LO2: Production Schedule

LO2: My final idea

From the mindmap of ideas that I have I have decided to go with me and my disability that is about a 19 year old boy who has cerbral palsy and he tells us about his story on his life and him dealing with cerebral palsy.

I have decided on making this documentray because Josh is actually a close friend of mine and I wanted to make a documentary that interseted me not one that made me bored within the first miniute. So I have taken on a big challange but I know I can pull this off with a good script.

LO2 storyboards

 

LO2: Audience profile

Jordan is 17 years old and he has recently lost his leg in a car accident and is now depressed becuase he cannot play football anymore he can't go out a lot without feeling tired he basicly wants to get back to the way things were. Apart from the fact he has no leg this is not stopping him from getting a prosthetic leg and what helps him along the way for entertainment purposes is netflix to enjoy films while in hospital he loves listening to his music to help him through the pain. 

LO2: moodboard

These are a selection of documentaries that I have taken inspiration from mainly because in these documentaries they focus on one specific person just like my documentary Me and My Disability. I mainly looked for the dialouge used in the films to see what would be suitable for me to use in the documentary.

LO2: Groups

I will be writing the script for Me And My disability independently.

LO2: Mind map of ideas

LO2:Treatment

Name of the documentary

Me and my disability (cerebral palsy)

The films narrative/subject

The short film will be Josh Draycott and him telling us about his cerebral palsy and what he has been through to get where he is today at 19 years old. This will document his life from when he was young and getting used to the fact that he could not walk without his sticks to the fact now he uses them every day and does not really care about this fact that the sticks help him walk they have been part of his life for about 13 - 14 years.

The Genre

I think why I have chosen to do a social documentary rather than a crime or a horror short film is that I believe that because of me and Josh being good friends for the last 5 years and the fact that I have an idea of what I want to do rather than making up something that will take me longer to figure out and a documentary is something that I have not done before and yes it will be a challenge but garneted that this will be something that I will enjoy making.

The characters/organisation of people

The people that I will hope to use I this documentary will be Josh himself since this will be based on him. I also hope to use my friend Kyle Williams who knows him very well and would good to see from his point of view opinions about josh and what josh has inspired him to do in life and how he sees around his disability.

Brief synopsis

What I am going to do is to get josh to introduce himself and then also after this I will ask him a load of questions however at the same time of this show him doing the things he likes like going out for a drink going out places with his car like to Rother valley and also watching the football and him on his Xbox. Also to show what great achievements Josh has done to help the Sheffield Children's Hospital.

Crew

As it stands at the moment in time it is just myself on the production of this task so in this I will be making the story board and I will be also making the script to go with this. I will be locating where we will film and also I will be editing this afterwards.

 Equipment

The equipment that I will be hoping to use is a Canon 650 D camera which I will use two for different angles so it is not constantly the same shot all the way through. I am also going to need a X2 SD cards for the two cameras. I will also need two tripods as this will be what I need for the stabilisation of the shots. I may also need either a boom microphone a Rode microphone which will go on top of the camera and also possibly a clip on microphone one of them anyway. I may also need to use a white background so then this may make him stand out more which I can get from someone who I know who has one. I may also been in need of spare batteries because the last thing I need is for one to die and in a two way set up is not a good choice.

Production schedule

With the production of the short film what I will need to do first of all in to start writing the script for this production as these will be the questions that I will be asking those in front of the camera the questions. Next what I will be needing to do will be to create the storyboard so which shot is it how long is it going to last for is it going to be on camera one or two. Is it going to be low or high key lighting. What is the shot type going to be close up medium close up, long shot, wide shot or medium shot all this will be decided on the drawings and when I decide to put shots of Josh doing stuff over the top of Josh.

Hopefully by the end of mid September this should be done so this will mean that I can begin the filming of the documentary. This will be done of the course of the weekend of September when Sheffield Wednesday are not playing at home because as I understand Josh has a season ticket and so do I so this would be done possibly over two days sometime in late September early October and then hopefully the editing will commence October to mid late November.

Locations

The locations that I will hope to film will be in my bedroom as this is perfect for interview when I ask him questions as the lighting in my room is very good. I will also hoping to be filming at Josh's house to show him either watching the football and also him on his Xbox. I will also be hoping to be filming on the front of his drive to show his in his car and what that means to him. I will also like to film in the woods providing the location is not too muddy to show him walking around with his friends having a fun time.

LO2: Script inspiritions

My first inspiration that I have taken is from David Atennborough's Great Barrier reef. I have taken this as a example because of the layout of the documentary the way the voice over is used over the image that is shown has relevence to the scene that is shown.




The second example that I have looked at is a short documentary called "About A Girl" and this is about a young girl who has social problems, her dad does not want to see her and she talks about it. However the ways she talks is personal because of the slang that she uses makes this more believeable. The documentay that I am going to make will be a personal story about disability





The third example that I have looked at for isnspiration is "A Victim" this is about the story of divorce and how this impacts especially the young. I choose this becxause tis is hard hitting and looks at how powerful the script is and how emotional you feel after watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtoBOSdPDc


The fourth example that I have looked at for an inspiration is from Sherlock and the episode that I have looked at is "Blind Banker" and the reason for me to choose this was because of the layout of the script because this is a shooting script as well as a sript meaning that cut to is used just like I have planned to use in my script.  What makes this a good example is the overall layout of the script. This is a example that I have found from the BBC Script writers page.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/sherlock_the_blind_banker.pdf

The fith example that I have looked at is from 

LO1: Teacher Feedback

LO1: Understand scripted elements in a range of media products

Content and style

When looking at the different types of scripts from multiple platforms like documentary, radio broadcast, games script and TV news broadcast scripts usually the font is courier new and the font size is 12 as this font is a formal and the font and is easy to read for an actor.If there is a lot of text then this will be a lot easier to read. However, when looking at the scripts of a news broadcast/ live TV scripts because they are referencing live events these scripts can change and this is presented in a formal manor of correct pronunciation of words is spoken clearly and efficiently so the audience can understand what is being said. 

Looking at a gaming script for one of the examples this was put into a flow chart because in a game we would see multiple options for a player to choose depending on the options the game is giving you this is also known as escapism by Denis Mquail. The example I found for the gaming script is from Halo as this is a professional script matches the structure of the example I have found. When looking at a documentary script this is a different set up so there is a script on the right and then on the right there is where the voice over will start where we will see when the video of the documentary and then again voice over on the top. With a radio broadcast of a script this will be formally set out like a script for a play and they have character descriptions so the actors can get to know the character better and be able to connect with them as this is an example I have found from Summer nights from the BBC. On a TV news broadcast they will have a que on when to speak because if there is their is two of them presenting the news their names would be put first from the example I have looked at would also be on a teleprompter 

The mode of address for looking at a TV news broadcast will be teacher to pupil as they are providing information for us to look at as this is sourced from the BBC News, this is also the same format for the documentary they are telling us information about what is going on and we are then learning from this and also gathering new information. However, if you were to take a look at the script for a gaming script I would see this more as a parent to child as in this I look at the fact you have options to choose from and with this you are gaining information but not told which path way to select as this is down to you. Now with a radio broadcast this would be peer to peer as there are characters talking to others in the script. This is I have found in the radio drama Summer Nights as there are characters talking to other characters.   

Some of the scripts that I have looked at have stage directions because in a documentary there would be a section for dialogue which is known as the narration segment where the speaking part is said and when the actor is talking you can see that the dialogue is in the middle and should always be in the middle as this is very direct place for text. The next columns are visuals and on the top right there is INT/EXT which stands for interior and exterior and this is whether or not the location is inside or outside. This is also known as the sequence location. To the left of this column there is from the example I have taken uses CU which is known as a close up and this is meant this is a shooting script so this helps the camera operator know what shot type this is. On the right hand side of this column editing and the example for this is dissolve to so the editor knows which editing technique to use and when to use it. On the third and final column which is sound to the right is FX which is the effects for the diegetic and non-diegetic and the example given is "echoing footsteps on the floor" and then music is played after this part which will be useful for the editor because the then knows when to add the music. 

The structure for the radio drama script is an one-page layout instead of a three-page column like the documentary. This in an extract I have taken from Summer Nights a radio drama script from the BBC. The name of the actor that is speaking is to the left and also the dialogue stars from the right and then FX to the left as well so then the sound engineer can add any effects to make the it more effective as a radio drama. The gaming documentary script is a similar format to the documentary because there is a structure the same as a documentary where the left hand side has dialogue the middle has editing techniques and this will be for the animation in the game between the levels. On the right hand side has editing techniques. Again this would be all used for the animation in the gameplay.

Narrative Structure

For the radio drama from the script the example that I have taken from the first two pages seem as though that the structure from this appears to be single standard and we follow the protagonist and we get to know them better as we are listening to them talk and we can empathise from them and look at them at a different perspective. This script appears to be in chronological order so there is a beginning a middle and end just because of the first two pages he is starting his day in the garden. A video game script can sometimes be multi standard but then sometimes there are single stranded games like Lara Croft tomb raider where we follow her on her adventure to the tomb and is mainly just following her as the main protagonist. In this game and this game is a linear game as this has a structure to it a beggining midle and the end. Halo five is multi stranded meaning there is more tham one protagonist as this creates more of a specticle and makes this more dramatic to the story line.

With a TV/news broadcast does not have a narrative structure, but what it does have is a running order of stories as there is a main headline there is also smaller side stories as this features who, what, where, when and why all news/Tv broadcast and with the main headline this gets more air time and is the most important news that could affect us. A documentary script is mostly focused on one main protagonist as within this we can look at thier perscpecive as the way we think or judge them. This also has a linear structure because this has a beginning, middle and end.

Genre

The type of genre that the TV/News would fit into would be non-fiction as these news story's that appear are real life stories they are real. Where as most radio broadcats for a drama are fictional as they are made up although some are based on a true story meaning that they are non-fictional but a majority of them are fictional. This is the same with video games most of the video games this are fictional and an example of this would be Halo 5 a completly made up story about the protagonist the masterchief who is trying to find his old companion Cortana. However some video games like Call of duty World at War have based their games on non-fictional time era and give gamers the opportunity to see what it was like in World War Rwo. A documentary tends to be non fictional because usually they are based on a true story and we get to see things we would never thought we would imagined like Ross Kemp in Afghanistan. This was then defined by a type of genre as a type or kind  Barry Keith Grant 1995.

Target Audience      

Depending on the type of the scrpit does depend on the type of people that watch it like for example a David Attenborough documentary would be for people over the age of fiftey mianly not the twelve plus audience. yes that would be the lowest age for watching the documentary but males 75% to 25% and their interests will be walking in the landscape and gardening and from the age of this these will be quite upper class poeple mainly A and B. These types of people would be in the survalence gategory because they would watch a documentary. However these types of people would also tend to watch the news. This is then aimed for a mass audience as many people will be interested in the news however depending on the type of documentary for example a David Attenborough documentary would be for a mass audience.  A radio drama from the example of Summer Nights I would see this as for poeple over the age of 40 and would see more of a female dominance of 75% to 25% and A,B and C1 high class to lower and the intersects of these people would be shopping and gardening. This is part of of escapism to escape from real life close your eyes and listen to the radio.

These types of radio broadcasts especially for a radio drama they tend to be on BBC radio 4 for a niche audience and sometimes for local news/dramas this would be for a niche audience. This lifestyle of gender, age and Geographic’s would be based on the local town and this was by the theorist Denis Mquail uses of gratification. As part of a game script, this is based for gamers and this would be 80%male and 20% female as stereotypical men like gaming and women like shopping. The interests of these people will be gaming and/or interested in which is part of escapism because people will want to get away from real life and this allows them to sit back and relax. These games target a niche audience pretty much international like Call of Duty a huge franchise where as you have smaller independent companies who target small niche audience because of the games they produce and rely on the people to spread the word.     

LO1 Features of a script

 

LO1 Examples of scripts

Example of a documentary script, TV/News broadcast script, Radio drama, computer game script

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/a-summer-night 

 

http://scriptingisfun.com/blog/?page_id=645 

LO1- Assignment brief scenario

In this this unit I will be writing a documentary called me and my disability and this is where we look at the life of Josh Draycott and how his disability has effected him in his life.