UNIT18: LO3

Treatment for Unit 5

My working title

Trudge in the mud

Synopsis

The genre of my film is adventure, I will be filming a mockumentary. I will explore this genres conventions by having my character complete a quest to traverse the woods, with a bindle leant on there shoulder they will journey across a multitude of landscapes including wheat fields and rocky regions and come into contact with various creatures such as mice and problems such as getting stuck in the mud along the way. Finally to complete their quest they will find a snug spot with a view of the sunset, undo their bindle and set out a cozy picnic, pitch a tent and make a fire. In this spot they will make tea with water they boiled on the fire and quickly tuck away the treats they hauled in their bundle after a long day of traveling.

Target audience

I will target this project at young women and girls within the ages of 8 - 19 in both the ABC1 and C2D audience. As this is a short film it will complement the lifestyles of young women that have little time to relax and watch a long movie they may have little time because they are university or collage students or have part time jobs along with there studies, or girls that have a short attention span. As my character is a mythical pixie my viewers won't identify with my charters culture or race but they may relate to their personality, likes and dislikes.

Cast

In this film I may include background characters for some scenes, for these background characters I will cast Sally B and Mollie B. Although I will mainly use a clay character, this clay character will be voiced by myself however I will use software to change the pitch of my characters voice.

Crew Required

I will be the only person to: record with a camera, construct setting, set out lighting, create and record sound and direct my cast. However my cast will help me to position and move my clay figures in some scenes.

locations

I am planning to film in outdoor spaces such as meadows, rivers, woodlands and hills in Mosborough and the peak district. This fits my genre because my character will be exploring unfamiliar environments and solving the obstacles the landscapes lay out.

Props & costume

My props will include: a clay character in a shabby worn out costume including boots trousers and a shawl, my background characters will be dressed in winter coats, wellies, jogging bottoms and jumpers they are dressed this way so that they can walk in muddy cold locations. For my clay character to compete their journey they will use sticks, miniature tea cups, miniature bread, miniature camping equipment, a bindle, berries and nuts, leaves, a miniature soy saws fish bottle, mushrooms, miniature plates and cutlery, marbles, plastic rubbish and finally flowers as props.

Equipment

I will be using: A Cannon 2000D camera, microphones, A dead cat microphone, ring lights and torches, A tripod and headphones. This equipment is needed to: record sound accurately, film in good quality, create good lighting for my setting, steady my camera to film still shot's and listen to sound to make sure I have recorded the sounds I want.

Story board

All of my scenes will feature natural daylight lighting because of this I am using a narrow aperture of F22 and I'm setting my shutter speed as average 1/250 so that my camera doesn't let in to much day light that will over expose my image.

Set design

camera settings

ISO: 6400

aperture: F16 (wide aperture)

image quality: RAW

Shutter speed 1/160

I used an average aperture however I think I should have used a wide aperture of F2 as I am filming at dusk, this means not as much light will be let into my camera causing my footage to look a bit less in detail as it cant pick up the visual. I have used an average shutter speed as I am only capturing the movement of wind on the grass, that is not fast moving, there for I do not need a high shutter speed.

*Camera set up*

*lighting set up*

*Setting*

Annotated script

00:00 still shot camera behind character, tansy stands on rock facing plants, natural overhead lighting

TANSY *grunt* tracking shot, Tansy moving on branch, Back light fairy lights

TANSY there goes a crimson dotter on her way, hey-ho crimson dotter still shot camera, walking past ladybugs on a plant, over head natural lighting

TANSY oh! a pebble-lee-slow POV shot, looking at a snail on a plant, over head natural lighting

00:58 TANSY hey-ho Twiggle Pot lovely day for trudging

TWIGGLE POT *grumbled reply* panning over the shoulder shot, tansy standing up Twiggle sitting on a dread branch surrounded by plants, over head natural lighting and sun light beam directed at Twiggle's face to bring focus to the character

01:07 TANSY *lalala* still shot, a bug moving up a plant, over head natural lighting

TANSY *whistling* panning shot, tansy standing up surrounded by plants, over head natural lighting

TANSY ooh barrel berries I'll be back for jam picking panning shot, tansy walking past a branch of black berries, over head natural lighting

TANSY *humming* *singing* I trudgedy trudge through the ferns and the dandies over the hills and the mounds, up in the sky I can see the birds fly over the hills and the mounds panning shot, tansy sitting in a tree, over head natural lighting

02:21 TANSY *humming* oh good! only a thousand more grass tramples to go panning shot, tansy standing on a dirt path surrounded by plants, over head natural lighting

TANSY *happy sigh* my mum loved the snow drops they were her favorite panning shot, tansy leaning against a dead tree branch, over head natural lighting

TANSY *singing* I trudgedy trudge through the whispering grass over the hills and the mound, as the sun shimmers down the butter-leaves fly over the hills and the mounds, hay ho hay ho onward I go over the hills and the mounds panning POV shots, multiple natural settings including fields and close ups of plants, over head natural lighting

TANSY *Tea slurping* still shot close up, tansy drinking tea, over head natural lighting

Plan for camera work and lighting settings