"A Change of Heart"

This is a different type of post. This is the script to a short film that my friend, Dan ( http://criterionmaster.blogspot.com ) and I are doing. We won't be shooting it until next winter (It requires snow), but if you want to read it, PLEASE leave any comments or critisism. I like it. It is quite short. (The short won't be very long; two minutes, tops.) Please read it. Sorry if the formatting is messed up. I copied and pasted it from my word file. Thanks.



SCENE ONE
A SNOWY STREET EXT LATE DAY

1 It’s about six o’clock, standard time. A young man limps down the street, bleeding.
2 Blood covers the snow and his face. He falls, face up into the snow.
NARRARATOR
3 How did I get here? I can’t imagine ever feeling more pain.
SCENE TWO
A DARK ALLEY EXT LATE DAY
NARRARATOR
4 I was walking home from the store.

5 The young man walks into an alley to get to his street.
NARRARATOR
6 Suddenly, I run into a couple of hard-ass kids, who resume to beat the shit out of me.
7 The two kids beat the young man with baseball bats and stick him with pocket knives.
8 The two punks run off, and the young man limps out onto his street.
SCENE THREE
A SNOWY STREET EXT LATE DAY
9 The young man is laying on the ground. Blood seeps quickly through the snow.
NARRARATOR
10 That about brings us up to speed, doesn’t it?
11 A pair of hands grab the young man.
ANONYMOUS MAN
12 Do you live around here?
13 The young man points to a large house.
14 The young man is taken inside.
SCENE FOUR
THE YOUNG MAN’S HOUSE INT NIGHT
15 The young man is bandaged up and lied out in a recliner chair.
16 The anonymous man looks over the young man.
17 When the young man can make out the identity of the anonymous man, he sees that it is one of his attackers.
YOUNG MAN
18 Why are you doing this?
ANONYMOUS MAN
19 I don’t know. Change of heart?
20 The anonymous man walks out of the room.
21 The screen fades to black.
NARRARATOR
22 I never thanked that guy. It said on the news the next morning he was gunned down. I guess I never will.

THE END

#1- ALFRED HITCHCOCK Text

Alfred Hitchcock. The Master of Suspense. Tim May's favorite director of all time. He goes by many titles. Hitchcock is one of the first names to come to mind when you think of directors with a signature style. He didn't vary from the genre of thriller/suspense often, but his formula is what made him great. From The 39 Steps up to The Birds he almost never made a bad or even, mediocre film. What hasn't been said about Hitchcock? Nothing that I know of, but why don't I reaquaint you with him?

1922-1929 The Silent Era

Hitchcock made many films silent. It might have been what set him up as such a visual director. In his early silent films, you can see a true honing of the style. He achieved what many other silent films didn't: good characterization.

1929-1940 The British Years

Hitchcock's move to sound with Blackmail was an amazing feat. Not only was the film excellent, but it set him off on a streak that would last him into his American years of great films. Many of his films in this era are Hitchcock classics: Murder!, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Sabotage, The Man Who Knew Too Much...

1940-1950 Early American Years

When Hitchcock moved to America, His films continued to grow. His first two American pictures, Rebecca and Foriegn Correspondent were both nominated for the best picture Oscar the same year. During the 40's, Hitchcock made some great films, including: Spellbound, Notorious, Rope... Hitchcock continued to hone his formula, until it reach perfection with Strangers on a Train in 1951.

1951-1963 The Perfect Streak

With Strangers on a Train, Hitchcock showed that his formula of "The Wrong Man" worked every time. During this period is when Hitchcock became a household name. He made his most popular films during this period: I Confess, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, The Wrong Man, Veritgo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.

1972-1980 The Return to Britain

After the faliure of Marnie at the box office, Hitchcock returned to Britain. He made only two more films before he died: Frenzy and Family Plot.


Hitchcock never truly made a bad film. He influence hundreds of directors. You can still spot homages to Hitchcock films in movies today. He is truly one of the greatest, and, in my opinion, the greatest.

So there you have it. My ten favorite directors of all time. Thank you for reading all of this. This has been very interesting.

#1- ALFRED HITCHCOCK Audio

#2- Akira Kurosawa Text

Akira Kurosawa is a pioneer in every sense of the word. He was so ahead of his time. He used slow motion in action sequences and epic battle scenes. He is the greatest action director of all time.
Rashoman- An extraordinary thriller. Mifune's performance is perfect for the film.
Seven Samurai- One of the best movies ever. My second favorite of all time, Seven Samurai is undisputidly great, and deserves an endless amount of accolades. All 3 1/2 hours are nesscesary, and excecuted perfectly.
Yojimbo and Sanjuro- An excellent duology. Mifune is great as usual. An epic like no other.
Red Beard- Mifune's final collaboration with Kurosawa, Red Beard is an epic film. It has everything you'd want from a film like this.
Kagemusha- Lucas and Coppola financed this film for Kurosawa. This film needed to be made, and thank the Lord it was. Kurosawa started to explore deeper meaning with his later films, such as this and...
Ran- Kurosawa's second best. This is perfect in every way. The use of color in this film is greatly improved from Kagemusha. Ran is a brilliant film, as well as his last great film.

These are, in my opinion, Kurosawa's best. Ones that I left off, I have either not seen, or I didn't think that they were on par with the work discussed here. Kurosawa is one of the directors who will appeal to both film snobs (assholes) and the average film fan. If you are unfamiliar with his work, go check it out. I doubt that you'll be disappointed.

#2- Akira Kurosawa AUDIO

Sorry about the absense...

I know your lives couldn't go on without my blog, so I apologize for the long wait. Number Two audio and text should be up by this time tomorrow morning. So, for some fun new material in this post, here are a few of the movies I watched in the past week:
THX-1138: George Lucas's first feature. Great little movie. 10/10
Pulp Fiction: Rewatch, 10/10
Punch Drunk Love- Great movie Rewatch 9/10







There you go. This afternoon, you will probably see NUMBER TWO. Ever closer we come to the number one position...