The Film is 'The Fall' which was found on the BBC Film Foundation website, created by Michael Chandler, which relates to our film in many ways. The story line is about two brothers, one with a mental problem (Darren) and the other takes care of him (Jason). But one night the brother with the mental problem goes missing, and it is up to the other brother to find him. Whilst looking for the other brother, strange things happen on the way.
The film begins on a black screen with the title of the film "The Fall" this then fades away to show an establishing shot of the area where the film is taking place. As the camera pans from left to right to show the surroundings, it quickly cuts to a close up one of the brothers and it becomes apparent that we were looking from his perspective. The music is slow and sounds almost depressing, giving the impression that the character may be upset or have something on his mind. We then get a close up of this characters hand holding a cup, which then cuts to a medium shot of the brother about to drink whatever is in the cup but stops and sighs instead. This shows that he does has something on his mind and may also be fed up.
We then cut to a change of scenery, which seems to be an apartment with an older man asleep with beer cans around his head, this could represent that the man is an alcoholic. It then cuts to the doorway and we see the man from the first scene, it is a medium/long shot of him shaking his head at the man who has fallen asleep and been drinking. The music has carried through from the first scene and continues to set a sad tone. The camera then cuts to a close up of the sleeping man, and we can see all the cans of beer he has drank. The camera moves back to see the man now cleaning up this drunken mans mess, sighing as he does it. At this point we do not know who this drunken man is, but we can see that the man cleaning up seems to take care of him even though it seems like a chore. The camera then cuts to a close up of something very important to the film, a photo of two young boys who could be brothers. This is similar to what we planned in our film, as the photo of the two brothers will bring back the one who goes invisible. 
We then change scene again, we see a younger man sat on the bed and seems to be restless. The location seems to be within the same apartment, which seems slightly run down and messy. The music is still playing from the first scene - sending out sad and depressing vibes. We then see the man from the first scene walk through the door and into the room with the other man sat on the bed. We then see the first sign of something strange going on, there is a single piece of graffiti on the wall in the shape of a goblin. We then see a match on action as the man who walked in sits down on a chair from a long shot showing both men, to a close up of the man sitting down. He then turns his head to look at the graffiti again, and the camera cuts to do a eye line match to show what he is looking at.
A conversation starts and we now establish that these two men are brothers as the one sat on the chair says "How many times bro", regarding the graffiti. The camera uses a shot-reverse shot technique as the conversation progresses saying that if the council see that we will get thrown out. But we then see what seems to be the older brothers nurturing side towards his troubled brother as he tells him that it "Looks good though". This sentence shows how much he cares for his brother, we then see him reach for a tablet on the counter from a long shot. The camera then cuts to a match on action of the hand grabbing the tablets to give to his brother. This shows that he is his brothers guardian, and that it is his responsibility to watch over him. 
The music at this point has died down and just occasionally increases in volume when nothing is being said. Once he hands the drink and tablet to his brother, he makes sure that he takes the tablet. We then get a close up of the seemingly younger brother as he says his first words of the conversation "Why are you still here?". We then cut back to a long shot of the two brothers, as the one sat on the chair begins to stand up and says "Am gunna be late" quickly cutting back to the other brother as he says "That's not what I meant" in an angry tone. The camera moves to show the other brother now stood up from low angle shot, this shows that this brother is the stronger of the two, and that is why he is the protector or care giver to his brother. Which he then side steps what his brother says and replies with "Am going to be a little late tonight, yeah" and carrying on to say "There's food in the fridge" which also shows that he is the provider for his brother and that he really cares for him. The final thing we see in this scene is the hand of Jason resting on his brothers shoulder to attempt to reassure him and set his mind at ease.
We then cut to Jason walking down the stairs as he gets a phone call from his sister. We can only hear Jason's side of the conversation but we can figure out what is being said. He explains to her that that nothing has changed with their brothers state, and that he doesn't need any help looking after him. The camera then cuts to the man asleep again, while the conversation on the phone carries over from the other shot. We then cut back to a close up of Jason saying that he has to go now as he is going to work. As he closes the door behind him as he leaves, we then havea complete change in location as we cut to the inside of a local shop.
The camera then cuts to show two men who appear to work at the shop as they are wearing the uniform accompanied by a name tag. We then cut to a shot that pans with the movement of Jason carrying a box, also in the uniform. The camera goes back to the shot before, and one of the men says to Jason "Slow down Jase, your making us look bad" while laughing. We then see Jason from one of the men's perspective putting the box down, shaking his head and laughing back. The camera then goes back to the two men as a medium long shot to finish up the scene. The man on the left asks if the other man has asked Jason about going on holiday with them, the other man then replies by saying "Yeah, he still ain't coming". The two men sigh and shake their heads, we can guess that these two men are close friends of Jason as they've asked him to go on holiday with them, but he wont as he needs to look after this brother.
The scene quickly changes, we are looking up at a apartment block from a long angle shot at night. There is some non diegetic music over this shot, but is very quiet with a sombre, mysterious tone to it. The camera slowly pans down to show Jason walking, and we can guess that he is walking home from work. We then cut to see the room where his brother usually is, but he is no longer on the bed. Jason walks through the door and turns on the light, we see a shocked look on his face as the camera pans to match his eye line and show the audience what he is looking at. As Jason leaves the room to go look for his brother the camera cuts to what looks like a kitchen and the door opens, Jason quickly turns the light on. We can see that Darren is not there, so the light gets switched off and Jason closes the door.
The scene then changes back to the living room to see a long shot establishing the setting. We see the older man now awake watching a woman, who appears to be drunk, dancing for him. We can tell this women is intoxicated because of the can in her hand, and the way she is stumbling as she dances. The music in this scene is diegetic, and is more up beat than any of the other music that has been in the film so far. The camera quickly cuts from a close up, low angle shot of the woman dancing, to a close up of the man smiling back at her. It then cuts back to the establishing shot to show Jason walking into the room, saying "Dad". We know now who this drunken character is, and we now also know why Jason has to look after his brother. His dad ignores what Jason says, so Jason walks over to the Record Player, and the camera matches the action of his arm lifting the needle off the vinyl. The editing becomes much quicker and the cuts sharper, because Jason is getting angry that his brother is missing. He asks his dad if he has see Darren, the camera is shifting between the two not keeping steady to show the strong feelings of Jason. All we get from the drunken father is "Why did you turn of the music" we then see a close up of the women saying the same thing. Jason tries to explain that Darren needs his medication, but all he gets from his dad is nonsense, this shot is a medium shot of the dad but we can see Jason looking over to him, to show that he is the bigger and more responsible man.
We can see that Jason's temper is escalating, as the women attempts to put the music back on we hear Jason say "Who's this, your new girlfriend? How much are you paying?" which is showing us that Jason is about to snap. The camera is jerking around and keeps showing the Father and his "new girlfriend", once the father hears what Jason says, he starts standing up saying "Watch your mouth". The tension is building up in the room, as the father says "He is your brother, your the one who is supposed to be looking after him", which in some cases is true, but it is the fathers responsibility in any family to look after the children and not pass it on to one of the children. This shows the audience that this father is no father at all. Finally the women makes Jason explode - she says to him "Hey darling, dint ya mother teach you any manners?". The camera quickly pans to the women making the screen blur, as Jason replies "What did you say" in a very angry tone. The camera then cuts to a low angle shot of Jason with his dad grabbing him and spinning him around, with him shouting " Why don't you pick on someone your own size, eh?" and then swings to punch Jason but misses. The camera then switches sides to show the front of the father, behind Jason as he swings back at his father hitting him in the jaw. The camera quickly matches the action of the father from a long shot, to a medium shot of him falling onto the sofa holding his jaw. The camera is looking down at him from a high angle to show how pathetic he is at his moment of the film, then moving to a close up low angel shot of Jason's face looking shocked at what he has just done. The camera then does a shot reverse shot showing the dad rubbing his jaw in pain, then back to Jason walking out the room saying "Just don't". This makes the audience feel sympathy for Jason because they see what he has to put up with. The final shot is back to the close up of the father still rubbing his jaw, also looking shocked as to what just happened, as we hear the door open and shut.
We then see a building at night, landscape as the camera rotates to stand the building up as it should be. We then establish that Jason is outside with a shot looking up, 90 degrees, at him standing underneath a street light, making him glow. This shows that Jason is Darren's guardian angel, and he will do whatever he can to find his brother. The non diegetic music kicks back in at this point, and is of a mysterious tone. The camera goes through a montage of shots of Jason looking for Darren. The shots are all edited together quickly to show the panic of Jason, but then slows down as Jason starts getting tired and sits down. In the background there is some graffiti of a man sat exactly like Jason. The music stops and strange noises can now be heard, but are still non diegetic. We then get a close up of the graffiti, the eyes of the man blink and the head turns to look at Jason. The camera quickly cuts back to a close up of Jason looking back towards the graffiti, but it has moved back to its original state.
As Jason stands up to carry on looking, as he is halfway stood up the camera cuts to him walking down an alleyway. The camera its tracking him walk towards it, as a noise is heard Jason turns back and the camera matches his eye line to show nothing but a gate. The music is starting to have a creepy tone to it, to set a strange mood to the scene. As he turns a corner he walks into a trolley, and the camera again matches the action of the trolley rolling backwards, also at this point the music spikes in attempt to make the audience jump and get immersed in what they are seeing. Another corner is turned and we see Jason's face go from worried to curious because of something he sees. The camera follows his eye line, showing a man who could be his brother spray painting on the wall.
As Jason shouts "Darren" the man stops what he is doing and walks away. We see Jason run after him, the camera cuts round the corner where the man walked around and we see Jason run around the corner looking around frantically. The music picks up in volume, as Jason looks to the wall where the man was spraying, we see the same little goblin figure that was in Darren's room. Jason reaches to touch the painting, the camera follows his hand as he rubs the paint on the wall. Then quickly cuts down to show green paint on his fingers, he then looks around again to hope to see the man again. As he looks back to the wall where the painting is, the camera again matches his eye line to show the graffiti moving, this time allowing Jason to see. The camera quickly does a shot reverse shot to show Jason's reaction, then back to the graffiti beckoning him to follow as it smears across the wall. We then cut to a long shot of the graffiti moving down the wall towards the screen, and a dazed Jason slowly following it. We follow the Jason around the corner to see more graffiti moving, we cut to a close up to again see how confused Jason is. He starts saying to himself "Am going crazy, first Darren and now me" as the graffiti carries on beckoning him to follow. The graffiti then moves left off screen again and Jason follows. Another montage takes place of Jason following the graffiti, with the strange music getting louder. They then stop at the end of a tunnel and point for him to carry on. The camera cuts to show Jason walk out of the tunnel, with the sound of water now taking over the music, gradually getting louder but then dying down to merge with some soft more up lifting music. The camera cuts to show a long shot of a building with the image of a waterfall projected on it.
As we then see a close up of Jason looking up at the projection, we hear a voice say "Alright bruv". He quickly looks down to a bench, and the camera matches his eyeline to show the man who ran off earlier, who is his brother Darren. Jason sits down and the two brothers have a conversation on why Darren had ran off, the camera uses close ups and shot reverse shots of the two talking, and occasionally showing the projection on the building. The conversation is about Darren escaping from what he is normally at home, and feels normal at night. He starts explaining to Jason "We all need to find our escape" and saying "Remember that time you find yours?"Jason then says back, "It's not like I can go off and leave you" and goes on to say that he cant do that beacause of their father. We now see the true side of Darren, as he is feeling bad that he is taking over his brothers life and wants him to go off and enjoy his life. After the conversation is over, the camera cuts back to show the projection on the building, then slowly fades to black.
The camera then fades back to show Jason asleep on the same bench from the night before, a close up of his face as his eyes open and starts sitting up. When he is halfway up the camera matches the action and cuts to a long shop as he carries on sitting up. We see Jason looking around confused as his brother is no longer there, he stands up and it fades to show the apartment again.
We are back in Darrens bedroom, and he is asleep in his bed wearing what he was last night, with his spray paint cans next to him. Another montage occurs of Jason packing his bags taking his brothers advise, the camera cuts back to the drunken father asleep again on the sofa. Jason comes into the room, seeing that his dad is back asleep. He walks over and sits next to him, and the camera shows a close up of the fathers hand, and Jason's hand grabing it softly. This shows that even though his dad has put him through so much, he still has compassion for him and didnt want to leave without saying goodbye in some context.
The music gradually comes back, again with a slow and slightly sad tone. Jason stands up grabbing his bag and leaves the appartment, the camera cuts to a high angle shot of Jason walking down a corridor within the building, but Jason is a silhouette, this is to show that he is feeling bad for leaving his family but knows that he is doing what is best.
The camera cuts outside the building to a low angle shot looking 90 degrees up at the sky, showing the building and a plane flying. The plane flying past the building is to represent Jason finally leaving the nest to live his life. The music now has a more uplifting and fulfilling tone, the camera cuts down to Jason showing him looking up. Helping the audience establish that it was his perspective looking up at the building, matching up with how the film started looking through Jasons eye's. Jason starts to slowly walk off into the distance, and the camera pans to follow him. The camera also starts to over expose so that the sun's light start to take over most of the screen. This is to represent the kindness in Jason's heart, but also that he is off to start a brand new life with a bright future. The piano from the earlier scene starts up again, as the screen fades to black to show the credits.
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