Red Five Pitch

Red Five Treatment

Red FiVe Treatment

Three teenagers break into Apex bank to steal millions of pounds... from behind a computer screen. This idea may sound impossible, getting into a millionaire's account and taking their life’s earnings, with a few simple clicks of a mouse. This hacking team, to whom stealing money by the millions is simple, are the lesser known greyhats called Red Five.

Meet the team

Noah: Played by Aaron Esteban, Noah was born into quite the poor family. They were barely getting by, until they were saved by his father's massive tech company. They came into a lot of money, and since he was an only child his dad taught him how to code and build hardware. This skill has made him the handyman of the group, as he can create gadgets and software that most adults couldn’t even dream of building.

Ben: Played by Eoin McCoy, he is the brains of this operation and the mastermind behind the creation of red five. As one of six children, he spend most of his childhood with his eyes glued to a computer screen because of the lack of attention from his family. His only communication was through online forums, and he had a major online presence. But in real life, he found it impossible to even start a conversation. Even though he was quite an introvert, what he lacked in social skills he strongly made up for in hacking skills.

Ava: Played by Niamh Hart, Ava was raised in an atmosphere of acceptance and love, but she’s quite different to the rest of her family. Her father has an extremely corporate job as the owner of a cyber security firm, which keeps him busy a lot. In contrast though, Ava is very artistic and a skilled cartoonist, and she aspires to be an animator. Everything Red Five on the internet was designed by Ava, and she even thought of the name.

This ragtag group of vigilantes hope to bring justice to those affected by cyber crimes. At this point, only security guards and firewalls stand in their way. But the question isn’t will they be able to take the money, its how much money will they take?

Writer's Block Shooting Schedule

DAY 1

We are filming in Art 3 in Rathmore at 3pm. We are going to film chronologically. We will to record the entire film in one 30 minute session. Ciarán Hines and Aaron Esteban are the two actors in this film and Eoin McCoy will be the cinematographer and editor. Aaron has written the treatment and drawn the storyboard, and Ciarán has written the script. The actors will be wearing the Rathmore uniform during filming, however Ciarán will be looking disheveled with his tie loose, top button undone and blazer off. The props necessary for filming will be a piece of paper to throw at Ciaran and a cup of coffee.

DAY 2

We could not complete filming on day 1 due to time constraints. We were able to film a complete rough draft of the film on day 2 and see what we have to fix on the final film. It went well, we finished up to the final scene, which is what we were aiming for. We might need a 3rd day, as the lighting slightly differs from day 1. All the props and costumes were the same, so continuity was not a problem, however a coffee cup was in different places in different scenes which slightly affected continuity. We also added a montage scene to add a professional edge to the film.

DAY 3

This was our final day of filming, where we tidied up most of the film to make it more fluid and more professional. We added more fluid scenes, with less cuts to make it look better. Also we fixed the scenes where the coffee cup was in the wrong place, and re-filmed scenes where the setting sun shining in messed with the white balance of the shot. Although there were very slight continuity errors, we are pleased with the shots we managed to pull off and for an early film believe we did very well.

Shooting Location

Writer's Block Script

Paradox

This is a practice film which allowed us to get used to how filming and editing worked in the real world.

Starring- Ciaran Hines as Professor
Directed by Aaron Esteban
Edited by Eoin McCoy
Music- Rest by Kevin MacLeod