOCK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AS HE RUNS OFF OUT OF THE CAR PARK AND OUT OF SIGHT.

AS ASH LEANS AGAINST THE A WALL HE PRODUCES A ROLL OF MIXED NOTES AND BEGINS TO COUNT THEM MIXING THE NOTES WITH THE MONEY THAT HE HAS STOLEN FROM THE MAN AT THE CASH MACHINE. A WAD OF NOTES ALREADY IN HIS HAND AS HE COUNTS THEM.

ASH (VO)

1000...1200...1400...1500...1700...SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! I’m still 300 notes short.

JUST THEN ASH REMEMBERS HE IS CARRYING THE PHONE THAT HE STOLE FROM THE MAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

ASH TAKES THE PHONE FROM HIS POCKET AND LOOKS AT IT

ASH (VO)

Maybe I can pay Dave off with this phone?

ASH LOOKS AT HIS WATCH IT DISPLAYS ONE O’CLOCK

ASH (VO)

Shit I’ve only got an hour to meet him.

4. CAR PARK - EXT 1410

DAVE’S CAR IS PARKED IN A SMALL SECCULDED CAR PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING ESTATE WAITING FOR ASH TO TURN UP. ASH WALKS APPREHENSIVELY TOWARDS DAVE’S CAR.

DAVE

DAVE SHOUTS THROUGH THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW.

You’re late Ash! You better have my money!

ASH

APPROACHING THE CAR

There’s a small problem there Dave,bu....

DAVE

INTERRUPTS WITH ANGER AND MENACING IN HIS VOICE, HIS EYES GLARING AT ASH.

What the fuck Ash, you making a monkey out of me? You know what happened last time!People learn form mistakes except you!

ASH LOOKING SHEEPISHLY AT THE FLOOR, DIVERTING HIS EYES AWAY FROM DAVE’S UNCOMFORTABLE GLARE. HIS FEET SHUFFLING LIKE A NAUGHTY SCHOOL BOY IN FRONT OF A HEAD TEACHER.

DAVE

Explain yourself this time you scumbag! There better a be good reason why you can’t get MY money! money that YOU owe me!

ASH

STRUGGLING TO GET HIS WORDS OUT.

Dave look I’ve got 1700 of it, and I’ve got this phone to cover the other three...

DAVE

CUTS IN

...I’ll tell you what its worth not you! Give it here!

ASH PASSES THE PHONE THROUGH THE CAR WINDOW, DAVE PLAYS AROUND WITH THE PHONE WHILE ASH TRIES TO EXPLAIN WHY HE HAS THE PHONE.

ASH

It’s the latest model, you know like only out a week or so. It’s got an 8 meg camera on the phone, it’s almost new!

DAVE

Almost is the right word. It’s new for you but this is tracked by the Lost Phone Finder App! YOU PRICK! Who ever you got this phone off can track me down with, the Feds could be on their way here right now! You Twat!

DAVE TURNS THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THEN THOWS THE PHONE AT ASH. AS HE REVERSES THE CAR FROM THE PARKING BAY HE SHOUTS AT ASH

DAVE

You fucking prick, your a fucking liability! Your a dead man walking! I’ll let you off with the 300 quid don’t you ever come near me again or I’ll kill you, you know I will.

AS DAVE’S CAR SPEEDS OF IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST ASH PICKS THE PHONE UP AND AND REMOVES THE BATTERY.

ASH (VO)

How can they track it if it’s turned off?

JUST THEN ASH HEARS SIRENS COMING FROM THE MAIN ROAD. HE DROPS THE PHONE ON THE GROUND AND RUNS TOWARDS A PATH THAT LEADS HIM THROUGH THE FIELDS AND UP TO A FLIGHT OF STAIRS TAKING UP TO ANOTHER MAIN ROAD, WITHOUT LOOKING ASH RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD. AS HE MAKES IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD HE IS HIT BY A CAR.

5. PURGATORY

ASH FINDS HIMSELF IN A PURE WHITE EMPTY ROOM, LIGHTS BLINDING HIS EYES,A MAN IN A WHITE SUITE APPROACHES HIM.

ASH

Where am I? Who are you?

HEAVENLY FIGURE

I work for the big man Ashley, you shouldn’t be here.

ASH

I’ve already explained to Dave about the situation

HEAVENLY FIGURE

That’s not who I’m talking about Ashley. Your family will be disappointed when they hear the news.

ASH

Where the hell am I?

HEAVENLY FIGURE

Quite the opposite, your in Heaven. But like I said you shouldn’t be here. You are a bad man Ashley.

ASH

I should be alive what happened to me?

HEAVENLY FIGURE

You were hit by a car when you were trying to escape the police. If you had taken your punishment like a real man and repented you would still be alive.

ASH

What can I do to go back? How do I get back to earth?

HEAVENLY FIGURE

There is nothing that you can do Ashley, and you can’t stay here!

ASH

Where do I go then?

HEAVENLY FIGURE

I think you know where you will be going.

6 ASHES BEDROOM 0900 INT

A PHONE RINGS IN THE DISTANCE, ASH OPENS HIS EYE’S AND PATS HIMSELF DOWN REALISING THAT IT WAS ALL A DREAM, THAT HE WAS NOT HEAVEN OR HELL BUT IN FACT IN HIS OWN BED. HE PICKS UP A CIGARETTE FROM THE BEDSIDE TABLE AND LIGHTS IT. THE PHONE RINGS AGAIN AS HE CLIMBS OUT OF HIS BED HE TAKES THE STOLEN MOBILE OUT OF HIS COAT AND THE NUMBER COMES UP AS “HOME”. ASH CANCELS THE CALL AND TURNS THE PHONE OFF AND GOES BACK TO SLEEP RELIEVED THAT HE KNOWS HE IS SAFE.

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Sound Production

Today my group took out one of the ZOOM H4 sound recorders out on the street to record ambient sounds. Once back at the uni we imported them in to Adobe Sound booth and played around with reverb, FX, Pitch and other effects.

Initial Ideas

I am struggling for ideas for the drama "Dead Men Tell No Lies". I like the title for the drama but I cannot find a storyline that I commit to, it seems like I have a few ideas for what I would like to write but I have problems to putting pen to paper (or hitting the right keys).

My new concept is about a male in his early twenties, who is a prolific thief and persistent liar who ends being killed in a car accident. During his judgement day he tries to explain why he had been living the life that he had. As usual he tries to lie his way out of the situation in exchange to return to his badly damaged body at the side of the road. This is still a work in progress and I understand that I need to come up with my final idea within the next week or two (deadline for the script to be written is 14th Oct 2011)

Initial Ideas

Re-writing my proposal and script for "Dead Men Tell No Lie's". Current story line will be corporate banker "Pete" wins £30,000 through gambling in one day, this is the start of his gambling addiction some time passes and he has now run up debts of thousands of pounds risking the family home, his only way out of the debt is to commit suicide writing his debt off.

Initial Ideas

26/09/2011: Having developed my spy idea, it is deemed unsuitable for myself to produce due locations and the use of firearms (even replicas). I have concluded that if i were to continue with this script I would run it to multiple set-backs and possible prosecution. However I have decided that i would like to keep the title of my drama as “Dead men tell no lies”, i have decided to create a story of a male in his 40’s who has developed a gambling addiction, leaving his family facing financial crisis that they know nothing about. When he reaches his lowest point he commits suicide, leaving his wife and teenage child, and only a note explaining that the only way out of his web of deceit and lies would be to take his own life. Although this also denotes that he his a a coward and he is taking the easy option out. [man] equilibrium starts on a winning streak at the bookmakers (will have to ask permissions) when his team wins. This is the mans third win in one day as the football matches finish. From a £20 bet the man now walks away with £30,000. However the man does not inform his wife of his flutter at the bookies planning to surprise her with a luxury holiday. However during the time leading up to the holiday [man] squanders the money that he previously won, stealing jewelery from his wife, and even re-mortgaging his home without anyone ever knowing. Finally [man] cannot cope with all of the debts that that he is having to pay out and decides that the only way out is through overdosing on pills and alcohol, leaving his wife to pay all of the debts with the life insurance policy that he had taken out when his son was born 18 years previously.

Initial Ideas

22/09/2011: The idea of the man’s body being found next to the canal developed into an assassination of a government spy by a hit man. The spy situation provides the reason for having the aliases and the large sums on money.

Initial Ideas

Started to write script for Drama (20/9/2011), at this present time the script is titled “ Dead men tell no lies” and is a continuing work in progress. My current idea involves a male called Allan in his mid to late forties walking along a canal after finishing work and finds a dead body, the Police take his statement of events. The Scene of Crimes officers cordon off the area to assess the crime scene. It is only after the body has been taken away for a post mortem and the bodies house is searched that the police find out that he has numerous false passports and large sums of money hidden in the house. The investigations in to “JOHN DOE’S” background.

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