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SCRIPTWRITING

TIME – Opening Scene

INT - in car, early morning

Scene 1

A group of four get introduced one by one with background information as well as personality. The group objective is identified and understood that only those with the smallest of luck could be more successful than those with the biggest.

The four, three males and a female are seated inside a mild tinted car waiting for the first high standard thought to approach.


[Camera in 1st person view looking at the tall brown building as if from characters eyes]

Boom! A thought has come up.

[Camera has now changed in the technique of the close up to help emphasise emotions and facial expressions. It is on Trace]

Trace

Without a doubt lad’s, we need to start rocking towards movements as the day is already in.

Bill

You got a point Trace. Are you hinting anything of any sort my lad.

Trace

Yes I do. I know exactly what to do. Basically it is simple; two things to keep straight. Never rotate a rule and never second the clock of time.

Maria

What do you mean?

Trace leads active movement by opening the car door nearest to him and getting out.

EXT - Street

Scene 2

The camera takes in.

[The camera takes the role of a far view to see the movement about to take place]

The group are now out of the car continuously gazing at the tall building.

[Camera is now in a dutch tilt to emphasise the height of the building; the bank]

6:07am, and the blue icy sky approaches intimidating those of pedestrians eager to catch the ten past bullet to a particular destination. Lucky for the group, they have already reached theirs. The question is why they are there so early; to complete a specific task.
Ringing bells alarm, awakening sleepy heads of those uncontrollable of their bed times. Window shutters opening. Showers pouring. Boilers roaring. The normal morning day with an environment unaware of what is going to happen.

Trace

Very hard to be quick or simple to be long; it is up to you lot but personally, we will get what we have come here for. A promise I make and a promise to abide by.

Trace leads the batch into a nearby pub.

INT – inside pub

Scene 3

[The camera zooms out enough to capture all four]

Trace orders drinks for all and they take seating positions for planning time.

ALL I HAVE DONE SO FAR

SCRIPTWRITING FOR MY OWN FILM.

Plot Summary of Transformers and general information

INTRODUCTION:

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain's ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain's glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race," and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of Hoover Dam, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens.

Elements within this film which makes me like this is the whole idea of many transforming robots that manage to fit in to a modern day of american life. The fact that these robot's are actually daytime vehicles just makes the film even more exciting and interesting.

PRODUCTION:

The characters that starred in the film Transformers:

Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky

Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes

Josh Duhamel as Captain Lennox

Tyrese Gibson as USAF Tech Sergeant Epps

Rachael Taylor as Maggie Madsen

Anthony Anderson as Glen Whitmann

Jon Voight as Defense Secretary John Keller

John Turturro as Agent Simmons

The screenplay of this film was written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman and directed by Michael Bay who may be remembered as the director of Bad Boys and even Armageddon.`

The studio that made Transformers, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, is DreamWorks Studios and Paramount Pictures.

Dreamworks animation SKG are known mainly for producing high quality family entertainment through the use of computer generated (CG) animation as of Paramount pictures who are known for a variety of intersting films.

The estimated budget estimated was $150,000,000.

The funding came from numerous countries as shown (below):

Opening Weekend:

$70,502,384 (USA) (8 July 2007) (4,011 Screens)

£8,718,561 (UK) (29 July 2007) (456 Screens)

BRL 3,878,931 (Brazil) (22 July 2007) (552 Screens)

CNY 96,999,997 (China) (15 July 2007) (300 screens)

EEK 432,388 (Estonia) (5 August 2007) (5 Screens)

$778,250 (Indonesia) (5 July 2007) (87 Screens)

€2,623,031 (Italy) (3 July 2007) (574 Screens)

€722,597 (Netherlands) (8 July 2007) (111 Screens)

NZD 1,700,183 (New Zealand) (1 July 2007) (85 Screens)

PHP 104,180,418 (Philippines) (1 July 2007) (243 Screens)

RUR 175,307,608 (Russia) (8 July 2007) (700 Screens)

DISTRIBUTION:

The distributors for this film are Paramount pictures who sold a lot of DVDs and took the film to theatres and cinemas. The distirbution company are also rerembered for their most recent films (Tropic Thunder &Watchmen).

Aiming to sell the movie when it first came out, paramount used various techniques and one was merchandising clothes, toys etc.

EXHIBITION:

Opening weekend in the U.K it had 456 screens.

Worldwide, the film was the highest grossing non-sequel movie in 2007.

Transformers made $29.5 million in its first weekend, topping the box office in ten countries.

Transformers was released in Region 1 territories on October 16, 2007 on DVD and HD DVD formats. The Wal-Mart edition of the DVD included a shortened animated version of the prequel comic book, titled Transformers Beginnings.

It was released on Blu-ray on September 2, 2008.[118] In the first week, the two-disc edition of the Blu-ray was number one in sales compared to other films on the format. The Blu-ray version accounted for two-thirds of the film's DVD sales that first week, selling the third most in overall DVD sales.[119] On June 16, 2009, Paramount included a sticker on all new Transformers DVDs that contained a code to view exclusive content online from the first film and get a sneak peek at Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The content includes three exclusive clips from Revenge of the Fallen, behind-the-scenes footage from both films, and never-before-seen deleted scenes from the first film.[120] The film has earned approximately 278 million in DVD sales.[121]

Box office and business

Budget
$150,000,000 (estimated)


Opening Weekend
$70,502,384 (USA) (8 July 2007) (4,011 Screens)
£8,718,561 (UK) (29 July 2007) (456 Screens)
BRL 3,878,931 (Brazil) (22 July 2007) (552 Screens)
CNY 96,999,997 (China) (15 July 2007) (300 Screens)
EEK 432,388 (Estonia) (5 August 2007) (5 Screens)
$778,250 (Indonesia) (5 July 2007) (87 Screens)
€2,623,031 (Italy) (3 July 2007) (574 Screens)
€722,597 (Netherlands) (8 July 2007) (111 Screens)
NZD 1,700,183 (New Zealand) (1 July 2007) (85 Screens)
PHP 104,180,418 (Philippines) (1 July 2007) (243 Screens)
RUR 175,307,608 (Russia) (8 July 2007) (700 Screens)

Copyright Holder
DreamWorks LLC and Paramount Pictures Corporation

Production Dates
February 2006 - June 2007

Film analysis (Transformers)

Director: Michael Bay

Writing credits:
Roberto Orci (screenplay)
Alex Kurtzman (screenplay)
John Rogers (story)
Roberto Orci (story)
Alex Kurtzman (story)

Tagline: Their war. Our world.

Plot: An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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