David Makalena - Film Studies Coursework

Practice (based on short story) - INT. CAR - NIGHT DAD and CARLY sit in their family car, a Volvo estate, as they drive down a long, straight and mostly uninteresting side road in the Shropshire countryside. DAD puts one arm out the window and flings his head back to hit the head rest behind. DAD //  I can't believe they closed the motorway again! CARLY //  Well you know how shocking that road is. DAD //  It is pretty piss poor CARLY //  Piss poor? I break my back every time we drive down there. DAD //  But they always close it for 'repair issues' but it never seems any better. CARLY //  That's because of the Conservatives. DAD //  Damn right. CARLY holds her hand out for DAD to high-five it but DAD takes no notice. CARLY //  You gonna leave me hanging? DAD //  Yeah. I think I will. CARLY //  God I hate you. CARLY slumps back in her chair and...

Character - Name: Newt Maledos Age: 32 10 Things They Would Have In Their Pocket:  A knife A piece of map A hip flask A magic ring A sack of gold pieces A dragon's tooth A tearing of bread, wrapped in cloth A glass eye A spell scroll A greataxe EXT. FORBIDDEN FOREST - NIGHT Follow a feather as it glides along the forest floor. Suddenly, a large, brown, worn-in boot steps down on it as a thud is heard reverberating through the trees. The boot lifts slowly from the dirt as a purple, scaled hand reaches down to retrieve the feather - a glowing yellow band, sits on the ring finger. Continue to follow the feather as the hand pulls it up the long, brown, trench-coated body - with tears on its shoulder-pads and forearms; deep pockets at the waist and a purple, scaled body underneath.  The feather reaches the face of the body - a scaly, purple dragon-humanoid. Two large nostrils protrude like a pig's snout from the face as the character...