Photos of the story board.

Shot List and Shooting Schedule for "The Daydream"

The Daydream

11:20am-11:50am

Set Up

To set up: 

• A desk in an office
• papers and a pen
• a corridor
• a chair
• two actresses

11:50am-12:40am

Scene One: Act One, The Daydream-Beginning.

Demii

1. Long shot. Demii working at her desk.
2. Medium close-up. Demii falling asleep whislt working.

12:50am-2:00pm

Scene One: Act Two, In the Daydream.

Brooke

Demii

1. Point of view shot. An empty corridor with a door at the end.
2. Point of view shot. Establishes Demii's hand opening the door.
3. Medium close-up. Demii opens the door and looks frightened.
4. Long shot. Camera is behind Demii, she has pulled the door shut. Demi hears a voice behind her say "hello" and she turns abruptly.
5. Long shot. Brooke is sitting in a chair in the middle of the corridor. She's waving at Demii.
6. Mid shot. Demii to Brooke: "OH MY GOSH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
7. Long shot. Brooke stands up and replies" What haven't you missed me?" Then walks towards Demii.
8. Mid shot. Demii replies, "Missed you? (laughs nervously)
9. Long shot. Both Characters are in the shot. Brooke on the left and Demii on the right of the screen. Demii continues talking. " The day I left you was the best day of my life!"
10. Brooke smirks and blows a kiss at Demii.

2:10pm-2:30pm

Demii

1. Long shot of Demii approaching the door. She opens it and walks through.
2. Extreme-close up of Demii's Face. The sound of Laughing in the background.
3. Camera fades.

AS Media Coursework - Grade A

This is not my personal work. This video i've uploaded is from youtube and should help me with camera angles, shots and movement.

In the fist 15 secs: the shot is a mid shot and the angle is low.

At 40 secs: the shot is an over the shoulder shot at an eye level angle. And the camera movement is pan and then tilt.

Between 57 secs- 1min 15 secs: the camera tilts up and down whislt the actor dresses.

At 2 mins 15 secs: the shot is a long shot and the angle is wide. And the camera zooms.

Most of the movement is is handheld and most of the shots are at eye level angles. This production helped me understand how to capture some camera shots and figure out how to use angles.

The Synopsis of "The Daydream"

Meet Demi, a small town girl who fought schizophrenia to become the Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. She seemed to be living the "American Dream". She was a young, happily married woman in a difficult but rewarding job, and she had everything that she could ever need or want. What could have gone wrong?

One day she dozes into a world of her own, the unconscious state of mind seems to become her reality. Memories from the past which she has long forgotten, start to resurface as she is reunited with the egotistic  Brooke.

Will Demi let the past (and Brooke) determine her Future?

Preliminary Activity - The Script

Person A is working at a desk. She starts daydreaming.

In the daydream she nervously walks along a corridor and approachs a door. She doesn't know what to expect on the other side.

She opens the door, sees who is on the other side and without hesitating slams it shut.

Person B: (sitting in a chair halfway down the corridor behind her, says in a sinister voice) Hello.

Person A: (sharply turns in surprise) OH MY GOSH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

Person B: (replies sacastically. stands up out of the chair) Haven't you missed me?(Then walks forward.)

Person A:  Missed you?? (laughs nervously) Don't be ridculous, the day I left you was the best day of my life!

Person B: (smirks)
Person A turns around and walks through the door. She finds herself back at the begining of the same corridor.

There is a close up on Person A's face showing her confusion and fear.

Person B: cackles in the distance. (no camera shot on her.)

Camera Fades. End of sequence.

Preliminary Activity

For AS Media Coursework, we will be creating a story board, including camera angles and dialogue. And then filming it. The film must include a match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

From the scenario I have been given, I had to Analyse the two characters (how they might act/ present themselves and how they interact with eachother) from the conversation they share.

The begining sequence is based on the person daydreaming in their office. We decieded that we need to play around with the story so we decided to make both characters the same person but with different personalities. This would show an insight to people suffering with schezophrenia and show that they are not all the stereotypical 'maniacs' but, they are real people that just need a little bit of help.

As media (films/prgrammes) are a strong source of advertisment , I would like to highlight the difficulties and limitations between individuals.