MrGrays...His Story

I decided to Annotate it to help me establish my ideas:
Basic Plot:

Raza is a 26 year old librarian at a city university - quiet and unassuming - he has not been in trouble with the police before.  Both are members of the local Islamic community.  Raza lives at home with his elderly father Idi.  Jack gambles on-line in his spare time and has run up massive debt on multiple credit cards.  Faced with mounting bills and the cost of his father's care Raza faces a difficult decision.

From this first Paragraph- Scene- Camera Shots must establish a normal day or Razas life.
Camera work(Shots, Movements, Angles), Mise en scene(Locations) and Editing must be used to represent his job of being a Librarian at a City University.
The idea of him being quiet and unassuming can be a good thing, then again used against him in court of him not speaking out about his fathers debt. - they don't know it's Jack.
The idea of his dad Jack gambling- could be represented through shot reverse shot of the contrast in location of Jack and Raza. Razas location at the library and Jack sat at home infront lazily infront of a computer on gambling. The idea of them being in masses of debt could be of extreme close ups of letters posting through the door or read letters saying URGENT. Giving emphasis on the words of mounting bills of post at the door- the struggle of opening it.
The Difficult decision-
Can be shown through facial expressions of Raza. Being torn between caring for his father and working. But he must work to some how pay off the debts.
Can also show a representation of his debt through him coming home from work and wanting to buy something to eat or getting money out of the back and there's a overdraft.
Buying something in public- Shop would be more embarrasing being among other characters in the store.
Trying to get money out and seeing the amount he is overdue could help the camera work emphasise on the difficultie- He could smash his first against the machine, A close up of his first could be interperted/anchored as many stress, agressive issues.


Police arrive at the family home to inform Idi that Raza has been arrested at work - charged with the murder of a local man, Frank Cordingley (a colleague of Raza's, from the University - he is a security guard, and ex-soldier - having served in Iraq and Afghanistan).  Cordingley is found dead in his flat, following the extraction of a large amount of money from his bank account.  A neighbour has identified Raza as visiting the house earlier in the day.  Questioning takes place.

The Camera follows a cop car, it stops short of a house. Razas house. Two people- women police officers exit the car, the only sound is their footsteps on the empty street- flowers hanging on the balcony of Franks flat. Peoples curtains-nets twitching as nosey neighbours eyes follow the women as the walk through the front of the garden up to the steps and to Razas front door. The editing moves back to the location of the libary as many police surround the back and front of the premiss. The the signal of a policemans hand- 3 fingers counting down..  3 2 1.
"GO GO GO!" The echoe of the word Go. The police storm through the doors. Ask Raza questions- the sound is blocked out- music is played. The camera work emphasises on the characters lips for the audience to sort of make out what they are saying but can visually see whats going on. The idea of it being Raza is established as the murderer was wearing the same clothes as him and him and Frank were having an arguement over Jack.
Then the words of the policemen " I am arresting you on suspision of Murder, You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you say may be given in evidence."
At that the noise cuts to the sound of the doorbell.
Razas father opens the door. They walk in. He follows them in to the living room. Jack sees them, switches off the computer and acts shifty and alert- through camera shots and transitions within the camera.They gesture the father to sit down. He sits.
The editing changes the camera back to Raza getting assisted to a police van. He gets shoved in. Then the editing changes back to Razas fathers facial expressions of disbelief.

Idi does not believe that his son is capable of such an act - but the situation is complicated by Raza's behaviour. He has retreated completely into himself, and is refusing to speak.  The police inspector DCI Hammond (female) is convinced of Raza's guilt and wants a conviction to bolster the public's confidence in the system.  She is aggressive in her approach and single-minded.  Her sergeant, Sgt. Tomas Imanov does not believe that the evidence adds up (despite being the one to uncover Raza's gambling debts).  He is sympathetic to Raza's case, but frustrated by his vow of silence.

Sound through Dialogue can be used to show Idis beliefs about Raza being innocent- could be talking to a police women, Jack or even muttering to himself- to convince the audience he believes Raza is innocent.
Razas behaviour must be shown through Camera shots( such as close ups) - editing of flashbacks- sound being a sympathetic soundtrack- emphasise on the mood of current events and the emotion of Razas character.

Raza is held on remand in a large, inner-city prison.  The inmates are primarily white and react badly to a Muslim accused of murdering a British soldier.  One of the prisoners (another ex-soldier), Danny Blick is serving 20 years for the rape of a young women.  He takes it upon himelf to organise a campaign of intimidation and violence against Raza.  The prison guards are not sympathetic to Raza, but want to avoid any calls of institutional racism.

Raza is put on Trial at the Old Bailey - he is being prosecuted by a charismatic and ambitious Barrister, Ali, aged 30 (from a Muslim background - but not devout).  Ali realises that a conviction of Raza will be his meal-ticket to landing a promotion to partner at his legal chambers.  His defence lawyer, Stirling Ellison  is an ancient and apparently disinterested barrister (male, 65) who is close to retirement.  Things do not look good for Raza - he finally breaks his oath of silence on the witness stand (under intense pressure from Ali) and the revelation is shocking.  Things go from bad to worse outside the courtroom as sectarian (religious conflict) tension rises in London.  Inside the courtroom, the case is about to go down ... until Striling Ellison rises to make his case for the defence - surprising everybody with a virtuoso perfomance he hasn't put in for years....

Oh ... and by the way ... Raza didn't kill Frank.

It wasn't Raza. At the end of the scene you see a over the shoulder shot from a dark figure, the figure watching Raza. The camera view changes through editing to a close up of the dark figures eyes. The eyes turn get smaller- distant as the camera zooms out to the image of Jack.