Plot for narrative action

Plot of narrative action for ‘code’

The thriller opens with security guards in a boardroom touching their ears signifying that the president is about to enter the room. There will be jump cuts to show they are talking about the president’s entry. The president will then enter the room and be greeted by all the people in the room who will all salute him symbolising his importance and that he is the president of the United States. A general will then usher the president over to his desk and place a code setter on the table. The president will be in a rush so all of this will happen at a fast pace as he has to call off a nuclear attack on Cuba. Subtitles will show that they are calling of a strike from Cuba at the beginning of the thriller. The speech will show the date and where the president is. While calling off the attack he will type in the 4 numbers out of six and then he will be shot through the chest. The security guards will then draw their guns to show that they could be expecting another shot. The non-diegetic sound will show suspense as the chief of staff of the United States army and the attorney general will try and type in the rest of the code to call of the strike. The camera will jump cut to the president to show that he is dead and can’t do anything. There will be high pitched music to signify they don’t know what they have done and we will leave it on cliff hanger so the audience won’t know whether they have started a nuclear war or not showing that it is a thriller.

PROPS:

·         Black tie suits

·         American flags

·         Ash tray

·         Type writer traditional

·         Old fashioned telephone 1960s

·         Glasses-

·         Handker chief

·         Guns

·         Walky talkys

·         Old fashioned desk light

·         Army uniform

·         Desk – fonsekers office or cosmos office

·         Documents on table

·         Black dress code for security guards

·         Appropriate hair styles

·         Cigars

·         Computers

·         Confidential papers 

·         Water

·         Decanter or jug for water

·         Pack of ciggeretes for each person