LO1 P1: Preproduction Documents
LO1 P1: Preproduction Documents
Short Film Pitch
Features of Short Films Report
Short films can be around 50 minutes and they hold different conventions compared to full feature Hollywood films. You can find short films online and on some streaming services such as Disney +. For this report, I have researched different short films and I will write about different conventions of short films and how I can use these conventions in my own short film.
Short films have lots of different conventions. First of all the cast is smaller, since short films are usually not created by big conglomerate companies and don't have a large budget they use less actors. This isn't a bad thing however as we can see their character progressions and we feel connected to them. Another convention of short films is they only have one or two locations. These locations set the scene and atmosphere for the short film, this helps the viewers capture the theme or genre of the short film too. Furthermore, short films usually end on a cliffhanger that can shock, sadden, anger or evoke some kind of emotion from the audience. This creates suspense and makes the short film more memorable. Another convention of short films is they have some text or a graphic of the title at the end of the short film to remind the viewers the name and to help them compare their emotions/views of the short film from the beginning. They use different lighting based on the type of genre they are and they take mise en scène into consideration. I have watched several short films to help demonstrate the different conventions in short films. These are The Detective, Finely and About a Girl.
The Detective
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The Detective is a detective drama film noir short film. For our short film, we are going to go for a detective drama film noir short film with some comedy. Our short film is going to be called Newspaper but it will be set in modern times, however we are going to draw on conventions of black and white detective films and the genre.
First of all, we see establishing low angle camera shots of the building (location).
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The whole short film is in black and white. There is a monologue where the detective is talking about the day and the case. The lighting is dark, we can't really see the detective's face until he turns the light on, we can see the light is coming from the lamp because the short film is lighter on that side of his face. The detective is smoking, using a typewriter (with a slow zoom in, the background is more out of focus with the detective in focus) and you can see a bottle of alcohol on the left. This is mise en scéne, because of the lighting we can see the shadow of the blinds in the background and the detective has a shadow on half of his face.
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Throughout this short film, we can hear dramatic jazz music. We hear a knock on the door and the detective gets a gun out of the draw in a close up camera shot. He switches the lamp off, the light from the window lightens up his eyes to give suspense.
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The short film cuts to the table with the typewriter and other items that detectives would use in older times and the text: Now introducing a film noir short The "Detective" fades into view. The background is very slowly zooming in and you can see the smoke from the cigarette. The text is in a serif slanted font that would fit with the detective drama style and the time period where serif fonts were used more frequently. The background fades to black and then the text fades out of view.
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From this short film, the conventions of short films are clear: They only used one location of the detective's apartment, it ends on a cliffhanger with the detective holding a gun after someone knocked on the door, only one actor is used for the detective character, the short film introduces itself at the end with text graphic. You can also see conventions of a detective drama here that I will mention later in the report; my group is also going to make a black and white detective drama/comedy short film based in modern times so we will consider some of these conventions.
Finely
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Finely is a murderous ventriloquist doll that tries but fails to kill Alexandra, Chris and Jennifer, the owners of the house. The main characters find Finely in the attic in a nailed shut box. When Finley comes to life, he tries to stab Jennifer with a knife but she kicked him instead. While Alexandra is in the bath, Finley tries to electricute her by throwing the toaster in the bath but he forgot to plug it in. We find Finley hitting his head against the wall when he fails his attempts. The doll also tries to hit Chris with a bat and misses. To add to the comedy, Finley still keeps failing his attempts three months later when he tries putting rat posion in their food again and suffocate Chris with plastic when he gets in his car. Afterwards he tries to hurt Alexandra with marbles on the floor and nails in the rug, light the house on fire by spraying aerosol (which is higly flamable) at the birthday candles on the cake only to spray an aerosol it in his eyes, shoot an arrow at Chris, he even tried to take the blame for the cat. Chris says "Can't you tell no one wants you here, why don't you just go to the attic and stay there you worthless dummy" to Finely as he throws the crossbow. Finley goes back to the attic and stays in the box.
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We can see short film contentions here. There are only five actors altogether in the short film, the three people who live in the house and the two robbers. It is set in different rooms of the house, the short film ends on a cliffhanger when they think the eggnog tastes weird and we infer Finlely poisoned them.
Some horror comedy conventions are: Making scary things funny, using creepy music, building up suspense by making us expect that Finely was at the door when it was just Chris for example, using darker lighting.
About a Girl
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Conventions used for the drama comedy genre are: The girl talks to the camera and everytime she talks about something it cuts to what happened in the past, they use lots of jokes, the short film uses relatability for example lots of people love Britany Spears, there isn't much silence to show how she has a loud and talkative personality.
In my short film I will draw on some of these conventions. We chose the name Newspaper for the name of our short film because we are going to create a black and white short film and newspapers are black and white. In our detective drama comedy, we are going to have cutaways with a newspaper that would have riddles, writing or symbols in red marker pen to foreshadow/hint at the events later on in the short film. We can also include red herrings this way. Furthermore, the murder victim is going to be covered in newspapers. The Detective is the best short film for me to draw conventions from because we want to make a similar styled short film.
The Detective film shows the detective drama genre conventions: Black and white, monologue, it uses mise en scène with the objects (we know he is a detective from his personal belongings) and dramatic jazz music. There are also other conventions in this genre that The Detective didn't use like clues, red herrings, a twist at the end.
So in my own short film, I will use the following short film conventions: I won't use many actors (only four of us will be acting), we will only use one or a few locations, we will end our short film on a cliffhanger and use some character progression. We will also follow black and white detective drama conventions such as using Jazz music, monologues, shadows and highlights, red herrings and clues.
Script
NEWSPAPER
By
ARSENTIJS & FAITH & JAY & HENRY & HARRISON
THE DETECTIVE – Arsentijs
CHIEF of POLICE – Harrison
MIKHAIL – Jay
JAMES – Henry
NANCY – Faith
SCENE 1: THE INTRO
FADE IN: PANS AROUND THE OFFICE
INT. OFFICE – DAY
THE DETECTIVE is reading the latest issue of the newspaper in his office with the letter O written in red marker on it, a small lamp illuminating his paper and desk with folders and files on the table scattered around. Then THE DETECTIVE’s phone starts ringing.
THE DETECTIVE V.O.
“It’s Friday 20th April 2022, my office is a mess and my mind is foggy. I was drowning in paperwork and itching for a new case to solve. What case would it be next, a murder, robbery, missing persons? I’m ready for anything.”
CHIEF OF POLICE V.O.
“There has been a good ol’ murder on the Church grounds, need you to look into it.”
Phone call is carrying on, but CHIEF OF POLICE’s voice is heard faintly with THE DETECTIVE’s monologue overlayed on top.
THE DETECTIVE V.O.
“This is not any normal person we are talking about here, this is Nancy Carmine – rich family, father’s a businessman, mother’s an actress and she’s a singer, a good one at that, her voice sounds like an angel… or it did anyway. What was she doing in that part of town? No matter, I can’t ask a dead person a question anyway”
Puts newspaper on table transition. Zoom in on newspaper with S letter written on it in red marker, Cuts to next Scene of Newspaper with C in red marker on it then camera Zoom Out, Pan Up to CHURCH.
TRANSITION FROM NEWSPAPER:
EXT. CHURCH – DAY
LOW ANGLE SHOT looking up to the CHURCH
SCENE 2: THE CRIME SCENE
THE DETECTIVE arrives on the scene of the murder with two ordinary people on the scene overlooking the murder scene. Newspapers are scattered everywhere. A body in the middle of it laying on the cold ground.
THE DETECTIVE
Calmly - “Seems like the work of that serial killer that’s been on the loose” Starts looking for ‘clues’ around the scene.
JAMES
Shocked, stuttering – “A... a. a serial killer?”
THE DETECTIVE
Calmly – “Yeah, this is the fifth case this month, but the first that I’ve had the chance to deal with” while still looking for ‘clues’
Camera pans to top-down shot of a bloodied newspaper that’s on the scene of the murder. There is an A written in red marker on it.
THE DETECTIVE gets his phone out to call the CHIEF OF POLICE.
Confidently - “I’ve got some new evidence that might help us solve this case once and for all”
CHIEF OF POLICE
“That’s great, I’ll be in touch”
Hangs up the phone.
MIKHAIL(JAY)
Nervously, stuttering - “So what do we do now?”
THE DETECTIVE
“Well first of all, I’ll need to interview you and the other guy individually in my office, second of all, it seems like I don’t know your names”
Pulls out little notepad and pen to write down names.
JAMES
“I’m James”
THE DETECTIVE
“Just James?”
JAMES
“Just James”
THE DETECTIVE
“Alright Just James,” Pause for a moment to write down name in notepad.
“And you? What’s your name?” Slight pen tilt towards Jay
MIKHAIL
In a Russian accent “Oh me? My name Mikhail (Basic Russian Surname) but you can just call me Misha”
Newspaper cutaway again that the detective picks up from the crime scene.
CUT TO INT. OFFICE – DAY
SCENE 3: INTERGATION PART 1
Back at the Detective’s office, we see the detective is sitting at his desk, he has a folder OF SUSPECTS, he is researching them on his computer. He seems lost in thought until there is a knock at the door. This doesn’t startle the detective but gets his attention. Over the shoulder shots and medium camera shots from the side when characters are conversing.
THE DETECTIVE
“Come in”
Mikhail enters the room, looking very confident and cocky. He walks in like he owns the room. The Detective writes down the responses to his questions during the interrogations.
“So, Misha, what were you doing at 12 o’clock this afternoon?”
MIKHAIL
Confidently in a Russian Accent “No comment.”
THE DETECTIVE V.O.
“Damn this guy’s a tough cookie” While looking back over his shoulder.
“Okay, next question, do you know who Nancy Carmine is?”
MIKHAIL
“No, I do not know this Miss Carmine that you speak of”
THE DETECTIVE
“Do you have any idea why there were bloody newspapers scattered around the victim, am I correct in saying that you work at a news agent?”
MIKHAIL
Laughing - “You are a funny guy, Mr Detective, what’s next? You gonna know where I buy my vodka?”
THE DETECTIVE shines light from the lamp in MIKHAIL’s face
THE DETECTIVE
“I’m going to ask you this one more time, where were you at 12 o’clock today?”
MIKHAIL
Laughing - “Your little interrogation tactics won’t work on me, Mr Detective”
THE DETECTIVE
“Alright tough guy, you really think this murder isn’t going to be pinned on you? Isn’t it ironic how the serial killer uses newspapers as their signature?”
THE DETECTIVE SLAMS HAND ON TABLE AND STARTS YELLING AND BEING STERN
THE DETECTIVE
“Do you not understand the seriousness of this? Now instead of deflecting my questions, answer them, damn it!”
MIKHAIL
“I don’t owe you anything, I don’t want to answer your stupid questions about this girl, she’s dead, nothing you can do to bring her back to life, so leave me the f### alone, man”
MIKHAIL gets up and opens the door angrily until THE DETECTIVE starts talking again, however he looks laid back in his chair reading a newspaper.
THE DETECTIVE
“You better watch your mouth, walk out of that door and you’re going to be my number one suspect and you really don’t want me on your case.
MIKHAIL walks out of the office and slams the door behind him with rage. The detective goes back to updating his suspect files.
SCENE 4: THE INTERROGATION- PART 2
Once again there is a knock at the door, this time lighter and more inconsistent (Shows how nervous James is)
THE DETECTIVE
“Come in James, its open.”
James walks into the room, he looks nervous and sits down as soon as possible. James sees the detective’s name on the table and studies it for a few seconds.
JAMES
“Good afternoon, Detective”
THE DETECTIVE
“Afternoon, Just James, let's get started. Where were you around 12 o’clock today when the murder took place?”
JAMES
Looking down at the floor, tapping his foot on the floor, and occasionally biting his fingernails
“I was at the coffee shop earlier today, you know the one on the corner, and then I started going home, I decided to go through the cemetery but that’s when I noticed somebody, just lying there, on the floor, then I noticed someone towering over, throwing newspapers everywhere”
THE DETECTIVE
Sarcastically - “So let me get this straight, you saw someone tower over her, throwing newspapers? You must be the next Sherlock Holmes”
JAMES
Looks up at detective
Stuttering - “I swear I didn’t murder that woman.. Her... -CONT’D - Whoever she is. I am innocent, I can prove it.”
The Detective shows CCTV Footage of James walking out of bar.
THE DETECTIVE
“I have evidence here that shows you weren’t at the coffee shop at all, you must have a terrible memory. My guess is that you were having a few drinks at the bar and then you started heading towards the church. Isn’t that right?”
JAMES
“What? No, I'm being set up! I’m sure I was in the coffee shop earlier, so I don’t understand why the evidence says otherwise”
THE DETECTIVE
“I’m a detective, I want to help you, but you aren’t cooperating with me, so I don’t believe you are telling the truth Just James”
JAMES
“Maybe I’m not remembering things properly, my mind has been a little mixed up recently.”
THE DETECTIVE
“Are you sure you have no contact or connections with Miss Nancy Carmine?”
JAMES
“I have had some previous contact with Miss Carmine, I see her singing in the pub every Friday”
THE DETECTIVE
“So, you have lied to me. Not something an innocent person would do, is it? Do you have any idea what criminal activity Miss Carmine was involved in? What else are you hiding? If you didn’t remember having any connections with Miss Carmine, how would you remember if you murdered her?”
JAMES
James is stuttering, struggling to get his words out and starts breaking down and feels a little guilt.
“I... I... don’t know”
Scene cuts to black after a few seconds of silence, slow zoom out.
SCENE 5: THE REALISATION
The Detective’s office is dark, the blinds are shut, it is early evening.
MIKHAIL V.O.
“Who does this detective think he is? The next bloody Sherlock Holmes? No, of course not, he’s not even close to his level of detective expertise.”
Pause for a second
“But no matter, let’s see what the detective has been up to then”
Mikhail sneaks into The Detective’s office to snoop around. He opens the door very quietly.
MIKHAIL
“Let’s see what stories you have for me, Mr. Detective”
He looks on the table and reads his case file.
Some detective...”
MIKHAIL looks on the computer, then he looks at the bin. POV shots and close ups of face and the newspaper. He removes a few pages of scrunched up paper and finds a bloody newspaper. The newspaper has the letter R circled in red marker pen. He realises that the detective is the murderer, but he is too late.
“I need to get out no...”
THE DETECTIVE
“I don’t think you’ll be going anywhere Misha”
Camera goes into MIKHAIL’s POV as THE DETECTIVE puts the chloroform over his mouth and nose (should cover half the camera view)
CONT’d - shhh quiet now, you don’t want to wake anyone up now, do you?”
SLOWLY FADE TO BLACK:
THE NEWSPAPER OPENING GRAPHIC
CREDITS ROLL
THE END
Risk assessment- Newspaper short film
Company name: Assessment carried out by: Faith Smith
Date of next review: Date assessment was carried out: 29.4.2022
What are the hazards? | Who might be harmed and how? | What are you already doing to control the risks? | What further action do you need to take to control the risks? | Who needs to carry out the action? | When is the action needed by? | Done |
Equipment falling over, being dropped, or smashed | Everyone. Dropping a camera could make it smash and hurt us, if the lighting falls over this could hit us and cause damage to our props or the surroundings. | Wear the camera strap around our necks, use tripods, make sure we have enough space, so we don’t hit the lights accidentally and place the light on stable ground. | N/A | All of us | When we film |
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Tripping over, slipping and falling | The weather is a factor that can make us trip if it has been raining. The wires in the office from the computer or any lighting equipment we will use we can trip over if we are not careful. | We will try not to film our short film when it is raining. Also, we will keep the wires bunched together and out of the way to make sure we don’t trip. | N/A | All of us | On set |
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Weather | Although we only have two locations, the weather could affect the church scene if we choose to film outside. The rain can damage the equipment and make us slip. | We won’t film the church scene when it is raining or when the weather is bad. | N/A | One of us | A few days before we plan to film. |
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Electricity | As we are using a computer, phone and lighting equipment we will have to be careful of using any liquid around the technology. | Don’t have liquids around technology. | N/A | All of us |
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LOCATION RECCE
Prepared by | Faith Smith | Date | 29.04.2022 |
Location Details | We are going to film all the scenes of our Newspaper detective drama short film in these two locations. The office (at Doncaster UTC) will have a desk and computer. We are going to film outside of the church (The Minister Church of Saint George) where there is space for us to film on the grass or inside the church. | ||
Scene/Purpose of filming | In the office scenes, The Detective (Oscar Fletcher) will be called up and given the murder case by the Police Chief. Also in the office, The Detective interrogates Mikhail and James. Furthermore, Mikhail goes snooping in the office and The Detective catches him. Outside or inside of the church we will film The Detective going to the murder scene, looking for clues, talking to the suspects who found the body and talking to the Chief of Police. | ||
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Site Contact Name | Doncaster UTC | Site Address | College Rd Doncaster DN1 3BF |
Contact telephone | 01302 976515 | Point of access | Front doors |
Permissions | As we are students at DUTC, we will not need permission to film in an office there. | Availability | We will ask if we can use an office to film in, but it shouldn’t be a problem. |
Points of Interest | An office | Suitability/Possible shots |
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Safety Issues | Tripping over (especially wires) Dropping equipment | Electricity Supply | We will have electricity from the plug sockets around the office. |
Light | From the sun streaming through a window, a computer and a phone when it rings and from portable lights. | ||
Windows | There are windows at the office. | ||
Noise | Other students talking outside, computer fan… | ||
Site Contact Name | The Minister Church of Saint George/Doncaster Minister | Site Address | 9 Church St, Doncaster DN1 1RD |
Contact telephone | 01302 323748 | Point of access | Outside |
Permissions | We will need permission in the form of a location permission form | Availability | More preferably out of service times |
Points of Interest | Outside | Suitability/Possible shots |
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Safety Issues | Weather can cause equipment to be damaged Tripping, falling over Traffic when getting there. | Electricity Supply | We will need to take batteries with us as there is not an electricity supply. |
Sunlight | From the sun. | ||
Windows | No windows outside or windows in the church. | ||
Noise | From traffic, other people talking, birds, church bell, the weather. | ||
Equipment | Explanation |
Cannon EOS 250D (maybe two) | These are the specialist cameras we will use to film our Newspaper short film. We will use the black and white camera option to make the conventional black and white detective drama. |
Boom mic and boom stick or/and lapel mics | We can use a boom mic and boom stick to capture audio in the room and anyone speaking. We could also use the lapel mic to record the dialogue of the characters more clearly. |
Tripods | We will need to use tripods to get stable camera shots, angles and movements which we need for our short film. |
Drone | We could use a drone to take high establishing shots for our scenes. |
Lighting | Because we are doing a black and white short film, lighting is a key aspect of short films, and this can change the shadows so we will need to use stand up lighting. |
Portrait lens | We could use this lens for Dutch angles, establishing shots, zoom in and out shots. Mostly when James is being gaslighted. |
18-55 mm telephoto lens (maybe 2) | This is the main lens we will be using for our short film to film normally. |
Ordro 4K camera and light | We could use this camera and the light to take close up camera shots for example, this would be useful as we will need to be wary of lighting because we are creating a black and white short film. |
SD cards (maybe two) | We will need to use SD cards |
Wireless lights GVM LED | We can use these wireless lights to change the black and white shadows and lighting for our short film. |
Executive Producer: Producer: Director: Production Manager: Production Coordinator: 1st Assistant Director: | Newspaper Short Film | DATE: SHUTTLE INFO: |
WEATHER: N/A | CALL TIME 09:00 | LUNCH N/A |
Production Office | Nearest Hospital to Set | |||
N/A | Doncaster Royal Infirmary | |||
LOCATIONS | ||||
# | Location | Address | Parking | Contact |
1 | Office (DUTC) | Doncaster UTC College Road Doncaster | On site | 01302 976 515 |
Scene and Description | Cast | Date | Loc | |
Scene 1: The Intro. The location of this scene will be in the Detectives office with the Detective reading a newspaper and receiving a call from the chief of Police. This scene will be one of the shorter ones. | Arsentijs | N/A | DUTC office | |
Scene 3: Investigation. In this scene the Detective will bring up the Russian man (Mikhail) for investigation by asking him some questions revolving around the murder, Mikhail will act tough and cocky which builds up suspiciousness of the character, but he is innocent. | Arsentijs, Jay | N/A | DUTC office | |
Scene 4: The Interrogation. The next day the Detective investigates James this time. He’ll ask the same questions, but he’ll get more information from him than Mikhail. This also builds up suspiciousness into this character, but it still stands on Mikhail. The Detective gaslights James and makes him think he murdered Nancy. | Arsentijs, Henry | N/A | DUTC office | |
Scene 5. The Realization. Mikhail enters the Detectives office uninvited to snoop around the office. This is the part where Mikhail realizes The Detective is the murderer and gets chloroformed. | Arsentijs, Jay | N/A | DUTC office | |
# | Cast | Role | Call Time | Pick Up Time | MU/WD | Set Call |
1. | Faith | Nancy | ||||
2. | Arsentijs | The Detective | ||||
3. | Henry | An English man (James) | ||||
4. | Harrison | Another English man (Chief of Police) | ||||
5. | Jay | A Russian man (Mikhail) |
Extras/Background |
Transportation |
Foot |
Bus |
Car |
SET REQUIREMENTS |
Props: Laptop or computer, newspapers, folders, lamp, notepad, pens |
Special Effects: Black and white |
Vehicles: N/A |
Wardrobe: Modern wear because this is set in modern times |
Makeup: N/A |
Set Dressing: N/A |
Animal Wrangler: N/A |
Stunts: N/A |
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Executive Producer: Producer: Director: Production Manager: Production Coordinator: 1st Assistant Director:
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Newspaper Short Film Call Sheet 2 |
DATE:
SHUTTLE INFO: |
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WEATHER: N/A
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CALL TIME 09:00
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LUNCH N/A |
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Production Office |
Nearest Hospital to
Set |
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N/A
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Doncaster Royal Infirmary |
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LOCATIONS |
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Location |
Address |
Parking |
Contact |
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The Minister Church of Saint George |
9 Church St, Doncaster DN1 1RD
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N/A |
01302 323748 office@doncasterminister.org.uk |
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Description |
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Loc |
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Scene 2: The Investigation. In this
scene the detective will be investigating the crime scene collecting evidence.
Mikhail and James will be the main suspects because they found the body, so
the detective takes their names and asks them to visit his office for a talk. |
Arsentijs, Harrison, Henry, Jay |
N/A |
The Minister Church of Saint George |
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Call Time |
Pick Up Time |
MU/WD |
Set Call |
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Faith |
Nancy |
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Arsentijs |
The Detective |
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Henry |
An English man (James) |
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Harrison |
Another English man (Chief of Police) |
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Jay |
A Russian man (Mikhail) |
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Extras/Background |
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Transportation |
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Foot |
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Bus |
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Car |
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SET REQUIREMENTS |
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Props:
Newspapers |
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Special
Effects: Black and white |
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Vehicles:
N/A |
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Wardrobe:
N/A |
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Makeup:
N/A |
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Set
Dressing: Modern clothing |
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Animal
Wrangler: N/A |
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Stunts:
N/A |
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Problem |
Back-up plan |
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Someone is ill |
We will either change the day of shooting or we will
shoot scenes they are not acting in. |
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The weather is bad (raining, windy…) |
We can film another day and always remember to check
the weather before planning to film. |
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Not having enough footage |
Film more footage than we need to make sure we have
enough footage to choose from. |
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Not being able to film in the church |
We could film in a field or ask to film in another
church. |
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Not having all the props we need |
We will make sure we have all the props before
planning to film. |
Storyboards
This is my production schedule/GANTT chart. I have created this to help me time the deadlines for each task and the deadline for the Newspaper Short Film to be completed.
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Decision Log
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Video type/ SD card Number |
Shot type |
Description |
Quality/frame rate |
Time code in |
Time code out |
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Opening Scene Try 1.MP4 |
Medium establishing shot, pan right |
We see The Detective reading a newspaper. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:00:00 |
00:03:07 |
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Opening Scene Try 2.MP4 |
Medium establishing, tracking shot |
We see The Detective reading a newspaper as the camera moves around the back of his chair. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:03:07 |
00:11:23 |
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O Newspaper try 2.MP4 |
Medium shot, zooms in, close up of O. Changes to medium still shot. |
The Newspaper has an O on it, we see this as The Detective reads it. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:11:23 |
00:15:07 |
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Organising Desk 1.MP4 |
Medium shot |
Side view of Detective organising his office desk. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:15:07 cut one. 00:21:02 cut two. |
00:18:21 cut one. 00:26:09 cut two. |
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Organising desk over the shoulder.MP4 |
Over the shoulder shot |
We see Detective organising desk over his shoulder. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:18:21 cut one. 00:26:10 cut two. |
00:21:01 cut one. 00:47:18 cut two. |
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Phone ringing 2.MP4 |
Close up shot, zoom in. |
Chief of Police rings Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:47:19 |
00:52:09 |
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Talking phone 1.MP4 |
Medium shot |
Detective talks on phone. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
00:52:10 |
01:14:03 |
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S newspaper 2.MP4 |
Extreme close up, zoom in |
Shows S newspaper. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:14:04 |
01:18:09 |
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Pan scene 2.MP4 |
Establishing shot, pan left |
Show Sandall Park as crime scene. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:18:10 |
01:25:24 |
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Detective shows up.MP4 |
Close up |
The Detective walks into view. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:26:24 |
01:29:23 |
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Look at crime scene from afar.MP4 |
Long shot |
See Detective looking at crime scene. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:29:24 |
01:35:16 |
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Open notepad and get pen.MP4 |
Close up shot |
Detective gets pen and notepad from pockets. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:35:17 |
01:45:00 |
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Dialogue 1 and walks to newspapers.MP4 |
Long shot |
Detective walks and kneels at crime scene. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:45:01 |
01:55:24 |
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Crouching at crime scene.MP4 |
Zoom in, overhead angle |
Detective looks at crime scene. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
01:56:00 |
02:00:08 |
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Stands up and gets phone call.MP4 |
Medium shot |
Detective stands up and takes phone call. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:00:09 |
02:07:15 |
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On phone call.MP4 |
Close up |
Has phone to ear. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:07:15 |
02:10:13 |
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Writing notes on phone call.MP4 |
Close up, zoom in |
The Detective writes notes. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:10:14 shot 1. 2:29:18 shot 2. |
02:22:13 shot 1. 2:35:08 shot 2. |
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Detective writing names.MP4 |
Close up, over the shoulder shot |
We see The Detective write Mikhail and James on the notepad. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:22:14 |
02:29:17 |
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Pan C newspaper.MP4 |
Pans across newspapers, close up shot |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:35:09 |
02:39:22 |
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C newspaper zoom in.MP4 |
Close up, zoom in |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:39:23 |
02:43:13 |
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James walks through door.MP4 |
Full shot to medium shot |
The first suspect walks through the door (James) with The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:43:14 |
02:49:24 |
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James dialogue 1.MP4 |
Medium shot, over shoulder of Detective |
He talks to The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
02:50:00 |
03:19:17 |
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James I swear I didn’t murder her.MP4 |
Medium shot, zoom in |
He talks to the camera/audience. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
03:19:18 |
03:26:08 |
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James dialogue 2.MP4 |
Medium shot, over shoulder of Detective |
He talks to The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
03:26:09 |
05:03:10 |
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End of James scenes.MP4 |
Pan down and zoom out, medium camera shot |
James freaks out. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:03:11 |
05:08:22 |
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A newspaper cutaway shot.MP4 |
Extreme close up, zoom in and out |
Cutaway Shot of Newspaper. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:08:23 |
05:10:12 |
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Clock cutaway.MP4 |
Medium shot |
Show clock to show time. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:10:13 |
05:14:07 |
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Mikhail enters office.MP4 |
Medium tracking shot |
Mikhail enters the office with The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:14:08 |
05:26:16 |
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Mikhail dialogue .MP4 |
Medium shot, over shoulder of Detective |
Mikhail gets interrogated by The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:26:17 |
05:32:21 |
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Damn this guys a tough cookie 2.MP4 |
Close up |
Detective talks to the camera and we see hear his thoughts. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:32:22 |
05:36:15 |
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Mikhail dialogue 2.MP4 |
Medium shot, over shoulder of Detective |
Mikhail gets interrogated by The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:36:16 |
05:43:01 |
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Mikhail dialogue 3.MP4 |
Medium shot, over shoulder of Detective |
Mikhail gets interrogated by The Detective. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
05:43:02 |
06:01:07 |
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Dialogue 2, lamp.MP4 |
Over the shoulder of Detective |
Mikhail gets lamp shined in his face. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
06:01:08 |
06:24:02 |
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Mikhail dialogue 4.MP4 |
Over the shoulder of Detective |
Mikhail gets interrogated by The Detective |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
06:24:03 |
06:33:04 |
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Mikhail dialogue 5.MP4 |
Medium shot |
Mikhail tells The Detective to leave him be. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
06:33:05 |
06:42:10 |
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Scene 5 phone called.MP4 |
Medium shot |
The Detective goes out of his office and leaves Mikhail there while he takes phone call. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
06:42:11 |
07:04:16 |
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POV taking newspaper from bin.MP4 |
POV shot |
Mikhail takes newspaper from bin (camera in this case). |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:04:17 |
07:09:05 |
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Take newspaper from bin.MP4 |
Close up shot |
Mikhail picks up newspaper from bin. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:09:06 |
07:10:08 |
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Arrange newspapers.MP4 |
Medium close up shot |
We see Mikhail as he arranges newspapers. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:10:09 |
07:22:15 |
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Newspapers in order.MP4 |
POV pan to the right |
We see the name “Oscar” on the newspapers. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:22:16 |
07:26:04 |
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Chloroform reshooted.MP4 |
Medium close up shot |
The Detective chloroforms Mikhail |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:26:05 |
07:49:04 |
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Detective grabs camera.MP4 |
Medium close up shot |
The Detective sees the camera and covers it with his hand. |
1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps |
07:49:05 |
07:53:04 |
Here you can see my decision log. This shows all the rushes I have used to edit our Newspaper short film.
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