This is our script (made by me and Carrick) + storyboard (made by Gio and I).
Project 01/2024-2025 - Newman’s Plot
Script – Written by Carrick Thring and Jaden Mutty
INTRO
SCREEN BLACK
FADE IN – TEXT “A CRIME DOCUMENTARY”
NON-DIEGETIC SOUND – LOW AND OMINOUS MUSIC
FADE IN:
B-ROLLS OF PARLIAMENTARY BUILDINGS
NARRATOR – “IT WAS A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER. CROWDS GATHERED FOR WHAT WOULD BE A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE”
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ALEXANDER DOWNER INTERVIEW – “I’VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE SINCE JOHN HOWARD WAS IN OFFICE, SINCE WE WERE KICKED INTO THE OPPOSITION, I’VE SEEN OUR PARTY DECEND INTO A STATE OF CHAOS. TWO FACTIONS WERE FORMED, THE RADICAL CONSERVATIVES AND THE MODERATES, AND YOU WERE ALWAYS A MEMBER OF EITHER ONE OF THEM, NO IN BETWEEN”
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CAMPBELL NEWMAN LEAVING A CAMPAIGN EVENT WITH COAL MINERS WEARING A HIGH VISIBILITY VEST
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ALEXANDER DOWNER INTERVIEW – “EVER SINCE NEWMAN WAS FIRST ELECTED AS AN MP, I NOTICED THAT HE NEVER AGREED WITH EITHER SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. HE WAS OUR FIRST REAL “IN-BETWEENER”, HE WAS ESPECIALLY REALLY GOOD AT UNITING THE PARTY ROOM.”
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B-ROLLS OF PEOPLE IN THE PARK AND PARKLAND AREA
NARRATOR – “THE AIR IS CHARGED AS NEWMAN, A CENTRAL FIGURE OF THIS HISTORIC RALLY PREPARES TO ADDRESS THE NATION
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RUSS HINZE INTERVIEW – “THERE WAS A LOT OF HYPE BUILDING UP TO THE NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION”
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ALEXANDER DOWNER INTERVIEW – “THE CONVENTION WAS REALLY HYPED UP, WE WERE SURGING IN ALL THE OPINION POLLS. THIS WAS THE ONE CONVENTION THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY EXCITED FOR, THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERED TO US. THIS WOULD MAKE OR BREAK OUR CAMPAIGN.”
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NEWMAN ON STAGE – “25 YEARS OF THIS LABOR GOVERNMENT, WE’VE SEEN A RISE IN POVERTY, RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THIS ECONOMY THROWN DOWN THE TOILET”
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RUSS HINZE INTERVIEW – “THIS WAS OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY WE HAD TO FINALLY WIN AN ELECTION. THERE WERE ABOUT 1300 PEOPLE PRESENT, 900 DELEGATES FROM ACROSS THE NATION.”
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ALEXANDER DOWNER INTERVIEW – “WE WERE VERY EXCITED. THIS ELECTION WAS THE FIRST ELECTION WHERE WE WERE REALLY SKYROCKETING IN THE POLLS. WE HAD A REAL CHANCE TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT IN A LANDSLIDE. LABOR HAD IMPLEMENTED SO MANY TERRIBLE POLICIES THAT THEY MADE THEMSELVES UNELECTABLE. THEY WRECKED THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY, DRAINED THE TREASURY, AND KILLED MANUFACTURING.”
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RUSS HINZE INTERVIEW – “NEWMAN WAS OUR NEW FACE OF THE PARTY. WE HAD A BRAND NEW, REVAMPED POLICY PLATFORM.”
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NEWMAN ON STAGE – “WE WILL BRING BACK JOB MANUFACTURING TO AUSTRALIA. WE WILL END THE ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT THAT THIS GOVERNMENT PUT US IN FOR OVER 25 YEARS”
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ALXANDER DOWNER INTERVIEW – “THEN I SEE A MAN WITH A GUN RUN UP TO NEWMAN ON THE STAGE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT. THE ONE MAN WHO WAS ABLE TO UNITE OUR PARTY ROOM, GONE. WE’D NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN ANOTHER ELECTION EVER AGAIN.”
NEWMAN ON STAGE FIGHTING WITH THE ASSASSIN
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NEWMAN ON STAGE – “I THINK WE’LL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE THE CONVENTION, THANKS FOR COMING OUT FOLKS.”
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CAMPBELL NEWMAN INTERVIEW – “WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NIGHT FULL OF SPECTICAL, I MEAN WE WERE EXPECTING A LOT OF VISITORS, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CAMPAIGN.”
“I BELIEVE THAT ONLY OUR PARTY CAN UNITE THE NATION AND THAT’S WHAT WE’LL CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.”
“I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW HIM RUN TOWARDS ME WITH THAT GUN. I THOUGHT I WAS A GONER, I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD. I FELT MY HEART SINK AS SOON AS I SAW HIM.”
“I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT. THE END OF WHAT WOULD’VE BEEN THE BEST PART OF THE CAMPAIGN”
“MY CRITICS SAY I STAGED IT. I WOULD NEVER TRUST ANYONE OR EVEN MYSELF WITH A FIREARM ANYWHERE NEAR ME ON A STAGE IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE”
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INTRO SCREEN – NEWMAN’S PLOT
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Self-Reflection: Although my contribution was small, it was fun to come up with the ideas for what a presidential assassination attempt crime documentary would be like!
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