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Fridays Practice shots

Experimenting with depth of field, (monty walking through door)




This one worked better

For some reason i cannot edit post , so here are my details

EmilePhone: 07950880476
Email:emile_sawyer@yahoo.co.uk

See you all on filming day wednesday

Storyboard

TITLE: Herds

Shot One: Establishing shot of the block of flats, Audio: Knocking on a door, cut to shot two

Shot Two: Extreme close up of Monty knocking on the door

Shot Three: Over the shoulder shot, from the interior, of Agnew opening the door to an excited Monty

Shot Four: Medium Shot from the hallway of a surprised looking Monty after Agnew has barged past him

MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time. It's a bit
quiet though better be early than be late,
never got into the fashionably late bullshit
did you?

Shot Five: Medium Long shot of Monty and Agnew entering the kitchen, camera pans with them as Monty goes to sit then and places his bag on the table.  The lines start when Monty opens the door and finish after he sits down

 Agnew

Who are you here for?

Shot Six: Medium Shot of Agnew standing across the table from Monty

 MONTY

No reason we can't crack these open though is
there?

 Monty holds the bag up and clinks the bottles together -

Shot Seven: Medium shot of Monty saying his line

Shot Eight: Cut to close up of the bag being shaken by Monty

2.INT. KITCHEN. NIGHT 2 – For this part of the conversation there will be two cameras set up, one filming Monty and the other filming Agnew, medium shots will be used throughout.

Monty and Agnew sit at the table. They are drinking beer

MONTY
Not a lot in the way of snacks at this party

AGNEW
Is there a party? Lads don't tell me anything. Had work after lectures so...

MONTY
Where's everybody else?

AGNEW
I'll text them now. Are you Johnny's mate then?

MONTY
Don't know Johnny

AGNEW
Billy's mate?

MONTY
Never been friends with anyone called Billy.

AGNEW
Riiiiight.

MONTY
Would love a sandwich. Love it. You got any ham?

Monty crosses to the fridge/cupboard and spends the next  few moments
making a sandwich.

Shot Nine: Medium shot of Monty opening the fridge

Shot Ten: Medium close up of Monty, shot from inside of the fridge

AGNEW
Do we know each other?

Shot Eleven: Medium close up of Agnew looking past the camera to Monty

Monty crosses and shakes hands

MONTY
Nah me names Monty

AGNEW
Agnew

Shot Twelve: Mid-waist close up of the two shaking hands

Monty leans against the table and eats his sandwich (Medium shot of him taking a bite)

AGNEW
Well I think someone's having you on Monty

Shot Thriteen: Over the shoulder medium shot of Agnew

MONTY
'avin me on?

Shot Fourteen: Low over the shoulder shot of Monty to make him seem more powerful than Agnew

AGNEW
You know, telling you theres a party here.

Shot Fifteen: Same as shot twelve


MONTY
Ye' got any salad cream? I can't find any.

Shot Sixteen: Monty looking around ignoring Agnew

AGNEW
But there isn't a party

Shot Seventeen: Same as shot twelve and fourteen.

MONTY
Or mustard?

Shot Eighteen: Same as shot fifteen.

AGNEW
And I don't know who you are

Shot Nineteen: Same as shot twelve and fourteen and sixteen.

Monty sits and chews, and chews, and chews (prolonged medium long shot of Monty chewing)

Shot Twenty: Cut to Monty being thrown into the hallway, getting up and dusting himself off and then knocking on another door

Shot Twentyone: Medium long shot of Monty knocking on another door and the door opening

MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time


The END

In the bag

Kay guys, our Monty actor is learning his lines as we speak.

Great, any news on the other actor?

I've emailed Phil to let him know our thoughts btw.

27th

Good session today guys, getting there.


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Just some minutes written down to remind us all


- The character is now going to be stealing objects as we first thought.


- Good wide shots of the residence (Manor Villages) to suggest there's a lot of flats he could do this too to begin with.


- Shot reverse shot of over shoulders as Monty eats, they pause, then the next shot is him being thrown out.


- 11:30 Wednesday 2nd Feb is film day. Meet outside of burger king opposite the Victoria Centre. We'll then go to the film location on the #28 Bus, me and Emile will be your guide if you like for obvious reasons.


- Tesco express just down the road if we get hungry.


- Address is: Flat 7 Breach House, Faraday Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2HF.


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Roles


So from now to film day, here's what needs to be done.


Everyone (urgent): Put shot ideas in the post below so I can then submit frameforge pictures, and read this.
Ollie: Storyboard + check with landlord if it's fine to film.
Cody: Make sure actors know the arrangements + costumes + scripts. Aswell as
Richard: Particularly put shot ideas in the storyboard post, just text and I'll do the rest.
Emile: Sort out sound, work out stuff, get familiar with what ever the uni have.
Phil & Houston: Particularly put shot ideas in the storyboard post, preferably pictures, if not text.


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Contact


Put contact details here as we're getting pushed for time.


Ollie
Phone: 07799791384
Email: obenns@live.co.uk


Phil
Phone: 07800739499
Email: cubasis1@gmail.com


Emile
Phone:
Email:


Cody
Phone: 07757216985
Email: danielcody9@hotmail.com


Houston
Phone:07403305541
Email: h.blyden@btinternet.com


Richard
Phone: 07742 663880
Email: richard1476@hotmail.co.uk

scripts

How do you download the scripts off ntunow, I need to send them to our actors

Brief Storyboard

1 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 1

TITLE: Herds

Knocking on the door MONTY skips from foot to foot -
As AGNEW opens the door Monty slips past him, entering



Camera views the door as Agnew opens it to reveal Monty.



Surprised looked, mouth gaping open.



MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time. It's a bit
quiet though better be early than be late,
never got into the fashionably late bullshit
did you?

Walking into the kitchen, he says the above line as he walks.

AGNEW
Who are you here for?

Pan as they enter kitchen, showing their surroundings.

'Who are you here for?'

MONTY

No reason we can't crack these open though is
there?

Monty holds the bag up and clinks the bottles together -

2 INT. KITCHEN. NIGHT 2

Monty and Agnew sit at the table. They are drinking beer

MONTY
Not a lot in the way of snacks at this party

AGNEW
Is there a party? Lads don't tell me anything. Had work after lectures so...

MONTY
Where's everybody else?

AGNEW
I'll text them now. Are you Johnny's mate then?

MONTY
Don't know Johnny
AGNEW
Billy's mate?

MONTY
Never been friends with anyone called Billy.

AGNEW
Riiiiight.

MONTY
Would love a sandwich. Love it. You got any ham?

Monty crosses to the fridge/cupboard and spends the new few moments
making a sandwich.

AGNEW
Do we know each other?

Monty crosses and shakes hands

MONTY
Nah me names Monty

AGNEW
Agnew

Monty sits and eats his sandwich

AGNEW
Well I think someone's having you on Monty


MONTY
'avin me on?

AGNEW
You know, telling you theres a party here.

MONTY
Ye' got any salad cream? I can't find any.


AGNEW
But there isn't a party

MONTY
Or mustard?

AGNEW
And I don't know who you are


Monty sits and chews, and chews, and chews

3 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 3
Agnew holds the door open and Monty exits

4 EXT. STREET. NIGHT 4
Monty stares down the street. He is looking at houses


5 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 5
Monty knocks on the door. SHARPY opens it. Monty holds up his carrier
bag of beer


MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time


The END

Second day shooting

Hey, as previously mentioned we may need a second day of shooting if the first does not go to plan. I'm thinking maybe the weekend of the 5th feb? Everybody needs to let me know if they would be available, either Saturday or Sunday.
Peace out.

^ Fine with me, we'll talk about it Thursday with everyone to make sure we're all free.

@Rich, I remember you talking about doing the effect were a camera travels through the wall, a post on this forum kind of explains a way to do it. 

 Link

Idea

I thought of an alternate ending that might show more development of Agnew's character in the way that we talked about on friday.

(After Monty is thrown out)

Agnew sitting in his house bored e.g sitting and flicking through TV channels. He pauses and thinks for a second, then gets up and leaves the house.

(Split screen of different houses)

MONTY & AGNEW

Bloody hell you took your time

THE END

So basically Agnew has become more like Monty in the end, But for this to work better we might need to show hints that Agnew had a little bit of fun while Monty was in his house? Just an idea... what do you guys think?

^ Sounds quite good actually. We'll discuss this further Thursday

Ey up, I've just realised that besides Wednesday the 2nd, we should arrange a second shooting day if neccesary, if people don't turn up and all that. And phil could you drop your email on here bud.

Schedule

Kay guys I've sent you all an email with a checklist and some rough deadlines

Character inspiration

Fell asleep watching this American pie producers flop last night, thought the characters of Scotty and Cooper fit in quite well with our Agnew and Monty.




^ Yeah that's it. I think Agnew is a weaker character than him though.

@ Emile - Sound Design

It might not be much use in our short film, but it is rather inspiring in the way Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Wall-E) makes sounds and thinks of how the situation should unfold.


These are both parts of the spotlight, each is about 9 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSf8Er2gV_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eySh8FOUphM&feature=related

Camera & Lighting

@Philip - these videos might be helpful to watch


Filmmaking: Camera Work:
Controlling The Camcorder Picture


Filmmaking: Camera Work:
How To Use Night Lighting In Videos

Sound. (Emile)

Right am in the process of editingg the script in terms of sound , if you have any ideas or any feedback on my ideas then feel free.

Locations

OK guys so I though I'd just take some pictures around my flat in case it looks like a suitable location for the shoot, let me know what you think, I'll be posting pictures of any other areas I spot.

The Script

I think it a good idea for everyone to edit this post and put in their thoughts and ideas about the script, especially ones relating to your role so everyone knows whats going on...
^ Good idea. Will tell everyone to contribute tommorow (17th Jan). Will do so myself shortly also.

1 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 1

TITLE: Herds

Knocking on the door MONTY skips from foot to foot - What am thinking of is a loud and booming bang , to really show that  yes , we know somewhere is there ,  but the tone of the bang would  portray to the audience that he is not just your regular visitor .

As AGNEW opens the door Monty slips past him, entering
Maybe this should happen really quickly and make Agnew seem so confused that he just goes along with it
What am thinking here is some abietant background noise , so if we are filming in halls , we could have some playing some music from thier room , so its more of a - for a lack of a better word- "booming" sound.


MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time. It's a bit
quiet though better be early than be late,
never got into the fashionably late bullshit
did you?
Camera following them to the kitchen
With Monty clearly just walking quickly past. Agnew stood at the door for a second before following acting shocked.

AGNEW
Who are you here for?


MONTY
No reason we can't crack these open though is
there?

Monty holds the bag up and clinks the bottles together - bottles of wine , maybe? , easiser to distingush on film then cans of beer.



2 INT. KITCHEN. NIGHT 2

Monty and Agnew sit at the table. They are drinking beer
Agnew taking small sips, clearly not at ease with the situation. Frowns at Monty regularly. 
Perhaps a moment of awkward slience with only the out of range background "booming" music can be heard. 

MONTY
Not a lot in the way of snacks at this party
Searching the cupboards, possibly on tiptoes, not the fridge yet. Don't really want repeating actions/shots.
Banging of shutting cupboards
AGNEW
Is there a party? Lads don't tell me anything. Had work after lectures so...

MONTY
Where's everybody else?
Turns around on his heel before asking, clearly not listening to Agnew with his back to him beforehand.

AGNEW
I'll text them now. Are you a mate of Johnny Johnny's mate then?
Agnew rummages around in his pocket and pulls out his phone. Then looks up to ask the question.
Sounds of keys in the pocket maybe , rustling of crunched up paper.
MONTY
Don't know Johnny
Agnew looks down at his phone again. Then up again to say...

AGNEW
Billy's mate?

AGNEW MONTY
Never been friends with anyone called Billy.
On principle

AGNEW
Prior? "Uhmmm....right."

MONTY
Would love a sandwich. Love it. You got any ham?


Monty crosses to the fridge/cupboard and spends the new few moments
making a sandwich
Camera behind Monty while he is going through the fridge 
As an audience, we feel more on Agnew's side. So make sure it isn't an over-shoulder of Monty as we do not see his perspective of things naturally.

AGNEW
Do we know each other?


Monty crosses [exaggerated] and shakes hands

MONTY
Nah, me' names Monty

AGNEW
Agnew
Baffled by Monty shaking his head at his question.

Monty sits and eats his sandwich
The crunch of lettuce.

AGNEW
Well I think someone's having you on Monty


MONTY
Having me on?
Not perfect English, so instead: 'avin me on?'
AGNEW
Told you there's a party and sent you this
address
"You know....telling you a party's being held here."


MONTY
You got any salad cream? I couldn't find any


AGNEW
But there isn't a party
Clearly getting slightly fed up

MONTY
Or mustard?

AGNEW
And I don't know who you are


Monty sits and chews, and chews, and chews
I think there should be a bit of a pause here with the camera switching between the two characters and showing their expressions, then the next shot is Monty being kicked out
Agreed, will make it very funny. Also add sounds of Monty loudly eating his sandwich.
Again that awkward slience comes into play.

3 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 3
Agnew holds the door open and Monty exits
Kicked/pushed forcefully instead? 

4 EXT. STREET. NIGHT 4
Monty stares down the street. He is looking at houses


5 EXT. DOORSTEP. NIGHT 5
Monty knocks on the door. SHARPY opens it. Monty holds up his carrier
bag of beer


MONTY
Bloody hell you took your time




The END

Directing Duties . . .

Ok so my role is to direct you all. So here are some ideas i've been thinking of, aswell as what I, and each other expect of you individually. Please add to this if you feel more is needed or something changed.
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Sound (Emile)
Sound requirements may include the following:


- Door knock
- Monty flicks on the stereo to enlighten the mood, so a techno unsigned track would be handy.
- Possibly a button switch sound.
- Fridge door opening/closing
- Cupboard doors opening and closing.
- Front door opening and shutting


For the time being...
- Get familiar with an audio editing program, and possibly recording. A simple free program is Audacity. Other more professional and technical ones include Cubase 4, Reason and Ableton Live. You may have used Adobe Soundbooth for you ident sounds last year, this is pretty simple if you wanted to use this also. You can find free loops/sound effects online which you can then play around with.
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Editing (Richard)
Not too many special effects will be used in the sequence, and ideas need to be developed further to give you specific tasks and can't just be 'on the top of my head' like above.


So for the time being, get familiar with Adobe Premiere Pro + hopefully After Effects. I want you to be able to import, edit and export fully as well as know a few advanced features of the programs soon. For after effects tutorials, see http://www.videocopilot.net/. Very good tut's for AE there. If you need footage to play around with, you will be able to find some stock footage somewhere that you can download (no excuses, I found loads before, if not use a youtube ripper.) Get good knowledge of the timeline aswell as transitions and effects for video and sound. No need to go into green screen detail or anything. Several books in library to help.
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Producer (Cody)
For these early days, we need you to:

- Sort out our time schedule, day of filming if possible and other dates, team meetings etc. 2 Weeks planning, 1 week film, 1 week editing etc etc. Have a list of dates for us soon. Talk to us individually if you need to sort out when we're all free.
- Find actors, this is probably best done after doing the top, as we can then say 'we need actors for dates so and so.
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Camera & Lighting (Houston & Philip)
Again, it's difficult to directly tell you what to do. Just take out a camera each, have a play around with them, work out EVERYTHING about the Panasonics, zoom, macro, white balance and other photographic settings, aswell as obtaining smooth pans/tracks with a Tripod. If you can, try and learn together. By experimenting, forward any ideas you may have to me.
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Directing (Ollie)
Thou shalt be doing:

- Thinking of ideas, shots, lighting.
- Editing the script to our preference.
- Drawing up a storyboard, or taking test images to show to you on here or at meetings what features we may include.
- Posting things like this.
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Additional Stuff
- Take a picture of your kitchen and upload it here to see which location will look best.
- Maybe we should book the studio to play around with lighting and such as a group.
- Richard can you get Philip to look on this blog please as you have his number. Aswell as the user/pass. Find out if he's recovering and in for Monday.
- Get posting here guys, I want to see what everyones been up to!
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Like I said, add to this if neccessary, in your colour (see first post.) I don't expect all this by Monday, don't worry. This just lays out what we all expect from each other, and there can't be any excuses like 'I wasn't told what to do' or anything. Sorry if it feels like I'm bossing you about! :]

If we can all do our bit in this project, we can really come out with something good.

Basics - 14th Jan Lecture

Characteristics


Agnew


- Shy
- Outcast
- Quiet
- Weak


Monty


- Qwerky
- Exaggerated
- Strange
- Wacky
- Over the top
- Doesn't quite 'get the message'


Clothing


Agnew


- Standard clothing
- Nothing standing out.


Monty


- Bright clothing
- No understanding of fashion
- Thinks he is the bees knees with his clothing.
- Braces
- Ollie's got some white skinny jeans if necessary


Props


- Beer bottles + bag
- Food + fridge
- Pretty self explanatory.

Blog Basics

If you're editing/submitting ANY posts, put them in your own colour so we all know.

GREEN - OLLIE (Director)
BLUE - RICHARD (Editor)
CYAN - CODY (Producer)
YELLOW - EMILE (Sound designer)
RED - PHILIP (Assistant Light +Camera)
ORANGE - HOUSTON (Light + Camera)
[ Sorry Houston, someone's gotta be pink! ]
I like orange better :D

Don't be shy about adding to posts, as long as you use your colour! Please post any ideas you have or work you've done.