Script

Premise of Film: Giovane is a young man looking to get into the candy selling business, something that is illegal in this movie. The movie follows him as he transforms from a anxious young man who tends to get pushed around, to a professional, emotionless, old man, due to years of selling candy and learning from his mistakes. He meets his rival in the beginning of the film and by the end has become what he first apposes.

Research- Better call Saul

In the first two minutes of Better Call Saul, we immediately hear incidental music, the song is an older sounding song that is very calm and soothing. We see cuts of P.O.V shots of a person making a cinnamon roll. It then switches to a low angle shot of a women doing what we previously saw, we can tell; she is at work, there are other people working, and the establishment is a Cinnabon. Different angles and types of shots switch at an easy going pace, just showing people as they work. There is an insert of the window looking into the restaurant with a sticker on it, the camera is focused on the sticker which reveals the Cinnabon is in Omaha. The shots continue to switch around people working, then it is an insert of a man working, the camera tilts up and becomes a close up of the mans face, we recognize him as Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad, except he is much older. We then get different camera shots of him as he performs different task at the establishment, meanwhile, viewers who know this character from Braking Bad, question what he is doing working here. There is then a over the shoulder shot of him performing a job, when the camera focuses on a man in the background, who see's the characters and makes a puzzled face while staring at him. The shot then switches to a close up of Saul, we takes a double take as he notices the man staring at him. Then man gets up and begins to walk towards Saul, we get a P.O.V shot of the man walking, we can see in this shot, that Saul is very nervous. The man walks right by Saul and hugs a women he recognizes, establishing Saul is paranoid of being recognized. There are no film titles seen in the intro scene just described. While it is difficult to find a definite budget of the film, it is speculated to be about $1.5 million per episode. I was unable to find the earnings of Better Call Saul. However, it has been nominated for multiple Golden Globes and Prime-time Emmys.

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Film Project Genre Research- El Camino

In the first two minutes of El Camino, we see an establishing shot of a lake and sand dunes in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This shot establishes where the characters are and that they are alone. There is ambient sounds as the scene is very silent, we then hear footsteps as someone walks into the view of the camera, making the shot into a over the shoulder shot, however the character is out of focused. This shot stays the same and we hear two voices talking, the one character is giving advice to the other, when the character on screen turns so that we can see his face, the camera focuses on him, and the viewer recognizes him as Jesse, from Breaking Bad. Then the shot changes to a two shot from a wide angle in which we can see who Jesse is talking to, who we also recognize as Mike. The camera then changes to an Ariel shot in which the two talking are seen from a higher angle, this shows us they are completely alone out in the wilderness, meaning their conversation is secretive. Then Camera then changes to a two shot from over their shoulder, then to an angle from the water in front of them in which we see them from a lower angle. There is then a close up of Jesse which emphasizes him saying he could, "Make things right". The same shot is then showed, except it is of Mike saying, "That's the one thing you can never do". We then see a close up of Jesse as he realizes what Mike has just told him. We know that this conversation takes place before the events of the movie, and that the advice Jesse has received will play a large role in the movie. El Camino had a budget of $6 million, but due to the movie being released on Netflix, a streaming platform, and not in theaters, we're unable to know how much it grossed. However, using analytics such as, an average minute audience of 6.5 million the first weekend it was released, we can predict it would have been Number 1 in the box office and earned $58 million in the first weekend, if released in theaters. El Camino is a very new release and therefore has not won any awards yet.

Research- Pulp Fiction

In the first two minutes of Pulp Fiction we see at first a black screen with the definition of "Pulp" placed at the center. We are then shown a scene of a male and female having a conversation at a diner table. This is a mid shot, and the camera stays on one shot until a waitress enters. Once she leaves, the shot returns to what it was before and the two characters return to their conversation about a story of robbing a bank, which juxtaposes with what you would expect to hear at a diner. The camera sometimes switches between close shots of the two talking individually to emphasize what they are saying. The conversation then begins to turn into talking about the ease of rubbing a restaurant, like the one they are in. They then agree to rob the restaurant they are currently in, then the male pulls out a gun and there is a insert shot of the gun on the table. They then jump up and aim at everyone exclaiming that this is a robbery, the scene then pauses, incidental music then plays and the movie creator is put on the screen, along with director, and cast. The films budget was $8.5 million, but grossed $213 million. Pulp Fiction was nominated for 7 academy awards, and won best original screenplay. 

Research- Scarface

In the first two minutes of Scarface, we first see a black screen with words moving vertically, the words are informing the viewer of history involving the influx of Cuban criminal immigrants after Fidel Castro opened harbors. There is ominous incidental music playing, then a insert shot of a historic video of Fidel Castro rallying citizens to not want the criminals there in Cuba. The music then changes tone into a much brighter and happier sound, and the producer, director, lead actor, side actors, castor, head of music, executive producer, visual consultant, editors, art director, photographer, and name of movie, are all showed while we see real videos of Cuban immigrants coming to Florida. Scarface had a budget of $25 million, and grossed $65.8 million. The movie was nominated for 3 Golden Globes, including; best performance by a lead actor, best original score, and best performance by a supporting actor.

Film Project Genre Research- Breaking Bad

In the first two minutes we see a scene that starts out slow but then is suddenly very tense. We are given no indication as to how the characters got there. As the scene progresses we are introduced to the main character, he gives a monologue in which he is very vulnerable and shows his true intentions. This is shot on scene in Albuquerque New Mexico, in the desert. It utilizes many different camera angles, that move fast similar to how the scene is moving fast. We later find out the scene takes place weeks in the future. In the intro, the only named listen is Vince Gilligan the creator.
It is said that Breaking Bad cost about $3 million per episode, the show went on to make a large profit of money. The show won 16 Emmys, Bryan Cranstan received the Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series statuette four times, and supporting cast members Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn were also awarded multiple times. Breaking Bad was also the highest rated Tv show.