PRELIMINARY TASK | Storyboard

PRELIMINARY TASK | Allocated Roles and Project Planning

ALLOCATED ROLES AND PROJECT PLANNING

In the film, Ben was allocated an acting role. This was because he volunteered to act and felt that he could portray the character very well. The character is supposed to be, visually, inferior to the other and because of his size, Ben was able to clearly portray that idea. Joe Blaxall was cast to play the role of the other character. This was because the other character is, clearly, supposed to  more superior to the character Ben played, and Joe is a lot taller than Ben so the audience can clearly see that and understand our idea. This meant that we didn't have to keep playing around with the camera angle to make Joe's character look bigger than that of Ben's.

For the initial ideas, Ben and myself worked together and created a mind map that contained four, brief, ideas that we could use. We picked the best 2 and briefly developed them so that they could be made into a short film. From there we picked a plot that meant we could show off different camera angles/shot types and editing skills, and from that criteria we decided the plot of the film.

For the storyboard of the film, myself and Ben worked together. From the initial ideas we had our plot, and when creating a storyboard we made sure that we included a variety of shot types and camera angles. We did this using a list of shot types and camera angles that Ben had created throughout the making of the film. Although we didn't use every single one, we believe that we had a good enough variety to show off our filming ability. I was put in charge of the drawing and story boarding as I see my creativeness and skill in this area as a useful factor. This meant that the drawings on the storyboard were clearly portrayed and showed what the camera angle/shot type was and also showed what was going on in the scene which was particularly beneficial when filming. I was also in charge of the cinematography as a whole (when filming).This was because Ben was acting for the majority of the film and we used My camera, which meant we could get the best out of it due to how I understood how it worked better than the other crew members. However, we both decided what was going to happen in the shot etc before the shots took place.

PRELIMINARY TASK | Script

SCRIPT

SCENE 1

*ESTABLISHING SHOT OF BENS HOUSE IS SHOWN*

*BEN IS SITTING DOWN WITH A NERVOUS LOOK ON HIE FACE*

*THE PHONE RINGS AND BEN PICKS IT UP*

BEN: HELLO, WHO IS THIS?

‘NO CALLER ID’ (JOE): YOU’RE LATE WHERE ARE YOU?

BEN: FOR GOD SAKE, IM ON MY WAY.

*BEN EXITS HIS HOUSE THROUGH HIS DOOR*

*THE SCREEN GOES BLACK*

SCENE 2

*BEN ENTERS THE ROOM AND SITS DOWN OPPOSITE JOE*

BEN: WHAT DO YOU WANT?

JOE: DO YOU HAVE THE PACKAGE?

BEN: WHAT PACKAGE?

JOE (WITH A STERN TONE): YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PACKAGE, DON’T MESS ME AROUND.

BEN: I... I DON’T HAVE IT ANYMORE

JOE: I KNOW… IT’S BECAUSE YOU BURNED IT.

BEN (SWEATING): I SWEAR, I DON’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.

JOE: I HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU – VERY, VERY CLOSELY.

YOU HAVE 24 HOURS OR IT’S OVER FOR YOU.

BEN: WHA…

SCENE 3

*JOE GETS UP AND LEAVES THE ROOM*

*A SHOT OF HIS FACE IS FOLLOWED BY A TILT DOWN TO HIS POCKET, HE PULLS OUT A BURNED PACKAGE AND SMILES*

END.

PRELIMINARY TASK | Shooting Schedule

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

DATE: 
15th/16th/17th October 2016.

LOCATION:
The film was shot between two places, one of these locations being Benjamin Ambrose's house and the other being the City of Norwich School at the edge of the field.

ACTORS:
Joe Blaxall: Playing the antagonist in the film.

Benjamin : Playing the protagonist in the film a.k.a the victim.

CREW:
Bnejamin Ambrose: Acting, Planning, Lighting and Editing.

Harry Ames: Cinematography, Lighting, Planning and Editing.

Thomas Parkerson: Script holding, Que.

SETS, COSTUME AND PROPS:
We didn't really focus much in this area as we were more concerned with the storyline and shooting itself.

EQUIPMENT:
Camera [Panasonic Lumix LZ30]
Tripod

STORYBOARD:

All Shots [17]
Some shots weren't used due to issues that we faced shooting them, therefore we had to compromise.