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20 April 2011
14 April 2011
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Risk Assessment
Production title: Voices
Location address: st johns wood/park
| Area of consideration / concern | Procedures / actions to be taken / regulations to comply with |
| Rain whilst shooting outside | Wait till the rain clears up before taking camera equipment outside. If rain does not clear up book to shoot for another day. |
| Moving Camera equipment from different locations. | Make sure all equipment is wrapped up safe before moving. Spread the equipment carrying evenly between each team members. |
| Long hours of filming | Make sure we take breaks in between shooting. |
| Camera cables | Be very careful of all the wires tangled on the floor. As someone could trip and injure themselves whilst damaging equipment. |
| Infant children on set | Make sure they do not touch any camera equipment. Make sure all crying is not caught on film. |
Minutes From Meeting
Production:
Production team: Group 4
Date: 4TH February 2011
Those present: Irfaat, Marcia, Courtney and Detjona
Apologies for absence: None
Matters discussed:
2) Props and location: how to get to the location from where we live. How are we going to travel from one location to the other? Who is carrying what? Find fake blood or a substitute. How long can we use the location for?
Action taken / to be taken (and by whom):
1) Replacement actor found, called all actors made sure they knew what was happening, what time they had to be there and what they had to do.
8 April 2011
6 April 2011
In Depth Interviews
Interviews
Name: Najma Nurudin
Age: 18
What do you like about thrillers?
I like the fact that most of the thrillers are different to other movie’s .thrillers bring fear and anticipation in us in a different way than other movies. I also like the fact that most thrillers have twists in the end which i really look forward to seeing in movies because if it’s the same old ending the movie’s become predictable and really boring. I also like the fact that thrillers are not only horrors like others think there are psychological thrillers which are my favourite because they make you think about what happens.
What is your favourite thriller and why?
My favourite thriller at the moment is ‘’Saw’’. The first one was by far the best as it really made me evaluate my life after watching it. I do not think that the sequels lived up to the first one as they tried to make them similar but different to the first one but did not succeed in doing so. Also the publicity and the hype about the last movie caused them to make more and more which were then not as good as the first. The reason i like ‘’saw ‘’ in particular because there was gruesome murders that were not expected and also tension and anticipation in most of the film especially at the end when you don’t know whether they would live or die.
What do you find particularly scary or thrilling in a thriller?
Well I seem to be more scared of the unusual things in the thrillers. While most people will find gruesome and untimely deaths in thrillers scary I find them funny. I was more afraid of the little doll on the bike in ‘’saw’’ as its eyes seems to stare into my soul. The reason being so is that because you try to remind yourself that it is just a movie you still get captivated and think that is reality. Another movie which scared me senseless was ‘’chucky’’ it especially creped me out as I had a doll which was about the same size as chucky at the time and every time I went to sleep I used to think it would come to life and kill me *laughs* I think that if the thriller is realistic and can happen in everyday life especially if it relates to you it will scare you more.
If you were to make a thriller who/what would you star as the monster/bad person?
Hhhhmmmmm, I think most thrillers are middle age men killing people, but if i was to make a thriller I would make it completely different like add something really unexpected as the killer like a spoon or some sort of animal like a horse. I think that the spoon would defiantly surprise viewers and if done properly can really make the audience fear there cutlery *laughs* but on a serious note something unusual and scary that has never been done before.
Do you prefer thrillers to have a happy ending?
No way, happy ending are boring especially if it’s a thriller/ horror their needs to be excitement and death or a twist at the end. Otherwise thrillers will not give a thrill as they will be predictable.
Name: AndrΓ© Williams
Age: 16
What do you like about thrillers?
I used to be a big fan of thrillers when I was a little boy but now I’m older they don’t thrill me and scare me so you could say that I don’t like thrillers . If I had to pick something I would say I like all the killings.
Anything else?
I like the fact that all the girls die first and all the guys live and kill everyone.
What is your favourite thriller and why?
My favourite thriller is the godfather. I love all that kind of stuff like gangster mafia killings and that and how the guy put a horse’s head in the other guys bed to teach him a lesson. If all thriller movies were like that I would watch them more. I especially hate all the confusing thrillers like ‘’inception’’ it made no sense and was really boring the only good bit was the bit in the car when they all got shot at.
What do you find particularly scary or thrilling in a thriller?
I’m a grown boy now so I don’t really find a lot of things scary especially movie’s because I know there not real. The only one that kind of scared me was paranormal activity because apparently it was based on a true story and there were really jumpy bits in it like at the end when the boyfriend’s body is chucked at the screen. I totally didn’t expect that. We went to watch it in the dark as well so by the time we got out the cinema it was like past midnight totally dark and we had to walk all the way home because the busses and trains weren’t working it was only like a half hour walk but there was like 5 boys all together and we were all scared.
If you were to make a thriller who/what would you star as the monster/bad person?
I would star myself because I am a young black man it would be totally stereotypical and everyone would expect that which I guess would get rid of the element of surprise. But I would like film it in the ghetto with like all the gangs and stuff because no one has done that before and I think loads of people like me like people from my generation would come and watch it because it can relate to them. The ghetto is a scary place so why not film a thriller there right, like all the thrillers are like in haunted castles and places like that which are already really scary like the ghetto. I think that it would be a really good film and loads of people will come and watch it.
Do you prefer thrillers to have a happy ending?
Naaaahhh happy endings are like for comedy’s and romance movies and stuff why would you have a happy ending in a thriller that’s just so dead. If I made a thriller in my ending everyone die’s, the good person, the bad person, people walking by they all die. That would be the best ending to a movie I think.
Thank you for your time.
4 February 2011
2 February 2011
Script
Script
Main company logo.
Fade to black.
Fade up: (Red Chillers font):
You hurt the ones you love the most
1) Int. Bedroom (Day)
a) HA MS over the shoulder Bethany laying on her bed, drawing pictures of her mum on a sketch pad, with several attempts already torn off.
MUM (VO)
Bethany, I told you to come and help me set the table!
b) LS Bethany collecting the sketch papers up.
MUM (VO)
Don’t make me come up there again!
c) Mid Over the shoulder shot of Bethany looking at the door
BETHANY (Shouting)
Coming now, OK?
d) Bethany rushes to collect her drawings up now, as she is threatened by her mum’s arrival.
MUM (VO)
5 ... 4 ...
2) Int. Kitchen
a) CU mum putting down knife on chopping board, staring to go towards the hall.
MUM
3 ... 2 ...
3) Int. Bedroom
a) LA MS Bethany stuffing sketches under the bed.
b) LS Bethany leaving the bedroom, revealing that there is still some sketches in view.
c) CU sketches, showing death scenes.
d) MS Bethany bumps into her mum just as she is closing the door.
e) CU mum’s impatient face.
MUM (SHOUTING)
Oh Bethany, look at this room! It’s a mess!
f) POV shot of the messy room, ending on Bethany.
MUM (VO)
Young lady, why don’t you tidy things up as you go along? I want all that to wash.
g) LS mum starts tidying up the bed, putting away the colouring books and crayons etc. She spots the sketches sticking out from underneath the bed.
MUM (picking up pile of clothes)
Washing machine. Now!
h) Bethany leaves the room with the pile of clothes.
4. Int. Landing
a) CU sock falling on landing floor.
5. Int. Bedroom
a) MS Mum looking down at semi-revealed sketches.
MUM
What the ...?
b) LS LA underneath the bed as arm reaches towards the pile of screwed up papers in the middle.
c) Reverse angle MS Mum holding the picks out the papers from underneath the bed. She turns to look more towards camera at one of them.
d) BCU sketch of death scene in park, with the words “Little Miss Perfect” on.
e) CU look of concern on mum’s face.
Flashback dissolve to:
6. Ext. park
(Negative effect)
a) Tracking POV shot LS of mum pushing Bethany on swing.
b) MS brother walking towards them, with another boy and a girl.
c) LS the three of them together at the swings (SRS sequence).
BROTHER
I’m going now, OK? Got to meet Courtney in twenty, remember? She’ll kill me if we’re late.
MUM
But you promised to get some sweets and a drink for Bethany.
BROTHER
Got em here (taking out from jacket). Little Sweeties for Little Miss Perfect ....
(Giving to Bethany, who snatches them)
You haven’t seen half the things she does when you’re not around.
Flash forward dissolve to:
7. Int bedroom
a) CU of mums shocked face.
b) CU of mums hands flicking through papers
c) BCU Mum’s face.
d) BCU bedroom scene on paper ....
Flashback dissolve to:
8. Int Mum’s bedroom (Night)
a) LS Bethany standing by her mum’s double bed holding her pillow and teddy bear.
b) Close up of mum’s face sleeping.
c) MS Bethany creeping strangely towards her mum.
d) CU Bethany’s hand stroking her mum’s hair.
e) MS Bethany steps back, suddenly forcing her pillow onto her mums face with anger, the mum shocked into being awake ...
f) BCU Bethany’s face grimacing, overpowering her mother with a strange force.
g) Graphic match of the eyes as she snaps back to reality.
Flash forward dissolve to:
9. Int bedroom
a) POV MCU mum looking down at papers, dumbfounded.
b) LS mum walking out of the bedroom, carrying the papers and shutting the door behind her.
10. Int Kitchen (Night)
a) Establishing shot Bethany by the window.
b) MS mum walking into the room (from behind).
c) MS Bethany, tilt down to reveal knife in her hand.
d) MS mum looking at the knife, and then Bethany.
MUM
What is that? What are you doing with that knife?
e) MS of Bethany walking towards her mum slowly.
BETHANY:
I’m here to save you mummy.
f) (Canted angle) CU Bethany’s face as she slowly moves toward her mum.
f) (Canted angle) BCU Bethany slowly lifting up the knife and smiling.
Fade to black.
VO MOTHER
Scream .... (as knife is plunged into her)
5 January 2011
Proposal
Thriller Proposal
Brief
Our target audience was 15-35 year olds therefore we were asked to create a 2 minute opening sequence to our own thriller movie for this age range.
Research findings
In our research we found out that the key to a good thriller is the use of music and sound effects. Most people said that music is what makes the ‘’thrill’’ in the thriller as it creeps in unexpectedly and induldges the audience. Low key lighting is essential as it doesn’t reveal too much as to what is happening and leaves an element of surprise. The genre we have decided on is a horror thriller as we can come up with more advanced and in depth scripts based on our experiances watching horror movies. We also think that they appeal more to our age range and target audience 15- 35 year olds as they will be allowed to view some aspects of violence. For our subject we concentrated on the element of suspicion as we wanted to make our child actress as spooky and twisted as possible. Costume is important as it reveals a lot such as if the girl is wealthy, what era they are living in and the characteristic of the kid. Although we would like out thriller to be a big Hollywood box office film due to our production being set in a British location with unknown British actors we feel that it would be a British independent film.
Initial Ideas
Irfaat
In my idea the overall plot would involve Jack,12 year old boy who is guilt stricken after his younger sister recently passed away. His mother is neglecting him as she assumes it is his fault. Jack claims to see her but no one believes him. Mary (the dead sister) keeps pestering jack to do bad things like their mum or she will be forced to kill him. If he succeeds then he will be rewarded with something in a mysterious box. He tries to tell his mother but she won’t listen so he is left with a terrible decision.
For the opening sequence, we fade up an extreme close-up of bright blue eyes which slowly fade to bright red. The camera tracks backwards revealing an empty house with a boy sitting in a corner covered in blood, a dead woman's body lying lifeless in front of him. The camera pans down to a photo of a little girl on the floor nearby. It then cuts to a flash back of a close up of the little girl’s feet standing on the ledge. Voice over of little boys voice saying '' jump Mary , go on you won’t fall and hurt yourself go on , if you do I'll show you what's in my box , just jump'' while camera pans up revealing girl looking worried fade to blackness voice over of screams then zooms into the moon which then graphic matches to mother's eye. Cut to close up of hands laying down a flower on a gravestone pan up to the name on the gravestone. Cut to medium shot of mum hunched on the floor crying and the ghost of the little girl holding mums shoulder. Cut to little boy standing at the train station with mother. Little girl’s stands on the other platform while people walking past. Boy says to mother '' mom i can see Mary, mom she's pm the other platform'' mother says to boy '' don't be stupid Mary's dead'' medium close up of Mary waving. Train goes past and Mary disappears. Over the shoulder shot of jack in the bathroom looking in the mirror suddenly Mary appears '' you have to do it, look in the box you will find it, go and kill mom'' Mary says '' i can’t, Mary tell me what's going on tell me why you’re doing this'' jack says jack turns around ( eye line match and shot reverse shot while dialogue is going on also following the 180 degree rule.) Mary is gone. extreme close up of box hands opening box camera pans up revealing the boys worried face then cuts backs to the box slowly opening suddenly the door is opened. The camera quick cuts from door to box being suddenly closed. cut to the word jack engraved on the tree.
Courtney
Overall in the film, the main characters are a mother, father and two children, a girl aged 8 and a boy aged 11. They are on a camping trip in a quaint little forest. It is autumn time and the forest is covered in leaves and becoming more dark and cold each day. They plan to stay there for a long weekend and participate in traditional things like toasting marshmallows on a campfire and going for long walks. After their happy first night they awake in the morning to find their car drowned in the middle of the lake as if somebody has pushed it into there. They think it is another group of young campers trying to pull a prank on them. As they try to use their phones to call out to friends and family they soon find that they have no signal and the only way to get out of the forest is by foot. The camera keeps flashing back and forth from the families dilemma to someone spying on the family from behind the tree’s and they are breathing in a un-humanly way. As night dawns they have to set up their tent as the children are getting tired. The little girl is spooked by shadows she can see through the tent and the noise of tree’s swishing in the wind. They wake up the next morning to find the girl missing. As they run around the area looking for her the mother comes across her body on the cold damp floor. She is lying face down. The mother runs to her and screams for the little girl to respond as she turns her body around, a half bitten face is revealed. Dripping with blood you wouldn’t even be able to identify that it is the same girl as half her face is missing. Suddenly it dawns on the family that there is something big and evil lurking around the forest.
The opening two minutes of the film will feature a mum and son standing on a quiet motorway with a forest far in the distance. The mum has blood on her face and ripped clothes and the boy looks scrubby and dirty and is grasping onto his mum. They are trying to thumb a lift from passing cars. The camera zooms into their faces and then they become blurred as the forest comes into focus. As the camera zooms right up into the forest a loud pitched scream is heard and the screen goes black. Then we see a family un-loading stuff from the car. Laughter can be heard as there is a MCU of two children rolling down a hill.
Detjona
What I had in mind to do was basically have one character and she would be an alcoholic at 23 who was going through a phase in her life where she would be really alone. What happen are her subconscious acts on her and it’s this little girl from her childhood who speaks to her. Thinking the younger girl actually exists the older girl starts to listen to her as she feels they are friends.
the first thing we see is a close up of the older girls eye it has to be red and look quite tired to show she is drunk so the audience gets an idea of her alcohol problems. Then we cut to her looking in the mirror and saying 'what do I do?' to herself and the younger girl emerges from the dark behind her saying 'you know what you have to do'. This cuts to a clip of her childhood and the older girl if the young girl now and she are being molested by her step-dad which has now led her to be the person she is. We then cut again to her being in an AA meeting at the age of 23 and she doesn’t really want to be there but she’s been sent there by her mum. So we get a close up of her face introducing herself to the group. We then cut again to a side view of her face and her in a car driving and drinking and the little girl next to her. The young girl keeps saying 'you can do it' making her voice gets faster and louder as the car accelerates. Then the older girl starts to cry and says 'I can’t' as we see flashbacks of her childhood. The scene then finishes with a long shot of the car driving off. Titles roll with crew names.
Marcia
My initial idea involves an overall film plot featuring a 12 year old boy who’s an orphan. He lost his parents when he was 2 so he didn’t have any parental love. He was looked after by his grandparents until he was 5. His grandparents sensed that there was something wrong with him so they put him into a care home. He would always lash out at strangers and get into fights with people a lot older than him. He was quite secluded and kept himself to himself. One day, a woman arrives at the care home to start her new job and he finds out that she used to be in the same care home as Jack until her mother died and she became a bit crazy and demented and had to be put into a mental institute. The boy whose name is Jack becomes really attached to the woman named Jeni. She reveals to him that she had a son but he died stillborn. They both stick to each other and enjoy each other’s company. The only downside is that Jeni still hasn’t gotten rid of the crazy part of her mind and she does everything to keep little Jack safe. Jack on the other hand, doesn’t take too kindly to her wanting to keep him safe and decides to take action.
My idea for the opening sequence is to have Jack staring out of a window in the living room. Behind him the curtains are closed, isolating him. He then steps back slightly, moving the curtain to stare down at the floor. Lying there is a body. Who’s the body on the floor?
There is then a flashback of Jeni and Jack talking about their personal experience with the loss of their parents; Jeni with her mum and Jack with both his mum and dad. Jeni and Jack are outside in the garden on the swings talking when suddenly Jeni seems visibly shaken, telling Jack that she lost her son and wants to care for Jack like her own. Jack doesn’t like this and screams at her telling her that he already has a mum and doesn’t need another one. Jeni tells him that his mum passed away but he refuses to believe it. He then rushes inside.
Back in real time, we now see Jack stroking long, bloody hair and speaking in a hushed tone, “Yes, mother you were right. I will love you forever.”
He then has a flashback. This time he’s in a classroom and everyone’s drawing pictures of their family but Jack isn’t. He’s drawing a picture of a black house and his mum and dad covered in blood, with coffins all in darkness. His teacher see’s the picture, tries to snatch it off him but he refuses. She then sends him to the head teacher.
Jack then comes out of the flashback and you see a tear streaming down his cheek. He turns towards the body and hugs it saying, “Here you go mummy. You won’t throw my picture away. You’ll cherish it forever just like you cherish me.” He takes out the picture from his pocket and places in the body’s hand, kissing it while he does that.
After that he goes into a third flashback of him being surrounded by children in a birthday party being asked to do a dare after losing a competition. The dare was to see who could pull their own tooth out and because he lost he had to do that dare. He eventually pulls it out to the disgust of the children. The parents after seeing him do this send him home embarrassing him in front of the children. He sees a drip of blood fall from his lip and catches it with his tongue. He starts to laugh and you see a glimmer of evil in his eyes. It’s from that moment that the audience realise that he’s different from other young boys.
Jack comes out of the flashback again and pulls out a tooth from his pocket. He then places it in the body’s mouth saying, “Mommy, I think you’re missing a tooth.” He starts to get angry because the tooth isn’t going in. He starts stabbing the tooth into the body’s gums, screaming and laughing while he’s doing it.
Similar Textual Analysis
Film title - shutter Island
Genre - crime/ physiological thriller
Target audience - 16 +
''Shutter island'' is about two marshal's getting sent to an island to find a missing patient at the institute but all goes wrong for one of the marshal as he finds out that all is not what it seems at Shutter Island. Shutter Island has a closed narrative as there is no sequel because you find out what happens at the end. It has a single strand narrative as it concentrates on one story line throughout the film. Also a Non-linear narrative as it jumps from flashbacks to reality, investigative narrative as the marshals are trying to find out where the patient escaped to and a realist narrative as the events that took place could happen in real life. The mode of address in shutter island is very formal as they are Federal Marshal's even though they seem rather friendly to each other they both are well spoken. During the first 5 minutes of the film I did not see any intersexuality.
The themes that showed in the opening sequence were mainly 1) fear as teddy Daniels was scared of water 2) loss as teddy lost his wife and work 3) authority as the Marshal's took their job very seriously. Water was the main motif they used as they begin with the sound of water before you sees anything, they zoom into the ocean and the tap running, Teddy mentions the word water several times when he's talking to himself in the bathroom and when he admits his fear of water. ''It’s just water'' he says '' A lot of water'' and '' I just can’t stomach the water ''. The fact that the other marshal calls Teddy ''boss'' and also says '' you're a legend'' tells the audience that teddy is well known and must be good at his job if everyone knows him also the fact that other Marshal calls him ''boss'' shows that he has higher authority even though Teddy talks to him as an equal which shows that he is a nice and genuine man.
The ideology in the sequence was when Teddy was sea sick most people think that if you have traumatising past experiences with something then it turns out you later on in life will be scared of the thing. The audience assumes that he has had a past experience with water as it really makes him sick that he cannot stand properly.
There were only males in the opening sequence. The two marshal's were represented as smart ''you must be the smartest out you’re bunch if they picked you for this'', tough as he was holding his emotions back when he was talking about his wife ''I'm so sorry''....''Its fine'' and also down to earth as they were joking about and telling each other about their life’s. The older man who looked like the Captain of the ship was rude as he told the marshal's to hurry up getting of the ship. I think that the Captain feels like he knows more about the Island that's why he is mean to the marshal's and also the fact that he has to drive the ship while the marshal's sit back and relax makes him angry as well. In this scene the Marshal's are shown to have more authority over the captain because they are always at the front of the frame and the Captain remains at the back. When they reach the island the authority is reversed as they had to be escorted by police .This shows that they are not trusted in this new environment or maybe it is for their safety. The stereotype of marshal's are sneaky and clever also very serious. The two men break this stereotype as they are very down to earth but also have their jobs as their first priority. The ''star'' of the film is Leonardo Dicaprio. He is the first face you see on camera, there are many close ups of his face and also the camera stays on him longer than the other characters. He is well known for other films like ''titanic'' and ''inception'' other than that he is also a very diverse actor.
The first shot is a long shot of a boat emerging from the distance .This shows that they are at the sea and the scene that we are about to see will have some reference to the boat. There then is a lot of close-up's of Leonardo Dicaprio and what he is doing the use of close up's is very effective as the audience have just been introduced to these characters which gives us a chance to see them close-up. Leonardo dicaprio is the only one in the sequence who has frames by himself all the other actors have to share frames this is because Leo has the main role in the film and by doing that it establishes his role in the film. There is a long establishing shot of the island. This shows how big the island is. Also the fact that it was far away makes it more menacing as it is there and are going towards it and it has two men standing there waiting for them when they arrive which makes the two marshal's nervous and anxious because they have just found out the history of the island.
The first sound you hear is the sound of water which immediately shows that that the sequence will have something to do with water. There are ambient sounds of birds in the background and also the sounds of waves crashing against the boat. Other than that there is Diagetic sound of the boat horn which was enhanced to make it louder this is alarming as it was silent. The music right at the beginning with the credits was a scratchy violin type of sound. This showed that the film was a thriller as the music was unnerving. When they go to a flashback there is incidental music to help the atmosphere of the scene. The music was very sad so it shows that this was a sad memory and part of his life. '' A mental hospital for the criminally insane'' this shows that this is no ordinary mental institute but for the criminally insane which then adds tension and suspicion to the scene it opens a lot of questions in the audience's head like why are the marshal's sent there ? Why is this institute separated from the rest of the world? ''The harbour is the only way in and out of the island''.'' I would appreciate if you would hurry getting off the boat'' these quotes show that the island is a secluded area which is hard to get to also an undesirable place to be.
There were no special effects in the opening sequence.
The beginning credits all faded to black to the next name. This showed it was a thriller because if you watch most thriller trailers all the clips fade to black. All of the transitions were cut from shot to shot this is to show that nothing out of the ordinary has happened yet. There was a flash back when Teddy was talking about to his wife which then cross-cuts to a close-up of the ocean which makes the audience assume that the wife died of drowning or something water related but we soon realise that she died from a fire. There was superimposition at the beginning where it says ''Boston Harbour Island 1954'' which establishes the scene and date as well.
The scene was set on a boat travelling to a deserted island in the middle of a large ocean. The only prop in the sequence were cigarettes which showed that they were both smokers. The handcuff’s hanging from the ship also shows that the ship is no ordinary ships but probably one were prisoners are taken. The marshal was dressed smartly in a suit hat and tie this showed that they were not on vacation but were on business and probably work related. Leo was the only one who was in a shot by himself which showed his importance. All the character's facial expressions were serious and Leo was hunched over to show that he was not feeling well. Lighting was dull and dreary which is convenient as they said there was a storm coming it was also ambient light no artificial light used. All of the characters were wearing dark and dull colours which complemented the mood well as it showed it was a dark depressing time and also gave the idea that the rest of the film will be like this as well.
The two marshal's outfits showed that we were not in the 21'st century as people do not wear that anymore also their accents showed that they were from Boston.
In the first opening five minute's we see two Marshal's on a boat heading towards an Island which we soon find out is a mental institute for the criminally insane. One of the Marshal is hunched over a toilet then splashes water over his face before joining the other marshal. They talk about their life's and find out about each other and what they are getting themselves into before they onboard the ship. We connote that the two marshal's are there for business as they are in uniform and that the marshal hunched over the toilet is being (sea) sick and has to splash water over his face to pull himself together. We connate that they are talking about their lives and introducing each other because they have not met before and to prepare themselves for the long journey they have ahead.
I feel that I have got the preferred reading as I am already captivated by the first 5 minutes and am eagerly waiting. Someone who found it boring would have gotten the oppositional reading.
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