War of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses was
civil war between 1455 and 1487, and fought by members of the House of
Lancaster and the House of York. Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet
royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III.
The White Rose was the
symbol of the House York and the Red the symbol of Lancaster.
The Wars of the Roses ended with King
Henry VII who started the Tudor dynasty and symbolically united the White and
Red Roses to create the Tudor Rose.
Basic Plot
A florist in Lancaster and a
florist in York are the top two florists in England. The florist of York has
just employed a new young male staff member, who convinces the older current
male shop owner to do something about being second best. They decide to Kidnap
the son of the owner of the Lancaster florist and make them bankrupt through
the ransom. There is a case of mistaken
identity and they end up kidnapping the wrong person.
Characters
Kidnapper
1- (Male) House
York
Age:
50
Personality:
Nervous,
inept, paranoid.
Physical
Appearance: Overweight,
small-medium height, going bald/bald.
Additional
Info: His
character changes from the beginning as he starts to break under the
pressure of the kidnapping gone wrong.
Inspiration
From: In
Bruges
Kidnapper
2- (Male) House York
Age:
20
Personality:
Aggressive, ambitious, sadistic, creepy, eerie.
Physical
Appearance: Underweight,
tall-medium height
Additional
Info: Even
though his character is quite menacing he never actually conducts any physical
violence towards the victim.
Inspiration
From: Fargo
and Funny Games (US)
Victim- (Male)
N/A
Age: 30
Personality: N/A
Physical
Appearance: Overweight-pot
belly, small height.
Additional
Info: This
character’s face is never seen and his identity is never revealed. This
character is mistaken by the new employee Kidnapper 2, for the son
of the rival florist in Lancaster.
Inspiration
From: N/A
Actors
We will write a basic script as soon as
possible and then start to begin to look for actors, as we feel finding the
right actors will be crucial for our character intentions and the project as a
whole.
Methods we will use for casting:
•The StarNow
website.
•Acting
schools around Sheffield.
•Local
Acting Workshops.
Location
1.Warehouse
(Inside)
2.Warehouse
(Outside)
3. A
Florist
The main location will be inside a
Warehouse type building, which is crucial as it will be used for the majority
of the film-Low
key light and
natural light, gritty.
The second location will only be needed
if the outside of location 1 isn’t sufficient. It will be used for the opening
shot as Kidnapper 1 turns up in the car and enters the warehouse.
This will be the York Florist but the
actual location obviously doesn’t need to be located in York. This will be
included in a flash back or will just be a shot that links with the dialogue.
Style/Influence
•The
first half of the film is conventional kidnapping in a thriller/horror-(Dark)
•As
the plot unravels and they find out they have kidnapped the wrong guy, the film
slides into a character based Dark Comedy (Comedy comes from ineptitude of the kidnappers).
•Similar
film styles we would like to replicate are Fargo and In Bruges.
Equipment
•2x
Cameras-DSLR Canon 600D and a Nickon D800
•2x
Tripods
•1x
Gorilla pod
•1x
Marantz
•1x
Shot Gun Mic
•1x
Boom pole
•Light
kit and generator/portable LED depending on Location of Warehouse
•1x
Tracks
•1x
Reflector
