SHOOTING SCRIPT - CHARLIE

Shot	Shot Description	Time (min:sec)	Audio / Dialogue
1	FILM BEGINNING: Black background, red text showing the name of the production company.	0:00	BM
2	Character A lifts up phone to read text (The text is shown to the audience but the face of character A is not)	0:08	BM
3	Character A walks into the telephone box, only the characters legs and feet are shown in this shot as he opens the telephone box door.	0:13	Train passing in background.   BM
4	Mid-shot of character A in telephone box as the telephone mysteriously rings, he answers the phone.	0:18	Ambient Sound: Voice of character A speaking on the phone to Character C – ‘I won’t let him get away’. BM
5	Black background similar to shot 1, red text saying ‘presents....’	0:27	BM
6	Shot of Character B exiting the train and arriving on the train platform, the camera remains in the exact location until the character has walked out of the shot. The character is looking around suspiciously.	0:31	Train arriving on opposite platform.   BM
7	Establishing Shot as camera pans the exterior of Crystal Palace train station until it reaches character B.	0:39	BM
8	Mid-Shot of character B smoking cigarette outside train station, members of the public walking past.	0:46	BM
9	Long shot of Character A inside the train station, Character B walks past the camera unaware that Character A is present, camera then zooms and focuses on Character A.	0.50	BM
10	Black background with red text. Relates to shots 1 and 5. Final part of the sentence making up the words – ‘Playback Films Presents... Abducted!’	0:59	BM
12	Camera tracks Character B as he walks down pathway and goes out of camera pivot range, audience go from seeing the front of him to seeing the back of him	1:08	BM
13	Side-angle shot of Character B as he walks past children’s playground side on to camera. There is then a two second gap before Character A follows doing the same thing.	1:19	BM
14	When Character A walks out of camera view, the shot changes to a shot of Character A from behind as he walks past the camera (to link in with the previous shot).	1:24	BM
15	Two-shot of both Characters A and B, walking one behind eachother with Character B unaware of Character A’s presence. Character B is texting on mobile phone.	1:27	BM
16	Point-of-View Shot from Character A’s perspective, stalking Character B.	1:31	Character A heavy breathing   BM
17	Camera pans down to focus on Character A’s footsteps as he walks onto grassy field.	1:41	BM
18	Long Shot of Characters B and C communicating from Character A’s Point-of-View, jump cuts into close up of Characters B and C.	1:43	BM
19	Character’s B and C shake hands (from Character A’s POV) Character B speaks.	1:46	Character B - ‘So what’s this all about?’ BM
20	Character C nods head to Character A whose hand grabs the back of Character B (from Character A’s POV, to imply violence is going to occur – screen cuts to black.	1:49	BM
21	Credits appear on black themed background with red text, film and directors names appear.	1:52	BM
22	Same themed background as shot 21, ‘Coming Soon!’ and the released date appear.	1.56	BM
23	FILM ENDS	2.03	SILENCE
Key: BM – Background Music

POSITIVES/NEGATIVES OF POSSIBLE LOCATIONS - CHARLIE

My Comments:
These are three other possible locations that we could use to film for the opening scene, each location does have positives and negatives to it as addressed in the table. I have researched into these locations by visiting them myself and looking on Google maps to find out information about them and if they are suitable for what I want the opening scene of the film to be like.

RISK ASSESSMENT - CHARLIE

Persons present when filming: Charlie, Jacob, Jason                                                           Location: Crystal Palace/South Norwood

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Falling onto train track at train station	All members, mainly Jason.	2	4	6	Stand well away from platform edge, beware of approaching trains.	Yes
Slippery stairs leading down to platform	All members, mainly camera-man as main focus is on filming	3	2	5	Walk slowly, and be careful when walking down the stairs.	Yes
Falling into the lake at South Norwood Recreation Ground	All members, mainly Jacob and Jason	3	1	4	If possible keep a safe distance from edge of lake and grass, keep equipment away from lake.	Yes
Collisions with members of the public	Person filming.	4	2	6	Make sure we are filming in an empty area of if it is unavoidable we have to make sure we can monitor where members of the public are.	Yes

 

MARKET/GENRE RESEARCH/ANALYSIS OF PAST STUDENTS WORK - CHARLIE

This is a piece of work that was done by a previous AS level group and we want ours to be similar to this because it is an intense chase scene that engages the audience. It has been done in a realistic location similar to what we are able to film in, for example; there are no major health and safety risks. The filming is done well because it is clear what is going on during each shot and there are a variety of shots used, despite this there is still a sense of continuity.As our scene will be filmed at Crystal Palace train station and South Norwood Lakes it will be a bit different as this one is mainly filmed inside a shopping centre, our film will involve The Boss setting up Mason and Tom is following him.We are looking to conform to the stereotype of men being violent and dominant humans, we are doing this by having one man follow and begin to attack another another man in our scene, both of the actors are young and will be dressed in suited clothing so that the scene can feel serious. Mason will be followed out of the train station at a fast pace and this kind of behaviour in today’s society is considered suspicious. And this is the stereotype of what young people get up to when they are not in education, e.g. – the thought that they are always on the street causing trouble.We hope to include as many different camera shots as possible such as Low angle, High angle shots and close ups, we think that point of view shots will work really well especially when there are shots of Mason being followed.                                        

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING - CHARLIE

Date	Filming	Time
03/12/13	Inside and around the ground of Crystal Palace Train Station	9:30am – 11:00am
12/12/13	At South Norwood Recreation Ground, filming of shots leading into the park and meeting up with the character ‘The Boss’	10:30am-12:00am
Comments: This was the production schedule for carrying out the filming of our short opening scene. We wanted and managed to complete the filming in as little time as possible, this is to help with continuity as the storyline of our short film required characters to be in the same clothing and the weather needed to be the same/similar. So for this to happen, we aimed to complete filming within two days and we managed to achieve this.

MARKET RESEARCH - ANALYSIS OF 3 EXISTING PRODUCTS - CHARLIE

My Comments:
In this presentation I have analysed three existing products, this is to show that I have the ability to analyse other products and compare how they are different to what I want to create. I have also included the opening scene of each film along with the analysis.

FILM PRODUCTION STORYBOARD - CHARLIE

Film Production storyboard - slideshows

My Comments:
This storyboard has been drawn out in order to show the sequence in which I plan the scene to happen in, it is a step by step breakdown of all the main parts of the film and a short description underneath. This can help the audience to understand the scene more and can also help me in creating the scene as it is something easy to refer back to.