Preliminary Task -- Storyboard

 The StoryBoard for the Preliminary Task:

We do a storyboard to plan the scenes and events of the sequence 

Preliminary Task -- Soundtrack

There are a range of different soundtracks I could use from different genres of music. I would prefer to use and instrumental version of a particular song as lyrics would get in the way of pre-existing dialogue by the characters.

I would like to use the instrumental version of the song 'Buried Alive' by Avenged Sevenfold OR the instrumental version of the song 'Paradise' by Coldplay.

In the end after making a decision, I have decided to choose 'Buried Alive' by Avenged Sevenfold

Preliminary Task -- The Script

             ROOP ARORA AS MEDIA PRELIMINARY TASK SCRIPT

     1)(EXT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

The camera is on the other side of the street and shows Rahul Puri walking up to the front door.

   (RAHUL PURI)

   -Stage directions

       

       2)(EXT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

  

The camera is in the corner of the front porch area showing Rahul Puri walking up to the door and knocking.

  

   (RAHUL PURI)

   -Stage directions

    

      3)(EXT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

  

The camera is right behind Rahul's shoulder as the door opens. Sophie Puri then opens the door with a smile.

  

   (SOPHIE PURI)

   ‘Hey Rahul, How are you? Come in.’  

  4)(INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

  

The camera is behind Sophie's shoulder and films Rahul   walking in through the front door.

 

   (RAHUL PURI)

  ‘I’m fine thanks Soph, how have you been?’

 

  5)(INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

The camera is on the side of Sophie and angles/spins round to her face who moves out of the way to let Rahul in then speaks.

   (SOPHIE PURI)'

Yeah, good thanks. 

Please, make yourself  comfortable’

  6)(INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

  

The camera is then at the back of the kitchen(next to the sink) and shows Rahul putting his coat on the bannister and walk into the dining room.

  (RAHUL PURI)

  'Thank you'

          

7) (INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

The camera is in the dining room facing the  opening to the kitchen and shows Rahul enter  and take a seat at the chair on the other side  of the room whilst Sophie is already sitting  down. Sophie is still in focus.

   (SOPHIE PURI)

   'So, what's up? What's going on?'

8) (INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

    The camera is now on the able and focuses onto    Rahul's face and starts speaking. Whilst speaking, he starts to hold his head in his  hands.

   (RAHUL PURI)

   ‘Right. I need to ask you a very important question because it’s really playing with my mind and I don’t know what to do’

     9)  (INT.  SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

    Sophie Puri starts to speak whilst the camera perpendicular to their conversation curves from Sophie to Rahul along a 180 degree line.

       (SOPHIE PURI)

  ‘Oh no, well, you know I am always here for you no matter what!’

       (RAHUL PURI)

       ‘Thanks, Basically..’

10) (INT.  SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

    

    The camera is on a close up of Sophie's face but to the side as she replies to Rahul in the conversation. She says her line with a sense of anticipation and eagerness to find   out what is really playing on his mind.

    (SOPHIE PURI)

    'Yeah?'

11) (INT.  SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

   The view turns to a perpendicular view of their conversation along the 180 degree angle.     Rahul at this stage is still stressing

   (RAHUL PURI)

      ‘I have been stressing out about what to put into my Media Studies Preliminary task project. It's killing me! Please help me with this.’

    12) (INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

   Point of View of Rahul who is mid-conversation receives Sophie's reply who is still opposite him but stands up and walks round to Rahul.

         (SOPHIE PURI)

         'Are you crazy?'--(Followed by a short laugh)

    

    13) (INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

  Point of View of Sophie. She is looking at Rahul and puts her hands on his face and reassures him with advice.

         (SOPHIE PURI)

     'Ok, A really good idea would be to make your project on the conversation we are having now.

   

   14) (INT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

     The camera from a long shot from the stairs shows the two of them getting up and leaving the dining room with a smiling Rahul followed by a laughing Sophie who both walk out of screen. The camera then turns to the back of the kitchen showing Rahul leaving the house, turning around. The camera angle again turns to next to Rahul and shows him thanking Sophie.

    (RAHUL PURI)

    'Thank you so much'

-Camera angle changes to her face to a medium shot             

   

    (SOPHIE PURI)

    'Bye'

  15) (EXT. SHOTTFIELD AVENUE. SUNDAY)

    The camera is a POV of the door showing Rahul walking away and turning left so he is out of screen.

Preliminary Task -- The shot list

There are are wide range of shots that will be performed throughout this task. These include:

1) Match on Action -- Match on action is a type of continuity editing whereby the perspective of the camera is changed from one to two times.

2) Shot/Reverse Shot -- A film technique where one character is shown looking  at another character, and then the other character is shown looking at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer simply assumes that they are looking at each other.

3) 180 degree rule -- This is an imaginary line along an imaginary 180 degree line where this 'line' cannot be crossed. The best way to do this is two over the shoulder shots or two side shots.

4) Close-up -- A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame

5) Over-the-Shoulder Shot -- A camera angle involving the camera being placed behind one character's shoulder.

Preliminary Task --- The character list

 These two people are going to act in the preliminary task. Here are their fact files:

 SOPHIA PURI 

-  I have decided to cast Sophia because she was both very excited to act when I asked her but also because she seemed like a good fit for the character. She will act as herself meaning her character name is 'Sophia'. She is 24 Years Old but unfortunately she has very little or no previous experience in acting. This should not be an issue overall.

RAHUL PURI 

- I have decided to cast Rahul because he has previous acting experience in school plays meaning he will hopefully produce a good and reliable performance in my preliminary task. He is 22 Years Old and will also play himself as his character. He also seemed to be a good fit for his character description.

Preliminary Task -- The location of the filming

Considering the fact that the idea I have is relatively simple, the filming for this task will take place in East Sheen, South-West London. I hope the weather will be adequate for filming so there are no delays in the schedule. Also, the first scene involves someone walking through the front door of a house.

I have a range of camera angles ready for the task including Match on Action, Shot/Reverse Shot and the 180 degree rule.

This is the location from an ariel view.

This is where the whole clip will be filmed