Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
final script
A book centre screen. It opens and the camera angle changes from birds eye view to horizontal view of book. A few 2D trees then pop up from the book.
EXT. DAY.
Narration begins.
NARRATION
“An axe.......”
A wooden axe pops up from the book
NARRATION
“that belonged to a woodcutter”
A figure of a woodcutter pops up directly behind axe.
Shot begins to slowly zoom in.
NARRATION
“Who, through his kind heart and honesty..”
CUT TO. Close up of a tree trunk.
EXT. DAY. FOREST.
NARRATION
“Received both a silver and gold axe wooden axe flies in to shot from the right of screen cutting the tree trunk, pulling back out and exiting right of screen from a fancy fairy after accidentally dropping his old axe again, the wooden axe flies in to shot from the right of screen cutting the tree trunk, pulling back out and exiting right of screen into a river, close to where he’d been cutting, in Greek lands..”
A hand flies into shot from right of screen and rests upon the tree trunk.
NARRATION
“This young woodcutter, shot zooms out. Wide shot of young woodcutter to the right of the tree trunk with one hand upon the tree and the other holding the wooden axe, he is pondering....
pondering the truth of this story,
appeared rather curious in finding out exactly what would happen if he too dropped his old axe into nearby water.”
EXT.DAY. POND.
CUT TO. Wide right angled shot of a pond centre screen. Young woodcutters legs appear from left of screen and scamper across, exiting right of screen.
NARRATION
“and so there he went, trotting towards the pond in hope that the tale would be proven right and his pockets filled tight.”
The young woodcutter re-enters right of screen, now a lot closer to the pond, he scampers up to it.
CUT TO. Over the shoulder shot of woodcutter, he swings the axe off his shoulder and into the pond.
CUT TO. Wide shot of the pond and woodcutter with his arm still reached out from the throw. A splash jumps from the pond suggesting the axe has fallen into the pond. The woodcutter taps his fingers in anticipation.
CUT TO. Wide left angle shot looking down onto the pond and woodcutter from above. He starts to rotate in the same position around the pond.
NARRATION
“So from this moment he patiently waits, for now he has no axe. Relying on the hope that events reoccur, and indeed this tales a fact...........
He starts to rotate in different positions around the pond.
Though the longer he waits the more his patience is tested, for there seems to be no fairy with gold as suggested.... He knows that by now he should get on his way... and probably buy a new axe on pay day.”
CUT TO. Medium shot of the woodcutter kneeling down and leaning against the pond sign post (last position). He is looking frustrated and hits his head against the pond sign once, and then once again. He looks at the pond as his expression changes from frustrated to annoyed, he huffs, gets up, kicks the pond sign and then exits to the left of screen.
Shot begins to pan down to the knocked over sign, passing the sign it continues to pan down into the water. Tiny fishes begin to swim past both directions of the screen, a pond plant then appears from the bottom of the screen followed by the wooden handle of the axe which then reveals the axe that is now wedged in the head of the fairy that is lying at the bottom of the pond stunned and clutching the golden axe.
NARRATION
“What this man didnt consider though... was that the woodcutter from the tale didnt throw.....”
CUT TO BLACK.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The original GREEK! woodcutter fairytale :)
Heres the proper original fairytale for us to look back on..... it can be more colourful now its based in Greece! yippee!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
SCRIPT DRAFT 1
EXT. DAY
An empty shot. Narration begins.
NARRATION
“An axe.......”
An axe springs up in a mans hand from the bottom of the screen.
the shot begins to pan out to reveal the man holding the axe.
NARRATION
“that belonged to a woodcutter”
(man stands with the axe in one hand and the other hand on his hip)
NARRATION
“Who, through his kind heart and honesty..”
(man puts his hand to his heart and looks at the axe confidently)
CUT TO. A close up on the mans mouth, he is grinning widely and his teeth reflect light.
NARRATION
“Received both a silver and gold axe from a fairy after accidentally dropping his old axe in a river close to his home..”
CUT TO. Close up of mans face, he is pondering....
NARRATION
“This young woodcutter, pondering the truth of this story, was very eager to find out exactly what would happen if he too dropped his old axe into a nearby river.” (He looks to the sky as an idea is illustrated above his head.)
EXT. POND.DAY
CUT TO.Wide shot of a pond centre screen. Man walks into shot from right of screen.
NARRATION
“OK, so a pond is the closest thing to a river this woodcutter has...” (man looks at screen slightly disappointed)
CUT TO. over the shoulder shot from man to pond. Man is getting closer to pond.
NARRATION
“but never the less he trotted towards the pond in hope that the tale would be proven right and his pockets filled tight.”
CUT TO. Wide shot of man standing next to pond right of screen. He 'accidentally' chucks the axe into the pond then taps his fingers in anticipation.
CUT TO. Medium shot of man with the pond in front of him. He kneels to the floor whilst looking into the pond promisingly.
NARRATION
“So from this moment he patiently waits, for now he has no axe. Relying on the hope that events reoccur, and indeed this tales a fact.”
CUT TO. a wide shot of pond, the man restlessly moves around the pond as time goes by.(fast forward?)
CUT TO. Close up of the young man who now looks impatient.
NARRATION
“Though the longer he waits the more his patience is tested, for there seems to be no fairy with gold as suggested... he knows that by now he should get on his way ..and probably buy a new axe on pay day.”
CUT TO. Wide shot of pond and man. The man gets up in a frustrated manner, stares at the pond for a few seconds and then storms off, exiting to the right of screen.
Shot lingers....
CUT TO. Close up of pond. Fairy is floating in the pond holding a gold axe with the mans old axe through its head. Shot fades to black.
NARRATION
“What this man didnt consider though... was that the woodcutter from the tale didnt throw.....”
CUT TO BLACK.
An empty shot. Narration begins.
NARRATION
“An axe.......”
An axe springs up in a mans hand from the bottom of the screen.
the shot begins to pan out to reveal the man holding the axe.
NARRATION
“that belonged to a woodcutter”
(man stands with the axe in one hand and the other hand on his hip)
NARRATION
“Who, through his kind heart and honesty..”
(man puts his hand to his heart and looks at the axe confidently)
CUT TO. A close up on the mans mouth, he is grinning widely and his teeth reflect light.
NARRATION
“Received both a silver and gold axe from a fairy after accidentally dropping his old axe in a river close to his home..”
CUT TO. Close up of mans face, he is pondering....
NARRATION
“This young woodcutter, pondering the truth of this story, was very eager to find out exactly what would happen if he too dropped his old axe into a nearby river.” (He looks to the sky as an idea is illustrated above his head.)
EXT. POND.DAY
CUT TO.Wide shot of a pond centre screen. Man walks into shot from right of screen.
NARRATION
“OK, so a pond is the closest thing to a river this woodcutter has...” (man looks at screen slightly disappointed)
CUT TO. over the shoulder shot from man to pond. Man is getting closer to pond.
NARRATION
“but never the less he trotted towards the pond in hope that the tale would be proven right and his pockets filled tight.”
CUT TO. Wide shot of man standing next to pond right of screen. He 'accidentally' chucks the axe into the pond then taps his fingers in anticipation.
CUT TO. Medium shot of man with the pond in front of him. He kneels to the floor whilst looking into the pond promisingly.
NARRATION
“So from this moment he patiently waits, for now he has no axe. Relying on the hope that events reoccur, and indeed this tales a fact.”
CUT TO. a wide shot of pond, the man restlessly moves around the pond as time goes by.(fast forward?)
CUT TO. Close up of the young man who now looks impatient.
NARRATION
“Though the longer he waits the more his patience is tested, for there seems to be no fairy with gold as suggested... he knows that by now he should get on his way ..and probably buy a new axe on pay day.”
CUT TO. Wide shot of pond and man. The man gets up in a frustrated manner, stares at the pond for a few seconds and then storms off, exiting to the right of screen.
Shot lingers....
CUT TO. Close up of pond. Fairy is floating in the pond holding a gold axe with the mans old axe through its head. Shot fades to black.
NARRATION
“What this man didnt consider though... was that the woodcutter from the tale didnt throw.....”
CUT TO BLACK.
THE ORIGINAL GERMAN FAIRYTALE THIS FILM IS BASED ON
THE HONEST WOOD-CUTTER
Once there lived a wood-cutter on the bank of river. He was an honest man. He was kind to every one. One day he was cutting wood with his axe. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. It went down. The wood-cutter ws sorry. He prayed to God. O God! Get my axe back to me.
The God stood before him. The woodcutter told him about his axe. He prayed to him to get him back the axe. The God went into the water. He came back with an axe made of gold in his hand. He asked the poor wood cutter is this your axe? He replied No God it is not mine.
The god went again into the water. This time he came up with an axe made of silver. He asked the man. Is this you axe? The man replied Oh no this too is not mine. My axe is made of Iron. I want only my axe.
This time the god went in and came up with the iron axe. The wood cutter said in joy. Oh God! This is mine, please give this to me. The god said, you are an honest man. You speak the truth. You shall have allthe three axes. Be kind to all and be happy. He gave the wood cutter the three axes and went out of sight. The honest wood cutter was very happy.
Once there lived a wood-cutter on the bank of river. He was an honest man. He was kind to every one. One day he was cutting wood with his axe. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. It went down. The wood-cutter ws sorry. He prayed to God. O God! Get my axe back to me.
The God stood before him. The woodcutter told him about his axe. He prayed to him to get him back the axe. The God went into the water. He came back with an axe made of gold in his hand. He asked the poor wood cutter is this your axe? He replied No God it is not mine.
The god went again into the water. This time he came up with an axe made of silver. He asked the man. Is this you axe? The man replied Oh no this too is not mine. My axe is made of Iron. I want only my axe.
This time the god went in and came up with the iron axe. The wood cutter said in joy. Oh God! This is mine, please give this to me. The god said, you are an honest man. You speak the truth. You shall have allthe three axes. Be kind to all and be happy. He gave the wood cutter the three axes and went out of sight. The honest wood cutter was very happy.
SYNOPSIS
Title : A Misled Or A Mishap?
Genre : Comedy
Synopsis :
There is a young man who has an old axe. He has a plan to change his old axe into a new axe, a gold one. He takes his axe to a large pond where he believes there lives a fairy who can exchange your belonging into a golden one. When he reaches the pond, which was aptly named the ‘Fairy Pond', he throws his axe into the pond hoping that the fairy will emerge bringing out a golden axe to him. He waits by the pond for a long time but the fairy does not appear. The young man continues to wait but there's still is no sign of the fairy. He gets irritated and decides to leave the pond. The young man feels stupid for believing that the fairy exists. What he does not know is, when he threw the axe into the pond, it had hit the fairy ‘s head, leaving the poor fairy dazed and floating under water, clasping the golden axe!
Genre : Comedy
Synopsis :
There is a young man who has an old axe. He has a plan to change his old axe into a new axe, a gold one. He takes his axe to a large pond where he believes there lives a fairy who can exchange your belonging into a golden one. When he reaches the pond, which was aptly named the ‘Fairy Pond', he throws his axe into the pond hoping that the fairy will emerge bringing out a golden axe to him. He waits by the pond for a long time but the fairy does not appear. The young man continues to wait but there's still is no sign of the fairy. He gets irritated and decides to leave the pond. The young man feels stupid for believing that the fairy exists. What he does not know is, when he threw the axe into the pond, it had hit the fairy ‘s head, leaving the poor fairy dazed and floating under water, clasping the golden axe!
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