Nathans Run

The scene would begin in a suburban, built up area, with a young boy pointing a pistol at an un-uniformed police officer.

Utilising the camera movements, editing and sound design of the scene the feelings, moods and thoughts of the characters will be felt through the audience without revealing any verbal dialogue.

In staging the scene I would re-create the previous scenes with both setting and character styles. Warren Michaels, the policeman, attempts to negotiate with Nathan.

Presenting this scene on film as a director I would use similar issues, ideas and affairs to expose to the audience as Gilstrap presents to his readers. The setting holds a lot of information about previous action in the storyline with a hit man being show dead next to Nathan. His hair is filthy with blood streaked through it, opposite him with his weapon holstered an uniformed police officer with a gold badge hooked over his jacket pocket approaches him cautiously. This will create the boundaries for how the characters will act and react with each other, without creating a static performance in relation to these issues and representation of ideas.

The meaning of this scene, in relation to body language, will show how truth can not only be heard in a person’s voice, but how it can be seen by the way we interact with another person. However when verbal dialogue is used, it will create a secondary form of communication between the two characters, similar to the conflict, this verbal contact between characters won’t over power the interpretation of the scene. The boy, called Nathan Bailey is wearing an oversized shirt with the letters JDC across his back. Using conflict in the storyline to create confusion with the audience, but not too powerful to lose the meaning of the scene.