THE LONE RANGER

For the project named 'The Lone Ranger' we were asked to make a short film, including 20 different shots.
This exercise was designed to encourage us to consider
dramatic techniques that explore the link between the
protagonist and his/her environment.

"A lone character arrives in an unknown location. S/he observes the activities
that go on and takes in the ‘flavour’ of the place. The people start looking at
the character with suspicion. The character turns around and walks away in
long shot. But it won’t be long before s/he returns."

EVALUATION OF SCENE.

What is your scene about?
The scene that me, Shannon and Dylan planned and filmed was basically a mystery character walking into the college, getting the lift up to the third floor, leaving an envelope and then leaving again. At the end, we had a shot of a hand picking up the envelope, then the scene ending so that viewers are left wondering what it was, who the mystery person was, who the person who picked it up was, and what the link between them all is.

How does the location impact the scene?
The chosen location of the college grounds impacts the scene because it is a familiar setting, even for people that don't go to this college, they will hopefully recognise it as a college, and that will make them think more about the story and what is has to do with a college/place of education.

What does the character add to the scene?

The character in this film adds to the scene in a huge way because, without the character there would be no story and it would just be a plain scene of the setting with no way of knowing what it's about or what the point of it is.

What creative decisions did you apply to the soundtrack and why?
I chose to use a song by Marilyn Manson as my soundtrack, as I felt that the song chosen fit well with the mysterious theme of the scene, and it also suited the main character featured. We chose to have no dialogue because we wanted to stick with element of mystery, and we felt that dialogue would give away too much of the story that we wanted to portray.

Why did you put the camera where you did?
Due to the shots that we wanted, we had to place the camera in certain places to achieve these shots. We also ran through the different shots with the camera in different places and positions and decided which one we all thought looked the best, and portrayed our story and character in the way we wanted them to be portrayed.

How did you begin the scene and why?
We began the scene with a shot of the character walking up steps onto the college ground, and walking towards the main entrance. We chose to use this shot as the opening because it sets the scene for the viewer, and introduces the character straight away.

How did you end the scene and why?
We ended the scene with a close up shot of a hand picking up and taking the envelope left by the character. We decided to end it this way so that we still have the sense of mystery involved, and so that it will keep the viewers interested in what happened and what is going to happen next.