Shooting Script

 

Shot number: 1

Sharrison Productions Introduction

Shot number: 2
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Sol’s Brothers Flat - Corridor
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Shot Down Corridor, Tom opens door and walks down Time – 15 seconds Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 3
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Sol’s Brothers Flat
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Shot from corner of the ceiling down onto the stairs Time – 10 Seconds Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 4
Shot description:	POV Shot
Shot location:	Sol’s Brothers Flat - Stairs
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Following Tom down the stairs all the way to the bottom Time - Edited Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 5
Shot description:	Mid Close Up
Shot location:	School Lift
Shooting date:
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Overhead shot of Sam leaving the lift Time – 5 Seconds Sam Main Costume

Shot number: 6
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Graffiti Wall near Dual Carriageway
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Afternoon
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Walking shot past the wall of graffiti Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 7
Shot description:	Close Up
Shot location:	Thorpe Hall
Shooting date:	17/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Close up shot of Sam with Thorpe Hall in the background Sam Main Costume

Shot number: 8
Shot description:	Mid Shot to Long Shot
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Walking past the Dairy Crest factory walking away from the camera Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 9 and 10
Shot description:	Long Shot
Shot location:	Thorpe Hall
Shooting date:	17/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	2 shots of Sam walking on the steps outside Thorpe Hall to be edited together Sam Main Costume

Shot number: 11
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Quick shot walking past camera Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 12
Shot description:	Long Shot
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Jumping over Barrier Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 13
Shot description:	Close Up
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Close up of hopping over barrier Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 14
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Following Tom walking down the street (No Tripod) Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 15
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Dairy Crest Factory
Shooting date:	10/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Shot through fence of Tom walking past Tom Main Costume

Shot number: 16
Shot description:	Mid Shot
Shot location:	Recording Studio
Shooting date:	03/03/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Shot of Sam Rapping Sam Main Costume, Microphone and Headphones

Shot number: 17
Shot description:	Close Up
Shot location:	Recording Studio
Shooting date:	03/03/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Quick close up of Sol moving the dials Sol Sound Desk

Shot number: 18 and 19
Shot description:	Long Shot
Shot location:	Bretton Path
Shooting date:	11/02/2011
Shooting time:	Afternoon
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	2 separate shots of the characters walking into the distance away from the camera Tom and Sam Main Costume

Shot number: 20
Shot description:	Extreme Long Shot
Shot location:	Thorpe Hall
Shooting date:	17/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements: Actors: Props:	Shot of Thorpe Hall then the camera falling away Voice

Shot number: 21
Shot description:	Long Shot
Shot location:	Thorpe Hall
Shooting date:	17/02/2011
Shooting time:	Morning
Shot requirements

Final Piece

After some hard work, time consuming editing sessions, and some hard decisions, we have finally produced our final edit of our opening scene.
'Rollin' in the Deep'

New Title!

We have decided that 'Against All Odds' and 'Out of Sight' were not suitable names for what we was trying to create. After many discussions and some thinking we have finally decided to call our opening scene/film 'Rolling in the Deep'. We believe this suites the opening scene best plus the non-digetic song throughout the opening scene is called rolling in the deep.

Adobe After Affects

From previous work, I had used After Affects to produce animations and decided I wanted to create an animation sequence for our group name 'Sharrison Productions' that I we could include at the start of all of our videos.
Using an video tutorial, I was able to learn how to create basic and also more complex animations. After research and watching through many Copilot tutorials I was able to piece together an animation of my own. The video shows the final animation. I have also recently added a sound affect just to add an extra feature.

Shooting - (03/02/2011)

In the rough cut, we had 10 seconds of shots that we needed to import. We decided that would record Sam in the recording studio, rapping into a microphone.
We recorded the shots and imported them into Adobe Premiere Pro, so that we then had created our full video with no gaps. When editing in the new shops, we also spend time on focusing on the feedback received from the showing of our rough cut, and also re-shot any clips that we had decided that we wanted to be shot again.
We will now be producing our final opening scene with the improvements. We will also be creating suitable titles throughout the opening scene.

Rough cut - Display and feedback meeting (25/02/11)

After editing, we produced a rough cut to show the rest of the class and receive constructive criticism of areas of our video we could improve.
The first criticism was that we needed to improve was our titles. We had spend little time focussing on our titles and we knew that this would be an issue raised so we where not too concerned. We would be developing our knowledge of titles through research into other film opening scenes, so we can improve our opening scene titles.
We will focus on:

• The information displayed within the title
• The font and style of the title
• The effects used when the title appears in the shot and also when it disappears
• Colours of titles
• The position of where the title will appear
• Also when and for how long the title will be shown

The class also struggled to understand how the film name 'Against all odds' made relevancy to the whole video. After previous meeting, as a group, we had already discussed that we didn't think the title being used was suitable for the video. We will discuss the most suitable title for the opening scene based on the synopsis of the whole film, and the title that's suites it the best.

When showing the class the rough cut, they were impressed with the editing throughout, and also complimented on how well the shots had been edited to go with the beat of the non-digetic music. They also suggested minor tweaks that would need to be corrected, but we were awear of the tweaks and wasn't too concerned as it was only our rough cut. 
They also memtioned that in some circumstances the digetic sound was far too loud, compared to the sound volume of the non-digetic song beenplayed throughout the opening scene.

Although there where many critisicms made, we felt that all the improvement mentioned, would help us improve the overall quality of our opeing scene, and, as a group, very happy with the feedback given.

Editing

We have now recorded the majority of the shots needed for our final piece. We have created a rough cut, but after close inspection, we realised we would need to revisit some of the locations again due to a number of reasons:
- Continuity
- Shooting error
- Sound interference
- Lighting issues
- Shot wasn't as good as expected

Shooting of final task

We started recording our final task on Thrusday 10th Febuary. We research into the best possible location for our final task. We was looking for a location that would convey to the audience that the main character lived in a rough and low income area.

Locations of final piece for Tom's character:
- Abandoned Dairy crest factory
- Abandoned RAF base
- High rise flats (Student accomadation)

Locations of final piece for Sam's character:
- Thrope Hall; the garden around the premises
- Recording Studio (in school)

We also used walkways and paths close to alot of the locations for shots that had the character walking.

Filming and editing main porduction

Sharrison Productions have begun filming the main project. We have been filming and currently have some good shots for the final piece; we will now edit the part of the opening scene.

British Board of Film Classification - BBFC

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely  to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

We believe that our film should be rated at 15as looking through the guild lines above, we have decided that in the full length film, violence,  language, sex, nudity, drugs and discrimination would all be present.  

Main Project Shooting

Today we started recording our main project. We have recorded half of the shots needed for the whole opening scene. We will now view the shots and decide what shots we will use, and also the ones that we will need to recod again.

Pre-production Meeting

Before Christmas,we where asked to produce all the work needed before shooting for our main project. We produced a folder containing everything we had created for the main project. We were told that the only part we needed to improve was the storyboard. We where told our work was to a good standard.

Final Ideas and Meetings

After months of repeatedly changing our movie idea trying to think of the perfect one we feel we have finally got it. A teenage drama called Out of Sight about a teenage lad trying to make it in the rap world against all odds.

We presented our idea to other media groups and some peers in our school compared to all our other ideas we have made. They all stressed that they believe this is our best idea and we should go for this. From their encouragement and a small meeting our group had to talk about our movie options we decided to go for Out of Sight.

On Friday afternoon we had a meeting with Mr DeVita our teacher to see our progress so far and to see us progress further. He was happy with our organiastion and what we have done so far but to improve he told us to explain what we wrote and why we wrote it. Taking on board what he has said we have done all of that today.

Main Project Working Outline

Title/working title	Out of Sight
Plot/outline summary	Out of Sight is a film about an older teenager, Tom (Mr. B) around 16 or 17 who is trying to make it big in the rap/music industry but not succeeding. This is not down to his rapping ability, just purely down to his self confidence, skinny and geeky look. He just doesn’t get recognised. From the same city as him, Peterborough, there is already an established rap star named Sam (Sam Sparkz) who is Tom’s favourite artist who he aspires to be like. Sam is already big in the UK rap scene and the biggest thing to come out of Peterborough in years, when Sam sees Tom rising through the ranks throughout the film Sam grows to hate him and does everything he can do to make sure he doesn’t make it big. But as Tom grows in confidence his spirit and his rapping ability shine through as he releases his first song which happens to be very successful. At the end of the film when Tom finally makes it to the level Sam is at instead of fighting with him and taking him down from the spotlight he decides to collaborate with his idol and Sam can only accept after Toms determination to get to the top.
Opening sequence outline/summary	The opening sequence starts with Tom putting on his Street rapping clothes but hiding his geeky identity so people don’t know about his image and think he is a normal stylish guy. However when he is walking the shot shows his pale face with glasses so the viewers know he is a nerd. While he is walking there is rap/hip-hop music playing in the background. At the end of the opening scene while he is walking in an industrialised building area he looks through a window and sees Sam singing in a recording studio and sees himself in the future.  While he is looking through the window watching Sam sing he shuts his eyes and imagines himself collaborating  with Sam but when he opens his eyes again his daydreaming goes and Sam walks out the studio to leave Tom standing there by himself outside alone and struggling to find when his chance will come.
Genre	Teen Drama

Characters, Locations and Props

Actors:

Person	Role	On Screen Name
Tom Speechley	Acting as the main character, as he progresses to a rap star.	Tom Benson (Real name) Rap  name/nick name: Mr B.
Sam Guy	The main characters role model Professional rap star, already famous	Sam Carter Rap name/nick name: Sam Sparkz
Sol Ilett	Acting as the record producer for Sam Sparkz	Calvin Banks
Extras: Adam Pickup Liam Tilley Kiel Omesher Find others if needed	The characters will be used throughout the opening scene often walking by the main characters, also acting as the audience when main characters are performing on stage.	Names will not be relevant as they may have little or no speaking parts in the opening scene

Locations:

Location	Purpose
Recording Studio (Ken Stimpson)	We will use this location for the professional rap star, recording a new song. We will ensure the shots make the location not look like its within a school.
Tom Speechley’s house	Use as the first shot, as the character wakes up. We will use the bedroom, toilet and front door, as part of the opening scene.
Streets/Alley way	We will use Tom’s street and an alley way close by to record shots of the character walking, while listening to music and rapping out loud.

We are using Tom’s normal house as his on screen house as he is just a regular person in the film when we start so if we use his normal house, his regular status will come across. Were using the streets and alley ways to portray the tough struggle it is to get where he wants to be by walking through rough areas. We are using the studio to as it is very professional looking and when Sam will be in it, it will show Sam’s high status compared to Tom’s non-existent status on the outside of it.

Costumes:

Character	Costume
Tom Benson	Trousers: Nike Tracksuit bottoms, Grey Top: Zoo York, Black T-Shirt Shoes: Nike High tops Accs: New Era Cap, Scull handy Head Phones
Sam Carter	Trousers: Topman Carrot Bottom Skinny Chinos (Dark Green) Top: Topman character top/plain black hoody jacket Shoes: Adidas High Tops Accs: Wooly Hat, Blue, Studio headphones
Calvin Banks	Trousers: Topman Carrot Bottom Skinny Chinos (Dark Grey) Top: White T-shirt, Topman chequered shirt Shoes: Vans Authentic (Grey) Accs: Studio Headphones

We used this costume for Tom as the clothes he will be wearing with his accessories are the most stereotypical rap star clothes around what people can wear. He wears all the expected clothes as he is trying to make it so he does everything by the book. Sam however, he wears these clothes and accessories as he has already made it so he can wear more of what he likes and get away with it. It is still that style but more laid back. Calvin is wearing really casual clothes as he is a record producer and usually they wear what they like on a day to day basis so it’s not too smart, just casual.

Props:

Props

Studio Equipment

Alarm Clock

Mirror/Tooth brush/ sink

Front Door

We are using the alarm clock as when it goes off to wake Tom up at the start is will be a good way to start out soundtrack up while Tom is getting ready and going out. As I have already explained the studio is used to show how professional and high status in the music industry Sam is. The rest of the props will not normally be noticed in the film as much as they are pretty standard things like getting ready in the morning and leaving your house to go out. However as they are normal things to do with our editing and recording we will highlight that to show what a normal guy Tom is.

Story board - Main exercise

Pre-production

We have now decided on a final idea for our main task. We are currently writing/drawing the storyboard and planning all the equipment we will need.

Sound theory

Diegetic sound 

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Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: 

• voices of characters 
• sounds made by objects in the story 
• music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)

Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world 

Diegetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. 

Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound  

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Non-diegetic sound 

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Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: 

• narrator's commentary
• sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
• mood music

Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from a source outside story space. 

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The distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of film viewing and listening.  We know of that certain sounds are represented as coming from the story world, while others are represented as coming from outside the space of the story events.  A play with diegetic and non-diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy). 

Another term for non-diegetic sound is commentary sound.

Recreation of the opening scene to Juno

Juno - Practice editing and shooting

We have just finished editing our Juno piece. We have tried to copy some shots from the existing video, but have also added shots that we believe worked well.We are currently uploading the video to YouTube, and will link it to the blog tomorrow.

After doing this task, I believe me and the others in the group have increased our knowledge of shooting and the editing process to help produce a well prepared and a good quality final piece.