gimi da rhythun
Gimi da rhythum
BY
Edmundo John
Edmundojohn@hotmail.com
O7981234132
Log line:
If I fight like a man let my woman and me go. A boxer and his girlfriend are ambitious and want to leave a small Caribbean island and follow their dreams.
Synopsis:
Gimi da rhythm an ‘against the odds’ action drama set in a political turbulent, inner city community Kingston, Jamaica. It deals with universal themes: Coming of age youth juxtaposed with family responsibilities, political conflicts, hopes, aspirations, dreams and desires.
A powerful tale of how a poor, determined inner city teenager fight for their dreams, one realises his dream of being a champion, and also how his girl friend (a musical) dreams of leaving the island. Despite a country, a community and even a family conflicted by a divisive political system.
This family action drama tells the story of Ruddie, an inner city youth with the talent to be Jamaica’s next world lightweight boxing champion.
Ruddie learns from an early age that he has the ability to out box even the bigger boys on his lane but it’s election year and politics divide the country and Ruddie’s community. His father, a loyal party
supporter, forbids Ruddie from going to the boxing gym, as to do so he has to cross party lines.
Gimi da rhythm is the triumphant tale of one boy who reaches beyond his place in the world to follow his heart’s desire. (For a fuller version of the story, click on "SCRIPT")
It has a lot in common with the most successful Jamaican films: Action, music, comedy and humanity and there is enormous potential for soundtrack exploitation.
The script:
The script itself will be much shorter than the other films. When working I had two scripts in mind. The one on which the film is primarily based, and another in which there were some extra scenes written down. Then a set of (compartments of setting) in which the dialogue took place if the film if required, as well as (this was a key part to) discussions I’d had with the actors about some things they might improvise. I enjoyed this way of working because there was often an opportunity to work some of these other ideas into the original script. For example, the first meeting of the two main actors was in part a mixture of improvisation and what was already in the script. The script like the treatment has a rhythm and pulse to it. This rhythm is the heartbeat, and breaking the pace is to be avoided.
The Sound track:
Reggae Music the soundtrack to has no shortage of great original songs from both old and new artists. This film will have a strong
and popular soundtrack, which will also have immense earning potential. The soundtrack will be separately
packaged and sold to a producer or record company with a percentage of the sales retained for the investors
and the producers. The soundtrack can also help to market the film – increasing potential film revenue.
This unconventional musical thriller with an original music score, is also contains popular songs from classic artists. Sure will make you want to move your feet.
Cast:
An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television because it allows for flexibility for writers to focus on different characters in different episodes. In addition, the departure of players is less disruptive to the premise than it would be if the star of a production with a regularly structured cast leaves the series.
Some films have ensemble casts, usually ones that revolve around one large theme
Schematics:
The twelfth lesson will be a feature length film.
Shot on super 16mm film format, of approximately 110 minutes duration. Super 16mm ‘blows up’ to 35
mm release prints very well as the aperture of super 16mm is similar to 1:85:1 format of 35mm. Shooting on 16mm is
one third the cost of shooting on 35mm.Super 16mm provides in-camera effects and enhancing production quality, the likes of which have never been done on a local film and which DV cameras are incapable of achieving.
The in-camera effects referred to include the ‘ram-ping’ of camera speeds.
The frame rate of a film camera is constant 24 frame per second (England is 25fps) and we will manipulate the speed from 12fps to 24fps then to 64fps or 90fps back to 24fps during the filming of action sequences. This technique, used extensively in music videos, will enhance
both dancing and action sequences, giving the film an exciting and entertaining first world production slick look, similar to ‘Traffic’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan’. This ‘edginess’ will be very effective in representing the ‘downtown’ look.
BY
Edmundo John
Edmundojohn@hotmail.com
O7981234132
Log line:
If I fight like a man let my woman and me go. A boxer and his girlfriend are ambitious and want to leave a small Caribbean island and follow their dreams.
Synopsis:
Gimi da rhythm an ‘against the odds’ action drama set in a political turbulent, inner city community Kingston, Jamaica. It deals with universal themes: Coming of age youth juxtaposed with family responsibilities, political conflicts, hopes, aspirations, dreams and desires.
A powerful tale of how a poor, determined inner city teenager fight for their dreams, one realises his dream of being a champion, and also how his girl friend (a musical) dreams of leaving the island. Despite a country, a community and even a family conflicted by a divisive political system.
This family action drama tells the story of Ruddie, an inner city youth with the talent to be Jamaica’s next world lightweight boxing champion.
Ruddie learns from an early age that he has the ability to out box even the bigger boys on his lane but it’s election year and politics divide the country and Ruddie’s community. His father, a loyal party
supporter, forbids Ruddie from going to the boxing gym, as to do so he has to cross party lines.
Gimi da rhythm is the triumphant tale of one boy who reaches beyond his place in the world to follow his heart’s desire. (For a fuller version of the story, click on "SCRIPT")
It has a lot in common with the most successful Jamaican films: Action, music, comedy and humanity and there is enormous potential for soundtrack exploitation.
The script:
The script itself will be much shorter than the other films. When working I had two scripts in mind. The one on which the film is primarily based, and another in which there were some extra scenes written down. Then a set of (compartments of setting) in which the dialogue took place if the film if required, as well as (this was a key part to) discussions I’d had with the actors about some things they might improvise. I enjoyed this way of working because there was often an opportunity to work some of these other ideas into the original script. For example, the first meeting of the two main actors was in part a mixture of improvisation and what was already in the script. The script like the treatment has a rhythm and pulse to it. This rhythm is the heartbeat, and breaking the pace is to be avoided.
The Sound track:
Reggae Music the soundtrack to has no shortage of great original songs from both old and new artists. This film will have a strong
and popular soundtrack, which will also have immense earning potential. The soundtrack will be separately
packaged and sold to a producer or record company with a percentage of the sales retained for the investors
and the producers. The soundtrack can also help to market the film – increasing potential film revenue.
This unconventional musical thriller with an original music score, is also contains popular songs from classic artists. Sure will make you want to move your feet.
Cast:
An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television because it allows for flexibility for writers to focus on different characters in different episodes. In addition, the departure of players is less disruptive to the premise than it would be if the star of a production with a regularly structured cast leaves the series.
Some films have ensemble casts, usually ones that revolve around one large theme
Schematics:
The twelfth lesson will be a feature length film.
Shot on super 16mm film format, of approximately 110 minutes duration. Super 16mm ‘blows up’ to 35
mm release prints very well as the aperture of super 16mm is similar to 1:85:1 format of 35mm. Shooting on 16mm is
one third the cost of shooting on 35mm.Super 16mm provides in-camera effects and enhancing production quality, the likes of which have never been done on a local film and which DV cameras are incapable of achieving.
The in-camera effects referred to include the ‘ram-ping’ of camera speeds.
The frame rate of a film camera is constant 24 frame per second (England is 25fps) and we will manipulate the speed from 12fps to 24fps then to 64fps or 90fps back to 24fps during the filming of action sequences. This technique, used extensively in music videos, will enhance
both dancing and action sequences, giving the film an exciting and entertaining first world production slick look, similar to ‘Traffic’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan’. This ‘edginess’ will be very effective in representing the ‘downtown’ look.
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