Saturday, July 15, 2006

Boy fishing, shot list, opening

No: 1
Story objective: Establish main character, Prot (temp name).
Establish conflict situation: job offer versus family and work responsibilities
Establish story-telling mode: voices in head.
Location: Occulea road toward Calleta.
Lighting: Set to noon. Same till shot 6.
Time: 35 sec.
Character:/action: Prot, driving car toward Calleta
Camera: view from behind, Tagged. Following car
Prop: car. Available and useable
Notes: May not be able to do this in one shot because of problems controlling car. May try transparent barrier to get more control on car. Maybe I should cut in a close-up of the letter, to establish it visually. Would be timed to match voice reading the letter.
Audio; Sound of car. Voices in head, described in earlier blog. These are not closely keyed to the action.

No: 1.1
Story objective: Establish plot element: letter
Location: Occulea road toward Calleta.
Lighting: Set to noon.
Time: 8 sec.
Character:/action: Prot, driving car as in shot 1
Camera: Above. Shows letter on seat beside prot.
Prop: letter. Available and useable
Notes: Would be timed to match voice reading the letter. May be at end of shot 1 or cut into it. Audio; Sound of car. Voices in head, described in earlier blog. Voice of letter keyed here.

No: 2
Story objective: Show plot event, forced to stop at Hobo Village
Location: Calleta: Approach to bridge-out sign at Hobo village
Time: 20 sec.
Character:/action: Prot, driving car, sees hay bales (or large rocks) blocking road. Stops. Cut after stop.
New prop: hay bales or large rocks to block road. I have both and will put them out as needed .
Camera: view from behind, Tagged. Following car
Notes: Car may drive up to the bridge-out sign to use it as stopping mark. Car will stop there if moving slowly. I was going to use hay bales. but think about using rocks and using the title “Sermons on Stones.” Some people will wonder where they heard that phrase.
Audio; Sound of car. Voices in head. Add frustration from prot about having to stop “with all I’ve got to do.” Indication that he remembers the place (or a place like it) from childhood and that he will get out to look around.

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