production planning

UPDATED!!!!

Due to being sick, i was sentenced to a week at home and i wasn't able to leave the house and was pretty much in bed all day. I managed to Re-edit the intro to the show making it look like less of a music video and more like a TV intro. I removed scenes that lacked conventions and added titles, left the Title screen for longer, left character introductions etc.. I have the plan completed and a clear vision in my head on what i want to do. the shooting is planned to be done on Wednesday the 14th but there is chance of rain which wont work with my scene. If that happens, it will be recorded potentially on the Thursday if not definitely on the Friday. The final editing will be done over the weekend/Monday ready to be presented on the following Tuesday.

1) Script

SCENE 1- OPENING INTRO

Jordan walks through alleyway

[enter character 2]

Antagonist confronts him, hits bag full of (props) rocks

across his head 

Jordan gets knocked down

 Time elapses…

Jordan wakes up in the back of a van, following pov shot of him walking towards the back doors proceeding to open them unleashing a blinding light.

Cuts to the camera panning through the main cast.

ENTER TITLE SCREEN

-TITLE SCREEN FADES AWAY

Cuts to establishing shot which switches to a pov shot from Jordan at the concert

ENTER Y.S

Cuts to pov shot of Y.S  *he turns to show he's beside Jordan and E!

ENTER E1

Cuts to his POV SHOT

Camera zooms out showing the three protagonists together

ENTER UNKNOWN ANTAGONIST:

 

Switches to a more ominous environment.

Sequence of cuts at concerts,cast playing games, the setting….

Jordan goes and turns off camera.

EPISODE 1 STARTS

Jordan Running from the police

cuts to the rest of the cast

Pov shot of the two other protagonists side by side.

Big flash blinds the screen, text up on screen emphasising flash forward.

Pov shot, Jordan waking up

*walks towards the mirror*

pov shot switches to over the shoulder shot whilst hes looking at the mirror

switches out to establishing shot of the building and then the whole area.

Switches to Y.S at a skatepark

Panning shot, we can hear the music in his headphones. music fades out as the camera unfocuses from Y.S and pans around the skatepark focusing on a suspicious hooded group of people

Friend group sits on bench whilst YS walks up to the ramp

the strange group start talking and turning looking at y.s

*police sirens fade in*

Suspicious hooded group run away

* sound fades out*

Y.S walks towards where they were. 

finds usb on floor

 

ENDS SCENE

2) Shot list

Shot No.	Shot	Filmed?
1	POV shot of main charachter walking down alleyway getting knocked down as a bag filled with something hits his face	yes
2	POV shot of mc waking up	yes
3	Cuts to a picture of the title (music starts playing)	yes
4	establishing shot of the concert (plot of story)	yes
5	Quick cut to a park, lighting changed. now dark	yes
6	cuts to close up of one of the main characters	yes
7	cuts to other close up of the second character	yes
8	cuts to final close up of last character	yes
9	glitches back to pov shot but this time of the characters in the concert	yes
10	pans through the cast in pov shot	yes
11	quickly edited and zooms out of the world	yes
12	cuts to cast playing games together	yes

13	establishing shot of the room they are playing in	no
14	zooms back into Jordan, tracking shot of him walking out the house with his friends walking behind him.	no
15	cuts to an over the shoulder shot of them getting on the bus	no

16	Back to a tracking shot of them walking up the bus	no
17	cuts to them walking to the skatepark pov shot	no
18	and whilst they sit on the bench the camera birds eye view of them.	no
19	camera zooms out and then pans to a suspicious looking group.	no
16	cuts to a shot of the road and back to the group (shot reverse shot)	no
17	tracking shot of jordan dropping in whillst music picks up	no
18	cuts to the group	no
19	cuts back to the road	no
20	cuts back to jordan,	no
21	police sirens screech and the group runs away, long distance tracking shot	no
22	Jordan gets off his skateboard cuts to pov shot	no
23	cuts to a sequence of shots surrounding him with music and tention rising	no
24	cuts to a birds eye view of usb on the floor	no
25	cuts to close up of jordan	no
26 27 28 29	pans out to YS focusing on his facial expressions cuts to reggie  Cuts back to Jordan  sequence of shot reverse shots whilst suspenseful music increasing	no

3) Mise-en-scene planning

Cast-The three protagonists of the series, two boys (including myself) and one girl, make up the main cast. They are all between the ages of 17 and 18. Since the actors are the same age as the intended audience, we want this to be as relatable as possible. As such, I will of course require them to follow the script, but I also want them to act as authentically as possible so that the cast can develop a sense of individuality and avoid the feeling of a "fake crime drama."

Costume- Since the show is aimed at a teenage niche audience, its important to use clothing to make the audience feel a sense of relatability. I have to make an effort to represent teenagers as accurately as possible in the characters because the purpose of this crime drama is to give young people a sense of relatability. Teenagers use street wear as a means of self-expression since it is personal to them. One of our main goals with this crime drama is to really connect with the audience, and since we are targeting teenagers, I think this might be the best approach.

Makeup- Like i mentioned in my previous planning, there won't be much usage of makeup. This is mostly to abide by the of-com regulations as usually makeup is used in the film industry is to emphasise wounds and with a 12 rating given to us we wont be able to show blood and things of the same essance. On the other hand, I could record makeup using footage from the Halloween season and incorporate people's makeup-filled costumes into the mix. This can be used to symbolise how people in our production conceal who they are and maintain secrecy.

props- Contrary to my preliminary task, i will try to include more props. as this film is very digitally aimed. Props that'll be used will be things like computers, skateboards for the opening scenes, the USB which the whole plot of the story revolves around and possibly more however props are also limited due to the age restriction we were given.

Lighting- similar to in my preliminary task i will be focusing my lighting on being obscure in order to represent the drama conventions focusing most of my attention to shadows.

4) Shooting schedule

I dont ave any specific dates planned out and i did aim to shoot some videos at my actual Playboi Carti  concert which was supposed to be on the 22nd of November which unfortunately got postboned to a date which is yet to be announced so im not sure if i can get any footage from there.

I have already gathered a small cast of 4 people and will still need to find another small group to record the 'skatepark scene' overall i will be recording this and it should take around 1-2 weeks and i will try to compose alot of editing which should take around a week. I've been planning on recording on the first weekend of december and have gathered sufficient people. On the friday i could have some of the cast come to my house to record the first part of the scene

UPDATED!!!!

Due to being sick, i was sentenced to a week at home and i wasn't able to leave the house and was pretty much in bed all day. I managed to Re-edit the intro to the show making it look like less of a music video and more like a TV intro. I removed scenes that lacked conventions and added titles, left the Title screen for longer, left character introductions etc.. I have the plan completed and a clear vision in my head on what i want to do. the shooting is planned to be done on Wednesday the 14th but there is chance of rain which wont work with my scene. If that happens, it will be recorded potentially on the Thursday if not definitely on the Friday. The final editing will be done over the weekend/monday ready to be presented on the following Tuesday.