I have just finished a first draft of a story about a teenage male who wants to get into the Naval Academy. He is really smart, but sadly he gets into pain killers (OxyConitn) and you watch him slip away as he pushes away his best friend, brother, and finally his parents as they kick him out of the house. I have a permit to film at the airport for two scenes, one when the two boys are there watching airplanes take off and land, and a second scene towards the end when, we'll call him Josh, gets arrested with the OxyContin when he pulls his ID out of his pocket for the police. This is a emotional scene as Josh gets handcuffed and he is standing in front of the police officer, tears dropping from his face as his life collapses. He can't even wipe the tears from his eyes because his hands are handcuffed behind his back. I have arranged for the police department to help me. One of the officers is acting in the movie and will arrest the kid. It ends with him at a drug rehab program at a juvenile detention center. The last scene shows him and his parents at the visiting area of the detention center. I have arranged for Josh to spend 24 hours at a local detention center so he can experience the feeling of being scared, dispair, loss of control etc. and bring that to his role. I'm using a Sony F355 XDCAM HD, jib arm, good lighting and sound. I'm editing on CS3. It should be about 35-40 minutes at 24p in HD.
What do you all think?
What do you all think?