Working title Road to Nowhere
Log line
An infinite bus ride.
Script
Though it follows a planned bus
route the circumstances of the journey are unpredictable.
Brief overview narrative
A passenger sits in the front seat
of a double decker bus and views the world passing by.
What is the audience to gain from
this experience?
The film focuses on the longevity
of a bus route, a journey into a infinite loop. The viewer is put in the
perspective of a passenger riding in the front seat of a bus being
immersed in all the scenery passing by outside. Its to be displayed in a
gallery for the purpose of the viewing public to be subjected to an experience
of a Transportation Simulation and escapism.
Storyboard/Shot List
The film does not rely on a
pre-planed arrangement of shots as it instead relies on the main shot of the
front seat of the bus, it can’t be planed or anticipated.
Sound collection
As part of my film there’s to be a
collection of sounds, these include bus humming, traffic, people chatting,
blowing of wind, birds outside. But there’s also to be a narration from the bus
passenger as he speaks his mind.
I'll collect sound recordings
and alter them using Protools to the point where it creates a submersive
sense of the surrounding, to create a mood and
feeling of this setting.
The audio is to be heard through headphones
which shall allow the viewer to hear a narration, they’ll be put inside the
mind of the passenger as he undergoes this bus ride giving a sense of who he is
and how the journey effects him.
Script Examples
“Here I am getting onto my local
bus, I make my way up the steps and into the front seat. My journey begins
here.”
“Though I’m confortable in my seat
it smell of cigarettes smoke and fast food. Here and there I notice litter
scattered about, because of the smell I’ll open the window beside me. There’s
bit of a draft but it doesn’t bother me.”
“As I sit here on the bus I see
the motorway that lies before me, a long endeavor without end. On both sides of
the lanes cars and vans driving towards their destination whilst the world
around is a blur, there’s hardly a moment to appreciate the peaceful
countryside surroundings for we’re passing it by so quickly. Everything is
going by so fast yet this journey feels like an eternity.”
I doubt that the other passengers
are pondering the same thoughts as I am, I would ask them but they probably
don’t want to be interrupted. Despite everyone else occupying this bus I never
felt so alone.”
“I feel the need to be using the
lavatory, bother, I should have gone to the loo before setting off the bus. Now
I’ll just have to wait, hopefully I can hold it long enough.”
Times/Locations of shoot/sound
collection Schedule
The time of the sound collection
is to tentatively take place on Friday the 31st of October and the
filming shoot will take place on the 6th/November. The editing and
sound mix will take place on the 17th and 18th of
November and 3trd if December.
Financial details
UCA shall be financing the
production.
Casting list
There are no featured cast of
actors to play characters in the film however the film does follow an anonymous
passenger who remains unseen throughout the film.
Risk assessment
The potential risks have been
analyzed and I’ve filled out the necessary forms.
Permission from bus company
The requested permission from the
bus company has been granted.
