Day 3 - Shooting Pack

Here is the shooting back for the planned Day 3 of filming, most of these scenes involve Sarah and take place in her house.  

Treatment-   

Title of film: Lucky Penny

Duration: 5 Minutes 

Audience: Our film is targeted at people ages 12 upwards or from about 10 upwards if with a parent/guardian. It is a 12A as the story line contains some mildly adult content such as theft and relationship problems. The film is for both males and females but probably drifts more towards the female audience as many drama films do!

Certificate: 12A

Story Line: The film opens with falling/trickling (waterfall) of pennies. The shot then fades into the film with our main character, Sarah, talking with her Grandma, Dorothy. She is given a double-headed coin, that her Grandma says is lucky. Sarah is skeptical about this, so shoves the penny in her bag. Sarah is day-dreaming in her bedroom, when her mum tells her to walk the dog. Whilst she's walking the dog she wishes that it would stop raining, and flicks the coin. Much to her surprise it stops raining. However, she dismisses the idea that the coin had answered her wish. Later that day, she heads home and her mum asks her to do another job. Sarah's fed up with running errands and it retaliation throws her phone across the room, scratching it. She claims that the penny isn't bringing her any luck so she flicks it across the room. She then walks over to her phone, to see that it is fixed again. Her exam results come through the post, before opening them she wishes that she gets the grades she needs to get into college, and her wish is granted. She then receives a phone call confirming her place on her college course. 

After Sam goes home, Sarah looks for her lucky penny in her purse. However, it isn't there. Panicking that she has spent the penny, she empties the contents of her bag. She cannot find it and seems to have misplaced her purse and Ipod. She goes to bed, without finding the penny. The next day her mum wakes her up, asking whether she's taken some money from her purse. Innocent, Sarah storms out and heads to Sam's house. Sarah receives a text from her friend, asking if she's coming to visit her. However, she tells her she's off to Sam's. Her friend begins to fall out with her. Distracted, Sarah accidentally steps in a puddle, drenching her fabric shoes. 

She arrives at Sam's house. His sister tells her to go straight up to his room. She knocks on the door and enters the room. Sam appears extremely sheepish, and is trying to cover something up with his duvet. He starts apologizing to her. Confused, she goes over to look at what he is hiding. She pulls back his duvet and finds her purse and ipod and the missing money from her mum's purse. She also finds her lucky penny. He attempts to justify his actions and apologies  Sarah's having none of it. He asks her what makes the penny so important, and she explains that it's double-headed. She then says, 'Tell you what, I'll flip this coin, if it's heads I stay, tails I go.' She then flips the coin, and the double-headed coin lands on tails. 

Suggested Elements: Our film is a film for all the family, it is a drama which has a linear narrative through out. Like most dramas it will be easy watching and have a simple yet interesting story line which is realistic.

Script-

Risk Assessment-  

Shooting Script-

Location 2- Sarah's House- bedroom

- Over exposure into a medium close up of Sarah daydreaming
- Close up shot of Sarah throwing the coin up and down
- Point of view medium shot of Sarah looking out of the window at the rain
- Medium shot of Sarah sitting up and putting the penny down
- Close up shot of the penny, heads up.
- Long shot of Sarah walking to the front door.
- Medium close up shot of Sarah putting her shoes and coat on
- Close up of Sarah grabbing the dog lead
- Close up of Sarah's face as she looks out of the window
- Dissolve/cross fade into a medium close up shot of Sarah sat at her desk.
- Medium close up of Sarah throwing her phone across the room
- Close up shot of Sarah's phone on the floor.
- Panning long shot of Sarah walking over to pick her phone up
- High angled medium close up shot of Sarah picking up her phone
- Over the shoulder close up shot of Sarah's phone
- Elliptical cut edit with a close up shot of Sarah picking up the penny
- Close up shot of Sarah
- Extreme close up of the penny
- Long shot of Sarah throwing the penny across the room
- Long shot of Sarah walking to sit down
- Close up shot of Sarah sitting down (match on action)
- Medium shot of Sarah looking at her phone
- Close up shot-reverse-shot of Sarah's face and her phone
- Close up shot of the post coming through the letterbox
- Cut to low angled medium long shot of Sarah running down the stairs
- Elliptical cut to a close up of Sarah picking up the results
- Close up shot of Sarah sat on the stairs, opening her results
- Follow shot of Sarah standing up
- Over the shoulder close up shot of Sarah's results
- Close up shot of Sarah's reaction.

Location 3- Sarah's house- living room

- Medium tilt shot of Sarah picking up the phone
- Close up of Sarah on the phone
- Medium shot of Sarah putting the phone down
- Match-on-action close up shot of the phone

Location 4- Sarah's House- bedroom

- Cross dissolve into an over-the-shoulder shot of Sarah waving to her boyfriend Sam.
- Tilt shot to Sarah's bag
- Medium close up shot of Sarah looking in her bag
- Long shot of Sarah tipping the contents of her bag out
- Pan medium shot of Sarah walking to her desk
- Close up eye-line shot of Sarah looking for the penny on her desk
- Close up of Sarah's face
- Dissolve to black
- Fade from black of a high angle close up shot of Sarah's face as she gets awoken by her mum
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Diane and Sarah
- Medium long shot of Sarah getting out of bed and walking to her wardrobe

Location 5- Sarah's street

- Long shot of Sarah walking along the pavement, holding her mobile
- Medium close up of Sarah looking at her mobile
- Over-the-shoulder close up shot of Sarah reading her text
- Close up of Sarah ringing her friend, Leah
- Medium shot of Sarah on the phone to Leah
- Close up shot of Sarah as the begin to fall out
- Medium close up shot of Sarah as she steps in the puddle
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah looking down at her wet feet

Celtex Script- 

Character Profiles-

Props and Costume-
For this part of the film we will need, a dog, a broken phone, sarah to be in her casual clothing, the setting will need to be in a girly bedroom this will be able to be shown through mise-en-scene with things such as style of bedding and the colour of the room. Canvas shoes will also be needed for when Sarah steps in a puddle to add to the effect of how unlucky she is as cavas shoes will soak up the water quickly. An easily openable bag will be needed for when Sarah realises her things are missing and most importantly the double headed coin will be important in these scene.

Day 2 - Shooting Pack

Day 2

Treatment-

Title of film; Lucky Penny
Duration; 5 minutes
Certificate; 12 A

Audience; Our film is targeted at people aged 12 A and above without adult supervision. It is a 12 A because the storyline contains some mildly adult content such as theft and relationship problems. The film is for both males and females but probably drifts more toward female audience as our main character is a female and we see most of the film through her point of view and experiences.

Storyline; Sarah a typical teenager is on her way to visit her grandma to help her sort out her coin collection. While there her Grandma gives her a special double headed coin that she says has magical lucky powers. Sarah is sceptical about this, so just shoves the penny in her bag. Sarah is day-dreaming in her bedroom, when her mum tells her to walk the dog even though it is raining heavily. Much to her surprise it stops raining. However she dismisses the idea that the coin had answered her wish.

Later that, she heads home and her mum asks her to pick her sister up from school. Sarah's fed up of running errands and in retaliation throws her phone across the room, cracking the screen. she claim the penny isn't lucky and flicks it in her hands. Once she picked up her phone she places it on her desk and to her surprise it is fixed. 

The letter box sounds and her results have come through the post, before opening them she wishes that she gets the grades she needs to get into college, and her wish is granted. She then receives a phone call confirming her place on a particular, hard to get in course at college.

After Sam has gone home, Sarah looks for her lucky penny in her purse, however it isn't there, neither is her purse or i-pod. Panicking that she has spent the penny she empties her bag and searches all over her room. She can't find it and ends up going to bed without finding either her purse, I-pod or the penny.

The next day her mum wakes her up asking whether she has taken any money from her purse. Innocent Sarah storms out from been accused of been a thief and heads to Sam's house. During the journey Sarah receives a text from another friend asking if she is coming to visit her, however when she tells her shes off to Sam's house her friend disagrees with them been together and falls out with her. Distracted Sarah accidentally steps in a puddle drenching her fabric shoes.

Once arrived at Sam's house his sister opens the door and tells Sarah to get straight upstairs to his room. She knocks on his bedroom door and enters. Sam appears extremely sheepish and is trying to cover something up with his duvet. Confused she goes over to see what he is hiding. She pulls back the covers and finds her purse, i-pod, her mums missing money as well as her lucky penny. He attempts to justify his actions and apologises but Sarah is so frustrated and is having non of it. He asks her what makes the penny so important, and explains about the coin been double headed and lucky. On her way out in realisation she turns around and says 'Tell you what, I'll flip this coin, if it lands on heads I stay, tails I go' She flips the coin and the double headed coin lands on tails.

Script- 

Risk Assessment-

Shooting script-
Location 5- Sarah's street

- Long shot of Sarah walking along the pavement, holding her mobile
- Medium close up of Sarah looking at her mobile
- Over-the-shoulder close up shot of Sarah reading her text
- Close up of Sarah ringing her friend, Leah
- Medium shot of Sarah on the phone to Leah
- Close up shot of Sarah as the begin to fall out
- Medium close up shot of Sarah as she steps in the puddle
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah looking down at her wet feet

Location 6- Sam's House- outside

- Elliptical editing into a medium close up of Sam's house
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah knocking on Sam's house
- Close up of Sarah's face as Sam's sister opens the door
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shot between Sam's sister and Sarah
- Medium close up shot of Sarah entering the house
- Tilt long shot of Sarah running up the stairs

Location 7- Sam's House- Sam's bedroom

- Close up of Sarah's hand knocking on the door
- Close up of Sarah entering the room (match on action)
- Establishing long shot of Sam's room
- Medium close up of Sam sat on his duvet
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah
- Over-the-shoulder shot of Sam, as Sarah walks past him
- Medium long shot of Sarah pulling back Sam's duvet
- Close up of Sam with his hands on his head
- Point-of-view close up high angle shot of Sarah looking down on the money and Ipod
- Series of medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah arguing
- Over-the-shoulder medium close up shot with Sarah walking away
- Long shot of Sarah walking back into Sam's room
- Extreme close up of Sarah twisting the penny between her fingers
- Close up shot of Sarah
- Medium shot of Sarah and Sam, as Sarah flips the penny in the air
- Tilt extreme close up shot of the penny spinning
- Close up shot of Sarah catching the penny
- Extreme close up of the penny on landing on tails
- Fade to black

Character profiles- 

Props-

Mobile phone
Lucky penny
Duvet
Sam's bag 

Day 1 - Shooting Pack

Treatment

Title of film; Luck Out

Duration; 5 minutes

Certificate; 12 A

Audience; Our film is targeted at people aged 12 A and above without adult supervision. It is a 12 A because the storyline contains some mildly adult content such as theft and relationship problems. The film is for both males and females but probably drifts more toward female audience as our main character is a female and we see most of the film through her point of view and experiences.

Storyline; Sarah a typical teenager is on her way to visit her grandma to help her sort out her coin collection. While there her Grandma gives her a special double headed coin that she says has magical lucky powers. Sarah is sceptical about this, so just shoves the penny in her bag.

Script

Shooting script 

Location 1- Dorothy's House
-Long shot of Sarah walking towards her Grandma's House
- Medium close up of Sarah approaching her Grandmas house
-Elliptical cut into a medium long shot of Sarah and Dorothy counting pennies
- Cross dissolve into a long shot of Sarah and Dorothy continuing to count money
- Cross dissolve into medium long shot of Dorothy picking out a particular penny
- Close up shot of Dorothy holding up a special penny, that is double headed
- Extreme close up shot that demonstrates its importance
- Close up shot of Dorothy handing the penny to Sarah
- Over the shoulder shots between Sarah and Dorothy
- Medium long shot of Dorothy and Sarah continuing to count out the money
- close up shot of Sarah tipping out pennies
- close up shots of Sarah and Dorothy taking out pennies from the pile (title sequence)
- Over exposure finishes the titles sequence

Story Board

Risk Assessment 

















Character Profiles 
Sarah Brown Aged 12
(played by Heather Venson )

Character- Spends all her freetime with her family and friends. She loves going shopping to the cinema and for tea.

BOD- 27th April 1996
Home town- Barnsley
Interests- Shopping, helping her family, baking
TV- Tracy Beaker, Blue Peter


Dorothy Venson
(played by Mary Wilson)

Character- Dorothy is retired and has many hobbies such as collecting and counting special coins. She loves spending time with her granddaughter helping with her coins and baking her famound lemon marble cake.

DOB- 7th August 1949
Home town- Barnsley
Relationship- Married
Interests- Collection rare and unique coins, spending time with family, Baking
TV- Come Dine with me, Coronation Street

Props 
Jars
Coins
Double headed coin
Bag
Purse

Costumes
Dorothy will be dressed casual
Top and trousers or dress and leggingings

Sarah will be dressed more fashionably
Fashion trousers/ leggings
Plain t-shirt
Wool Cardigan

Filming day Plan

This is a plan on what we are going to film and when

Day 1-
Dorothy's house
(The flashback)
Sarah is going into her nannans house, sees her in the window and goes straight in
She walks through the house to the living room where they both start to count coins
A few hours later her nannan explains that the coins make her happy
Dorothy gives one particular double headed coin to sarah saying that it is very lucky
Sarah takes the coin unconvinced of its luck.
They then pour more coins ready to be counted, while counting the coins the titles come on screen.

Day 2-
The park
Sarah enters the park walking the dog, there is lots of ice around and is struggling holding onto the lead
Sarah then slips on some ice and lets go of the lead and the dog runs off
Instead of running away the dog stops and lets Sarah pick up the lead

Day 3-
Sarah's house
Waking from the daydream (that was the flashback of getting the coin) Sarah gets he coin that she hasn't seen in a while.
Her mum calls from down stairs for Sarah to take the dog for a walk.

She come back from walking the dog and starts some home work when her mum rings
She answers and asks where her ipod has gone, then gets accused of stealing money from her mum
Annoyed she throws her phone and it lands on the floor is pieces, she then kicks it out of the way
A few minutes later she comes back to find her phone fixed and back up on the table
Oblivious to this she takes her phone and rings her best friend Leah asking if she can come round

Leah's House
Sarah goes straight into Leahs house and her sister directs her striahgt upto leahs room
On the way up the staires she get her phone out of her pocket but also finds the coin she had put in earlier and wishes it was lucky
Sarah finds Leah in her bedroom with lots of things piled in her bedroom including her ipod she lost and the money that was stolen
Sarah then realises that she isnt the friend she thought she was, and so lets the coin decided whether to stay friends or leave.
The double headed coin lands on tails.

Photo Storyboard

This is a storyboard plan of the type of shot we will be using and where about our characters will be in the shots. (Each person is only in the place of where a character will be and may be in the place of more than one character.)

Alterations To Storyline

During our filming on day one we have found several problems with our current story line. We don't have a clear enough idea why our main character, Sarah, figures out that the coin is lucky as she never acknowledges this or clearly sees that the coin is giving her luck.

We have decided to make a few alterations to the story to make it clear how and when she figures out the coin is lucky.

Improved story line.....

Sarah is on her way to her nannan's house for a visit and to help her with the hobby she enjoys, counting and collecting special coins. Sarah arrives at her nannan's house where she is greeted with a hug and goes straight to count the coins.  A few hours after starting her nannan finds one particular coin in the pile. A double-headed 2p. She explains that this is a special coin and has brought years of luck to her while she has owned it and then gives it Sarah to keep. Unconvinced of its luck Sarah takes the coin and pours the rest of the jar onto the pile.

3 years later Sarah is coming round from a daydream she had had from when her nannan gave her a special coin, realising she hasn't seen it in a while she digs it out of an old jewellery box she had kept it safe in and has a good look at the doubled headed sides. Her mum calls from downstairs to tell her to take the dog for a walk.

Sarah finally slides her way to the park because there is lots of snow and ice, causing her to struggle holding onto the lead and stay standing. Sarah slips on the ice and lets go of the lead. But instead of the dog running off, as it usually would, the dog stops and lets Sarah catch up.

When back at home she begins some homework when her mum rings. She answers and asks where her i-pod has gone but instead gets accused of stealing money from her mum. Annoyed she throws her phone and it lands in pieces. 
A few minutes later she comes back to find her phone fixed and back up on the table
Oblivious to this she takes her phone and rings her best friend Leah asking if she can come round.

Once at Leah's house Sarah goes straight in and Leah's sister directs her straight up to her room, on the way up she gets her phone out of her pocket, but also finds the coin she had put in earlier and wishes it was really lucky.
Sarah finds Leah in her bedroom with lots of things piled up, including her i-pod she had lost and the money that was stolen from her mum. Sarah has a flash back of all the times she has been lucky and realises each time she has had the coin on her.  Sarah then realises that Leah isn't the friend she thought she was, and so lets the coin decided by staying if it lands on heads and leaving if it lands on tails; she slams the coin on a table and leaves knowing the answer.
The double headed coin lands on tails.

Film Title
Due to the change in out story line we no longer have a flipping coin in our film and so our title doesn't fit with the story line. 
The new title we have chosen, out of the other names we thought of before, is 'Luck Out' we have chosen this titles because it is subtle and represents the theme of the films ,luck, as well as represents the relationship between the two friends.


Revised Certificate
We have changed the certificate of our film from a 12 A to a PG, we have re looked at the script and storyboard and have come up with no reason why anyone younger than a 12 can't go and see this film. We no longer have anything in our film that may influence younger children, and there is no adult situations or themes.
We have chosen a PG not U because we still think any child younger than 8 may think the themes in this story are true and could happen to them.


Changed Target Audience
In the time since we originally looked at our target audience our film has undergone a lot of changes. The script and story line have changed and, instead of it being about a couple it is now about two best friends. We feel that now the rating has gone down to a PG and there has been a change in the story line our film will now appeal to a different  target audience. We think that our film is more suitable for girls and women but mainly feel it is a film that is going to interest teenage girls this is because they could relate to both of our main characters. 

Risk Assessment for Dorothys house

Final Character Profiles

Here are the final character profiles, we are going to take and add photos to them at the point of filming. 

Risk Assessment for Sam's House

We've conducted a risk assessment for each location we will be shooting in. There isn't any major risks associated with this specific location, as it is at my house. However, I have decided to still assess any minor/moderate risks that may occur during shooting as a precaution. The three main risks I assessed were inexperienced actors, confined spaces and trips and falls. I have assessed who will be affected by this and how it could be altered to make it more safe. By doing this we can inform ourselves about any difficulties that may occur before filming and essentially prevent these problems from occurring. This is extremely important as there is a lot of risks that can arise through filming and therefore carrying out a risk assessment has allowed us to protect our crew and cast.  

Risk Assessment for Sarah's House