Script

The Compulsive Planker

Scene 1: Zoom in on clock, clock shows Tom (Scott) is late for school, he puts headphones in and we hear the music he is playing (fast paced music) and he almost reaches the school, then bumps into the bullies at his school (music stops).
Scott: (Wakes up, looks at clock, tries to sleep again, quickly realises he is late) Oh crap!
(Puts headphones in and heads for the front door, we hear the music from his headphones)
(Next few shots taken from distance, showing him quickly running to school)
(Mid-Running scenes, Scott runs into a lamp post, music put on hold and close up of Scott in pain, gets back up and starts running, when he runs, zoom in on back. He fell in dog pooh)
Bully 1: (Spots Tom running towards him) Hey guys (looking around at his friends) look at this chickhead running towards us.
Bully 2: Chick?
Bully 1: Yeah! You know, he’s a chick head, I heard you guys saying it earlier ha-ha!
Bully 2: You mean DICK, not CHICK.
Bully 1: Yeah, that does make more sense...Nice one man! (Smiles and nods at bully 2)
(Bullies block Tom’s path)
Bully 2: (Scott approaches bullies) Where do you think your going? (Chuckles at his own joke)
Ryan: Yeah! Where you going? (Also chuckles at own joke)
(Bully 1 and 2 look round at him because he is simple minded)
Scott: Well, I’m running towards the school your right in front of, I’m wearing my uniform and I have my school bag, but you’re blocking my way...so, I guess I’m going to the zoo. (Sarcastic voice) Where do you think ya pillock?
Ryan: Why are you going to the zoo? (Other bullies nod there head at him because of the stupid comment)
Bully 1: (Pins Tom against a wall) don’t get lippy! Baby boxers.
Bully 2: (laughs at the group leaders joke) Yeah, baby boxers.
Ryan: Yeah! These are real man pants! (Pulls down trousers to reveal action man pants)
Michael: Hey guys, why not give this kid a break, aye?
(Bullies look at each other and nod heads, see the view of the strange child, the bullies grab him)

End Scene












Scene 2: They go and get cleaned up, and then a general conversation starts. Scott questions Michael about why he isn’t going to school, Michael then admits he got kicked out but was ashamed to say why.
(Camera is at a medium shot of us washing our faces)
Scott: Well, thanks for TRYING to help.
Michael: Its ok buddy: Oh! And I’m Michael by the way, but you can call me Mr Z.
Scott: Mr...Z?
Michael: Oh, yeah, that’s what they call me back in da’ hood.
(Tom looks intrigued and smirks at the strange comment)
Scott: Oh yeah? What part of “The hood” are you from “Mr Z”?
Michael: Well, London of course silly... (Under his breath to himself, zoom in on face)What a silly question. Hehehe
Scott: Yeah, I know that. (CU on face) I meant what part of London?
Michael: Downing Street.
Scott: Where the prime minister lives? Ok then...Anyway, thanks for trying to help...actually, why weren’t you going to school?
Michael: (Flashback of bullies setting Mr Z up with wires around to wreck the room when somebody trips) I don’t want to talk about it. (Shivers)
Scott: Oh, ok then. Fair enough. I don’t really feel up to going to school anymore to be honest.
Michael: Let’s go explore the local area and take in its lovely delights.
Scott: Yeah, sounds like a plan, I’ll just get changed.
(Walking down a street)
Michael: Hey Tom, have you ever seen anyone do this?
(Michael planks on a bench)
Scott: Do you have any idea how stupid you look Zee?
Michael: well I’d like to see you do it better.
Scott: bet you (Shuffles around in pocket, pulls out £2 coin) £2 I could do it for longer than you!
Michael: Ok, you’re on (Chuckles) (Zooms in on face) this is the easiest £2 I ever made!
(Montage of us planking, then Michael falls)
Michael: WOW! You have some real talent there buddy!
Scott: (Still planking) really? That’s the first time I heard that, especially from somebody of your status!
Michael: Well then, let’s get training!
Scott: What are you talking about, training?
(Michael smirks with camera zoomed in on his face)
End Scene









Scene 3: Quick montage of the main character training to plank, with his trainer Mr Z motivating him massively, but the process is terribly disrupted when the main character falls 2 inches off the ground and slightly his knee.
(Show loads of clips of Scott (Tom) planking in different places. There is a fast paced music playing and it continues throughout the montage)
Scott: OOOOWWW!
Michael: Oh my God! Are you ok? Can you still plank? Oh my, OH MY...This is terrible, what will we do now?
(Scott has a pain ridden face and holds his knee, he removes his hands, close up of knee then shows it is just a little cut)
Scott and Michael: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!
Michael: OH MY GOOOOOOOD! IT’S BLEEEEDING!
Scott: (Crying) I’m sorry Mr Z, I ruined it....this was all just a waste of time...I wouldn’t blame you for walking away right now...
Michael: (Also crying) Don’t you worry about a thing Tom, we’ll get through this...Together....I’ll never leave somebody with as much talent as you, however bad your injury is....This is just a set-back!
Scott: (Still looks in pain) Ok Mr Z, you have so much faith in me...your a great trainer...but an even better friend (Smiles)
(Close up of Michael smiling down at Scott)
End Scene

Pitch (Filmed)

Pitch (Written)

The Compulsive Planker
Plot: One young boy doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up, a boy with one and only one talent...Planking. The young lad then chooses to plank and plank again, to the point that crowds form to watch his inspiring talent. This gives the boy a dream...to become a pro Planker in the Olympics. He realises that he must first fight to make it an official sport. This struggle will be done and he becomes the best Planker in the world at a very young age.
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Form: Feature film
Influences: Rocky and the world famous film Run fat boy run and The Social Network
Audience: The audience for this film is teenagers looking to have a laugh. We chose this audience as loads of teenagers know of the “planking craze” and are either interested in it or find it laughable. Whichever one of these options the teenagers are, they would be interested in the film.

Pitch Script

Michael-Hello, I’m Michael...
Scott-And im Scott...
Michael-And were from mass media. We are here today to present to you the new film idea we have of “The Compulsive Planker”
Scott- the basic storyline is that there is a teenage boy who hasn’t got a plan for his future until he realises he has a natural talent, for planking. When the craze first started he would explore the local area looking for places to plank
Michael-The young boy knows that it will be a struggle, but he feels that planking should be an official sport and in the Olympics, and so he practises and practises until he cant handle the pain.
Scott- In the end, the struggle will have paid off and the young boy becomes the best Planker known to man as he planks for England in the Olympics and wins gold.
Michael-We will make sure that there are funny bits in the film as well as dramatic scenes, making it both comedy and drama like the film run fat boy run, which was one of our inspirations for the film.
Scott-We will now take any questions you may have.

Halloween curse

1st: Aaron finds ring (graveyard) with brother (burns aarons hand from ring)


2st : aaron walking scene (1st person) drunk feeling (voices) (snapps at brother)


3rd: brother goes home


4th: aaron collapse (wakes night) red eyes (contacts) ring on finger


5th: title

Blogged By Scott

The group suffered a major set-back today as we have lost one of our group members and are possibly losing another. Our group may now turn into a pair as me ans Scott are fully dedicated to finishing this course. We now need to finish editing the prelimanary video and start planning the main task.

spot of trouble, aaron has left the group, he left as he is behind in his business coursework, but is dropping an A-level subject for a BTEC

by Scott Lacey

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment Name: Scott Lacey Preliminary Task · Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer? Answer :Yes our film uses editing to make the sequences of the events clear thought out the film clip · Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.) answer: yes we have attempted to keep to our script and plans for our film · Have you used match-on-action? Answer : in our film we did use match on action · Can you explain what a match-on action involves? Answer : match on action means that when something happens in the scene then when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on. · Have you used shot/reverse shot? Answer : we did use shot/reverse shots in our preliminary · Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves? Answer : shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. · Did you observe the 180-degree rule? Answer : yes we did go by the Guide lines of this rule · Can you explain the 180-degree rule? Answer :not to cross the 180 degree line when filming coverage. · What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.) Anwer : i was one of the main filmers and actors, i also contributed into the idea of the film · How would you assess your contribution to the group? Answer : i would say that i contributed greatly to the film but others weren't really pulling their weight · What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film? Answer : I have learnt from the preliminary ask , how to film a basic set , I have learnt all the rules of filming what equipment is used and how to edit. i also got to know the basic finctions of the camera

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Stephen Nutton

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
The story line is clear, and understanding to the viewer. We have cut the selected scenes with precision to give a flowing view of the scenes.
· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have used the simple story boarded idea of the set task given.

· Have you used match-on-action?
Yes we have, we have used match on action shots in a variety of different scenes.
· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
The editor cuts from one shot to another, that matches the first shot's action.

· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
Yes we have used shot reverse shot, for example, we have used this specific shot in the interview.
· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
We have used 180 degree rule in most of our film, mainly most of the talking

· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
The 180° rule is a basic guideline that states those two characters in the same scene should always have the same left or right relationship to each other.

· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
Filming, acting and editing.
· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
I have for filled and opted my opinion in the work.

· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I have learnt how the different shots in camera work, gives different effect.

Blogged By Stephen :)

Problems

we are unable to start editing our film as we have no computer with the correct softwear to be able to. the reason why we cant is because the classroom is currently having work done on the roof. we have finished most of the tasks including questions and filming. we have been able to do all the tasks even with the problems we have had on the way.

We have now finished filming the video using loads of different shots. We now need to edit the footage to make it "flow" well. We may need to shorten some of the clips as we filmed them longer than they needed to be because we wanted to be sure that it is the right length and we didnt cut off any of the dialogue or action. Stephen is the person most likely to do the editing as he has the most skills on photoshop, which means that he is good with ideas and knows roughly what everything does.

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Michael Baker

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?

I feel that only one part is hard to understand, and this is because we didn’t think and it looks as though I disappear in one part of the film.

· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)

We have followed the directions in the brief.

· Have you used match-on-action?

We have used match on action.

· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?

This is when you close up on an action that somebody is doing.

· Have you used shot/reverse shot?

Yes we have.

· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?

It’s when you take one close up of someone talking for example, and then when the next person talks close up on them.


· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

We did use the 180-degree rule.

· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

This is when you only stay to one side of the room so that the viewers don’t get confused.

Preliminary Task Questions

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment
Name: Aaron Bunting

Preliminary Task
· Does your film use continuity editing so that the sequence of events are clear and easily understood by the viewer?
Answer :Yes our film uses editing to make the sequences of the events clear thought out the film clip

· Have you followed the directions in the brief? (A character opens a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. An exchange of dialogue occurs.)
Answer: yes we have followed the directions of the brief in are video.


· Have you used match-on-action?
Answer : yes we have used match on action during are film

· Can you explain what a match-on action involves?
Answer : match on action means that when something happens in the scene then when there is a cut the same piece of action must be going on.


· Have you used shot/reverse shot?
Answer :Yes we have used shot reverse shot in are video to.

· Can you explain what shot/reverse shot involves?
Answer : shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.


· Did you observe the 180-degree rule?
Answer : yes we did go by the Gide lines of this rule


· Can you explain the 180-degree rule?
Answer :not to cross the 180 degree line when filming coverage.

· What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task? (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)
Anwer :The roles that I did when making the preliminary task was , mainly acting , editing , equitpment organisation and some filming too.

· How would you assess your contribution to the group?
Answer :I would say that I contributed very well to the group, but not all of use worked as a group.


· What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?
Answer : I have learnt from the preliminary ask , how to film a basic set , I have learnt all the rules of filming what equipment is used and how to edit.

scott's turn!

we hit a few problems during the course of filming our preliminary, such as michael getting a paper cut to the camera running out of battery. we overcame these problems but then had the mammoth task of editing the video and saving the files onto the computer. we had another problem when the files did not work on a different computer and it didnt work, this was another set back as we had to wait until lunch time so we could upload our project onto the computer. we are just coming up to the end of the project and are nearing completion of all editing, we now need to answer questions and keep on track  to make sure we do not fall behind in the next task.
much love, scott <3 (the first 'S' in MASS)

Filming takes.

As a whole, the filming has been successful, the different takes took time but we have configured the right camera angles to have an offective shot. For example we have taken shots of the door begining to open as an cloose up and then moved into the shot of the actor walking into the room from the shot. To add the effect of the person entering the room, but also to add an close up, to add more differenciation in shots.
After the time we have been shotting we have found some mistakes which we have changed through editing the clip.

Blogged by Stephen :)

shot list

(CU) Aaron , at desk, paper work on victim,

(MS) Aaron: talks to guard, bring in the suspect  

(CU) (Michael brings in Phil Morally , he sits)

(MS)Michael : this is phil morally, the suspect of the murder of Robert shore on 13/5/2011

(CU)Stephen : IT WASNT (EC) ME!

(FO)(Michael exits)

Cut  

(MCU)(Scott enters)

(CU)Aaron: I told you 12:00 , I don’t want this again

(MCU)Scott : ok ok! Im sorry , what have we got here.

(MCU)Aaron: This is the suspect of the murder, his name is phil morally hes  45 years old and is an ex drug dealer.

(MCU)Scott:  where was you on the 13/5/2011 at quarter  past 1

(CU)(Stephen: (looks at scott)you know exactly where I was.

(SS)Aaron: (Looks at scott) What does he mean scott?

(CU)Stephen: Well...(stops talking interruption)

(MS)Michael (enters) whispers  into ear (subtitled)

(CU)Aaron: thanks mike

(Michael leaves)

(MC)Scott: What was that about

(MC)Aaron: you soon find out

(Police officers enter and arrest scott)

(CU)Aggressive scott : you idiot what have you done , you’ll pay for this phil.

blogged by aaron

Photo Shots

Extreme Close-up

medium close shot

interview looks into space in the frame

moving subject walks into space

Big close up

long shot

high angle shot (looking down)

medium close up

two shot

low angle shot (looking up)

medium shot

over the shoulder shot

tilted frame shot

Preliminary :)

Stages of preliminary including times:

introduction: 2 police men question a suspect on the killing of Robbert Shore. There is an unknown secret twist that you wouldn't expect to have happened. 

During this video we will be following rules these rules are.....

• 180'o rule
• shot reverse shot
•  match on action

Stages:

1.       Scott & Aaron prep for interview (5to10seconds)

2.       Suspect brought in by Michael with files (10-15seconds)

3.       Lawyer greets Stephen (5seconds)

4.       Questioning starts & Charlotte attitude not to talk to client in that way (10-15seconds)

5.       Suspect Stephan clams innocence & knows truth and who killed victim (5-10seconds)

6.       Flash back (10-15seconds)

7.       End.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD FILM

Do's

• interesting storyline
• lighting and effects
• understandable storyline
• clear dialogue
• good script
• good costumes/props

dont's

• don't turn back to audience
• no copyright music
• don't have bad acting!
• dont have unbelievable characters

blogged by michael