Shoot Day 1 (Planning)

Shoot Day 1

Equipment Needed

Camera
Close Up Lens
Wide Angle Lens
Standard Lens
Spare Batteries
Tripod


Actors Needed

Ottilie Nye
Roddie Thompson

Shots Planned

The plan is to film the entirety of the pairs initial conversation and the shot where Ottilie opens the fridge. While this might seem like a fairly limited goal this will be the first time I work with this equipment on a larger scale and so I want to allow to for myself and my actors to get used to working with the equipment.

Notes
Costuming is something that I need to discuss with the actors making sure what they wear matches their characters and also is consistent shoot to shoot

Lighting is going to be interesting as I will have to see how the camera will handle the yellow lighting playing around with the white balance and exposure should mean that this problem will be minimal

Animatic

Animatic

Shot List - What Comes Next

Shot Number	Shot Type	Contents of Shot	Extras
1	Close Up	Fridge Opens and we see Sam reach in and take a drink out of it	Need Drinks
2	Mid Shot	Sam goes and has conversation with friend
3	Reverse Shot	As above
4	Tracking Shot	Sam moves through party interacting with people as she goes eventually you reaches Danny and stops and goes and sits down	Need Stabilizer and Extras
5	Midshot	Sam sits down and has a conversation with Danny but he isn’t interested
6	Reverse Shot	As Above
7	Wide Shot	Shows party in full flow	Extras needed
8	Wide Shot	Snap cut back to Danny and Sam sitting in awkward silence
9	Mid Shot	Sams goes to leave
10	Mid Shot	Danny try’s to stop her by striking up a conversation
11	Reverse Shot	Sam engages with him
12	Two Shot	Sam and goes and sits next to Danny and reminds him about how they’re still young
13	Wide POV Shot	Shows people acting like idiots during the party	Extras Needed
14	Two Shot	Reaction of Danny and Sam
15	Mid Shot	Couple Run into Shot and suddenly stop and see Danny and Sam sitting together	Who to Cast?
16	Reverse Shot	Danny tells them to go and find somewhere else
17	Two Shot	Sam asks Danny if he’s told anyone about them
18	Wide Shot	Danny gets up angrily
19	Close Up	Sam begins to shout at him
20	Reverse Shot	Danny does the same
21	Wide Shot	Danny storm off
22	Mid Shot	He walks to and storms out of the door slamming it behind him
23	Wide Shot	The party goes quiet and suddenly look over at Sam sitting alone	Extras
24	Reverse Mid Shot	Sam tells them to piss off
25	Mid Shot	Sams goes to door and follow Danny out	Door slam sound bridge
26	Mid Shot	Door slam cuts too Danny sitting out in the night looking angry he looks up and
27	Reverse Shot	We see Sam walk through the front door of the house and stop and look Danny
28	Wide Shot	Sam steps towards Danny but stops and waits awkwardly for a second	Coats!
29	Close Up	Sam begins her monologue
30	Mid Shot	Half way through she goes and sits down next to Danny
31	Two Shot	Finish of Monologue and Final shot of the two of them sitting in peace having finally reconciled

Key Filming Dates

1st Shoot Day - Initial Sam and Danny Shooting - Saturday 4th November

2nd Shoot Day - Further Sam and Danny Shooting - Saturday 11th November

3rd Shoot Day - Crowd Scenes - Saturday 18th November

4th Shoot Day - Outdoor Scenes - Monday 27th November

The reason the fourth date is so spread out from the other dates is due to a week long commitment that I know will take up the majority of mine and my actors time and so it would be very difficult to film around then and so I thought it'd be better to focus on other commitments while working in post production on the various clips that will have shot in the week prior. Also this format means that I can finish all the scenes bar the ending and make sure that I have all of the these shot correct or at least have planned reshoots.

Storyboard

Final Ident

Above is the ident for the production company that I have made up for the short film

I began by finding a font that I wanted to use

I eventually decided on this font



I then began searching the internet for the kind of image I was looking for that being a zombie hand
reaching out of the ground

I eventually found this image

I then took this image and touched it up slightly removing the black finger nails and changing the outline slightly

I then combined the two the font and the image to create the final image which can be seem above 

Possible Sound Issues

While performing the location reccee I found that there were a couple of issues that could come up in terms of sound when filming at this location

Inside the House

The issue here is getting clear recordings due to the open nature of the scene as it will be difficult to get a mic near to the actors during wider shots. Because there is so much space between the camera and the actors there will not be enough space to fit a hidden microphone in. This means that I will either have to mix recordings or record audio in post which is annoying but not disastrous
However this won't be an issue be with closer shots as the microphone can be easily placed as close as possible out of frame.

Another issue is that the majority of the scenes will be filmed without a crowd in the background. Because of this I will need to record background noise when I film the crowd scenes and then mix them in post which might not be as good as having the crowd constantly talking but the slight drop in quality is made up for because of the fact that it is so much easier to organise, film and re-shot if necessary .


Outside the House

The main issue outside of the house is the nearby road which is an issue for two reasons.

Firstly as each shot takes place at a different time there will be a difference in the background noise as different cars will pass by in different shots. This is easily fixed though as it just means I'll have to record a longer bit of sound outside whilst we're not filming and make sure that no cars pass in the background without a matching sound.

Secondly there is an issue of volume with this background sound as it could overpower the dialogue between Sam and Danny in the end of the film. This is again easily fixed I'll just have to spend a little bit of time carefully mixing them together once I begin editing