Storyboard

storyboard


This is our storyboard, that should resemble what will be included/shot in our short film. It measures around 6 minutes but due to complications, instead of conveying out short film over the course of a week we have decided to do it in a better way of over the course of a week to avoid repetition and it being boring for the audience, also to keep in with the time limits of 6 minutes.

Shooting Schedule

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

Date: 19/10/11

Time: Lunchtime

Location: Patio of the sixth form.

Shots: 48 - 58

Actors: George, Emma, (group of boys & two girls)

Crew: Camera (Rachael), Director (Kiera), Props (George)

Costume and Props: Football, School Uniform, Several school bags, Benches.

Equipment: DV Tape, Tripod, Camera.

Potential issues: Weather; we are filming outside which will cause continuity issues. It is also cold outside meaning it may be too cold to film, especially if actors are not feeling up to it.

Risk Assessment: Medium; in this changing weather the floor may be icy or dangerous and we don’t want people to fall. Near a car park so we have to be careful of the cars, especially when kicking the football needed for this scene. Need to direct the scene properly so no one actually gets hurt by the football and as there is quite a large group of people in this scene we need to keep them in order so they do not trip over the tripod and other equipment which could be a safety hazard.



Date: 20/10/11

Time: 9am – 11am

Location: Kiera’s House, then George’s House.

Shots: 1-21

Actors: George, Emma

Crew: Camera (Rachael), Director (Rachael), Props (Kiera)

Costumes and Props: Pizza/pizza box, Slippers, toast and toaster, PJ’s.

Equipment: Camera, DV Tape, Tripod.

Potential Issues: No issues.

Risk Assessment: Low – but we are filming with the food of pizza, make sure it isn’t too messy and don’t trip over it. Need to be aware of equipment, and not trip over tripod etc as the rooms are not that big.



Date: 21/10/11

Time: 10am – 12.50 pm

Location: In and outside of the sixth form

Shots: 25-47

Actors: George, Emma, (Group of boys), Mr Hobbs.

Crew: Camera (Rachael), Director (Kiera), Props (George

Costume and Props: School Uniform, 10 pound note, 2 schools bags, white slip and pen, 3 phones.

Equipment: Camera, DV Tape, Tripod.

Potential issues: Class changeovers; the bell goes after every 50 minutes, so there will be many students in that specific area. Also, it’s near a study room, meaning we may get interrupted by some students walking in and out of the classrooms. Weather: we are filming outside so changing weather may cause continuity issues.



Date: 23/10/11

Time: 4-5pm

Location: Kiera’s house in and out of her house.

Shots: 80 and 81

Actors: George, Emma

Crew: Camera (Rachael), Director (Kiera), Props (George)

Costume and proprs: Jumper, trousers, socks. Jeans, top and socks/slippers. One phone.

Equipment: Camera, DV Tape, Tripod.

Potential issues: Weather – continuity issues, filming outside and need to be careful of surroundings. Need to be careful of other pedestrians, as it is an open set. Plan the fall well so no one hurts themselves.

Risk Assessment: Low – But need to be aware of other things on the street such as cars. Make sure no –one trips over equipment such as Tripod – Safety Hazard.


Date: 02/11/11

Location: The School Library

Shots: 59 – 68

Actors: Rachael, Emma, George

Crew: Camera (Kiera), Director (Kiera), Props (Rachael and George)

Costumes and Props: School Uniform, Librarian Uniform, glasses, ID Holder, 1 certain book.

Equipment: Camera, DV Tape, Tripod.

Potential Issues: Class changeovers – it is a study room for people so there may be students that need to work and may get interrupted.

Risk Assessment: Low – but we are filming where there are a lot of tables, chairs, books so we need to be aware of surroundings and make sure we don’t trip over equipment.

Character Casting

In our film there are only 2 main characters which are the two protagonists, Adam and Louise, the story line is solely based around them so we did not feel the need for any other characters.  As the story line focuses on contrast and being lucky and unlucky we felt we could also replicate the contrast in the appearance and mise en scene of the characters:

• ADAM (GEORGE VINES)

The attire of this character demonstrates he is going to school (suit and tie), however 

in terms of mise en scene in order to emphasise the 'unlucky' nature attached to Adam we plan to make him look scruffy and unorganised.  The part of Adam, played by George Vines, is believable as the actor is the same age as the character so the audience will have no problem distinguishing and relating to the character.  Furthermore in terms of mise en scene we plan to have the character of Adam looking tired and fed up to further demonstrate his unlucky nature.  I will be starring in the role as Adam due to practicality reasons and understanding of the script and character.

• LOUISE (EMMA DELANEY)

Like the character of Adam, Louise is also wearing a uniform to distinguish that she is going to school, however in order to show contrast between the characters we plan to have her looking very smart and presentable, also emphasising her 'lucky' nature.  The role is played by Emma Delaney who is also the same age as the character played which makes it easy for the audiencee to distinguish that she goes to school.  Unlike the mise en scene of Adam, Louise is chirpy and happy, to show the contrast between the 'lucky' and 'unlucky' characters.  Furthermore we asked Emma Delaney to star in the role for practical reasons, as she is available around our shooting schedule.

Locations

We have researched several different possible locations for our short film and have concluded that we will be filming in the following locations...

Emma's kitchen and hallway - used for the characters Louise's house

George's bedroom, stairs and kitchen - This will be used for the character Adam's house

filming him waking up in the morning

Kiera's bedroom and garden - This will be used for the character Louise's house filming her waking up in the morning

Where Adam and Louise both continue to walk to Sixth Form, also where Adam drops his £10 and Louise finds it

Louise walking on her way to Sixth Form

Adam walking on his way to Sixth form

The school Gates - This will be where Adam and Lousie walk through to get into school

A corridor in Gunnersbury Catholic School - This is where Louise is loudly messing about with her friends. They get bored and walk off. Adam arrives on his way walking to lesson and his teacher gives him a white slip

The Library in Gunnersbury Catholic School - This is where Louise goes to puck up a book for her English essay, gets it and leaves, Adam arrives to borrow the same book and asks the librarian who tells him its out of stock

Northfields Station - This is where Adam misses the train and Louise catches it.

Where Adam walks through to go to the corridor

The Patio - Where they play and the ball hits Adam

Second Draft Of Script

Monday

INT: Adams room

Adam gets out of bed on the left side and steps into old pizza, then heads to the bathroom

ADAM

(under his breath)

Great

INT: Louise’s room

Louise gets out of bed, putting her feet into fluffy slippers and heads to the bathroom

LOUISE

Mmm

INT: Adams kitchen

Adam is making toast and it gets burnt

INT:  Louise’s kitchen

Louise is making toast and it comes out perfectly looking Scrumptious

EXT: On the street

Tuesday

Adam is walking to Sixth Form and as he puts his oyster in his pocket and the £10 falls out

EXT: On the street

Louise is also walking down the street and finds £10, looks around and then puts it in her pocket grinning

Ellipse of time

INT: corridor in school

Louise is loudly messing about with her friends. They get bored and walk off. Adam arrives on his way walking to lesson and his teacher abruptly stops him telling in off giving him a white slip

AMBIENT SOUNDS OF CONVERSATION

TEACHER

Why are you making so much noise?

ADAM

Sir, it wasn’t me

TEACHER

Well, I don’t care, what are you doing anyway? You should be in lessons

ADAM

Sir I have –

TEACHER

Do your top button up and where’s your blazer? You know what… white slip!

Wednesday

INT: Library

Louise goes to pick up a book for her English essay, gets it and leaves, Adam arrives to borrow the same book and asks the librarian who tells him its out of stock.

LOUISE

Humming Sounds

ADAM

Excuse me, I was wondering if you had ___________, I need if for an essay due tomorrow

LIBRARIAN

Let me just check, if you could follow me

ADAM

Thanks

LIBRARIAN

Well, as you can see, the book is now out of stock, sorry for any inconvenience, and good luck with your essay

ADAM

*sighs* & *mumbles under breath* - Yeah Thanks

Friday

Adam is on his way home, walking to the train station and he runs to get his train but just misses it. As he waits for another train in frustration, Louise arrives on the same platform that he’s on. Their train comes, he lets her onto the carriage first and they begin to chat as they both sit down.

Commentary of the Script

We have tried to limit the amount of dialogue and speech for the characters throughout the short film as short films tend to be more visual with not much dialogue or talking. This makes it more interesting, creative and clearer for the audience especially was we are using basic cameras and the sound of the dialogue wouldn't be very clear. We have used a variety of different locations to make the film more diverse and interesting instead of the whole thing being filmed in one location. We have chosen very realistic locations that we are able to film in without being restricted eg if we filmed in a public place like a shop then we would need to get permission as we wouldnt be able to just turn up and start filming. We have chosen to film in school and around school for convenience and because its a reliable location. 

First Draft Of Script

Monday

INT: Adams room

Adam gets out of bed on the left side and steps into old pizza, then heads to the bathroom

ADAM

(under his breath)

Great

INT: Louise’s room

Louise gets out of bed, putting her feet into fluffy slippers and heads to the bathroom

LOUISE

Mmm

INT: Adams kitchen

Adam is making toast and it gets burnt

INT:  Louise’s kitchen

Louise is making toast and it comes out perfectly looking Scrumptious

EXT: On the street

Tuesday

Adam is walking to Sixth Form and as he puts his oyster in his pocket and the £10 falls out

EXT: On the street

Louise is also walking down the street and finds £10, looks around and then puts it in her pocket grinning

Ellipse of time

INT: corridor in school

Louise is loudly messing about with her friends. They get bored and walk off. Adam arrives on his way walking to lesson and his teacher abruptly stops him telling in off giving him a white slip

AMBIENT SOUNDS OF CONVERSATION

TEACHER

Why are you making so much noise?

ADAM

Sir, it wasn’t me

TEACHER

Well, I don’t care, what are you doing anyway? You should be in lessons

ADAM

Sir I have –

TEACHER

Do your top button up and where’s your blazer? You know what… white slip!

Wednesday

INT: Bookstore

Louise goes to pick up a book for her English essay, goes to pay and leaves, Adam arrives to buy the same book asks the sales assistant who tells him its out of stock.

LOUISE

Humming Sounds

ADAM

Excuse me, I was wondering if you had ___________, I need if for an essay due tomorrow

SALES ASSISTANT

Let me just check, if you could follow me

ADAM

Thanks

SALES ASSISTANT

Well, as you can see, the book is now out of stock, sorry for any inconvenience, and good luck with your essay

ADAM

*sighs* & *mumbles under breath* - Yeah Thanks

Friday

Adam is on his way home, walking to the train station when he receives a call from his mum, to be home for a ‘surprise’ at 8:30, he looks at his watch and its 8:20 and runs to get a train but misses it. As Adam misses it, Louise is waiting for the train and they both get into the same carriage beginning to chat and the rest of their lives start’s here.

*Ringing Phone*

ADAM

Hello

MUM

Adam, where are you? You’re meant to be home

ADAM

I’m on my way its been a long day

MUM

We’ll make sure you’re home by 8:30, I’ve got a surprise for everyone, make sure you’re not late

*Looks at His Watch*

ADAM

But-

MUM

Bye, darling!

Initial Ideas and Film Sypnosis.

On 31st October, in our lesson we started to think about ideas for our short film.

Firstly we confirmed that our audience were 16-20 female/male year olds and we started with the brainstorming process, which just consisted of putting down as many ideas as we could, thinking about what our purpose of our short film would be. Was it to educate? Send a message? Experiment? We decided that the reason for doing this short film would be to experiment as aspiring directors, and if our film sends out a particular message then we are also happy with that.  

We then went on to develop our initial ideas and started thinking about the different influences of short films we had seen and how they could influence our own short film. We thought about how we could stick to the brief of inputting something ‘British’ in it, which I found very hard because we had, many ideas but then had to try and change them to adapt to the brief. I was adamant on making a short film which had a great plot twist because to me, that is the thing at the top of the list of making a short film most interesting but when developing out initial ideas we couldn’t think of anything that could contain a big plot twist. Many ideas had practicalities such as one idea where the main character needed to be gay, who could we find that would feel comfortable being casted in a homosexual role? That idea didnt last very long and we had to move on to other ideas. Other praticalities we found were with one idea which we wanted to make. to do with a British theme of Social realism. Though we felt we would fall into the trap of makign the obvious stalker short film that onl has basic camera shots, angles and movements of just following a vunerable girl with audio of "heavy breathing" over the top to create tension. It was quite easy coming down to three main ideas as another praticality of another idea we found was one short film we wanted to make that would be a mockumentary of a Day in the life of our Sixth, which would be for experimental puroses and film the students and Teachers in sixth form to explore what their daily lives are like.Though the main praticality that lead us not to choose to do this was the fact that we knew it would be a hassle to get some people on board or there would be many students who would be silly and mess around. 

 

Out of five initial ideas, we decided that getting a focus group would be a great idea of whittling them down to just three. We had a focus group of about 7 pupils and generally observed as they made comments about each film to make our final decision about the three best ideas for our short film. Here are some of the comments made:

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This was a great help and we were finally left with three diverse and good ideas that matched the brief well:

1^st idea: How To Love.

In a relationship filled with terror and domestic violence Katie is in love with her abusive partner. As he becomes increasingly abusive Katie begins to dwell on the thought of staying with her former boyfriend who she actually had loved but left in a moment of stupidity. Her thoughts lead her to think out how her whole life would be with him and finally realises what it is to love: how her boyfriend should actually be treating her and how to love herself. Katie takes drastic action in showing her current boyfriend ‘How to Love’ shocking both him and herself. The film will be for educational purposes, for citizenship while having the theme of social realism which is a popular British theme, tackling issues such as domestic violence. The film will be a circular narrative to put emphasis on the theme of how to love and could have a running monologue from Katie or cleverly done by the former boyfriend. This complies with the brief because of the theme and because of the elements of social realist but Romantic genre. 

2^nd idea: Unlucky in Love

Two people. Two lives. Two journeys. Tom seems to be having the worst day ever, yet Louise is having the best day ever. Louise gets out on the right side of bed while Tom gets out the left side. As we follow the journey of two young people who live totally separate lives, we see just how different life is for the others around you. As Tom’s day just deteriorate into a day nuisance and misfortune Louise’s day takes fortune in Tom’s misfortune and things just keep getting better and better. Tom looses £10, yet Louise gains £20? The last straw of this day filled unfortunate occurrences is when Tom misses his train for a very important event, but ironically this final misfortune leads to the only good thing of the day: meeting Louise. As they meet, they instantly form a connection and we are thrown into the future of their lives together which shows nothing but great fortune. To keep with the brief of ‘Britishness’ we decided that this film could obviously have the genre of ‘RomCom/Romantic’, probably the most popular British genre around. This film would be for experimental purposes and send a light-hearted message that: things are not always so bad and can turn themselves around. The film would use a series of cross-cutting to differentiate between the two lives of both characters, emphasising how different their day is going. 

3^rd idea: Poor boy, Rich life.

In a world dominated by money, being Rich is ‘obviously’ the better the option. But in this heart-throbbing short film, David and George are best friends, they are exactly alike and do everything together but there is just one thing that socially divides them: their class. As the lives of both are followed throughout their school and home life it is revealed that being Rich is not the best option after all. David is of the working class background and lives in a poor home shared with his eight brothers and sisters, but his family are everything and he has the greatest support from all of them in all aspects of his life. George, on the other hand is of a high class background, with no brothers and sisters. He has the gadgets, he has all the money he could possibly think of but where is his parents? He is bombarded with notes of money everyday but the only thing he doesn’t have, is the true love and affection of his parents. So, who has the better life, in this tale of class and the true rewards of life? This film would comply with the brief of ‘Britishness’ as the theme would be social realism and it would be educational in teaching people the real values in life.