Experimental Film - Shooting Schedule

Sound list

• Alex speaking      --
• Jake Speaking        -- 
• Sophie speaking      --  ( These are all scripted pieces)
• Nick speaking        --
• Josh speaking       --
• Beeping sound - from the traffic light signal.
• Traffic - atmos sound from the road sound
• Ding - Recorded from the receiving of a text message
• Atmos sound - from the cafe in Owen building
• Under water - Lake in Grindleford
• Cattle grid 
• Silence 
• Sigh  
• Ball against wall 
• Ball against ceiling
• Door slamming
• Truck engine
• Crisp packet opening 
• Crisp packet scrunching 
• Dairy lee packet opening 
• Hitting table leg with a cricket bat 
• Jars swirled around on the table
• Alarm on the kitchen door
• Dropping a scrubber into water 
• Closing of the outside gate
• Closing the freezer draw 
• Laughing 

Equipment list for audio piece

• Zoom H5
• Audio technica AT8015 Rifle Microphone 
• Under water microphone 
• Direct microphone  

Shooting schedule for audio

Wednesday 26th October - Book out the Zoom H5 and the Audio Technica, check all the equipment there and then to make sure everything is working and that there's nothing missing. Check that there are batteries in the kit but also that there are spare ones in case the originals run out.

Thursday 27th October - Recording in the city centre

• The pedestrian crossing, record 5 times.
• The receiving of a text, record 5 times.
• Traffic, standing at the side of the road record the traffic as it drives by, record 5 times.
• Atmosphere in the cafe, record 5 times.

Record each of these sounds with the direct microphone and the Audio Technica.

Monday 31st - Re-record some of the sounds from Thursday

• Atmosphere in the cafe, record during main lunch hour to guarantee a busier area with high quality sound.
• Traffic, record standing slightly further away from the road and use a cap on the sound level if needed to make sure its not peaking this time. 

Still record using both microphones.

Tuesday 18th October - Book out and check equipment for Grindleford

• Audio Technica Rifle Microphone 
• Aquarian Audio H2A Hydrophone 
• At8004 Microphone 
• Zoom H5

Wednesday 19th October - Grindleford

• Underwater sound, film in the stream at different locations where the ebb and flow is different therefore giving us a different effect, record this 5 times whilst moving the microphone around. 
• Cattle grid, using branches and an iron rod clang against and run along the rungs of the cattle grid
• Branches snapping, create this using both your hands and by jumping on them, record numerous times to get a variety of sounds. 

Tuesday 1st November - Book out, collect and check equipment

• Zoom H5 
• Audio Technica Rifle Microphone 
• AT8004 Microphone 

Wednesday 2nd November - Record Jake and Alex's scripts 

• Record Jake, record the script 5 times in different voices, one a whisper, one in a loud sharp tone, one in a bitchy voice, one in an angry voice and finally in his normal voice. 
• Record Alex, this is the most prominent voice inside the protagonists head, record the script 5 times in different voices, one a whisper, one in a loud sharp tone, one in a bitchy voice, one in an angry voice and finally in his normal voice.

We will use whichever voice sounds the best or a mixture of them. 

Thursday 3rd November - Record the final scripts. 

• Record Sophie, she is the protagonists voice, we will record her scrip 5 times in different voices. One a whisper, one in a loud sharp tone, one in a bitchy voice, one in an angry voice and finally in his normal voice.
• Record Nick, he makes up one of the voices that is having an argument with another voice, we will record his script in three different voices, his normal voice, an angry one and finally in a whisper.
• Record Josh, he makes up the other half of the argument. We will record his script in three different voices, his normal voice, an angry one and finally in a whisper.

Equipment list for experimental film

• Canon xf 100
• Camera tripod
• Dedo lights 
• Camera light (find out name) 
• Workstation 101 
• Green screen

Shot list

• Close up and mid shot of Sophie 
• Close up and mid shot of Alex 
• Close up and mid shot of Jake 
• Close up and mid shot of Nick 
• Close up and mid shot of Josh 
• Long shot and mid shot of boys in formation around Sophie, Sophie positioned in the centre on the floor. 
• Mid shot of the formation, camera spinning around them, taken from the outside and Sophie's Point Of View 
• Close up of Sophie's eyes, moving around and dilating
• Close up of Sophie behind bars 
• Mid shot of Sophie behind bars 
• Over the shoulder shot of Nick and Josh arguing 
• Long shot as each spot light turns on individually, Sophie's being the most dim and turning on last  
• Long shot as each spot light turns off individually, leaving Sophie alone in dim lighting until eventually her's is the last to turn off  enveloping her in darkness
•  Close up of Sophie intertwining her fingers through her hair 
• Park sequence 
• Close up of Sophie on swings 
• Medium close up of Sophie on swings 
• Long shot of Sophie on swings 
• The above park scenes including all the "voices" appearing one by one and moving closer to surround her

Shots are going to be shown in a split screen with one side running the footage forwards and one side playing it in reverse. If this idea doesn't work as well as we had planned we will run the footage forward then use a rippling effect for it to then run backwards hopefully giving the effect that she is trapped and this mental state is never ending.
This was our original idea however due to some shooting issues and trouble with locations we were unable to create some of the shots listed above. Therefore we changed our location and rather than using a park we filmed in the amphitheater as we didn't require two cars to get all seven of us to this location.
Here are the shots we were able to create:

• Close up of Sophie sat on the steps of the amphitheater 
• Wide shot of Sophie sat on the steps of the amphitheatre 
• Long shot of Sophie sat on the steps of the amphitheater
• Wide shot of Sophie and all the "voices" on the steps of the amphitheater 
• Long shot of Sophie sat on the steps of the amphitheater as the "voices" enter one by one and moving on closer to surround her. 
• Long shot as the "voices" surround Sophie and crouch down close to her on the steps of the amphitheatre
• Close up of Sophie sat on the steps of the amphitheater as the "voices" are crouched around her
• Close up of each "voice" from the side and face on in the workstation
• Close up of Sophie's face in the workstation 
• Close up of Sophie's eyes going crazy and dilating in the workstation 
• Shot from Sophie's perspective as the "voices" stand around her, motion shot as the camera spins round. 
• Over the shoulder shot from each of the "voices" looking down at Sophie. 
• Long shot of all the "voices" stood around Sophie
• Long shot as the "voices" walk in towards Sophie 
• Long shot as the "voices" walk in and crouch around Sophie
• Close up as the "voices" crouch around Sophie 

Shooting schedule for film

Tuesday 29th November - Book out the workstation and equipment, pick it up and check it ready for filming on Wednesday 

• Canon xf 100
• Camera tripod
• Dedo lights 
• Camera light (find out name) 
• Workstation 101 

Wednesday 30th November - Filming in workstation 101

• Long shot of Alex, Jake, Sophie, Nick and Josh in formation looking towards the camera, film each of them saying their lines. Straight faces looking ahead. Each person in their own spot light with Sophie's the most dim to express that her voice is the hardest to hear. She is also positioned furthest away from the camera to fully imply that idea. 
• Long shot of Alex, Jake, Sophie, Nick and Josh as they move to crowed around Sophie, this shot is used to show how intimidating the voices are and how she is constantly trapped by them with no escape. 

This was used as a trail run. The footage I recorder was unsuitable due to some technical difficulties. I had booked out workstation 101 but there had been an error and the space was double booked. Therefore I had to use 102. This meant working without a green screen, This make it awfully difficult when setting up shots using the Dedo lights as the light up the background and there was very little I could do about that. When reviewing the footage I had managed to i realised that not only did it look bad as the background was lit up but also that the footage was grainy and therefore unusable. However, we have managed to rearrange filming for Monday the 5th and Tuesday the 6th of December and luckily everyone is available on these two days.

Tuesday 6th December - Filming at the amphitheatre

• Close up as Sophie sits on the steps looking down expressing her feelings of depression and loneliness
• Wide shot as Sophie sits on the steps, this shot is used to show just how alone she is as there are no other people in shot, no one around, no one to turn to.
• Wide shot as  Sophie is joined by the "voices" showing how she is constantly with them and no matter how alone she looks she never really is, she has no escape. 
• Long shot as the "voices" surround Sophie and crouch down close to her showing just how intrusive they are, constantly around, Sophie has no space. 
• Close up of Sophie as the "voices" are crouched around her reinforcing the uncomfortable feeling and fully showing how she isn't really ever alone.

Tuesday 6th December - Filming in the workstation

• Close up of each "voice" from the side and face on used to give each voice a different identity as she views them as different people.
• Close up of Sophie's face used to fully show her emotions and her depression as the schizophrenia takes over.
• Close up of Sophie's eyes going crazy and dilating Used to show the paranoia that she must feel constantly feeling like someone is watching you even when there is nobody there. 
• Shot from Sophie's perspective as the "voices" stand around her, motion shot as the camera spins round. Used to give the audience and idea of how she feels constantly surrounded, shot from a low angle looking up at the "voices"giving them a higher status than her. 
• Over the shoulder shot from each of the "voices" looking down at Sophie. Reinforcing the status gap between Sophie and the "voices" 
• Long shot of all the "voices" stood around Sophie showing their constant presence 
• Long shot as the "voices" walk in towards Sophie implying how intrusive and repetitive they are, constantly moving in and getting harder to ignore. 
• Long shot as the "voices" walk in and crouch around Sophie, getting even closer and more intrusive, gives the audience an uneasy feeling. 
• Close up as the "voices" crouch around Sophie reinforcing the idea of no escape and the physical representation create the barrier she is trapped behind, enclosing her. There is no escape, also reinforcing the uncomfortable feeling for both Sophie and the audience.

Credited to Charlotte French and Laura Briscoe