My film opening

Poster of the film

Genre - Film Conventions

The Brief - Unit 41

The brief: The title and opening of a film in the genre of the candidates own choice, to last between two to three minutes. The film opening should include a short narrative which introduces the characters and is a prologue to the film.

Treatment - Film Opening Sequence P1(a)

Genre: TEEN

Audience: Teenagers (age group 12-25)

The title: High School Crash

The target audience: teenagers

What the film is about: All the girls from Kent College are in love with the most popular guy Nick James. Everyone envies Ashley Simson, the captain of cheerleading, who is his girlfriend. But everything will change. New girl from Russia has arrived.

First shot will be pan of the school. Lots of people are talking to each other, smiling and laughing. Nick is a star of football team, he is getting ready for football match and all girls are looking at him. His girlfriend is coming to support him. Everyone is jealous to their relationship. After the game couple is going to celebrate the victory. They are really popular among Kent College students. Everybody wants to know everything about their relationship.

But once, in the school comes new girl, she is from Russia, she is tall and beautiful, all boys fall in love with her and all girls don’t like her. Everybody is looking at her when she is coming to the school in a car. Nick also is looking at her with eyes full of love. But she isn’t looking at him. Ekaterina is so nervous. School staff meets her and after the film begins…

The main characters: - popular guy Nick James

  - his girlfriend Ashley Simson

  - new student Ekaterina

When: First day of Autumn term

Where: Boarding School in Canterbury, main entrance, sport field.

Why: Because it is the usual situation in all movies, and not everything is so simple in the teenagers’ lives. Our movie is true-to-life and that’s why the target audience will love it.

What: Love story between teenagers.

Shots: Long shot,  medium close-up, reaction shot, following shot, zoom, zolly, pan and others.

Sounds: Sound bridge, non-diegetic sound.

Plot:

• 1st scene: The view of the school with lots of students who are walking around (pan shot, non-diegetic sound - calm music)

• 2nd scene: Nick who is getting ready for football match and all the girls are staring at him (long shot, medium close-up, pan; title with the name of the actor)

• 3rd scene: Ashley who has came to support him, with poster of the team (medium close-up, high angle, long shot; title with the name of the actress)

• 4th scene: Nick’s team wins the game and the couple is going to celebrate the victory (medium close-up, low angle, pan; title with the name of music)

• 5th scene: New girl is coming to school by taxi. She is staying with her luggage (the title with the name of the actress). Everyone is staring at her, including Nick. The staff meets her and she enters the school. The Nick’s girlfriend is getting angry (long shot, low angle, zolly, zoom, medium close-up and others) (the title with the name of the directors)  

• 6th scene: New girl is going to school main entrance (following shot; title with name of film) .

Script P1(b)

High School (2013) movie script

INT. School main building

The time is 2013. We can see the school main building, people are walking around, talking to each other. THE CAMERA MOVES UP.

EXT.

INT.  Camera moves down.  Field, sportsmen are playing football.

Hold on full shot of field.

New angle.

Nick is a star of football team. He is 17 years-old guy, who is really popular. Nick is handsome boy and all the girls love him. He has a girlfriend, Ashley.

Framing shot.

We see Nick’s feet and he is beating the goal. The team wins.

Girls who support him are screaming.

New angle.

Lots of girls are screaming and jumping, shouting Nick’s name.

Long shot, reaction shot.

New angle.

Nick’s is so proud of himself. He is happy.

Medium close up, reaction shot.

New angle.

We can see Nick’s girlfriend Ashley. She is 17 years old girl. She is so beautiful and popular. Ashley likes Nick so much. She is supporting him during the football match and girl is so happy because the team has won.

Shallow focus.

New angle.

Nick is holding the goblet. People behind him are screaming.

Medium shot, reaction shot.

Ashley is coming to Nick.  They are hugging, match is over. Girls behind them are angry, because they are really jealous.

Following shot, long shot.

EXT.

INT. We can see the main entrance of the school. Suddenly. taxi with new russian girl stops next to the school.

Pan shot.

Girl is coming out from the taxi. Everyone is looking at her.

Establishing shot.

New angle.

New girl Ekaterina is going near the couple. Ashley becomes so angry because Nick  is looking at her. His face shows the interest.

Reaction shot.

New angle.

Ekaterina is going to school.

Following shot.

Storyboard P1(c)

A film opening will be superimposed on music from the beginning of the movie. 

Set designs P1(d)

Camera moves up and we see school main building then down (crane shot)

(Long shot) Sportsmen are playing game

(Establishing shot) Girl come out from the car, everybody is looking at her

Recce P1(e)

Recce sheet

High School                                                                                     Date of recce: 11.10.2013

Location: Kent College

Local Condition:

Any known problems                                                                        No

Aid needed                                                                                        No

Permission needed                                                                           No

Protective clothing needed                                                               No

Viewpoints:

Appropriate viewpoints isolated                                                       No

Any obstructions                                                                              No

Easy to reach and safe                                                                   Yes

Requirements:

Power available                                                                               Yes

Lighting apporopriate                                                                       Yes

Sound equipment                                                                            Sound will be added during montage

Anticipated problems:

Sound                                                                                             No

Picture                                                                                            No

People                                                                                            No

Other                                                                                              No                

Location, Kent College Canterbury P1(d)

Our boarding school kent College looks like a traditional english school and it was a great decoration for our film opening. 

We chose to shoot in our school because we need to shoot out sport team and also we can shoot there whenever we want which is vital because we have limited time to complete our film opening. 

Risk assessment P1(f)

Hazard	The risk details	How to minimize the risk
Weather conditions	The weather can also impact on the shooting process, especially if we plan to shoot outside. If it’s raining, all the equipment and crew would be wet	To check the weather forecast before filming, always have an umbrella and a bag for a camera
A lot of transport on the street	Transport can lead to serious accident	Need to remember about the traffic regulations and to  be sure that others know them as well. To be careful in town
Crime on the street	We are going to shoot our film in town, where a lot of people are, including thieves. So there is possibility that someone can steal expensive equipment, i.e. camera.	To film in places where a lot of people are nearby in order to ask for help if something would go wrong.
Camera run out of battery while filming	If camera runs out during filming process, everything will be spoiled	Before filming we need to ensure that camera is fully charged and all the equipment work
Unsuitable clothes	Wearing unsuitable clothes for the weather can cause illnesses	Make sure all the actors are aware of weather conditions and what they need to wear for shooting process
Cast crew is not turning up	Cast crew or production crew may not visit the shooting process, that will lead to waste of time	Explain the cast crew how it’s important to visit filming process, remind them when and where filming will take place.
Damaged equipment	Someone can drop the camera	Be careful!!

Shot list P1(g)

Scene	Shot	Day/night	Description of shot	Location
1	1a	Day	Camera moves up and we see school main building then down, crane shot	Main Building
1	2a	Day	Camera moves down, we can see football field with a team	Sport Field
2	1b	Day	Framing shot, Nick is scoring	Sport Field
2	2b	Day	Long shot, reaction shot, many girls are supporting Nick	Sport Field
2	3b	Day	Medium close-up, Nick’s face	Sport Field
2	4b	Day	Shallow focus, Ashley is supporting her boyfriend	Sport Field
3	1c	Day	Medium shot, reaction shot, Nick is happy after victory	Sport Field
3	2c	Day	Long shot, Nick and Ashley are hugging	Sport Field
4	1d	Night	Pan shot, new girl is coming to school	Main Entrance
4	2d	Night	Establishing shot, girl come out from the car, everybody is looking at her	Main Entrance
4	3d	Night	Reaction shot, Ekaterina is going near Ashley and Nick	Main Entrance
4	4d	Night	Following shot, Ekaterina is coming to the main entrance	Main Entrance

Film Schedule P1(g)

Period	Group Name	Scene	Location	Cast	Equipment
Saturday morning 19/10/2013	SLM	scene 2,3	Field	Boys who playing football, Alex from Guilford House	Camera
Sunday afternoon 20/10/2013	SLM	scene 5,6	Main entrance	Ksenia from Austen, Alex from Guilford, Nelly from Austen	Camera, light
Monday evening 21/10/2013	SLM	scene 1	School main entrance	Students from Kent College	Camera, tripod
Tuesday evening	SLM	scene 4	Field	Nelly from Austen	Camera

Contingency plan:

If there will be rain some days we are going to move shoot on the next day because we are not able to change the locations. We have one extra week to finish our movie. Also we can ask pur teachers to help us with our shooting during the school day.

Call Sheet P1(h)

High School
Unit Call Time: 16:30		Weather:	16°C - Rain
Main Production
Director: Line Producer: 1st Assistant Director:	Elizaveta Mariia Sofia

Sets	Sc No			Location			Cast No
Main Entrance Field Field Field Main  Entrance Main Entrance	1 2 3 4 5 6			Kent College	Nick is playing football, everybody support him, he has a girlfriend, she is a popular girl, everybody envious her. After new russian girl is coming to school and everything is changing.		2 2 3 1 123

Cast
Cast No	Cast	Character			On Set	House
1 2 3	Ksenia Alex Nelly	Ekaterina Nick Ashley			16:30 16:30 16:30	Austen Guilford Austen