SHOT DIVISIONING

SCENE 1

Time: Morning (INT)

Characters: Ali and Jabar

Location: Class room

Film starts with an Establishing shot of the government school.

Wide shot of the class room from the door in which students and teacher both are in frame

Mid shot- Camera moves row by row showing students busy doing the paper until camera reaches the row where Ali is sitting in middle of the class.

Close up shot of the clock with time 10:30

Close up shot of Bell ringing

Mid shot of Ali, startles with bell and takes out the paper from his pocket.

Mid shot of teacher removing the newspaper and announcing the time and calling ali.

Mid shot of ali.

Long shot of Jabar going to Ali’s seat.

POV of Ali- Jabar snatching the paper and asks Ali to show his hands.

Close up shot of hands when Jabar beats Ali with scale.

Close up shot of Ali While Jabar is beating him.

POV of Ali- Jabar is going back to his place.

Close up shot of the clock

Close up shot of Ali

Close up shot of the clock

Close up shot of Ali

Close up shot of the clock

Close up shot of bell ringing

Continues close up shot of Jabar’s table on which one by on one all the students keep their paper, this shot continues until Ali keeps his empty paper.

Long shot of Ali walking towards the door.

Long shot of Jabar picking up the paper.

POV of Jabar- opening the paper.

SCENE 2                                                                                                                           FADE IN

EXT. EARLY MORNING, JUNKYARD

CAMERA TRACKING TOWARDS THE SCENE (SPEED)

WIDE SHOT – MOTHER EMBRACING HER SON AND KEEPING THE LETTER IN HIS UPPER-POCKET, DIRECTS HIM TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.

OTS OF MOTHER (SURAIYA) – ALI LEAVES FOR SCHOOL.

OTS OF SON (ALI) – MOTHER WIPES HER TEARS.

POV OF MOTHER (SURAIYA) – ALI BENDS HIS HEAD DOWN IN DISAPPOINTMENT AND WALKS AWAY.

Flash back ends                                                                                                            FADE OUT

SCENE 3

Continues Close up shot of the line written on the paper word by word along with the voice over of Suraya.

Long shot of Jabar turning and asking Ali to stop near the door

POV of jabar- Ali stopping near the door.

Close up shot of Ali turning in slow motion with a straight face.

OTS of Ali- Jabbar coming towards Ali in slow motion.

Continues Wide Shot of Jabbar sitting on knees in front of Ali, puts the paper back in his shirt pocket, Jabar rubs his hand on Ali’s hairs with affection and both of them leave the room in slow motion.

SCENE 4

EXT. AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING: JUNKYARD

POV OF MOTHER – ALI WALKING TOWARDS HER MOTHER.

WIDE SHOT (TWO SHOT) – ALI IS SEEN APPROACHING HER MOTHER.

OTS OF ALI – MOTHER SEEN WAITING FOR ALI TO REACH HER.

OTS OF MOTHER – ALI REACHED NEAR HER

WIDE SHOT (MID SHOT) – ALI AND SURAYA HUGGING.

Location Pictures

SCENE DIVISIONING

SCENE 1

Time: Morning
Character:  Jabar-bin-abdullah(invigilator)
                 Ali(student)
Location: Examination Hall (School)

In an examination hall of a school, Jabar-bin-abdullah is the invigilator for the examination sitting on the chair and reading the news paper. Ali, a student is sitting in the middle of the class thinking of something and smiling while other students are busy doing their paper. When first bell rings, Ali takes out the paper from his pocket to read something while Jabar announces the time and sees Ali doing that. Jabar comes to Ali’s seat, punishes him, takes the paper and goes back to his place. Ali keeps standing in the rest of the time in the hope that his teacher will return the paper until the final bell rings and all the students leave the class one by one keeping the paper on jabar’s table. When Ali is going to the door of examination room, Jabar opens the scribbled page and then a flashback starts.

DIALOUGES:

Jabar:
(announcing the time) aadha ghanta reh gya hei.. jaldi haath chalao.. ek minute upar nae milegy!

Jabar:
 (to Ali) aye larke! (ali looks at him) Haan tu! Khara ho zara! (takes his paper) itne araam se nakal kar rha hei! (shouts at him) Haath aage kar apne (beats him with scale, takes his sheet and go to his place)

TRANSLATION:

Jabar:
(announcing the time) half an hour is left.. increase your speed.. wont spare even a single minute!

Jabar:
(to Ali) hey larke!(boy) (Ali looks at him) Yes you! Stand up! (takes his paper) cheating it so easily! (shouts at him) Put your hand forward! (beats him with scale, takes his sheet and go to his place)

SCENE 2:

Time: Morning
Character: Ali (student)
                 Suraya (Ali’s mother)
Location: Near Junkyard

Ali is standing near a junkyard with his mother Suraya who hugs him and keeps a folded paper in his pocket. Ali gets onto his school bus. When he sits on his seat he takes out that paper reads it, smiles, and keeps the paper back into his pocket and flashback ends.

SCENE 3:

Time: Morning
Character:  Ali
                  Jabar
Location: Examination Hall

In the same classroom Jabar sees the quotation written on that paper (voice over of the mother saying that quote) and turns to Ali who is leaving the room. He calls him on which Ali stops and turns. Jabar walks towards Ali, kneels down, puts the paper back in his shirt pocket, Jabar rubs his hand on Ali’s hairs with affection and both of them leave the room.

DIALOUGES:

Quotation on paper (voice over of Suraya):
“Darro mat beta… Mei har waqt tumhare saath hun, abhi bhi tumhare pass hy hun… Tum sirf muskurao aur aage barho - Tumhari ami jaan”

Jabar:
(stopping Ali) O larke! Ruk!

Ali:
(turns and looks back)

Jabar:
( Kneels down, puts the paper back in his shirt pocket) jaa.. khush reh!

TRANSLATIONS:

Quotation on paper (voice over of Suraya):
“Don’t be scared son… I am always with you; I am by your side even right now… you just smile and move forward… - your ami jaan”

Jabar:
(stopping Ali) Hey boy! Stop!

Ali:
(turns and looks back)

Jabar:
( Kneels down, puts the paper back in his shirt pocket) go… live happily!

SCENE 4:

Time: Day
Character: Ali
Location: School

Scene is shown where Ali is very happy and is dancing around the school enjoying his happiness of regaining the lost confidence and motivation of life. He comes out the school were his lovely mother is waiting. He runs towards his mother and they both hug each other. Film ends

CAST

CHARACTER PROFILES

NAME: Suraya
ROLE: Mother

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:

-          Age: 30 years

-          Height: 5.4 – 5.5 ft.

-          Fair complexion

-          Skinny/thin

-          Looking elder than age

-          Unorganized personality (hairstyle, dressing, make up, etc)

CHARACTER ANALYSIS:

She is a 30 years old poor lady with skinny stature, fair complexion and a height of 4.5-5.5ft. She earns her living by working as a house maid. Being the only earning member of the family adds pressure on her shoulders and puts her in a tight corner. Tied up with multiple problems and responsibilities, she looks elder than her age having wrinkles and drooping posture. She has an unorganized personality with untied hairs, smudged make up and weird dressing. However, she has a strong willpower to fight against the odds and face life as it comes. She inculcates the same into her son and motivates him to be steadfast and face challenges in life with courage. A calm and composed reaction is shown by her to her son as she does not want the shadow of her pain and misery to fall on him. She is caring, loving, nurturing and understanding towards her son.

NAME: Jabbar

ROLE: Teacher

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:

-          Age: 30 years

-          Height: 5.6 – 5.7 ft.

-          Over-weight

-          Well dressed (formal dressing)

-          Oiled hair

-          Straight face

CHARACTER ANALYSIS:

Jabbar is a 40 years old, overweight man with a height of 5.7-5.8ft. He is very stern with flat expressions. He is very rigid in terms of rules and a very strict and arrogant invigilator. His character is somewhat dynamic as a shift in his reactions is seen after he realizes the impact of his reaction on the student (Ali).

NAME: Ali

ROLE: Student/Son

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:

-          Age: 12 – 13 years

-          Height: 4.2 – 4.3 ft.

-          Skinny/thin

-          Side hair partitioned

-          Unorganized dressing (creased shirt, unpolished shoes, etc.)

CHARACTER ANALYSIS:

Ali is a 10 years old boy, studying in a government school. He plays as a centre element of the story. He has a slim body with a height of 4.2-4.3ft. A low morale is depicted from his personality as he seems hesitant and not so confident, lost in deep thoughts. He is deeply connected with his mother and cannot see her being sad. Financial conditions and the attitude of his father towards his mother lay a great amount of stress which affects his mind and ability to concentrate on things. Few words from his mother instill in him a sense of confidence and a power to conquer everything

STORY

It is the morning of 14^th September 2012 at 09:00 AM in an examination hall of a government school. Jabar-bin-abdullah is the invigilator for the examination sitting on the chair and reading the news paper. Ali, a student is sitting in the middle of the class thinking of something and smiling while other students are busy doing their paper. When the first bell goes at 09:30, Ali takes out the paper to read something but while Jabar announces the time, he sees him doing that. Jabar comes to Ali’s seat, asks him to show his hand and beats him with a scale, takes the paper and goes back to his place. Ali keeps standing in the rest of the time in the hope that his teacher will return the paper until the final bell goes at 10:00 AM and all the students leave the class one by one keeping the paper on jabar’s table. While Ali is going to the door of examination room, Jabar opens the scribbled page and then a flashback starts.

Ali is standing near a junkyard with his mother Suraya who hugs him and keeps a folded paper in his pocket. Ali gets onto his school bus. When he sits on his seat he takes out that paper reads it, smiles, and keeps the paper back into his pocket and flashback ends.

In the same classroom Jabar reads a quotation written on the paper given by Suraya and turns to Ali who is leaving the room. He calls him on which Ali stops and turns with a straight face. Jabar walks towards Ali, sits on his knees, puts the paper back in his shirt pocket, Jabar rubs his hand on Ali’s hairs with affection and both of them leave the room.

Scene is shown where Ali is very happy and is dancing around the school enjoying his happiness of regaining the lost confidence and motivation of life. He comes out the school were his lovely mother is waiting. He runs towards his mother and they both hugs each other. End credits start with the last shot of both hugging each other on the right side. 

PLOT

Tzvetan Todorov’s narrative theory states that in a plot first there is an equilibrium which sets the scene and is normal everyday life event. After which comes the disruption which is a complication leading to the alteration of the equilibrium. Conflict or climax is the third part of the plot which is normally the most interesting for the audience as it seeks the solution to the problem.  Forth part is the resolution where the problem is sorted and now the plot leads to the last part which is the new equilibrium where again everything is back to normal which a lay man often refers to happy ending but this is always different from the equilibrium in the start of the film. Todorov’s theory is the most close to the plot of my film and I have written my plot under the heading given by Todorov’s theory.

Equilibrium

It is the morning of 14^th September 2012 at 09:00 AM in an examination hall of a government school. Jabar-bin-abdullah is the invigilator for the examination sitting on the chair and reading the news paper.

Disruption               

Ali, a student is sitting in the middle of the class thinking of something while other students are busy doing their paper. When the first bell goes at 09:30, Ali takes out the paper to read something but while Jabar announces the time, he sees him doing that. Jabar comes to Ali’s seat and beats him with a scale, takes the paper and goes back to his place. Ali keeps standing in the rest of the time in the hope that his teacher will return the paper. But jabar goes to his place and sits.

Conflict

When the final bell goes at 10:00 AM all the students leave the class. While Ali has reached the door of examination room, Jabar opens the scribbled page to see that what is written in it. A flash back turns where his mom gives a tight hug and puts a note in his pocket. Ali leaves for the school.

Resolution

Flashback ends, Jabar realizes that he was wrong, he stops Ali at the door of the class. He goes to Ali, gives him the paper back and they both leave the room.

New equilibrium

Ali comes out of the class jumping and dancing and he runs to the gate of the school to hug her mother who is waiting for her son. They both hug at the gate of the school and film ends.

FILM SYNOPSIS

A boy is sitting in an examination in his class with his other class mates and his teacher who is a monster for the students according to the stereotype of a government school teacher. The boy is sitting in the middle of the class and thinking something while his other class mates are busy doing their paper. First bell goes and the boy startles, takes out a paper from his pocket and while he was reading that paper the teacher sees him. The teacher comes to that boy with a big scale in hand, takes the paper from him and beats him with the scale. The boy is standing on his place and teacher goes back to his table. The second bell goes and all the students leave the class including that boy. While leaving the class the teacher opens that paper and reads it so it was not a cheating paper but a quotation for the motivation of the boy written by his mother, he gives that paper back to the boy and film ends.

Film Concept

The basic concept of my film is about the government education system in which underprivileged children study and the stereotype of the government school teachers. My film is a short story which revolves around a boy who belongs to a poor family with many problems in his family because of the poverty. The boy is extremely demotivated and disturbed due to these problems and when he is in school so rather than investigating his problems cruel teachers also give him a hard time. But when a teacher gets a hint about his problem he slightly changes his behavior and the stereotype of a typical cruel government school teacher is corrected.