Monday, 4 November 2013

Chronological Production Breakdown

Group Task: -Deanna Hammond-Blackburn 9164
                      -Emma Hall 9162
                      -Alex Major 9190

The average shot length for this song will be quite long at the beginning to match the slow pace of the song, especially int he more abstract shots. At 1:30 the pace of the song increases, and a quicker ASL follows, as the singer runs away. The tempo then evens out afterwards.


SC
DAY/
NIGHT
SCRIPT LOCATION
SHOOTING LOCATION
EVENTS
CHARACTERS
NOTES

1
DAY
Countryside
Rotting Wood Location
Loose pages flutter across screen

Includes close-up of book/page with name title on.
2
DAY
Countryside
Barrels, rusty tools, bolts, buckets of metal, tired wall.
Montage of rusty objects, - singer looking at them and walking past them.
Singer
Dissolves and superimposed between abstract shots of decay.
3i
DAY
Dark Barn
Alex’s Barn
Walking past the barn and then deciding to walk into it.
Singer
Long Shot to begin, singer framed centre, shots of the feet walking through the doorway.
3ii
DAY
Dark Barn
Alex’s Barn
Standing in doorway, looking around lost, starting to sing verse.
Singer
Silhouetted in doorway, close-ups of the singer singing. Shot Reverse Shot 00:40
3iii
DAY
Dark Barn
Alex’s Barn
Walking down past some scattered pages and books, picking some up and putting them down again, winding down to the back of the barn.
Singer
POV shots, pans from one side of the barn to the other, as pages lead to the back of the barn. More close-ups of the singer singing.
3iv
DAY
Dark Barn
Alex’s Barn
Notices the hero book at the back of the barn, picks it up and looks it over.
Singer
Slow pan to land on the hero book, reaction shot of singer. This should be on the second chorus.
4
DAY
Studio
Drama Hall
Drum starting to beat. Singer singing into microphone.


Shots of the singer and drummer in the studio will be interspersed throughout the video.
Drummer, Singer
1:30 drums come in. Close-up of the drum pedal. Singer on the final “we take turns so no one was alone” before the instrumental. Intercut with reaction shot of the singer.
5
DAY
Dark Barn
Alex’s Barn
Singer turns and runs out of the barn.
Singer
Further reaction shots. Long Shots, close-ups of the feet, and handheld tracking out of the barn.
6
DAY
Countryside
Concrete outside barn, with pages on, field, leafy tree area.
Montage of feet running over different surfaces: cracked concrete, grass, leaves, pages
Singer
Transitions between barn’s concrete to the copse location with close-up tracking shots of feet running over different surfaces (journey)
7
DAY
Copse
Copse near farm with book set dressing.
Singer walks into the trees, then walks back and forward.
Singer
Tilt up from feet to new tree location. Jump cuts of singer walking in different directions, leaning against the tree while the camera stays still.
8
DAY
Edge of copse
Ditch
Singer runs out of the trees
Singer
Long shot walking down and further abstract shots of berries, leaves and other natural elements nearby.
9
DAY
Field edge
Dike
Singer walks/runs further down the dike.
Singer
Extreme long shot.
10i
DAY
Field
Field
Singer walks up to field, and sees a photograph on the ground.
Singer
Establishing shot of field, POV shots including shots of the singer’s shadow over the field and the photograph. Reaction shots of the singer.
10ii
DAY
Field
Field
Singer looks at the photograph and decides to turn and go back.
Singer
Shot reverse shot of the singer and the photograph.
11
DAY
Field edge, Edge of copse, Copse
Dike, Ditch, Copse near farm
Singer walks past through each location, no longer looking at the books.
Singer
Shots edited together with cutaway shots in the studio to speed up walk back.
12
DAY
Barn
Alex’s Barn
Singer walks up to the doorway, looks down at the photograph and takes a moment before walking back in.
Singer
POV shots down at the photograph. Close ups of the singer and long shots showing location.
13
DAY
Light Barn
Alex’s Barn
Singer walks down to the book, picks it up, opens it and puts the photograph back in its place.
Singer
Mid shots, pans across and close-ups.
14
DAY
Copse
Copse near farm
Singer is sat under a tree looking through the book at further photographs
Singer
Long Shots, close-ups of the book, POV shots and more abstract shots of trees and branches nearby.
15
DAY
Field
Field
Singer walks back to the field and decides to walks on over the field into the sun with the book.
Singer
Focus on the book, as singer walks off and gets smaller and smaller as the song ends.


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