Lost Time Monologe

(A shot of Milly lying on the side of the road) 

Life is fragile, no one realises quite how fragile, until its gone. For me, not only was my life fragile but it was years too short. One mistake, in the grand scheme of things tiny, minuscule and that single mistake cost me everything, it cost me my life. Most people don't even give it a second thought, living or dying. 

(Milly walking on the side of the road, going to school) 

But what if that never happened? What if I could go back? What would my life have been like? Who's lives would be different? Did my passing go totally unnoticed? What would have happened if I made different choices?

Storyboards

Shot List

Shot List

1. Ivy running, looking at her watch. (Running at the camera. Full body shot.) (Maybe the title sequence while she's running?)

1. Gets to the side of road and runs out, not looking. (Full body?)
2. Gets hit by car. (Flips to car then back to girl then car again.) Then crash sounds, girl lying on the ground. Blood coming out of her mouth, eyes glazed over.
3. People rush to surround her. (Birds eye view. People shouting (make then shouts muted.))(High angle/ birds eye view shot. Zooming out.)
4. She lies eyes open and dies with blood trialling out of mouth. (High angle/ birds eye view shot)

1. Whole time talking over the top.

1. REWIND TO STANDING AT THE SIDE OF ROAD (Rewind sound.)
2. She looks and the car passes. (Mid shot.)
3. She smile widely and looks before crossing the road. (From behind, see her walking across the road.)
4. Goes to loads of clips of her future life.

1. First kiss. (Close-up)
2. In university robes with a diploma. Giggling with other people dressed the same. (Long shot.)
3. Laughing on a first date with a cute guy Freddie. (Flipping over the shoulder shots.)
4. At work. Working at a desk, writing. (Mid shot.)
5. Getting Engaged. Freddie on one knee. (Over the shoulder shots.)
6. Outside the church in a wedding dress with her husband, people trowing confetti. (Long shot.)
7. Looking at herself in a mirror with a pregnant belly, after a few seconds husband hugs her. (Long shot.)
8. Holding baby, smiling with family all around. (Mid shot, pan.)
9. Last clip of an old lady saying, “But you can't go back and change the past, my children where never born, my grandchildren to even thought about.” or “And that's what could have happened if I'd have looked.” (Super Close-up of just the sad face.)

1. Then back to her lying dead in the road as a teen. (High angle/ birds eye view shot)

Script

Script

Ivy is running down a street, a frazzled look on her face as she checks her watch several times. 

Comes to the edge of the pavement and runs out with out looking.

See the driver of the car.

See Ivy, eyes wide, frozen in the road. 

Back to the driver.

Back to Ivy. 

Blackness and sound of squealing cars.

Ivy is lying eyes closed in the middle of the road, blood trailing from the corner of her mouth.

Rewinds back to beginning. 

Car drives past.

Ivy crosses the road, without getting hit.

Fades out and into next scene.

Ivy is blowing out candles on a birthday cake.

Fades out and into next scene.

Ivy and Freddie are smile and holding hands.

Fades out and into next scene.

Standing outside of the school with a diploma in her hand, her Mum taking a picture of her.

Fades out and into next scene.

Sitting at a desk doing work at a computer.

Ivy: “What’s your name?”

Saphron (looking bored/not bothered): “Saphron”

Ivy: “Do you have a surname?”

Saphron: “.......No.” 

Ivy: “What’s your name?”

Juila (looking oblivious): “Julia Frances Morn Shepards.”

Ivy: “What’s your name?”

Winsten (looking confident): “Winsten Jefferson III”

Ivy: “What are your hobbies?”

Juila: “Online gaming and paper maché.”

Ivy: “What would you say your strengths are?”

Winsten: “I’ve got many, but probably maths and I’ve got to say golf!” 

Ivy: “And how old are you?”

Winsten: “Well maths was my strong point but I think I’m (loks down at his fingers and starts counting)........20?”

(Ivy looks at Winsten looking confused, Winsten stars back with a blank look on his face)

Ivy: “Have you had any previous experience in this line of work?”

Freddie: “No, but I’d quite like to learn something new.”

(Ivy and Freddie look back and forth at each other, both feeling the sexual tension)

Fades out and into next scene.

Freddie on his knee, smiling at Ivy with a box with a ring in his hand.

Fades out and into next scene.

Ivy and Freddie standing outside a church, with Freddie’s arm around her. In a wedding dress, people standing all around throwing confetti over them.

Fades out and into next scene.

Standing in front of a mirror, hand on her stomach smiling as she looks at her pregnant stomach.

Fades out and into next scene.

Sitting on the sofa, Freddie’s arm around her with a baby in her arms as they smile as someone takes their picture.

Fades out and into next scene.

Old Ivy sitting on a sofa.

Old Ivy

This is what could have happened.

Rewind to 

Ivy is lying eyes closed in the middle of the road, blood trailing from the corner of her mouth.

Fake out into blackness.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment     

Simone Moxam and Chloe Friend 

While filming there is a few things you should keep in mind to keep the safety of all the actors and film markers, these being:

• When filming Ivy getting hit by and car make sure theres a sate distance and no one is in danger, but still make it look realistic, this can be used by having clever camera techniques. 

• Make sure that the all the film equipment is all in tact and theres not loose wires or cords along the ground where people could trip over then and injure themselves. 

• The locations where your filming to be careful and pre-scan them before filming to do a risk assessment, be careful of: Traffic, don't talk to strangers, don't go to friendly old mens white vans, etc. 

• Remind actors of what we would like them to wear the day before filming and on the day of filming. Also bring clothing of our own that could be used as an alternative if our actors forget 

• Ensure our group members stand either side of the tripod preventing the public from making contact. 

• Before choosing a day to film look at the weather forecast to try and ensure we pick a day where it is not raining

Rationale

Rationale

Lost Time, my final production piece of IB Film,is based on a girl named Ivy and what would've happened to her if she hadn't been killed in a car accident when she was younger. The film shows several different times in Ivy's later life (without her being hit by a car) and how she would've graduated from school, found a job, gotten married, had a child, basically live a normal life. An important part of the film is after Ivy is killed, the film replays and shows a different turn of events, inspired by partners real life experiences. 

Film Production Schedule

Day	Location	Scenes	Props	Time Es.
Day 1	School.	Voice over. Graduation Scene.	Graduation gown and cap.	An hour and a half.
Day 2	Chestfield Road	Crash Scene, Running Scene, kiss scene, Pregnancy scene. Work Scene.	Fake blood, watch, dolly.	The whole day.
Day 3	Church, Gran’s house.	Marriage Scene. What could have happened Scene.	Wedding dress, confetti, flowers.	Four hours.