Script

This is the final version of the script that everyone had a copy of before shooting. Though the script is only two pages in total I planned for the sixth scene to be a montage of the sex within the hotel room that would occupy a page worth of script. The scenes prior to this scene are also of little or no dialogue, this was down to both the style and nature of the piece I had in mind. I interrogated the fact that these scenes would be silent questioning whether there would be any exchange of dialogue or conversation between the characters ultimately deciding that it would't make sense. I felt that the first scene would be the initial insight into the the prostitutes life exposing the torment and perpetual abuse she suffers for her dictating flesh pedaler. With this first scene being violent shot in a single take to capture the raw emotion of the character dubbed 'Sugar' in the script, I then felt that the next scene would benefit by being silent and refused dialogue to then slow the pace of the film giving the audience time to breathe and take in what they've just seen, in addition this pace shift is intended to set up the hotel scene, my aim was to leave the audience in an active state so that they were unsure as to whether more violence would ensue or the film would progress into a more gentle tone.

To tackle our brief "show violence as a means to an end" I aimed to create a direct relationship to one of the characters in the film I would be directing next year, with a strong focus on the themes so that the piece could be seen from an alternate view from the sisters perspective (Sugar) as well as its own piece of cinema. Initially myself and Tom storyboarded the hotel scene with a shot of Sugar raising a knife to an unknowing client as a final shot which would then lead to the end scene of her sat crying with the knife to her side. However I decided against this shot due to the narrative concept feeling out of place and amateurish, I wanted to suggest the violence again presenting the viewer with a simple scene in which they have to deconstruct. Therefore I drafted the idea of shooting a still POV or locked off shot of the handbag placed on the bedside as a final shot in the sex scene sequence, I felt a long take of the bag after a shot showing Sugar look past the camera would encourage the idea of her intentions, this is confirmed by the final scene capturing Sugar crying in the bathroom stained in blood with a knife to her side a conclusion to her affliction and callous sexcapades.