MatthewNeale KEC AsFilm

It Is what it Is: Mockumentary Script FADE IN: INT. Connors House - Mid-day Connor is INSIDE his house, GETTING ready for football, Connors MOTHER is SITTING in the LIVING ROOM. Connors Mum Tell your brother to be back for 9. EXT. Outside shop - Mid-day Connor is INSIDE the shop PURCHASING an energy drink, WHILE Sam WAITS OUTSIDE the shop to continue QUESTIONING Connor.Connor LEAVES shop with PURCHASED GOODS. Sam (in an inquisitive tone) What did you buy from the shop today Connor? Connor (face stuffed with sweets, using a mumbled tone) Sweets, energy drink and a scratchcard ya dickhead. Sam (not surprised) How Pleasant. HIDDEN figure walking towards connor in an AGGRESSIVE manor. Sun FACING his back, So His Shadow is AHEAD of Him Connors Brother (Aggressively) Give us all your fucking money, Yeah run that shit bitch… Connor (Nervously) For fucks sake,not again. Connors Brother Faggit. Connor Mum wants you back by

Our film, It is what it is, is a mockumentary based on the life of a teenager named Connor. Throughout the planning of the film our initial ideas on how the film would represent the life of Connor was focused primarily on Connors actual life and how he would normally go amongst his day-to-day business. Because of this we didn't have need for props or to set-up scenes, which added to the realism and also helped to create the idea of the mockumentary being based around Social-Realism and the idea that this is how Connor actually lives. This idea was supported from the opening scenes where firstly we seen an upward panning shot of the apartments in which Connor lives at, Followed next by a panning shot of Connors bedroom. Which presents the audience with a massive pile of rubbish and empty takeaway trays with food still present in them. This image was not created by us, the producers, but was already how it was when we entered the room, which further presents the idea of how people w

storyboard for it is what it is shot 1: fades into an establishing shot of Connors flat and fades into the title card shot 2: fades into connors filthy room and pans around   shot 3: sam meets connor at the shop to discuss what he purchased and Connor is mugged for his belongings shot 4:  sam and connor take a stroll and discuss life and the attack shot 5: connor trips over his own feet and responds very angrily  shot 6: sam has lost Connor until he comes sprinting up with a cigarette he has found shot 7: Connor and sam discuss the cigarette found before Connor is chased away by the same attacker from the shop    shot 8: connor is found battered behind a bin sam helps him up