Production timetable schedule
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
19 Lesson: (1 hr 25) Assessment Criteria Shooting Script Storyboard | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 Lesson: (1 hr 25) Pre-production paperwork | 27 pre-production | 28 pre-production | 29 pre-production |
30 pre-production | 31 pre-production | 1ST February pre-production | 2 Lesson: (1 hr 25) Filming | 3 pre-production | 4 pre-production | 5 |
6 pre-production | 7 pre-production | 8 pre-production | 9 Lesson: (1 hr 25) Editing | 10 pre-production | 11 pre-production | 12 Filming |
13 HALF TERM Filming | 14 HALF TERM Filming | 15 HALF TERM Filming | 16 HALF TERM Filming | 17 HALF TERM | 18 HALF TERM | 19 HALF TERM |
20 Editing | 21 Editing | 22 Editing | 23 Lesson: (1 hr 25) Editing | 24 Editing | 25 Editing | 26 |
27 Editing | 28 Editing | 29 | 1st March Lesson:(1 hr 25) Assessment of final films |
Treatment and shooting script for my 1 minute drama
Treatment
Blurb: A story about a boy who gets out of his house does more with his life.
Character biographies: Matt is the starring and only character in the one minute drama. Matt is shy and doesn’t socialise much making him very wary of leaving his house. He spends most of his time playing Xbox or watching T.V. He is 16 years old and has blonde hair and well-built for his age with an average height.
Storyline: It starts with Matt sitting in his room dark messy room playing Xbox as he does most days. However there is a suitcase on the floor with the unzipped which contains clothes, paper binoculars and a wetsuit.
The room suddenly goes bright when Seb, Matt’s brother turns on the light and says it’s time to go to Cornwall. Matt zips up his suitcase picks it up and leaves with his family to Cornwall. When Matt has settled in at his house in Cornwall and unpacked his suitcase he runs straight into the front Garden and dive bombs into the Ocean. After this he then goes kayaking.
It’s drawing to an end for Matt’s holiday in Cornwall and he decides to go to Newquay beach. He’s got a body board and his wetsuit on. He pulls out his paper binoculars and takes a look at the waves in the Ocean. Matt then sprints towards the ocean where he jumps in and starts body boarding.
Script
Scene 1:
The camera starts with an opening shot of Matt’s room. The camera starts panning across Matt’s room showing the mess on his floor (used socks, clothes and general mess on the floor) the camera stops panning when it reaches the shot of matt hunched over his Xbox playing a video game. (Matt will show the viewers that he is completely absorbed with playing the video game and doesn’t notice anything around him) Note that the room will be dark (curtains closed and lights off apart from a small lamp)
The camera will still be aimed at Matt when the room goes bright. (Off screen Seb will open the door and switch the main lights for the bedroom). Matt will turn around and face the camera with curious look on his face to show that he is wondering why Seb has entered the room and to give the audience the feeling that Seb is on the other side of the camera.
Seb: It’s time to go to Cornwall Matt! Come on.
Matt: Yeah il be down in a minute.
The camera is still aimed at Matt sitting in front of his Xbox. (You here the door shut as Seb leaves the room). Matt will then stand up and switch off his Xbox and walk over and crouch next to his suitcase. The camera will pan across following Matt as he does this. Matt will take his time zipping his suitcase shut so that the audience get enough time to see the wetsuit and binoculars in his suitcase.
Matt will then stand up and haul his suitcase with him across the room and through the door (Camera will be on tripod and will continue panning/ following him across to the door). When Matt gets his suitcase through the door he will poke his head back through the door and switch off the light and close the door leaving the room in complete darkness. This will be the cue for the camera to cut and stop recording.
Scene 2:
When the opening shot for this scene starts, the music will also start playing which will play right through to the end of the script. In this scene most of the camerawork will be a montage to show as much as possible of what Matt is doing on holiday in less than a minute. The opening shot will show Matt with swimming shorts on leaning over his suitcase in his room in Cornwall; all of his clothes are neatly stored around him in his room giving the audience the impression that he has just unpacked his suitcase.
Matt pulls out his binoculars from the empty suitcase and places them on his bed, where he then sprints out of his door to give the audience the impression that he is excited and in a hurry to do something. The camera will pan/ follow him has he does this. (Note also that the room will brightly light because his blindfolds are up and its daylight to give off a positive vibe to the audience)
The camera is now positioned in the front garden of the house where it pans following Matt sprinting across the grass in the garden to the edge of the garden which is where the Ocean is. Matt will reach the end of the land and dive bomb into the water making a whooping noise to show the audience that he is enjoying himself. The camera will stop recording when matt resurfaces from underneath the water after doing his dive bomb.
The next opening shot will show Matt sitting in a Kayak with a life jacket on and paddle. The Kayak will be on the water near to where the land is so that the camera can pick up the kayak easily with detail and also without showing the land in the shot. Matt will be Kayaking around while smiling ( to give the audience the feeling of a positive vibe)
Scene 3:
The opening shot will be of Matt walking on to Newquay beach smiling. The camera shot will be a medium shot so we can see Matt holding the paper binoculars. Matt will be wearing a wetsuit at this time and have a body board next to him. Matt will put the binoculars to his eyes and look at the ocean through them. The camera shot will then change to a zoom in to the waves breaking on the Ocean (this will give the audience the feeling that this is what Matt is seeing through his paper binoculars).
The camera shot will then change back to a medium shot of Matt showing him taking the paper binoculars away from his eyes and putting them down on the beach. He will then pick up the body board resting by the side of him and start jogging excitedly towards Ocean. The camera will follow him doing this in a panning motion.
The last few shots will be a variety of medium shots, long shots and close/ close up shots of Matt body boarding in the waves of the ocean. (It is hard to say which camera angles will work best for this because we do not know how big the waves will be) This would signal the end of the short story and the screen would fade to black. The music will also fade out to stop playing exactly at the same time the screen goes black.
Story board
Sheet one
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Sheet two
Sheet three
Production roles
Director: Matthew Wheeler
Producer: Matthew Wheeler
Actor (Matt): Sebastian Wheeler
Actor (Seb): Alex Goodall
Cameraman: Matthew Wheeler
Editing: Matthew Wheeler
Shooting schedule
My script shooting will take place between the 10th and 14th of February 2012.
Date | Location and scene | Other information |
Friday 10th February 2012 | The location is at my house in West Wycombe where we will be filming scene one in my room. | Required props and costumes for this day will be the wetsuit, Xbox 360 elite and paper binoculars. |
Saturday 11th February 2012 | The location will be at our house in Cornwall shooting scene two. | Required props and costumes for the day will be the wetsuit, paper binoculars and the ocean kayak. |
Sunday 12th February 2012 | The location will be at our house in Cornwall shooting scene two. | Required props and costumes for the day will be the wetsuit, paper binoculars and the ocean kayak. |
Monday 13th February 2012 | The location will be at Newquay beach filming scene three. | Required props and costumes for today will be the wetsuit, paper binoculars and body board. |
Tuesday 14th February 2012 | The location will be at Newquay beach filming scene three. | Required props and costumes for today will be the wetsuit, paper binoculars and body board. |
Location Plans
Location one: My house in West Wycombe. This is the location where we will be shooting all of scene one. The filming will all take place in my room because it is the most suitable location to use for this scene. I have all the required lighting and equipment to be able to film here.
Location two: My house in Cornwall. This is the location for the shooting of all of scene two. Some of the filming will take place in my room but the majority of the filming of this scene will be done in our garden which is joined to the sea. Transport has been arranged for getting to this location. The filming in the garden will be done in daytime.
Location three: New quay beach (near Cornwall). This is the location for filming the final scene, scene three. It is the most suitable filming location for scene three because of the fact that I need to get footage of Matt body boarding. Transport has been arranged to get to this location and back. The filming will take place during daytime.
Costumes Props and Locations information
Props:
Paper binoculars:
The paper binoculars were compulsory for me to use but I have made good use of them throughout my short film for scenes such as where Matt is looking out to sea using them.
Body board:
The body board is a vital prop for my production because this is what Matt uses when he goes out to sea, body boarding in Newquay.
Xbox 360 Elite:
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This Xbox console plays a small role in the beginning of my one minute story where Matt is in his dark bedroom playing Xbox. In my film I represent the Xbox as an antisocial device.
Kayak:
This Kayak is used briefly in the second scene where the camera is doing the montage of what Matt does a in a week, and some of the footage shows Matt on a Kayak paddling around.
Costumes:
Wetsuit:
This Costume is used in two scenes of my short story, the first scene is where Matt is zipping his suitcase shut you see the wetsuit in his suitcase. The second scene is where Matt goes to Newquay and goes out on the ocean body boarding wearing the wetsuit.
Locations:
West Wycombe, My family’s house, my room: Photo unavailable. This location is used because it is the best layout for Matt to be because I require a typical boy’s messy room which is what makes my room perfect for shooting the footage in.
Cornwall, My family’s house: Photo unavailable. This is a good location to use for my filming in scene two because the sea is right next to our house which makes it perfect for the scene where Matt runs out the house and dive-bombs into the sea. It is also where the Kayak is stored which we also use for this scene.
Newquay beach: I chose this location for scene three because I know from personal experience that this is one of the best surf, body board locations to go to in England which is why I felt it would be great for capturing Matt body boarding in my last scene.
Call sheet
Contact details:
Matthew Wheeler (director and producer): 07791539839. Should any problems occur or if in need of help you should call this number to ask for instructions.
Sebastian Wheeler (playing the acting role of Matt): 07914884184
Alexander Goodall (Playing the role of Seb): 07964465471
Roles:
Actors:
Matt: Sebastian Wheeler
Sebastian: Alexander Goodall
Cameraman: Matthew Wheeler
Director: Matthew Wheeler
Producer: Matthew Wheeler
Editor: Matthew Wheeler
Makeup and accessories: Matthew Wheeler
Filming Schedule
It is required that Sebastian Wheeler and Alexander Goodall read the filming schedule to know when you are required for filming and what time you will expected to arrive. I will have scripts ready for you on the days that you are being filmed. Props will also be prepared by me ready for your use. Please ring my mobile phone number if problems should arise for any of you.
10th February 2012: I will require Alexander Goodall and Sebastian Wheeler. We will be shooting scene one at my house.
11th-12th February 2012: I will require just Sebastian Wheeler for filming scene two at my house in Cornwall.
13th-14th February 2012: I will require just Sebastian Wheeler for filming scene three at Newquay beach. I advise you bring warm clothing as we will be spending a lot of time on the beach that day filming.
Health and safety
| Dangers | How these dangers can be avoided |
| Allot of the filming is being done in water, after looking at the weather forecast it will be extremely cold if precautions are not used when filming actors in the water. | 1: Wear a wetsuit. 2: Wear a life jacket. 3: When filming scenes with actors in the water do filming for five to ten minute periods then take a break so that the actors do not get uncomfortably cold. |
| Damage to equipment | 1: When filming scenes in the water keep equipment that is being used dry perhaps wrap a plastic bag around the equipment to avoid getting it wet. 2: Use camera straps when holding the camera to avoid it falling and being damaged. 3: Keep equipment stored in bags to avoid losing any equipment and possibly damaging any equipment. |
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