Thursday, 24 September 2009

DETAILED PLAN OF EXTRACT- AMBER

  • The extract begins with shots of Lola performing in a studio, when she was a famous singer.
  • As the image fades in we see the shame title shot of Lola performing in a studio. The camera zooms out "through" Lola's living room television, and we see her sat watching herself.
  • The titles are next: the music continues and shots of Lola laughing in slow motion play. A voiceover plays over the top,: “Lola Rouge was once an international superstar and nation’s sweetheart. What went wrong?” The image fades to black.
  • It becomes apparent that Lola is being interviewed; the shot is of her sat in an armchair looking at the interviewer who is sat off screen, the camera is behind them. As she answers her first question (“Have you experienced any financial difficulties since you lost your recording contract, Lola?”) with “No no, I’m still a star, I’m still financially secure thankyou.”, there is a cut to shots of her rummaging in a park bin.
  • · We return to see Lola in her home, answering interview question number two: “How’s day to day life in general?” to which she replies: “I still get hounded wherever I go, the paparazzi are so –BLEEP- annoying.” It now cuts to shots of Lola in her old college, where she is speaking to the camera but stops to tell an unsuspecting stranger to move along. Then she is talking to camera again in a different corridor but spots two boys minding their own business and assumes they want a photo with her.
    · “Do you still enjoy a glamorous social life Lola?” She responds: “Oh absolutely, I go to only the classiest places.” The voiceover comes over a shot of Lola’s kitchen, looking towards her door. Subtitles along the bottom of the screen read: ‘Sunday, 3am’. Lola stumbles in the door, heels in hand; looking highly disheveled and is dragging a boy along with her, mumbling about 'more beer'.
    · Back to her interview: “Are you still in touch with any of your celebrity friends?” to which she replies: “Oh yeah, I've still got lots of friends, me and Cheryl Cole are best buds,” at which point the camera pans over three terribly edited super-imposed framed photographs of her stood between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Cheryl Cole and Paris Hilton. The date she brought home wanders past the camera and yells from presumably the kitchen: “Lisa, got any bread?” Lola mutters “Oh god” and walks off camera. The two can be heard screaming at one another, Lola being the louder. The interviewer says to the camera person: “Yeah we need to get this, quickly”- The camera is removed from its tripod and moves (handheld) to a slit in the kitchen door. Lola can be seen throwing things at the “date” from a nearby fruit bowl. Lola emerges from the kitchen sorting her hair out and says "Oh sorry about all that noise I er... fell over the dog."
    · The interviewer next asks: “So Lola, have you anything to say about your notorious downfall?” Lola appears to have gone temporarily deaf and completely disregards the question, choosing instead to comment suddenly on how much she “adores” the interviewer’s hideous shoes. It now cuts to an account from a hysterical ex-fan of Lola's whose face is obscured to protect their identity.
    · “Have you any plans for the near future?” Lola walks off screen and the image fades to black. When it fades back in there is still an empty armchair, with “25 minutes later...” across the bottom of the screen and Lola returns to the shot clutching a shoddy looking book. “This is my autobiography, don’t you think it’s –BLEEP- amazing?! It’s only a mock-up but I can just tell it’s going to sell millions of copies. In shops, January 10th!"
  • The music from the beginning fades in as the titles read "end of part 2". A shot of a tramp waving a sign reading "I LOVE U LOLA" fades to black.

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