Planning - film pitch - Raising Sands

Planning - film pitch - Raising Sands

The film is called raising sands. it follows our hero in a battle of good vs evil. He lives near a town which is riddled by gangs and murderers. he is a country boy who is obsessed with western films and style. the towns police are corrupt and the people live without hope. our cold collected character looks to set balance and oppress those people causing this town turmoil. as he goes on taking down the gangs he reaches issues which show a deeper meaningful side which he must deal with in order to protect people around him. our character continues to cause issues for the gangs who want him dead and issues of his own in his efforts.

First ever Western- The Great Train Robbery

First ever western- The Great Train Robbrry-1903

-American Western Film

-Written, produced and directed by Edwin S.Porter

-Is only 12 minutes long

-The film used innovative techniques including (composite editing, camera movement & on locations shooting)

Narrative

-film opens with two bandits breaking into a rail road telegraph office.

-The bandits force the operator at gunpoint to stop the train and give the engineer orders to fill up the trains up at the stations water tank.

- After they do this they make the operator un-conscious and tie him up.

- Two more bandits join when the train stops at the station.

- Two of them enter an express car- killing a messenger and open a box of valuables.

- The other two kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive.

-4 bandits then force the passengers off the train and take all their belongings.

-Carrying all their loot, the bandits escape in the locomotive then later stopping in a valley to continue on horseback.

- Operators daughter enters and restores him to consciousness by throwing water on his face.

-Operator goes to a dance hall to gather assistance and then the men grab their guns and peruse the bandits.

-Final shoot out where the bandits die.

Final shot

-The final shot is a close up of the leader of the bandits firing point blank towards the camera.