'Choice' - Script

This is the 9th Draft of the script, it took 9 drafts to make the script as good as possible because we had to keep changing the ideas because we discovered things that we could and couldn't do. The pictures below shot the following corrections we had in each draft:

'Choice' - Equiment List and Expenditure

  Equipment list

·      JVC 3CCD

o   This is a camera that we have borrowed from our college and this is a good camera because it has high quality video and audio recording. We will be using it in fully manual mode so we can have the most freedom to do what we want.

·      Camera Stabilizer

o   The camera stabilizer will be used for walking training shots and this means that we can walk with the camera and have smooth footage and the footage not to be too shaky.

·      Camera Dolly

o   This will be used for the tracking shots. It will mean that we can get smooth tracking shots over a smooth floor.

·      4x Tripods

o   These will be will be uses for the camera so we don’t have the hold the cameras by hand. This will mean that we get completely stable shots.

·      2x Rode Boom pole

o   We will be using these in dialogue scenes and this will mean that we get clear audio for the characters when they are having a conversation.

·      2x LED Lights

o   These lights will be used for highlights on the actor’s faces and for the background. This will be 2 parts of the 3-point lighting.

·      2 x 5in1 lighting reflectors/diffusers/flags

o   These will be used to control the lighting that we have. Either inside with the fill light to diffuse it out or the sunlight outside to make sure it isn’t too bright and causes over-exposure on the camera.

'Choice' - Production Schedule

Date	Task	What we going to do?	Equipment	Cast and crew
21/09/15 – 16/10/15	Pre production	This will be the pre production part. We will finish the scripting and storyboarding. We will also do Recce’s, risk assessments, shooting schedule and develop print ideas.	Macs	Charlie Bell, Tony Cash, David Cuff
19/10/15 – 02/11/15	Filming days	This is the time we are going to film. We will have about 2 weeks to get everything filmed multiple times to make sure we have enough footage.	JVC 3CCD  Camera Stabilizer Camera Dolly  4x Tripods  2x Rode Boom pole  2x LED Lights   2 x 5in1 lighting reflectors/diffusers/flags	Charlie Bell, Tony Cash, David Cuff, James Brookes, Kelly Davis, Ashley Edmonds
02/11/15 – 18/12/15	Editing and print product	This will be where David Cuff and Tony Cash will editing ‘Choice’ while Charlie Bell Will be focusing on the print Products	Macs	David Cuff, Tony Cash, Charlie Bell
04/01/16 – 29/01/16	Final Evaluation	This will be where we evaluate the Productions and Do directors commentary for ‘Choice’	Macs	David Cuff, Tony Cash, Charlie Bell

'Choice' - Character Study

‘Choice’ – Character Study (Internal)
Eric

Eric Matthews

Eric Matthews was born on October 20^th 1996 to a Samantha and Paul Matthews. As a baby Eric constantly needed fuss and attention and would constantly be the start of arguments for his parents.

 

Samantha always wanted a girl and has never let Eric live it down, she blames his fathers ‘Inferior’ genes and that she ‘should’ve married that Oakland lad from college’. Eric father Paul saw straight through her passive aggressive attitude for some time.  Eventually he spent more time at his local pub than with his wife, much to her detest.

 

During his early childhood Eric was in the forefront of this conflict constantly trying to impress his mother and ending up questioning her actions to her father. Paul loved Eric more than anything in the world, He knew he wasn’t perfect but he always blamed the war and his wife for his actions.

 

Eric was 13 years old when Paul first hit him. It was a drunken mistake he professed, however Samantha fault different. This event would shake the Matthews household for some time. Everything Eric believed started to get manipulated, Paul became more aggressive and he would always tell Eric it was his mother’s fault.

 

Eric began projecting his worries in the form on an imaginary friend who he never named. In psychology reports Eric said that the friend always shown him the answer and that he hasn’t been wrong since. His mother thought he was crazy and his father took no notice.

 

When Eric was 17 his parents were in the midst of a divorce, it was then that Paul Matthews struck Samantha and put her in the hospital. After doing so he ran away from the consequences leaving Eric with a choice of what to do and who to go to.

 

The film carries on from here.

Pitch feedback

By filming the pitch you are using digital technologies which will give an insight into your creative journey. Your pitch allowed you to talk confidently about progress, plan and the development of ideas. Your project shows great promise and ambition in use of technology. You have researched film-making techniques and show a real passion for learning about this medium which comes through in your pitch.  It was well prepared and the script was provided to your peers.

Influences  are clearly identified and I like the Edgar Wright links, make sure these are shown on the blog.

Upload your own film made as practice and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. Provide me with a copy if possible.

Describe the drafting process of the script and outline what you have learned.

Develop ideas for print products. 

Explain how you are using lighting using images.

You could have read the script with the group to allow them to understand the narrative

Document the work done on back stories and character biographies and all the planning covered. Ensure this goes on to the blog and is fully evidenced.

Very promising hitting aspects of level 4.

Ensure that your cretaive journey is reflected on the web-log.

'PINK' - Pitch CHANGE

Task 3 - 'Choice' - Mind map

This is the mind map for the film. We have gone through loads of ideas and narrowed it down to this. We feel that this is a good idea for the film because it incorporates loads of our ideas into a short time for the film. We will more than likely make some slight chances to this as something that we have planned might not work. But I will be updating all of these.

The basic Idea for the film is that we have the character 'Eric' who's mother is in hospital because his farther abused her. Now Eric must choose between an abusive Dad who always loved him or a non-abusive Mom that didn't love him. Eric's 'friend' tries to help him make the decision to go with his Mom because deep down she did love him she just didn't show it. The Friend is actually Eric's subconscious mind that doesn't want Eric to go with his farther because he will abuse Eric. However this isn't said in the film and s left to the audience to work this out or make a decision about his friend on their own. That is the unique selling point to the film is that the audience makes the decision.