Individual Task: Idea Presentation

This is my idea for a thriller opening scene, I put together what I thought would make it a good scene.

Spoiler Review For The Fast And The Furious: Toyko Drift.

The film starts with a typical American boy, Shawn, he doesn't really have any friends and looks at the pep rally after school with contempt. As he goes to his car, the local high school hero's girlfriend flirts with him, Clay (the hero) notices this. They make fun of this car and how it's a pure crap regardless of what is said Shawn drives off. Then Clay throws a baseball through the back windshield. Shawn steps out of his car with a wrench, but before he can attack Clay, Clay's girlfiends says she'll go out with whoever wins a race between the two.

The race is set hrough a new construction area and things are not going well for Shawn to begin with. However, he manages to take a side road and ends up beating Clay in the end, after demolishing a house. Clay's girlfriend says "Looks like I have a new date for prom" and then Clay totals Shawn's car by ramming it with his own. After getting booked by the police, Clay's parents and his girlfriend's get them off the charges, due to their connections, but Shawn is looking to go to jail because they're willing to try him as an adult. Shawn's mother comes in, and after flirting with the officer interrogating Shawn, reveals that they've had to move several times due to Shawn's racing. She ends up exhausting her last option by sending Shawn to Tokyo to live with his dad, who serves in the American army's outpost there.

As Shawn arrives and rings the doorbell, dad shows the prostitute he rented for the night out. Shawn comes in and sees the dump which will be his new home. He wakes up to find a formal looking uniform on his bed, and gives it another look of displeasure. Next, Shawn is off to school, he notices an attractive girl, named Neela. Later, as he's eating lunch, another Army brat comes in and introduces himself as Twinkie (Bow Wow), who is doing hustles with American goods. After they leave school, Twinkie shows him his car, which is a van that has basically been made to resemble the Hulk. Shawn asks where all the action is, Twinkie takes him to an underground parking lot.

Shawn see's Neela,they are talking while DK (the local drift king) and his business partner Han talk and wonder who this outsider is. DK walks over and claims Neela. DK starts telling Shawn he doesn't know who he's messing with, Twinkie grabs Shawn and as he's pulling him aside, reveals that DK's uncle is Yakuza. Shawn doesn't back down though. DK offers to race him. Han gives Shawn the keys to his car. At the beginning, Shawn has a big lead on DK. Shawn see's a very sharp turn, but doesn't go around in time, and smashes Han's car. But DK on the other hand pulls off some perfect drifts, putting him miles ahead of Shawn. DK ends up winning in a blowout. Afterwards, Han just tells Shawn not to leave town. Han says he's been doing business with DK, and that DK is trying to prove his worth to his uncle.

Shawn gets home late and gets in trouble with his dad. He agrees to follow his dad's rules after he threatens to send him back home. Next day, Shawn gets picked up Han, who tells Shawn that he will be working with him to pay off smashing his car. Shawn is sentto ask a Sumo wrestler for money, and after getting tossed outside, the wrestler gives Han his money. That night, Han is driving at around 197 km/h two cops register his speed but Shawn notices that they don't start a chase. Han explains that the cop cars are stock models, and can't go over 180, so they don't bother to try and catch you. Shawn asks why people drift, so Han shows him by doing donuts around some girl's car, she then gives Han her phone number. Han takes Shawn to a party. He takes him to his garage inside. Han gives him an Evo, and later on the roof, Han tells Shawn that "Life is simple, you make choices, and never look back". 

 

DK's righthand man starts beating up Twinkie for selling him a broken IPod, but T winkie says he doesn't give refunds. Shawn breaks it up, and gives the guy his own IPod, but Twinkie is pissed and tells him that everyone will want refunds now. 

Shawn begins to learn how to drift with the help of Han. However, he starts getting better he then races DK's righthand man, beating him with ease. DK is noticeably mad because earlier he promised Han a 1970 Skyline if Shawn beat his friend. 

In class later, Shawn sends Neela a message on her laptop asking why she never shows him her drifting. She responds with "You never ask". After this you see both Shawn and Neela in Neela's. Neela reveals that DK's grandmother took her in. Next day, DK pulls up to the harbour where Shawn is practising drifting, he beats the crap out of Shawn, and tells him to stay away from Neela.

 At school, Neela notices Shawn's bruises, and confronts DK in his shop,  she tells him that they're done. DK though says that she owes him. She slaps him, and promptly leaves. She comes to Han's garage, crying, and Shawn holds her and takes care of her. Meanwhile, DK's uncle comes to see him. His uncle tells him that there is a problem with their funds, and that Han must be cheating them out of money.

DK confronts Han. He pulls out a gun and tells Han that he put his honor and reputation on the line. Han tells him that "this is what we do". Twinkie starts a distraction. Han escapes, and Shawn takes Neela in his Evo, there's a great car chase through Tokyo streets. DK shoots at Han long enough to distract him getting him hit by another car. Han's oil starts leaking, and then his car explodes, killing him. Shawn and Neela go to his dads, however DK follows them threatening them with his gun. Shawn's dad pulls his gun on DK and tells him to leave. DK says he won't unless Neela goes with him. DK and Neela leave, as they go Shawn's dad says he wants him to leave that night however Shawn protests that it is his mess and he must fix it. 

Twinkie meets Shawn and tells him that Han gave him some money to give to Shawn, which he believes was to be used in case he was caught. Shawn takes it to the local Yakuza club, and gives it to DK's uncle. He goes to tell him that he's willing to race DK and loser has to leave town because they've both dishonored him. DK's uncle agrees. Shawn goes to Han's garage, but all the cars are gone, except for the Skyline he ruined in the beginning. They take all of it's parts, and put them into his dad's Dodge Charger, which he was fixing earlier. The race is on the mountain Neela took him too. DK has the advantage because he's the only one to ever make it down in one piece.

On the last turn, Shawn forces DK off the mountain, and wins. DK's uncle tells him that he's free to go. In the end, Shawn goes to the underground parking lot, Twinkie comes up and tells him someone wants to race the new DK. He says the guy has been beating every one in Asia, and that he considered Han to be family. Shawn pulls up. The man challenging him is Vin Diesel (stars in the fast and the furious 1). Vin asks Shawn if he's ready. Shawn tells him its not 10 second race. He responds with "Time is one thing I got enough of" and they go off.

 

Evidence of my input in group work.

This is evidence of the pieces of work I did to contribute to working in a group. I wrote about Martin Scorsese as a director. I done the film wanted for a thriller film and wrote about the Laws that come with ratings on a thriller film and why.