PLAN FOR SHOOT Jogging + Car Crash Scene

Casting:
Samuel Lau:
Driver of the car
He is needed from 15:15 - 16:45

Tanay Saigal
Professional Tennis player, Jogger who gets hit by the car
He is needed from 15:15 - 16:45

Location:
Setting: Forest in Cents
Date: 
17/11/18 First sample scene (lack of verisimilitude, lack of shot variety)
03/01/19 Poor image quality, mistake in set dressing and lack of shot variety
15/01/19 
Time: 15:15 - 16:45

Equipment:

• Sony A58
• GoPro
• accessories for the GoPro

Props:

• Folders
• Car
• Water Bottle
• Smartphone
• Headphones

Dialogue:

None

Shots:

• LS, tracking shot of Tanay jogging
• CU of his face 
• POV shot of Tanay taking out smartphone to change song
• CU of his feet
• MCU of driver getting in car
• ECU turning the car on 
• a shot from inside the car 
• CU of water bottle falling down
• ECU of hand searching for water bottle
• Over the shoulder shot of driver looking for water bottle
• Shot from outside the car (Passenger seat, camera out the window) of Tanay crossing the street
• CU of Tanay's face when he sees the car approaching

PLAN FOR SHOOT tennis training scene

Casting
Tanay Saigal
The protagonist/tennis player
He is needed from:
2:00-3:00 
6:00-7:00

Samuel Lau
The coach
He is needed from:
2:00-3:00 
6:00-7:00


Location
CK Sportcenter Kockloscheuer - a tennis club
rented tennis court online for 1 hour
cost €25
Date:
17/11/18 - this was used for the sample scene but there were lot of issues so we had to re-shoot (see review here)
01/12/18 - there was unexpected snow and the roads were too icy to drive on safely
13/01/19
Time:
2:00-3:00
6:00-7:00

Equipment

• Sony A58
• Tripod
• Dolly
• SD card

Props

• trophy
• water bottle 
• tennis rackets (2-3)
• tennis balls - we forgot these on the third shoot and had to drive back to Tanay's house, we lost 10 minutes of the time we booked the court for but it wouldn't have worked without them
• towel (to wipe sweat)
• Tennis bag
• cigarettes
• folder and pen

Costumes

Coach:

• Adidas trousers and jacket
• trainers (cannot see the socks underneath trousers)
• whistle
• flat cap
• folder and pen

Tanay:

• Polo shirt
• tennis shorts
• trainers and white socks

Shot List

• Tracking shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Panning shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Worms eye shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Tracking shots of Tanay warming up (lunges, pushups etc.)
• CU of tying shoe laces
• CU of hand tightening on tennis racket
• OTS HA  of Tanay preparing to hit the ball
• Varying focus shots (push) of hands tightening on racket
• MCU of coach looking at Tanay (disappointed)
• 2 Shots of coach telling Tanay to train harder
• Shot reverse shot sequence of coach and Tanay's dialogue (mostly MCUs)
• CU of Tanay wiping away sweat
• CU HA of coach tapping pen on log sheet
• ELS of coach standing outside centre 
• CU of coach getting out cigarettes
• CU of lighting cigarettes
• MCU of coach smoking 
• CU HA of coach snubbing out cigarette with foot
• see other interesting shots we can get with the lighting

Screenplay

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PLAN FOR SHOOT hospital scene

Casting
Tanay Saigal
The protagonist/tennis player
He is needed from:
11:40-12:30
3:15-4:30

Hannah Ni Leigh Evans
The partner of Tanay
She is needed from:
11:40-12:30
3:15-4:30

Sam Lau
The coach
He is needed from:
11:40-12:30
3:15-4:30

Harriet Barlow
Tanay's teammate
She is needed form:
11:40-12:30
3:15-4:30

School nurse
Nurse
She is needed from:
11:40-12:30
3:15-4:30


Location
The school nurses' office in our school, we had to ask the nurses for permission and we gave them a brief of what we want to do - we had to be flexible for shooting because if a student came in the space had to be free
We eventually filmed after school so we had more time to get all the shots we wanted
Date:
27/12/18 - cancelled because actor could not make it
28/12/18 - cancelled because nurses office was occupied
07/01/19 - "
11/01/19 - "
14/01/19
Time: 
11:40-12:30 
3:15-4:30


Equipment

• Sony A58
• Tripod
• Dolly

Props

• printed out picture of brain scans
• folder
• bandages
• blanket
• trophy
• cigarettes/packet - we included this in the training scene because it made more sense
• Nurses outfit
• Coach's costume

Shot List

• POV shots of Tanay waking up (hand-held)
• MS 2 shot of teammate and partner next to Tanay in bed
• CU BE of Tanay's face waking up
• ECU hand nervously tapping on trophy
• MLS 3 shot of coach arriving
• shot reverse shot sequence for dialogue
• CU HA of trophy being put on bedside table
• MLS 3 shot of all dialogue
• OTS MLS of nurse coming in and her dialogue 
• MS of nurse's dialogue
• CU OTS of nurse  pointing at brain scan images in folder
• CU of coach's reaction to tennis news
• try 
• try a few different shots for reactions to the news
• CU of various things in the space (looking at watch, stethoscope, bandages etc.)

Screenplay

I showed the screenplay to the nurse, and she suggested edits for her lines to make them more realistic, those are the ones used in the final cut
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