Film Scene Breakdown: A Detailed Analysis of Dale and Kelly's Story

This project provides a detailed breakdown of a film scene, focusing on the story of Dale and Kelly, a couple grappling with loss, grief, and infidelity. The assignment outlines the main story, which revolves around the death of their son, leading Dale to alcoholism and a breakdown in their relationship. The project includes a shortlist of scenes, including a graveyard scene, a bar scene, a bedroom scene, and a backyard scene, each with detailed descriptions of the setting, character interactions, and emotional context. The shooting plan outlines the timings and locations for each scene, emphasizing the emotional impact of the locations. Character briefs are provided for Dale, Kelly, and Kyle, highlighting their roles and motivations within the narrative. The scenes are analyzed in detail, including dialogue, actions, and emotional states of the characters. The graveyard scene depicts Dale's grief, the bar scene shows Kelly's despair, the bedroom scene reveals infidelity, and the backyard scene culminates in a confrontation. The project concludes with a list of references, including books and journals related to directing and documentary filmmaking.

Directing

Contents
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
SHORLIST OF WHOLE SCENES AND STORY.........................................................................3
SHOOTING PLAN.........................................................................................................................3
BRIEF OF CHARACTERS............................................................................................................3
GRAVEYARD DAY SCENE.........................................................................................................4
BAR DAY SCENE..........................................................................................................................4
BEDROOM DAY SCENE..............................................................................................................4
BACKYARD SCENE.....................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
SHORLIST OF WHOLE SCENES AND STORY
In the general scene, life situation of Dale and his wife, they are both suffering from
different miseries in their lives. Recently few months ago they had a major shock, as they lost
their son in a hard road accident. After the death of their son in road accident, a major turn came
in their life which developed a habit in Dale of drinking alcohol. Due to continuity in drinking
routine, Dale got away from his friends as well as from social life. Dale intentionally kicked
away even close friends from his life. The personal and domestic life of Dale and Kelly also got
smashed up which resulted into break of relationship trust. Now, Dale’s wife started to go
outside and spend a long time with her friends which resulted formation of her relationship with
Dale’s friend. There are various scenes in this event like when Dale found her wife cheating with
him. In the scene both the husband wife are angry with each other and the husband is also drunk.
There is an involvement of huge amount of depression in their conversation, which has lead to
angry dialogues.
SHOOTING PLAN
Shooting plan of this whole story will be precise and will be based on different timings
and locations. The first shoot will be performed at cemetery in the night to provide an effective
emotional touch in the scenes. The second shoot will happen in a famous club which has Bar and
restaurant. The second shoot will be performed in night to give a good touch to the Bar scene.
The third shoot which is related to bedroom scene will be conducted a good five star hotel in
order to give an exotic feel to the concerned scene. Backyard scene which is also the final scene
in whole story will be performed at an old house in the daylight which will provide a classical
touch to the scene.
BRIEF OF CHARACTERS
DALE- Dale is husband of Kelly, who is depressed after losing his son in a major incident. Dale
has developed a habit of drinking too much after losing his son. He stays very much depressed
and aggressive in his life after the incident.

KELLY- Kelly is the wife of Dale, who is also in anxiety after losing her son in a tragic
incident. She has started to spend so much time with friends and had a fight with Dale. Kelly
doesn’t talk with dale and they both have serious arguments on daily basis.
KYLE- Kyle is one of the best friends of Kelly, who lives lavish and exotic life and also like
parties. He is a man of calm nature and have affair with Kelly.
GRAVEYARD DAY SCENE
This scene is named as”dealing with things” on the graveyard day, when Dale was sitting
near son’s grave. The mind of Dale was distracted at that particular moment of time as he was
continuously thinking about his son with a can of strong lager in his hands. Dale’s mood was
rough and aggressive as he throws a can with maximum speed on the ground. After drinking
with aggressive mind, Dale takes a deep breath and then stands up and finally touches tube stone.
This scene shows there is a feeling of complex anxiety and psychological disorder in the mind of
Dale which is not acceptable.
BAR DAY SCENE
In this which is related to the Bar day, Kelly who is wife of Dale sits with a confused
mood while looking out of the window. Ryan who is the friend of Kelly enters the room with a
glass full of wine, Kelly asks him about the status of his weekdays. Ryan was drinking
continuously and he replied with a surprised expression that his week was uneventful. With a
quick response to the conversation, Ryan asked about Kelly’s week days and the life situation of
Kelly was bad she replied don’t ask to Ryan. Kelly told Ryan that she is in a habit of drinking
daily and also told Ryan that she slept at the graveyard. Ryan gave sympathy to Kelly by putting
his hands on top of Kelly’s hand and then with a loved face he looked into Kelly’s eyes. Kelly
got little bit impressed by this move of Ryan and smiled in front of him.
BEDROOM DAY SCENE
This scene is related to the bedroom day where Kelly and Kyle are on the bed of the same
hotel. They both enjoyed sex with different positions and got extreme pleasure in their mind.
Kelly was cheating on her husband so suddenly she stopped enjoying on the bed and asked about
time to Kyle as she got a feeling that her husband is about to come. Kelly also see the watch and
was 99% sure that her husband is about to knock the door. Kyle on the other hand was calm
down in this situation and told Kelly not to get panic in the situation. Kyle suggested Kelly not to

rush in that situation and to be calm in that situation. Kyle also suggested Kelly that her husband
Dale will not come as he has moved on his life as there are 8 months gone. In this situation,
Kelly got aggressive and she shouted on Kyle that he cannot let forget her own son.
BACKYARD SCENE
This scene based on the backyard situation when Kelly and the husband Dale met with each
other. Kelly walks in and Dale was standing facing the backyard and the whole situation got
awkward. Dale asked Kelly starting the conversation that where she was since Sixteen hours and
also pointed out on Kelly that if she cares for him or not. Kelly was in a rough mood so shouted
on Dale and replied she cares for him a lot but on the other hand she cross questioned to Dale
that did he care about her. Dale was shocked by this reply and asked Kelly that how can she
assume that he don’t care about her. Kelly also put an accusation on Dale that he drinks a lot and
spends most of his time at bars and pubs. Dale told Kelly that the reason why he do not with her
is that, he saw Kyle and Kelly in the hotel and wondered how she could do such shameful act.
Kelly got shocked and told Dale that she needs his attention in life, as Dale was not giving
attention to his wife, she got involved with Kyle. Dale cried after listening this statement from
Kelly and he got mesmerised with the memories of their son and got emotional. Kelly on the
other hand, screamed loudly on Dale and replied him that she had dealt with various wounds in
her life. Kelly convinced her husband Dale that she is trying to get over her past with huge
efforts and practices. Kelly now walks out of the room and Dale see that tears are also coming
from her eyes in a angry mood. Dale also got angry with an angry mood and aggressive nature
goes inside the room while slamming the door and scene ends

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Hart, P., 2017. Directing the personal documentary: An intersex adventure. Directing for the
Screen, pp.126-133.
Culloty, E., 2019. Documentary Case Studies: Behind the Scenes of the Greatest (True) Stories
Ever Told, edited by Jeff Swimmer. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (17).pp.255-
258.
Behrendt, L., 2019. A personal reflection on self-determining documentary filmmaking
practice. Artlink, 39(2).pp.20-27.
Hayward, K., 2017. Documentary criminology. The Routledge Handbook of Visual Criminology.
Abingdon: Routledge.pp.135-150.
Borum Chattoo, C., 2018. Oscars so white: Gender, racial, and ethnic diversity and social issues
in us documentary films (2008–2017). Mass Communication and Society, 21(3).pp.368-394.