PRODUCTION PACKAGE PART 1– JONATHAN POSTAL
PRODUCTION PACKAGE – JONATHAN POSTAL
1.Analysis of Script. Turn in notes regarding:
a. Determine each character’s spine – life goals/objectives
The Kid: Wants to survive without getting hurt. His immediate goal is to get through being abandoned in a bad part of town, then the robbery itself and back on a bus without harm and safely home.
Wants the thief to protect him till the bus arrives.
He would like to hold on to his dignity if possible.
The Thief: Wants to get what money or other valuables that the Kid has with as little trouble as possible. He wasn't out looking for trouble and doesn't want any now but is prepared to take anything of value the hard way if not the easy way.
Once he realizes there is not much in the situation for him he just wants to move on.
Agreeing to hang around till the bus arrives he would just like to finish keeping his word without feeling that he is being messed with or shown disrespect, and go home.
The Bus Driver: He has finished his shift and he wants to take the bus back to the parking depot and go home. He has no sympathy for the Kid's problem but no particular malice either.
At this point in his life he wouldn't go the extra inch let alone mile unless there was something in it for him.
b. What are each major character's obstacles to reaching their objectives?
The Kid: The Kid is in an unfamiliar and what he considers dangerous part of town.
He is frightened. When the thief appears he is frightened though he attempts not to show it (though he does not give attitude either) and more so when he sees the gun.
He is afraid not just of the gun but that the thief is a black man.
He is new in town and unfamiliar with how to navigate home and realizes his best bet is to just wait for the next bus.
He must convince the thief not to harm him - then to act as his protector- when there is nothing in it for the thief.
The Thief: His victim actually has nothing of value to him. He has to overcome resentment that there is a white kid in his neighborhood on one hand and on the other he is not a naturally hateful person so he has to deal with a certain amount of sympathy he feels for the Kid's situation though logically it makes no sense to him.
Also there is the remote possibility of police intervention though in Memphis that is indeed pretty remote.
The Bus Driver: This pain in the ass kid who doesn't want to get off his bus and wants him to take him to a safer place though his shift is over.
c. What are the actions the characters will use to overcome their obstacles and reach their objectives?
The Kid: Get off the bus. Avoid being harmed. Take a bus home.
The Thief: Show the gun. Smack the kid. Protect him till the bus comes.
The Bus Driver: Harden his heart. Say no and drive away.
d. What are the ways and means the characters will use?
The Kid: Keep up a brave front. Engage the thief to think of him as another real person.
Be as likable as he can.
The Thief: A threatening image. A macho manner. Lend his presence as a form of protection.
The Bus Driver: Say no and drive away.
e. What adjustments do the characters when their actions and means don't succeed?
The Kid: Makes a contact on a human level with the thief so he won't be thought of as a stereotype.
The Thief: Adjusts to lack of profit in his endeavor. Decides to help the kid.
The Bus Driver: None - He succeeds.
f. What realistic doings are the actors engaged in?
The Kid: Adjusting clothing. Lighting cigarettes. Looking about nervously.
Taking hands in and out of pockets.
The Thief: Toying With Gun. Pulling up collar. roughing up the kid. Smoking. Spitting.
The Bus Driver: Shifting in seat. Leaning on wheel.
2. Breakdown the Script: Determine the following:
a. The number and types of actors required
Three
The Kid: No older than twenty five. White. Male. Attractive and charming. Slender preferably but not necessarily with medium to long hair (not hippie long).
The Thief: Mid thirties to late forty's. Male. Fit. Black. Lined face. Tall and imposing .
The Bus Driver: Thirtys or older. Interesting face. Some extra pounds.
b. How Many scenes will each actor be in and the total legnth of their performances.
The Kid: About 5 to 8 minutes. 8 Scenes.
The Theif: 5 to 8 minutes. 5 Scenes.
The Bus Driver: 1 to 2 minutes. 1 Scene
c. The requirements, number and types of locations.
3 To 4 locations: A place to get on the bus. A place to get off and reboard the bus.
Good street light and a nearby building to plug in an additional light.
Driver seat-this depends on what I can turn up. Idealy a bus but if not
maybe a truck darkly lit. Park near a building (can be my studiio) to run a light.
Urban looking wall for encounter. Can use outside The Lamplighter Bar
or the side and back of my studio. Need to run cords for lights.
d. The number and types of stunts nad special effects.
1 Some blood or a black eye for the kid when the thief hits him.
e. What special costumes and makeup will be required?
The Kid: Leather or denim jacket. Levi 501 type jeans. Boots. Black T shirt. Possible bloody lip or black eye if possible.
The Thief: Dark trousers, flat front. Blue long sleeved shirt-top collar button done up.
Long overcoat-Blue.
The Bus Driver: Dicky's type matching Trousers and Zipper Jacket over white shirt.
f. What props are required?
A gun, and if possible a bus interior.
1.Analysis of Script. Turn in notes regarding:
a. Determine each character’s spine – life goals/objectives
The Kid: Wants to survive without getting hurt. His immediate goal is to get through being abandoned in a bad part of town, then the robbery itself and back on a bus without harm and safely home.
Wants the thief to protect him till the bus arrives.
He would like to hold on to his dignity if possible.
The Thief: Wants to get what money or other valuables that the Kid has with as little trouble as possible. He wasn't out looking for trouble and doesn't want any now but is prepared to take anything of value the hard way if not the easy way.
Once he realizes there is not much in the situation for him he just wants to move on.
Agreeing to hang around till the bus arrives he would just like to finish keeping his word without feeling that he is being messed with or shown disrespect, and go home.
The Bus Driver: He has finished his shift and he wants to take the bus back to the parking depot and go home. He has no sympathy for the Kid's problem but no particular malice either.
At this point in his life he wouldn't go the extra inch let alone mile unless there was something in it for him.
b. What are each major character's obstacles to reaching their objectives?
The Kid: The Kid is in an unfamiliar and what he considers dangerous part of town.
He is frightened. When the thief appears he is frightened though he attempts not to show it (though he does not give attitude either) and more so when he sees the gun.
He is afraid not just of the gun but that the thief is a black man.
He is new in town and unfamiliar with how to navigate home and realizes his best bet is to just wait for the next bus.
He must convince the thief not to harm him - then to act as his protector- when there is nothing in it for the thief.
The Thief: His victim actually has nothing of value to him. He has to overcome resentment that there is a white kid in his neighborhood on one hand and on the other he is not a naturally hateful person so he has to deal with a certain amount of sympathy he feels for the Kid's situation though logically it makes no sense to him.
Also there is the remote possibility of police intervention though in Memphis that is indeed pretty remote.
The Bus Driver: This pain in the ass kid who doesn't want to get off his bus and wants him to take him to a safer place though his shift is over.
c. What are the actions the characters will use to overcome their obstacles and reach their objectives?
The Kid: Get off the bus. Avoid being harmed. Take a bus home.
The Thief: Show the gun. Smack the kid. Protect him till the bus comes.
The Bus Driver: Harden his heart. Say no and drive away.
d. What are the ways and means the characters will use?
The Kid: Keep up a brave front. Engage the thief to think of him as another real person.
Be as likable as he can.
The Thief: A threatening image. A macho manner. Lend his presence as a form of protection.
The Bus Driver: Say no and drive away.
e. What adjustments do the characters when their actions and means don't succeed?
The Kid: Makes a contact on a human level with the thief so he won't be thought of as a stereotype.
The Thief: Adjusts to lack of profit in his endeavor. Decides to help the kid.
The Bus Driver: None - He succeeds.
f. What realistic doings are the actors engaged in?
The Kid: Adjusting clothing. Lighting cigarettes. Looking about nervously.
Taking hands in and out of pockets.
The Thief: Toying With Gun. Pulling up collar. roughing up the kid. Smoking. Spitting.
The Bus Driver: Shifting in seat. Leaning on wheel.
2. Breakdown the Script: Determine the following:
a. The number and types of actors required
Three
The Kid: No older than twenty five. White. Male. Attractive and charming. Slender preferably but not necessarily with medium to long hair (not hippie long).
The Thief: Mid thirties to late forty's. Male. Fit. Black. Lined face. Tall and imposing .
The Bus Driver: Thirtys or older. Interesting face. Some extra pounds.
b. How Many scenes will each actor be in and the total legnth of their performances.
The Kid: About 5 to 8 minutes. 8 Scenes.
The Theif: 5 to 8 minutes. 5 Scenes.
The Bus Driver: 1 to 2 minutes. 1 Scene
c. The requirements, number and types of locations.
3 To 4 locations: A place to get on the bus. A place to get off and reboard the bus.
Good street light and a nearby building to plug in an additional light.
Driver seat-this depends on what I can turn up. Idealy a bus but if not
maybe a truck darkly lit. Park near a building (can be my studiio) to run a light.
Urban looking wall for encounter. Can use outside The Lamplighter Bar
or the side and back of my studio. Need to run cords for lights.
d. The number and types of stunts nad special effects.
1 Some blood or a black eye for the kid when the thief hits him.
e. What special costumes and makeup will be required?
The Kid: Leather or denim jacket. Levi 501 type jeans. Boots. Black T shirt. Possible bloody lip or black eye if possible.
The Thief: Dark trousers, flat front. Blue long sleeved shirt-top collar button done up.
Long overcoat-Blue.
The Bus Driver: Dicky's type matching Trousers and Zipper Jacket over white shirt.
f. What props are required?
A gun, and if possible a bus interior.
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