Saturday, 17 December 2016

(PLANNING) Assignment 41: Long Term Planning

Deadlines and original filming schedule:

First Draft Timeline:
Prologue:
-          Split screen
-          They will be swiping on tinder until they match
-          This will result in a brief text conversation agreeing to meet up.
-          The song will start.

Getting ready:

-This will still be split screen as they get ready to go out
-The artist will be performing in the narrative as they get ready
Going to meet up:
-          This will use cross cutting to show them walking to the date until they both meet each other (This could also be done in split screen as well)
-          This will be full performance in the narrative

Coffee date:
-         
This will be from a table sat by the window
-          Use a high angle looking down at them, as well as some close ups to show emotions and gestures.

Walk:
-         
They will go out for a walk together, they will be wearing similar clothes to last time, but they will be heavier to show the change in time via the temperature.
-          The performance will be conveyed like he is talking to the other person and to the camera.

Christmas:

-          This will be shown through the use of presents, Christmas jumpers and the like. With the MES being so vital to this scene it must be done right.
-          They couple will be exchanging gifts
-          Will be low key lighting, which the use of a dimly lit room and candles.

New Year’s party:

-          This will show the biggest change in time compared to the other scenes.
-          The couple will be at a party with a group of friends
-          People will be wearing smart casual, e.g. men will be in casual shirts and jeans.
Meeting parents:
-          This will be a comedic and awkward situation (will require older actors)
-          Will be forced to have dinner and take photos with them, etc.

Video games:

-          Casual light hearted scene without any performance
-          They will be lightly pushing each other, etc

Dinner date:

-          This will be a far more romantic situation
-          They will be talking but performance will be included.

Birthday:
-          One will be giving the other gifts etc
-          A night in with a film
-          Netflix and chill – Aimed to be funny

Anniversary:

-          This will be them walking along the same path they went on their first walk on, in the same clothes.
-          They will end on a bench with a long shot framing them.
  
Draft 3 Schedule:
Tuesday (31st Jan)

·         Base Tracks (digipak shoot if there’s time)
·         Coffee Shop
·         Rejection/ Meeting
Wednesday (1st Feb)
N/A
Thursday (2nd)
4:30pm-5:45pm
·         Video Games
·         Netflix
Friday (3rd)

·         Dinner
·         NYE (will need a group of people of Laurie’s choice ((will be diverse for realism))
Saturday (4th)
10am-4pm
·         Christmas
·         Easter
·         Walk – As well as bench
·         Tinder Swiping
Sunday (5th)
N/A
Monday (6th)
Steven will need to provide the cork board & calendar. Josh will print photos and will film this on his own Monday night and give it to Luke Tuesday.
·         Digipak shoot if not already completed
Tuesday (7th)
Editing
Wednesday (8th)
Editing until 6pm if needed (Would like entire group to stay if necessary)

*For filming for Wednesday onwards, if you have a camera and tripod please bring both

Improvements for draft 3:

·         Show some people in the swiping process but keep it short
·         Allow people to read ‘it’s a match’
·         To allow for easier texting, have them texting while walking – texting in draft 2 is too fast
·         More shots for meet up
·         Use tripod for the hug/ rejection
·         Performance to start when story starts – Loop not too long.
·         The first selfie will be taken at the end of coffeeThis will then cut to the cork board, as they will pin up said selfie
·         Don’t try to make dining room look like a restaurant – Instead make it into a home cooked meal. Buy £10 meal for 2 from tesco
·         Use shallow focus in base track
·         Be happier in the base track
·         Need to shoot white screen base track from multiple angles
·         Use a cork board and plain calendar to set mood for ancillaries
-          These could be printed in black and white so we’re able to match with the digipak and poster.
-          Doodles and sketches need to be put up on the board, similar to that of the first draft.

·         End video with Netflix
·         Digipak in black & white and colour?
·         We could also use home video as an element, so they can take the selfies while they record?
Key:
Directing
Editing
MES
CAM SANC

Final Draft Planning:

Gaming
·         Have front angle
·         One close up behind them looking at the remotes.
·         She takes snapchat of me raging.
Dinner
·         Close up shot of candles getting lit.
·         Really fancy, then I bring out a pot noodle.
·         Close up of her face dropping.
·         Instead of a selfie, Instagram the pot noodle.
NYE
·         People standing
·         Close ups on things like drinks, smiles, etc
·         Group photo selfie (photo bomb)
·         Can now wear smart shirt
·         Could use zoomed arial shot of people standing.
Getting Ready
·         Use eye-line-match of hands swiping.
·         The angles while swiping need to change to be substantially different.
·         Stop. Smile. Eye-line-match. Smile. ‘It’s a match’. Close up of both faces.
·         Split screen needs to be a parallel of them doing the same thing.
·         Use camera as the mirror:
-          Close up of legs getting out of the shower.
-          Brushing teeth
-          Hair
-          Shaving & make-up
-          Changing costumes (3 serious & 3 funny) -  temporal ellipsis & and wipe transitions.
-          Use of dressing gowns
-          Wardrobe on same side – split screen of throwing clothes.
Netflix
·         Straight shot
·         No need for a photo
·         Close up of look they give
·         Grab remote
·         Shot of netflix
Picnic
·         Long shot of her running up to a spot and pointing at the ground far away.
·         Close up of my reaction (smile to frown)
·         Arial shot of them laying together.
Valentines
·         Trail of rose petals to the bed room to get gifts. (POV of following the trail)
·         POV of seeing her open the door. 
Coffee
·         Texting while walking to the coffee.
·         Show texts on screen
·         They’re gonna be texting, (long shot) look up (close up of them each looking up then pov of the other person), see each other and smile.
·         They’re gonna be texting other people while they’re on coffee, telling them about the other.
·         Establish with a two shot.
·         Short reverse shot and POV to see reactions.
·         Selfie when they walk out of the coffee shop.
Christmas
·         She gets me pot noodles
·         I get her something sentimental
·         Use Close up on gifts, eye line match, POV
Easter
·         Need to exchange eggs .
·         Camera sees decorations
Walk
·         Shot same as normal, get stranger to take photo (can use luke as he is not in NYE scene)
Shopping
·         She gives his puppy dog eyes for the thing she wants.
·         He gives her his card.
·         She then goes and picks up loads of other stuff.
·         Not the sushi jumper.
Base track
·         Use of blazers, jeans and smart shoes.
·         Sitting on side of river
·         Bench crossed legged
·         Walking down river (must be done early so less people)
·         Have different costumes for different base tracks (one of the blazers should be dominate to be used in the digipak and the poster)
·         Use of different camera angles and shots.
·         Locations at attract audience
·         If we use white room, have light behind artist in order to illuminate the white screen behind them.
Calendar
·         Selfie, cut to the calendar, close up of the cross, close up of putting picture on.
·         Have the empty calendar as the starting shot as a way of putting the artists name and song shown first.
Ancillaries
·         Bleed into illustration
·         Use scenes from base tracks
·         Scenes by river
·         Bench with/without artist

v  No fast forward effect – use temporal ellipsis. Could use fade to black transitions. This creates a meaning for the audience.
v  Use match on action, more than one or two angles.
v  Shots are too long.
v  More inventive shots.
v  Use editing to try and match the pace of the song.
v  The texting is too fast.
v  Have shutter effect & flash for each picture, this would then go to a fade, then calendar as stated above.

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