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'''Point and Shoot''' is an Action/Comedy short film about a shadowy bounty hunter society on campus. Members can receive contracts on each other, with successful eliminations granting the victor a guaranteed 2:1 or higher in their degree. The society is presented within the film as being without real, physical weaponry and so the film adopts a 'prop-less' aesthetic to match. It pays homages to a number of different films, from ''Sergio Leone's'' '''The Good, The Bad and The Ugly''' to ''Edgar Wright's'' '''Hot Fuzz''' (itself, a send-up of action movies).
'''Point and Shoot''' is an Action/Comedy short film about a shadowy bounty hunter society on campus. Members can receive contracts on each other, with successful eliminations granting the victor a guaranteed 2:1 or higher in their degree. The society is presented within the film as being without real, physical weaponry and so the film adopts a 'prop-less' aesthetic to match. It pays homages to a number of different films, from ''Sergio Leone's'' '''The Good, The Bad and The Ugly''' to ''Edgar Wright's'' '''Hot Fuzz''' (itself, a send-up of action movies). It is the only fictional piece of YSTV programming to go into production during the 2016/17 student year.


==Story==
==Story==
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'''Extras'''
'''Extras'''
*Gareth as guy who barely puts up a fight
*Gareth as Guy who barely puts up a fight
*Morgan as woman who needs to take cover better
*Morgan as Woman who needs to take cover better
*[[Kenric Yuen]] as badass archer who unfortunately is only in the film for a few seconds
*[[Kenric Yuen]] as Badass archer who unfortunately is only in the film for a few seconds
*[[Dan Maher]] as crossbow guy (also known as the cheater)
*[[Dan Maher]] as Crossbow guy (also known as The Cheater)


==Locations==
==Locations==
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*Filming for this took place on Walmgate Stray.
*Filming for this took place on Walmgate Stray.
*This was the final scene to be shot and was filmed on the third day of production.
*This was the final scene to be shot and was filmed on the third day of production.
==Movie References==
The short film contains references to various other action and western films.
*The premise of the film bears similarities to the criminal underworld of '''John Wick''', in that it portrays a kind of assassin/bounty hunter society. This even applies to the texts the characters receive informing them of a new target or 'Contract'.
* At the end of Scene 2, the camera move towards Lucy's character as she looks over at Carrie's character is similar to a 'push in' on John Watson during a scene in ''Guy Ritchie's'' 2009 '''Sherlock Holmes''' movie.
*The Mexican Standoff during the last scene of the film is a homage to ''Sergio Leone's'' '''The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'''.


==Roxanne's Essay==
==Roxanne's Essay==
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