Major Project: Second Sequence Progress

Here is my progress on the second sequence of my story.

In the immediate aftermath of the crash, the entire arena is in shock. The yellow flag is waved to signal the race has been halted, and all the other drivers come to a stop and switch off their engines. As they get out of their cars, they all look at each other in disbelief, and then all stare intensely at the flaming wreck that was once John’s car. They are all in complete shock, but unlike the crowd, there are not in disbelief, as this is banger racing, and whilst a driver dying is incredibly rare, it is not unheard of, as it is a contact sport after all. Aidan and Ted are still trying to fight their way through the enormous crowd to get to John, even though they both know in their hearts that John is already dead.

Major Project: Pre Writing

Today I have been pre writing one of the sequences in my script, It is the sequence at the start of the script where Aidan's brother John is killed in a banger racing accident. Here is my progress so far:

Banger race at the start

It is a nice sunny day at Essex Arena. It is warm too, so there is a capacity crowd for the last banger racing event of the 2004 season. Aidan Garrett is in attendance, along with his father Ted, to watch his brother John competing. The day has been a big success so far with John winning the majority of the races he has taken part in. Now though, it is the last race of the day, and the crowd is eager for it to get underway. As is the way with these things, the crowd starts chanting and singing as the race is about to begin. The commentators are trying to gee up the crowd. The race begins in a blinding cloud of dust and a deafening roar of sound from the car engines. The first few laps pass without incident, other than a few bumps and scrapes, which are par for the course, naturally, as this is banger racing. John pits for some more fuel and some new tyres. He is extremely confident about his chances in this race. As he gets back on track, the intensity of the racing steps up a notch. Everyone is baying for blood. John is becoming rather nervous, and is also starting to become sweaty where he has been in the car for a long time and it is very hot. Several other drivers take calculated swipes at the rear end and passenger side of John’s car. He manages to fend them off with some skilled driving, but he can’t help but become ever more nervous about what he is involved in. As the race nears its conclusion, he begins to regain confidence, and begins increasing the pace of his driving to match the increase in his confidence. It is on the next lap that things go horribly wrong. It starts normally enough, with John in the lead and with his car in considerably better shape than the one immediately behind him. However, as John attempts to take the final turn before the checkered flag, he knows something is wrong. He attempts to steer into the corner, but the car goes straight on, and before he can do anything, the car is heading for the wall. Without deviating from its course at all, John Garrett’s Granada ploughs into the outer perimeter wall at Essex Arena at 50 miles per hour.  As the car collides with the wall, it is crumpled and bent almost beyond recognition.

        

Major Project: Inspiration for my script

To give me some inspiration for my script, I have read the first 20 pages of the script to 1990's Days of Thunder. This has given me inspiration as the way it is written is vastly different to the way I have been writing mine. The description is a lot more effective in allowing the reader to imagine what is happening. It has helped me realise how my script needs to be written to be effective.

Days of Thunder Script

Major Project: Pre Writing

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been completing the pre writing for my script for my project Sweet Oblivion. During this process, I found pre writing to take a lot longer than I had anticipated, mainly due to the fact that I was unhappy with what I had done so I kept on altering it until I was satisfied with it. I have now started scripting, as I have completed a couple of sequences for the first 20 minutes of the film. Once I am satisfied with these and have been given the appropriate feedback, I will continue with my script.