On 15th October 2012, we held our first group meeting for the drama exercise.
The roles we chose are as follows:
Director - Tom Newsham
Producer - Jessica Ingleby
Cinematographer - Lewis Hague
Sound Director/Editor - Alex Coates
Editor - Natalie Obank (myself)
This meeting was to make a concrete decision on the idea we wanted to pursue, so members of the team could start their roles ASAP (for example, creating storyboards and contacting actors etc.)
Here are some notes from the meeting:
Jess - Relationship between teenager and an over-protective mother. 2-minute section shows the pair out shopping, the mother taking control (picking out her clothes, not listening to her etc.)
AND a man in debt, tries the lottery and thinks he'll win, however the last number isn't his, so we see the change in emotion. :)
EXPANSION NOTES: idea that he could be shopping and doesn't have enough money (shows, shame and embarrassment), sits down in the streets, accidentally mistaken for a tramp - someone gives him a pound coin, tries his luck buying a lottery ticket. - expansion needed still.
Alex - Perspective idea - from the old man idea in class, however altered to be about a man who has a different reality in regards to how people react to him, for example - someone walks past upset, frowning or grumpy, and the man sees them as happy and excited and sociable towards him.
Expansion - some form of trauma at beginning causes him to see everything in an optimistic viewpoint. :)
Main idea - Mid-20s guy loses job. EXERCISE focuses on the reaction to the phone call with his boss in real time, showing his different emotions towards the news - anger, fear of losing everything, shame, frustration, depression, upset etc. He'll be within his run-down apartment (to create a desperate environment because the job is 'rock bottom') work will focus on the emotion of the character, by use of sound and camera shots.
Wanting to go with Jess' lottery idea because I think it shows the most emotion and has more options in regards to expansion.
Possible Actor - Nathaniel McCartney
Sound Ideas - No diagetic sounds. A mash-up of loan ad announcements, betting shops etc, everything to do with money to add tension, atmosphere and stress the character is feeling.
Tom & Lewis - complete a storyboard focusing on the 2 minutes, thinking about showing the emotion of the character in the best possible way in regards to CUs and angles. Think about linking sound too.
Jess - Calling potential actors, get a fixed person for definite and a backup if available. Also start writing the script focusing on the 2 minutes only, focus on types of shot and emotion you want to show and how you want it to be presented to your audience.
Tom - Location Scout, look at places we could use for each scene, take photographs and explain how they would work. Also think about the costumes of the main character - when is it set?
Notes:
- could have had a part-time job and lost it.
- phone call
- over-dub as character shows 'moody emotion' (recalling the conversation in his head).
- when the phone call ends, return sound to reality (shot starts with him putting the phone down - upset/depressed emotion)
- setting - an old/run-down apartment (low-rock bottom job)
- be in real time? 2-minute conversation with boss - desperation to keep his job, fear of losing it.
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Conclusion:
- stick with lottery guy idea
- write up story (2 minute)
- complete the script and storyboard
- location and costume scout
- think about the sounds and obtaining them in the best quality
- possible film date: Weds 24th
- contact actor!!!!!
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