New Story Changes & Shot Ideas

Endings: -

• In the final shot Frank opens the door to be confronted by Rachel, who has been waiting outside. (Or perhaps it is suggested that she dropped the contract through the letterbox).

• Frank meets Rachel who has been waiting for him at the train station.

• Exterior shot of building looking into Frank's apartment from a distance. A sudden flash from within and a muffled gunshot sound effect, implies that he shoots himself.

• In the final shot Frank takes one last puff of his cigar and instead of putting it out he lets it roll on the pavement, suggesting that he will let this contract slide. During the credits a gunshot is heard. (This is rather vague however to suggest that Frank shoots himself).

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The very first shot is an exterior shot of the apartment building. The camera focuses on Frank's illuminated room.

For the final shot a close up of a cigar that bounces and rolls on the pavement before coming to a halt.

To suggest that Frank was not always a gun for hire, I had the idea that there is a a framed photograph of him as a boxer. This suggests that during his younger years he was a successful young man with high hopes.

Additional shot ideas: -

The image above could be used as an establishing shot. It could serve as the first shot of the animation short. This image is an exterior shot looking into Frank's apartment through the windows.

This image is an idea I had for an additional shot to set the scene, this angle has a lovely composition and aesthetic look which I hope to include in the final cut. This shows the vinyl record player playing Air on the G string by Johann Sebastian Bach which Frank is listening to.

This music is supposed to indicate Frank's romantic and gentle side.

The image above is a shot I had in mind in order to strengthen Frank and Rachel's relationship for the viewer's benefit. It depicts Frank and Rachel on a holiday together.

This image is a shot idea I had suggesting that Frank was not always a hit-man, and that he was once during his younger years a successful boxer before gambling and drink found him.

This is another cut-away prop shot to set the scene. This image demonstrates his trouble with gambling and drink.

This image I have used as an exmaple for a shot I had in mind. I had the idea that we first see Frank's face when he leans into the light emitted from the overhead table lamp.

This is a shot idea I had for a close-up of the cigar that is discarded at the end of the film.

This image depicts an alternate ending idea where instead of Frank leaving his apartment, there is an exterior shot similar to the establishing shot. There is a sudden flash from within with a muffled gunshot, suggesting that Frank commits suicide.