Storyboard workshop log

Sequence from film  "Rain man"

Workshop coursework-- create characters

Tutor: Jools Ayodeji

Task: Observe two people and create two characters

Time: 02:15 am 16/11/2012 Fri

location: outside the pub ‘Black cherry’ in town

 

A young girl (around 20 years old ) was standing outside the pub, smoking while chatting with her friends. She was a white girl with long curl ginger hair, cute freckles on her face, red lips and a small tattoo of the peace logo on her ankle. There were a lot of sprinkles on her black dress. She might be a first year university student who was just moved out from her parents house, free in a new city, having a night out with her course mates. It was easy to tell that she had some alcohol already in her stomach because she started to wobble around on her high heels when I met her. She looked happy and enjoyed herself that night.

 

Time : 05:40 pm 22/11/2012

Location: in front of the NatWest ATM machine outside the Victoria center

 

He was a white man around 25-30 years old with a black suit and white shirt inside. His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open. He looks exhausted and waiting in the cue to get some cash. He might be a freshman in a office, had a tough day and be told off by his boss. It started the drizzle rain, he put his brief case on his head to protect his suit and new leather shoes. At that moment what in his mind was to get some cash in order to buy himself a cheese burger and going back home having some rest.

Workshop log- important slices

Script analysis for Deborah's workshop

Plot ( Based on my imagination)

Time: December 2010

Location: an abandoned warehouse in London

Characters:  Miss C and the scientist

 

She, AKA Miss C, is the head of this terrorist organization. Today she obviously loses her patient when her underlings tell her that one of the best nuclear scientists in this country is caught. With the launch code in his mind the government has to provide anything she requires, to save the people in this land. The script starts from Miss C tortures the scientist in order to get the launch code.

 

Subtext

“He is sweating. Hard. She stands impassive. Unconcerned.

He rubs his wrist and we see he is chained to the chair. ”

This is the exposition at the beginning of this script, indicates the atmosphere of this scene, nervous, he knows what she wants from him and no matter he says it or not he won’t be alive. She is a cold-blooded woman and wants something or some information from him.

 

“Are you sure you wouldn’t like a drink? (smile) Never too late to change your mind.”

She seems talks about drink but in fact she is sending the information to the man to tell her what she really wants. She smiles in this situations is a signal of her personality—cold-blooded.

 

(Afraid) “ I swear, I swear. Please. Stop. Please?”

He is very scary and desperate. Maybe he doesn’t know, maybe he can’t say.

 

“She (Placing a briefcase in front of the chair) Shush. Be quite quiet. It will no longer be necessary to lie.”

There must be something fatal in the briefcase, like poison needle, or chain saw. She loses her patience and prepares to take action.

 

“I have here a malac. God it’s beautiful. Could you hold him please? Man steps out of the shadows and forces he’s hand horizontal.”

She seems very skillful for doing this, and she is not the only one, she has an underling around helps her.

 

Treatment

 

This is a mystery, crime and action movie shot in 3D format starring Tom Cruise and Natalie Portman. The best production team of Hollywood will be hired in order to give a best quality of editing and special effects presenting. With the amazing visual effects and major box-office appeal of actor and actress, I believe this film will be a smash on the worldwide market.

Camera operating intro

Today we had a general introduction about how to operating a DSLR for filming (Conan 7D and 600D) and the lighting equipment in Waverley shop.

 Caution:

 1. Rolling shutter and jelly effect when filming a moving object.
 2. The basic camera setting, proper aperture (F Stops), Shutter speed, ISO and     Dof.
 3. Try keep the ISO within 100-400 or stick with the setting (avoid grainy)
 4. Always use manual when record a video.
 5. Use ND filter to adjust the color temperature.
 6. Never touch the light with bare hands.