Sound Treatment

 Logline:
This will take place at crystal springs trail on a bench overlooking the spring.  Near sunset, since sun sets over the spring three couples have a same sanctuary.


Boy walking (head down) sits down on park bench.  He sighs as he sits down.  He puts his face in his hands in distress as a young couple walks by behind him.  They look to be as though they are in love and are talking to teach other and as they pass the bench the boy looks at their backs as they walk away and their audio fades out.  The boy sighs again and then takes out his headphones and we can hear the music from his i pod.  

Then middle age couple walks by in the background from right side.  The boy doesn’t notice, but they talk about how they always love coming back to this trail and how peaceful it is.

Boy is looking out at the spring as they are walking by and they exit off screen

Then old couple walks by from left side and they sit down next to the boy on the bench.  Boy takes off his headphones and says sure you can sit here.

Old couple are talking and they are audible and they are talking about how much they enjoy each other, boy puts his head back down in his hands still in distress.  

Old people respond.  Old man tells him some words of wisdom about relationships (not too cliche) maybe some humor about himself and his wife.  

Old lady says time for us to go, so they both get up, old man tells boy it will be “alright kid pull through”.
After they leave out of the WS.  All isolated sounds.  Boy relaxes back in his park bench and looks at the spring again (hears small sound of waves).  Boy looks at Grass and hears the sound of crickets, and soft wind sound as wind is blowing nearby grass.  (if there's no wind it will have to be man made and sound effect can be put in later).  Boy looks at free way in back of him and notices sound of cars passing by.  Boy looks out at the spring once again and now all sounds are audible.  Boy pulls phone out of his pocket with right hand.  Looks at it (seems like he is contemplating something) then puts phone down, face down, on his right leg and slouches further back in bench.  ONLY THING AUDIBLE Phone starts ringing (ring tone differences genuine or some r&b song).  Boy turns his phone back over and looks at the front and caller ID says Katy and picture is of boy and Katy smiling (happy).  Boy looks at it then looks out at spring and left to right (now all previous sounds in green are heard) then he looks back at phone (only ring tone is heard) boy contemplates and then pushes silent on his phone.  (WS from beginning) Gets up and walks out of frame.  Time lapse until night time then fade out.

Narrative:
        The narrative design is a romantic.  My goal of this film was to be serious throughout the whole film.  I have gone on this trail many times before, and I always notice how nice and serene the view is, although the freeway is right behind it.  I based most of the story off of the scene and what i could get of it.  I want to experiment with isolated sounds, and then joining all the sounds together to create a soothing nature effect. 

Production elements:
         I wanted to incorporate nature with sound.  I want to use sound bridges maybe to connect different transitions.  I planned on using the music the boy was listening too and his ring tone to play as the leitmotif, and I was also thinking about incorporating some sound loops or even create my own.

Shot selection vary to establish the scenery and take the sounds of nature while minimal sound to the actual characters. 

Director's Influence

Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed, produced and starring Clint Eastwood, who produced many notable movies.The other features determining the drama of the film are that the main character Walt Kowalski played by Clint Eastwood is a Korean War Vet who has lost his wife and treats his family and neighbors harshly. Kowalski lives by poor Asian immigrants who he dramatically learns to defend. Another film this movie connects to could be the other film he has directed and starred in Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood in both films has a similar character in which he softens and learns to accept those in need of his help. Clint Eastwood directed this film and it was written by Nick Schenk and Dave Johannson. It was written to portray the struggles of Asian Americans who are constantly disregarded, when speaking about struggles in society. Eastwood fights against Asian's in the Korean War, but overcomes his hatred for them opening up and accepting a boy constantly antagonized. We can tell that the movies creators desired to express to its viewers that any man who sees a family in trouble even if he has lost the thing to live for (his wife) has enough heart to help those in need. This fits with Eastwood's other works because the narrative is similar to Million Dollar Baby. In both instances Eastwood opens up to the main characters after being antagonizing to them. I think some shots overlap with the two movies because many waist shots are used effectively with Eastwood and the respective main character in each film confronting each other. I think this film's theme is that racism is overcome by a character who see's hardships that one constantly endures. The target audience is older teens and adults who seek the knowledge of abused Asian immigrants, who encounter constant run-ins with a gang, and in which the antagonist of the film Eastwood transitions to the protagonist.