Storyboard "Day Aht In Sheff'"

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Treatment 2

Treatment 2
Title- Day aht in sheff
Duration of film- 2 mins
Audience- 16+ People who like films about football hooliganism.
Distributer- Momentum Pictures
Synopsis of film- James wakes up to "Hi Ho Silver Lining"playing from his alarm clock. Instantly realised today was match day, but not any normal match day. Today was the quarter final of the FA Cup against Sheffield Wednesday's rivals Sheffield UNited He kicks the covers off and kicks his wife out of bed and starts chanting at the top of his voice. He then goes downstairs, gets out a cereal bowl and a box of cereal. He pours the cereal into the bowl and soaks it with a can of Fosters. Then eats his cereal whilst on the early sesh. Soon to go upstairs to take a quick shower and chuck on his clobber. Gets his cap, stone island jumper, jeans, scarf and adidas trainers straight on and off he goes. Quickly kissing his wife and telling her he will stay safe. He then makes the walk to the weatherspoons with his lads for a cooked breakfast, a few pints and a bit of banter. Followed by a train journey to town.
Suggested elements
Comedic- Beer on cereal
Clothing- Stone island
Good Charcterisation

 

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Treatment 1
Title- Day aht in sheff
Duration of film- 108 mins
Audience- 16+ People who like films about football hooliganism.
Distributer- Momentum Pictures
Synopsis of film- James Mcgovern is a middle aged old fashioned football hooligan. He follows his team Sheffield Wednesday home and away with his mates. On this particular day, it's derby day Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United at Bramall lane. They go to the pub before the match and get extremely drunk. Then they go to the match and before kick off they have a few more beers in the concourse. The match gets underway and 20 minutes in the blades lead. But, just before half time Wednesday are level eruption in the away end with James and his mates showing gestures to the home support. After even more beer at half time. The get back into the stands, United take the lead again much to James' anger. Then anger turns to delight as the Owls equalize again. Then in the dying seconds just as James is preparing to meet the BBC (Blades Business Crew) they see Wednesday win the game. Delirium ensues as James and his mates go wild. After the match they meet the BBC the fight begins bricks and fists been thrown. No sooner as it begun that James sees one of his mates Chris having his head caved in by a member of the BBC. James hurries over and stops the lad from doing anymore damage but it's too late.
Suggested elements-
Clothing- Stone island
Realistic enviroment
Atomosphere at match
Fight scene
Immersive

Final Script 

 

Settings/Locations of a Football Hooligan film

A typical setting for a football hooligan is a rough looking estate. This is used to show that the characters have had a poor upbringing. It is also used to show the type of enviroment in which these fights are commonly seen.

 Another location which is commonly used is some sort of empty desolate street. This is used mostly to show a fight scene an empty road or alleyway is used as it is spacious and is out of the way of police.




A third location which is commonly used in a football Hooligan film is the pub. This is used to signify that hooligans like to drink before matches. The pub is usually crowded due to it been match day. There is commonly an atmosphere which immerses the audience into the film.

 

Storylines for football hooligan films

As most football hooligan films go. It is based on the London football clubs. Usually Millwall are involved in some point in nearly all of them. Two of the most well known football hooligan films around which are: "Green street" and "The football factory". Both are based in London and both involve Millwall. The film will always be based around one set off fans and throughout the film you get a taste of their lifestyle and get to see actions between other football tam firms as the film goes on. The film usually end with a big fight between two fearsome rivals. For example, in "Green street", West Ham fight Millwall as they draw one another in the FA cup. Then in "The football factory", a similar event occurs and the Chelsea firm and end up fighting Millwall's firm.

My film just works exactly the same as these as James and his lads who are part of the Sheffield Wednesday firm get to fight their fearsome rivals, the Sheffield United firm at the end of the film. The reason we are not using two London clubs is down to our location for filming. On the other hand, maybe the change is needed from the story line of a firm in London. According to The Telegraph, the rivalry between the two Sheffield clubs is the third most fearsome in the Country despite the fact that over the years, the violence has been well controlled. But, it has been over 6 years since the city have seen a fixture between the two sides and this maybe the reason that both sets of fans are ready to take it out on one another without police being able to do a thing. A link to the article from The Telegraph is pasted below.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/01/29/the-20-fiercest-rivalries-in-english-football---by-jonathan-liew/the-sheffield-teams-collide/

Research into similar films

Research into similar films

Green Street
www.imdb.com/title/tt0385002/

Matt Buckner a wrongly expelled Harvard student moves over to London to live with his sister and her husband. Soon enough he is introduced to Steve's brother, Pete. At first the pair don't seem to get along due to Pete sees Matt as an 'outsider' and commonly refers to him as a 'Yank'. However, after spending time in the pub Pete decides to take Matt along with him to the West Ham vs Birmingham match. This is when Matt learns the truth about Pete. He learns he is the leader of a gang, The GSE, which stands for Green Street Elite.

This film inspired us with scenes and clothing ideas as Green Street gives a really good showing on what it is like to be a football hooligan.

Football Factory

Tommy Johnson is a member of a violent Chelsea firm. Tommy spends his days drinking, doing drugs and fighting, much to the disappointment of his grandfather Bill. Early in the film Tommy is held hostage, he is saved when Rod hits the man over the head with a cricket bat. After the Fred, the leader of the rival Millwall gang spends the rest of the film hunting Tommy down. The film culminates in an intense battle between the Chelsea and Millwall firm. This leads to Tommy been severely beaten and ending up in hospital alongside his granddad who has suffered a heart attack. At the end of the film Tommy decides his future lies alongside his gang members while Bill moves to Australia.

This film gave us inspiration for fight scenes as the fights in this film are realistic to what a firm fight would be like.

Storylines and Characters in Football Hooligan Films

Football hooligan films typically involve storylines revolving around a group of men, perhaps with rough upbringings all with a common love for three things. Football, violence and booze. This common love and friendship creates a solid theme of solidarity throughout all of these films which is unrivalled by any other genre. They are brothers in arms in a world where their lives revolve around football. Typically these films follow a linear narrative and focus around a character who is new to this British sub-culture and this character acts as a the character the audience an relate to as they are completely new to this, just as the audience are. A great example of this is Elijah Wood's character, Matt Buckner from 'Green Street' or Reece Dinsdale's character, John from 'I.D.'. These two characters are brilliant examples as they are both people who are being introduced to the whole new world of football hooliganism. This also allows for a drastic character arc as you can really see how these characters change from the beginning of the film compared to the end after they have been inducted into the new found culture. This creates a great entrance point for the audience as it allows them to feel like they are truly being brought into this world.

I plan on taking inspiration from these films with these storylines as I believe the sense of solidarity and friendship is an absolute necessity in a film of this genre and is something that needs to be included in my film.



As i mentioned previously when talking about storylines typically films of this genre involve a character who is a newcomer to this scene and are welcomed into the group/firm. Also usually when there is a character like this there is a leader type figure who acts as mentor for the newcomer, this is very prevalent in Green Street for example. Characters within these types of films are typically portrayed as being very loud, obnoxious people who love to cause a commotion. They are also seen as being hostile due to their love for fighting. All of this creates characters that would typically not be liked but due to their charismatic nature it makes them lovable rogues in which the audience root for. Another typical character involved in these films is the comic relief, this character is important to make the film feel realistic and also put a bit of a comedic spin on it, as it would just make the group feel unrealistic if there was no comic relief character.

I plan on taking inspiration from the typical characters in football hooligan films as I believe it makes the groups, that are probably the main focus of these films, feel very realistic and likeable.

Storyline and characters

Storylines and characters

The typical storyline for a football hooligan film is that a group of people who are all connected due to supporting the same football team. This group is usually known as a firm. The story is typically based around a London club such as West Ham or Millwall. It begins with the walking to the stadium singing a song the club is famous for. For example in Green Street they walk from the pub to the stadium singing 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'. It then goes into the stadium where both sets of fans are usually winding each other up.

After this the group the film is based around will meet the firm of the team they've played typically a rival. This meeting happens in a secluded area such as an alleyway. A violent fight scene usually follows in which goes on until police sirens can be heard, at which point both sets of fans usually run off in different directions. At the end of the film there's usually the main fight scene, this is when a large group from main rivals meet up. This is usually to settle something that happened in the film, Typically, in this scene a main character (or someone close to the main character) is killed. This sometimes ends with a character regretting the fight and leaving the firm scene.

A character in a football Hooligan film is typically scene as a cockney (Danny Dyer type) they wear clothing such as Stone island as this is the stuff hooligans are seen wearing at actual football matches. They are portrayed as confident loud mouth characters who don't shy away from conflict.

Similar films to my own - The Football Factory

The Football Factory

 The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence; it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. Shot in documentary style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters' extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us. The opening scene is shown below:

This film is similar to ours in the sense that the same fashion of clothes are worn and the characters act in the same manner. Below are some screenshots of the film that will back this up.

Storylines and Characters for Football Hooligan films

Storylines

The typical storyline for a football hooligan film would be that a group of close friends, large or small, would head off to football game to support there local football team, typically rough/"hard" football clubs such as West Ham or Milllwall, very stereotyped clubs. As the group of friends clothed with Stone Island jackets and CP accesories arrive at the game they try to find trouble with the away fans by aggrovating them for a distance and making strong hand gestures towards one an other. 
     
                       


After the game, the group will go out looking to find a fight in the streets away from the police with the away fans. Beer bottles in hands and fists at the ready the two sets of supports have a blood brawl to beat up eachother as much as possible till one set of supporters retreat or the police arrive. This normally ends up with the some of the characters never rerturing to the hooligan scence and return to being a normal supporter after the fear they experienced in the fight.


Characters

The typical football hooligan character normally has a strong cockney accent and walks with a strong stutter. They normally wear Stone Island and CP hats and carry flares into the game with them. The characters normally have an agrressive personality and also very cockey. However some charcacters are forced into the football hooligan scene and may come across as concervative and not as confident as others but this can change depending on the story of the film.
       
                  

Similar films to my own - Green Street

Green street


Green Street is a 2005 Brithish-American independent drama film about football hooliganism is the United Kingdom. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. In the film, an American college student falls in with a violent West Ham football firm (the GSE) run by his brother- in - law's younger brother and is morally transformed by their commitment to each other. The trailer is shown below:
                   

The film has a very similar story line to mine and all of the other football hooligan films already out their. In this next shot, it is equivalent  to the scene in my film where fights break out between the two sets of fans. It also represent what the film is all about; violence within the culture of football.


The film has a very similar story line to mine and all of the other football hooligan films already out their. This next shot is similar to the shot in my film where they walk together towards the pub entrance.

This next shot what occurs at the beginning of my film where James gets ready for the big day.

Editing and Sound/Music in Football Hooligan Films

Editing - Editing in football hooligan films tends to involve lots of fast cuts due to the sheer amount of action that is taking place, mainly in the fight scenes. These types of scenes within football hooligan films are fast paced to convey the true carnage that is happening within these fights and the complete unpredictability. This also is used in unison with rhythmic editing as a lot of the time these scenes involve music and the editing is used to edit these shots together to compliment this music. Slow motion is also common place in these fight scenes for example in the Chelsea VS Milwall fight from The Football Factory.

This is shown in this fight clip from The football Factory in which the characters get involved in a fight with a rival teams firm. The use of fast paced editing with cuts makes it feel very realistic and as if this is a real fight.

I plan on taking inspiration from these films and using this type of editing within my film as it comes across as very raw and is realistic for the audience, which is something I really want to do as it separates the good and bad films from this genre through their use of editing.

Sound/Music - Sound and music in this genre is very diverse as there is a wide variety of sound techniques used, for example diegetic sounds are used quite a lot to enhance the experience of the football grounds and to show the greatness of these crowds. An example of this is from Green Street when the boys go to the West Ham and Birmingham match. In this scene there is the roar of the crowd which just makes the audience feel as if they are apart of this and makes it very immersive. 

Also the use of non-diegetic sound is very common in these type of films due to them using a wide variety of music that is associated with this culture such as rock music by bands such as the stone roses and oasis. Non-diegetic music is usually prevalent within the fight scenes for example to build up tension and create the atmosphere of how brutal and intense these really are. This use of non-diegetic music also opens up opportunities for a sound bridge to be used which is also a technique used in these films. An example of the non-diegetic sound is the opening scene to The Football Factory in which Supersonic by Oasis is playing to build up the excitement before the match and entice the audience into these characters world with the use of the music.

Football Hooligan Films

Green Street

 "A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism."

This scence shows the passion and lifestyle of what its like to be a "Hooligan" inside the stadium which we can relate to when creating the film.

 We have used the film to inspire us on the clothes to wear when filming and the attitude of the characters for example... The style of walk and speech.
  

 

                   

After being expelled from Harvard University after cocaine is discovered in his room.Matt meets Steve's brother, Pete, a Cockney who leads the local football hooligan firm – Green Street Elite (GSE): a group of football supporters that arranges fights after matches – and teaches at a local school. Steve asks Pete to take Matt to a football match between West Ham United and Birmingham City. 

 Hooligan Factory

Danny wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfathers flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior. Sent to prison for force feeding a judge his own ‘syrup’ Danny Senior was a legend and Danny is looking for a way to emulate his father’s achievements and rise to be “top boy.”

Meanwhile, in Wormwood Scrubs prison, legendary football hooligan Dex is about to be released. Dex is on a quest of his own, one of vengeance against his nemesis and rival firm leader The Baron. But when Danny and Dex’s paths cross, they embark on a journey as old as hooliganism itself.

 

Dex, Danny and The Hooligan Factory travel the length of the country on a mission to re-establish their firm’s glory days. However, the police are closing in and we get a sense that the Hooligan Factorys best days may be behind them, but with Danny on their side, and Dex finding his old form who knows where this may lead.

After all…Its a funny old game.

 

The Football Factory

 The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence; it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. Shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters' extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.

  
 A lot of the clothing used in this film inspired us to what we are going to wear when we film, and also the sort of violence such as the tactics and the way they move and walk.
  
At the end of the film, Tommy decides that his place is at the firm with his friends, Bill moves to Australia and Billy Bright is incarcerated for seven years after being arrested at the Millwall meet (ironically, whilst saving Harris from being arrested). Zeberdee is killed by a drug dealer whom he had previously mugged, fulfilling a recurring bad dream that tormented Tommy throughout the film.