Today's task was to gather an idea for a 10 minute film from a newspaper headline, this is what Gem and I came up with...
Newspaper
Headline:
RADICAL MUSLIMS TARGET YOUNG INMATE IN PRISON.
Title: The Jail House
Rocks.
Genre: Factual Drama /
Documentary
The Idea: Muslim extremists corrupt
the minds of young, vulnerable, petty criminals in the attempt to train them in
terrorism.
Theme: Terrorism / Fooling the
system.
Setting: Belmarsh - High security
prison.
Present
day.
Characters: Abdu Hamza (main enforcer of
terrorism within the prison)\
Abdu’s
followers X3 (Shah, Miaha and Mohammed)
Inmate 1
Inmate 2
Story: Following a story of
two parallel lives of terrorist extremists beside petty criminals which come
together when put in the same cell under a series of events and pressured
circumstances.
When the two
inmates are put into a cell with Abdu Hamza the scenes become darker with a
feeling of fear. The cell is a dark, damp room with little space. As soon as
these characters are introduced the drama begins, Hamza starts to question the
new inmates on their life and beliefs, the men are soon pressured to keep to
Hamza’s rules and life style. At this point it is very clear that Hamza
dominates the cult within the prison. Quickly Hamza and his men work on
convincing the two men, pressuring them into his own beliefs to fulfill Hamza’s
secret task. The actual events of the task are kept secret to the audience
until later on but audience witness training and teachings of highly religious
content.
This is where the
dramatic scenes close and the factual documentary kicks in. News scenes are
shown and the death of two young men who recently left Belmarsh prison is
announced in a suicide bombing.
Interview with
Hamza follows. Hamza defends the attitudes and performance in belief of working
for Allah and the Qu’ran.
Finishes
with ‘Based on a true story and actual events.’
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