Main Task Script

Scene 1

(Car pulls up)

(District nurse gets out of car, checks address)

(Knocks on door - no answer - waits)

(Knocks again)

Dani: Mrs Smith? Are you in? It’s Margaret, the district nurse.

(Looks through letter box)

Dani: Mrs Smith? Can you hear me?

(Looks through letterbox)

(Tries handle and door opens)

Scene 2

(Hesitantly enters)

Dani: It’s Margaret, Polly, I’m coming in.

(Tries light switch – doesn’t work)

Dani: Polly where are you?

(Finds candle on table and lights it – begins to walk up the stairs and suddenly there’s a noise from the cellar.)

Scene 3

(Slowly steps back down stairs)

Dani: Polly is that you? (Worried)

(Opens the door to cellar and begins walking down the steps)

(Doors shuts quickly behind her – sound of breathing and the candle is blown out)

Main Task Shot List

Scene 1

 Dutch Angle on house

Long shot of car pulling up

Medium shot as Dani gets out of car

Extreme close up of badge when walking towards house

Close up of knocking on door

Wide shot of stepping back view of whole house

Medium shot of looking again and shouting name

Reverse shot on looking through letter box

Close up of door handle

Medium long shot of door opening

Scene 2

Long shot of Dani entering house

Close up of trying light switch

Medium long shot of door closing slowly behind Dani

Long shot of looking for candle

Close up of lighter and lighting candle

High angle of beginning to walk up steps

Extreme close up of feet walking up stairs

Jump cut to door ajar in time of sound effect coming from basement

Scene 3

Medium shot of walking back down and towards basement

Wide shot of starting to walk down basement stairs

Point of view shot of Dani’s view of basement

Extreme close up of candle being blown out in time of sound effect

Presentation with Danielle, Meg and Leah

After coming up with some ideas for our main task based on the brief we were given we made a presentation to present to our class as a group. This was the powerpoint we used for our presentation.

Film Ideas Powerpoint

Feedback

Following our presentation we asked the class for some feedback on what they thought about our ideas. One piece of feedback we got was that there was no reason for the girls to enter the house because if most people saw the door of a house open they would not just enter. This was a good point which we took on board. We decided in order to get around this problem, rather than having two girls go to the house we would have a district nurse. This would not only give a reason for entering the house but also for investigating it because she would be worried about her patient.

Once we told the class about this change another piece of feedback we got was that it wouldn't make sense for the house to appear run down because the district nurse would find it odd that she had been sent to a home which didn't look like it had been lived in. To solve this problem we decided we would instead make the house look like an ordinary home and it wouldn't be until the nurse got inside that things didn't appear to be right.

Our Plan

In class we were given the brief for our main task. It is as follows:

"Film the opening sequence of a new fiction film, including titles and soundtrack to last approximately two minutes."

This brief tells me that it must be an opening sequence of a film which has titles. It must last around two minutes and must also have a soundtrack to match the visuals. The storyline must be fiction so has to be made up and it must not tell the whole story but should instead introduce it.

In our group which includes me, Danielle, Meg and Leah we examined this brief and came up with a draft idea.

We decided to have two girls walking down the street when the spot the door of a house left open. They then decide to go inside and check it out. However when they go inside the door shuts behind them and as they are investigating they hear a loud noise coming from the basement so they go to investigate. As there are no lights they grab a candle and walk downstairs but when the get the the bottom there will be the sound of someone blowing and the candle will go out leaving pitch black. This is when the film title will come up leaving the audience wanting to know more about what happens.

Preliminary Task

For my preliminary task I worked with Danielle, Joe and George. Joe and I were behind the camera filming and Danielle and George were acting. We decided we would portray an everyday conversation and we chose to have someone asking about homework. We looked in detail at what shots would be effective and really concentrated on continuity between shots.

Preliminary Story Board

For my preliminary task I will be working in a group with Danielle, Joe and George. Before we do our preliminary task we had to draw a story board to give us an idea of what our shots will look like. There will be two actors who will be discussing homework and we are going to use our knowledge of different camera shots and movements to create a short piece of film.