Weekly reflection 24/04

This week I intend to start production and film my first edits of my film (I will obviously allow time to do reshoots. So far I will book the green room for tomorrow to film some of the giant scenes with Tobie: film two layers separately - the hand, with Tobie running separately, and combine these later using effects. I am anticipating this to take around two hours.

I have developed the script to near completion (see below) however I will amend it by centering the speech as in a true film script, having researched an example from the internet. The reason the speech is centred is to make it easier for the actors to know their lines.

FMP SCRIPT FOR FILM (Revised):

INT. GREEN SCREEN ROOM - DAY

DIRECTOR

Toby, we’re going to start shooting in the 

next five minutes. Before we start the scene,

we need two cups of tea on the set please!

TOBY

OK, coming right up! 

Toby walks out of the door.  END SCENE.

INT. CORRIDOR JUST OUTSIDE KITCHEN - DAY

Toby walking down corridor towards camera, trips, falls into kitchen and lands off screen.

Toby on floor, sits up, rubbing head.   Stands up and walks further into the kitchen.   Reaches up to cupboard, opens cupboard door, no boxes of tea there.  Walks out door.

EXT.  OUTSIDE OFFICE BUILDING - DAY

Toby walking, looks around puzzled, hears stomping, looks side to side then up, looks surprised.  

Starts running, looking back.

EXT. ROYAL CRESCENT - DAY

Toby runs through the gate of the Royal Crescent, still running and looking behind him.

In the distance, Toby runs across screen, followed by a giant’s lower legs and shoes.  Toby continues running.  See a giant’s hand coming through the sky, picks him up, fades to black screen.

INT. GIANT’S BOOKSHELF - DAY

Toby wakes up on a giant bookshelf and stands up and sees a giant box of tea bags.  Toby walks to the giant box of tea bags, then pushes box off shelf.  Toby loses balance and falls off shelf.

INT. CORRIDOR JUST OUTSIDE KITCHEN - DAY

Box of normal size tea bags falls on floor next to Toby’s head (his eyes are closed).  Toby wakes up in same position he was in when he tripped.  Stands up, rubs head, looks at tea bags and looks confused. Takes box further into the kitchen, looks in box, cuts to black screen.

THE END

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My plan for tomorrow is to aim to complete my film from start to finish. The first scene will be filmed in the green screen room with the director and actor. The camera will be filming the hand up close from one angle as it moves to pick up the yet to be filmed actor. I will take into account the scale of the actor and the giant by measuring the distance of camera to subject and adjust when later filming in the Royal Crescent.

I will develop more to my storyboard as it is useful to see if each shot fits together well and I will be doing this on Monday.

In my research over the last fortnight I found the information on scale models an interesting aspect because it showed me how you can create an illusion in filming. I also discovered with scale how camera angles impact the illusion of perspective - in my case of a giant walking across a screen, filmed low down at ground level. However, once I filmed the scene I realise I may need to do some more recce's to find a place where the pavement is lower than the grass so that the camera is more level with the feet of the giant. I intend to use camera angles that are at ground level  but slightly tilted up that will help show a perspective to show the giant appearing bigger than what they are.