Prop List

Here are the list of things that we will be needing for our film.

• Rugby ball (Scene 1 & 5)
• Phone (Scene 2)
• Keys (Scene 2)
• Tyres (Scene 1 & 4)
• Plates (Scene 3)
• Candles (Scene 3)
• Cutlery (Scene 3)
• Chairs and Table (Scene 3)
• Food (Scene 3)
• Costumes - Rugby uniform (Scene 1 & 5)

Shot Types

Scene 1

Rugby pitch –establishing shot- duration 2-3 seconds

Running on the spot- Medium close up (no higher than the knees) 2-5seconds

Catching ball- Medium shot- duration 2-3 seconds

 Flipping tyre- Long shot- 4-6 seconds

Struggling expression, drops tyre- close up- duration 1-3 seconds

Breathing, pan down- Medium shot, duration 2-4 seconds

Jake being spoken to by the coach- over the shoulder shot- duration 5-8 seconds

Running on to the pitch- long shot, ½ pan- duration 2-4 seconds

Scene 2

Writes text (call me when you get a sec) -Match on action shot-duration 4-6 seconds

Walking home, excited- long shot pan- duration 4-6 seconds

Girlfriend calling, swipes to accept- extreme close up- duration 2-3 seconds

Conversation on phone- medium close up- duration 4-6 seconds

Puts phone into pocket and takes keys out- close up- duration 2-3 seconds

Opens door and walks in- long shot- duration 3-4 seconds

Scene 3

Pull focus of candle- close up – duration 2-3 seconds

Jake puts his keys and rugby ball down- close up – 2-4 seconds

Dinner room- establishing shot 180 degree rule- 4-5 seconds

Naomi turns around looks over her shoulder- medium shot- duration 2-3 seconds

Jake goes to hug Naomi she stops him- long shot- 3-4 seconds

Both sat at table arguing- establishing shot- 5-8 seconds

Argument continues- Over the shoulder shot of Jake- duration 3-4 seconds

Argument continues- over the shoulder shot of Naomi- duration 3-4 seconds

Argument continues- establishing shot 180 degree rule- duration 5-8 seconds

Jake slams his fist down on the table- close up- duration 1-2 seconds

Sees Naomi in the background- over the shoulder shot of Jake- duration 3-4 seconds

Jake exits scene- long shot- duration 3-4 seconds

Scene 4

Walking down the road- long shot- duration 5-7 seconds

Ball thrown into the air- High angle panning shot- 1-2 seconds

Ball comes down- High angle panning shot- duration 1-2 seconds

Friend catches a ball- Medium shot- duration 2-3 seconds

Girl handshake- long shot- duration 8-10 seconds

Sitting on the tyre- long shot- duration 3-5 seconds

Jakes friend talking to Jake- over the shoulder shot- duration 3-5 seconds

Jake holding his head in distress- close up- duration 1-3 seconds

Boys on the tyres- establishing long shot- duration 5-6 seconds

Scene 5

Lifting weights- medium shot- duration 3 seconds

Skipping and training- up and down shot moving with Jake- duration 3 seconds

Running onto pitch – travelling shot- duration 3 seconds

Scene 6

People playing as Jake runs onto pitch- Establishing shot- 4-5 seconds

Josh looking at Naomi walking- medium to long shot- 2-3 seconds (medium) 45seconds (long)

Joshing running to embrace- medium shot- duration 4 seconds

Call sheets

In one of our meetings, our group discussed and filled in the call sheets in preparation for our filming. Here, we have discussed what scene, where, when and what time we will be filming. It also includes other aspects such as the weather and what will be our role in each scene. 

Editing and Filming Practice

In one of our seminars, my group were instructed to have a little practice with our filming and editing the scenes. We chose to film a short comedy scene of a handshake that we were planning to incorporate in our film. I took the responsibility of handling the camera and the experience was quite challenging as it was my first time but the clips turned out fine. After looking at the clips, we had come to realise that we would do some few improvements in order for our film turn out to the standard we would like it to be and these improvements include:

• taking more shots in different angles
• stop recording once the actor is out of the shot

Overall, the experience of filming and editing was exciting and interesting at the same time and this is what we came up with.

Script Writing 17.03.15

My group mate, Kirsty and I worked on the script in Jennison's building from 2 pm until 2 am. In my opinion, writing the script was not as hard as I expected. This was because we had our storyboard as a guideline in writing our script alongside the research we carried out earlier. 

Script Writing Inspiration

In preparation for our script writing, I carried out a few research through BBC and other blogs that will help our group to do the script. 

There's one blog that I thought that was really helpful for the script writing and it's a blog from Scott Myers who wrote movies such as K-9, Alaska and Trojan War. In his blog, he stated a 'formula' about three things to do which is to: read some scripts, watch movies and write pages. He stated it in what I feel was very simplified that it is easy to understand. He also advised some few tips in prepping a story such as:

• Do a genre study of several scripts in a row in one genre
• watch a movie and do a scene-by-scene breakdown 
• Research
• Brainstorm
• Character development
• Plotting

In addition, I also found the BBC very helpful in preparation for our script writing as it gives some  essential advices that we need to consider while we are writing our script and this includes:

1. Introduction
2. Developing an idea
3. Form and format 
4. Character
5. Beginning
6. Middles
7. Endings
8. Scenes 
9. Dialogues
10. Re-writing

I also found some few examples of some script that we can have as an inspiration in writing our script.

Links used:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/medium-and-format
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/scriptwriting-essentials
http://goodinaroom.com/blog/top-screenwriting-bloggers/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/25f55710-f621-3bc1-b78e-633d62e88476

Character Profile 04.03.15

Here are clips of the character profiles that some of my group mates took for the auditioning for our film.