Documentary Step Out Lines draft (Work in Progress 30/1/16)

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Slug-line	Int. Robert Rodriguez: Rebel Without a Crew
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Characters in scene	Danny Trejo as the narrator. Robert Rodriguez, multiple clips of film-makers quickly discussing his influence on Latin American cinema and the American New Wave scene including Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Cheech Marin, Antonio Banderas etc.
Point of scene	Briefly introduce Robert Rodriguez as a film-maker and demonstrate his influence on Latin American Cinema.
Conflict	Financial obstacles that Rodriguez had to overcome to develop his first feature length film "El Mariachi".
Ending/ central question	How will he overcome his financial struggle and how will creation of the final product influence a generation of aspiring independent film-makers?
Scene description (without dialogue) A compilation of clips from behind the scenes of "El Mariachi" and "Desperado" with narration from Danny Trejo, featuring several interview highlights from other film-makers, actors and family discussing Rodriguez and his work. The editing throughout will be quick, somewhat choppy with the delivery of each take along with a stylised film grain filter reminiscent of 70's exploitation cinema.

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Slug-line	Int. Día de Aficionados
End point of last scene	Narrator briefly discusses Robert Rodriguez's career, specifically El Mariachi, along with anecdotes from respective film-makers, actors and family members.
Characters in scene	Robert Rodriguez, David Rodriguez, Tina Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
Point of scene	Narrator introduces Rodriguez, giving the audience some background on his childhood and how his interest in film was sparked.
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Ending/ central question	How will Rodriguez's early experience with film would affect his creative strive and process during the development of "El Mariachi"?
Scene description (without dialogue) This scene will briefly discuss Rodriguez's early years, including childhood and film related activities all placed in context and with a focus upon the production of "El Mariachi". This includes interviews with family members discussing Rodriguez's gradual interest in film making. This is complimented by pictures and found footage from his childhood that is shown between interviews along with narration from Danny Trejo. Scene ends with Rodriguez starting production of "El Mariachi" with a still image of him holding a camera on set before cutting to black.

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Slug-line	Int. Historia del Bandido Solitario: Capítulo Uno
End point of last scene	The last of Rodriguez's inspiration up to the point of conceptualising "El Mariachi".
Characters in scene	Rodriguez's family, Cheech Marin and Antonio Banderas
Point of scene	Showing the production of "El Mariachi", from pre-production, into main production and post-production and showing what influenced specific features during these three stages of production.
Conflict	Struggles of production, (i.e. writer's block, looking for a creative spark, hardships of working on a low budget etc).
Ending/ central question	Finalising of the film's production. Will the film will be a success upon release?
Scene description (without dialogue) Scene shows footage highlights from production of "El Mariachi" which is shown between interviews and monologues from individual members of Rodriguez's family who explain his work cycle and his thought process in relation to his Latin American roots and how they may have influenced him as a child or in the events leading up to production. These are explained further by the narrator who also goes into specific detail regarding the production value and the obstacles Rodriguez had to overcome in all aspects of the film. The scene concludes with the final shot of the film and Antonio Banderas quickly exclaiming it's success which is spoken in voice over.

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Slug-line	Int. Historia del Bandido Solitario: Capítulo Dos
End point of last scene	"El Mariachi" is completed and a quick summary is given of it's success.
Characters in scene	Tina and David Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino.
Point of scene	To show how Rodriguez advanced after the creation of "El Mariachi" and how what he learned from the production of the movie, aided him during the creation of his sophmore work "From Dusk till Dawn" and later, the sequel to El Mariachi, Desperado.
Conflict	The cons of critical acclaim and success and the development struggle in the planning of his next movies.
Ending/ central question	How will his influences in style in terms of music, cinematography and editing and what he developed upon from working on El Mariachi, carry forth in his next films and will they be as successful particularly with the higher budget?
Scene description (without dialogue) The first half of the scene describes the success garnered after the release of "El Mariachi" including notoriety from other film-makers who wished to work alongside him upon viewing the movie, including Quentiin Tarantino who is then shown in an old interview after the release of Pulp Fiction discussing what he planned on making next which then segues to several clips from the film, "From Dusk till Dawn" while cutting back and forth between two separate interviews, one with Cheech Marin, one with Quentin Tarantino and the other with George Clooney all discussing Rodriguez as a director on the set of that film, in particular.

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Slug-line	Int. Trials and Tribulations
End point of last scene	Rodriguez's begins to plan for his next set of movies, including From Dusk till Dawn and Desperado.
Characters in scene	Robert Rodriguez, Antonio Bandera, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Cheech Marin, Salma Hayek.
Point of scene	To show the new standards set for Rodriguez's next set of movies and how he overcome the challenges that an amateur filmmaker faces with in the hollywood system and what influenced him to develop in this new creative environment.
Conflict	Struggles of dealing with production companies and tackling budget with higher quality filmmaking.
Ending/ central question	How will Rodriguez move forward as he is getting into the production of Desperado?
Scene description (without dialogue) Behind the scene footage from 'From Dusk till Dawn' playing with audio from interviews with Robert Rodriguez, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. Showing focus upon how they practised got inspired for the role or, in Rodriguez's case, the production. After this, narration is provided to explain the success after the film's release and critical and audience reaction to the film. Finally, an old interview with Rodriguez is shown, explaining the possibility of a sequel to 'El Mariachi' maybe in the works. Scene fades to black.

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Slug-line	Desperado!
End point of last scene	Production begins on Rodriguez's next feature film, "Desperado".
Characters in scene	Antonio Banderas, Robert Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi
Point of scene	An entire summary of the production of Desperado with a focus on the creative process and the factors that inspired Rodriguez to do carry out tasks in specific ways.
Conflict	Rodriguez finding trouble with basic production issues, how he overcame them and the methods used.
Ending/ central question	The completion of Desperado and a personal reflection of the production.
Scene description (without dialogue) Begins with the initial idea for a sequel for El Mariachi, with shots of Robert Rodriguez at meetings discussing ideas and storyboards, with additional commentary from Rodriguez himself and Antonio Banderas. Then cuts to production where we see clips of movie being shot from behind the scenes while interviews with Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Salma Hayek and Steve Buscemi can be heard. Finally, leading towards post production, we see straight footage of Rodriguez editing the movie and finalizing the final film.

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Slug-line	Int. Epilogue
End point of last scene	The completion of Desperado
Characters in scene	Robert Rodriguez and  Danny Trejo
Point of scene	To conclude the documentary and summarise the information previously provided with a personal anecdote from Robert Rodriguez.
Conflict	n/a
Ending/ central question	Scene ends with a brief summary from Danny Trejo in person.
Scene description (without dialogue) Robert Rodriguez gives a reflective look back across some of the key moments of his early filmmaking career with footage from El Mariachi, From Dusk til Dawn and Desperado is shown to accompany it. The scene ends with Danny Trejo, centre frame, concluding the documentary and summarising the key points of the scene.

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In what ways does the film challenge mainstream film conventions?

In the film, "Chungking Express", director Wong Kar Wai challenges the generic conventions of modern, mainstream cinema through a more avant garde approach of film-making. This is presented through the unique techniques that Kar Wai uses in regards to micro and macro elements. The different stylistic choices are shown with purpose and despite being unconventional, for the most part, allows Kar Wai to establish the film's themes in clever, interesting and most of all thought provoking manner.

A prominent example of the film breaking mainstream conventions in this way is through the cinematography. For a majority of the film, the camera movement is completely spontaneous with no sense of thorough direction or angular placement, complimented by the sporadic activity of the Hong Kong market during the chase scene. This differs from most films due to it's experimental use of pacing, as the chase scene is split in two with a three long shots of chimneys in between as opposed to one clean cut scene where the action is focused and has no other seemingly irrelevant shots added.