Storyboard

Original First Draft of Shooting Script Treatment

  

 Name of Film - The Network Followers

Opening shot of night location to set the scene...

 Keyboard shot (close up) and hand on mouse shot.......dialogue ‘this is looking really good, should be a hit’ (in shot of two people) 

 Shot of twitter with people connected on screen

 ‘Who needs to meet the star when you can tweet the stat!’

 ‘From farm boy’ (black background and white text followed by video of farmer) ‘to the top of the world’

 (black background with white text again followed by video looking up of someone on top of a car park or high building)

 (shot in restaurant of people talking of money and deals) ‘A million pounds isn’t cool, you know what is cool? A Billion pounds. ‘You’ says guy.

 ‘you don’t get to the top’ (straight cut of main character sitting at desk on laptop and walk through people in office getting clapped)

  ‘without making enemies’ (black background and white text) (shot of tantrum and broken mug)

 ‘but you find out who your true friends are’ (black background and white text) (shot of friends clanking glasses together in celebration)

 (Argument ‘you think you know me) ‘I know enough’ ‘I know more about you’

 ‘You made twitter’ (in front of college) ‘YEEEE’ hands behind head chilled out. ‘you connected the world in a matter of hours’

Shot List

Final Draft of Shooting Script Treatment

Treatment and Script for Teaser Trailer

Characters:

Will; main character of creating Twitter

Ed; the bad guy only making friends with Will for the money

Sam; Wills best friend

Emily; wills student friend

Plot:

Will is just an ordinary 16 year old boy, but one invention will change his life. He creates a new invention during his time at college called Twitter. He wanted to make a website where you don’t have to go and see your celebrity, instead go on the website where you can speak and follow your favourite celebrities online, creating a whole new way of interacting with them. Sam thinks it’s a great idea and that he should carry it forward. Ed wants to be part of this as he sees Twitter becoming a potentially huge success and therefore is only here for the money. Will doesn’t realise this at first and is stuck in a situation of losing friendship he wants had with Sam. Can Will take the pressure from having this promising invention?

Name of Film - The Tweeters

Ø  Opening shot (long shot) of night location of the College to set the scene with two people walking past.

Ø  Will sitting outside in his garden (medium shot) “Who needs to meet the star when you can tweet the star”. His tone is of a positive attitude.

Ø  Sam and Will (2 shot) on the laptop in bedroom. Sam: “this is looking really good, should be a hit”. Sam is looking impressed shown by the way he is nodding his head.

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘at 16, he came up with an idea’.

Ø  Twitter website with people connected on screen (Extreme close up shot).

Ø  Keyboard shot (extreme close up) and hand on mouse shot.

Ø  Will sitting on his bed with his laptop (medium shot) looking lonely.

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘From nobody’ 

Ø  Will and Sam looking at the laptop (camera is behind them showing the back of the heads in a close up shot) Will seems that he’s created something good with his best friend Sam on his side.

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘to the top of the world’

Ø  Ed shakes hands with Will for a meeting in a restaurant (medium close up shot) Ed: “Hi, I’m Ed Price”. He says this very confidently.

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘you don’t get to the top’ 

Ø  Will and Emily sit down with Ed in the restaurant to talk about money and deals to do with Wills new invention of Twitter (3 shot) Ed: “A million pounds isn’t cool, you know what is cool?” Will and Emily looking at Ed (close up shot) Will: “you?” responding to Ed sarcastically. Ed: “A Billion pounds” They raise their cups all looking content. Will and Emily seem very happy shown by their smiles (close up shot)   

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘without making enemies’

Ø  Later in the afternoon, Ed and Will have an argument (medium shot, camera low, tilted up). Ed: ‘you think you know me’ Will: ‘I know enough’ feels intimidated and worried shown by his expressions. Ed: ‘I know more about you’ Ed seems mean to Will.

Ø  Black background, white text: ‘but you find out who your true friends are’

Planning of use of soundtrack and how it will fit into script

Looking at all the copyright free music soundtracks from the websites I have found a suitable one to fit the genre of my teaser trailer.

Where did I get it from? 

http://audiojungle.net/

This was the website we found the right soundtrack for our trailer. The soundtrack is called vocal slam.

Why that particular music? 

It is a hip hop beat with this female vocalist singing. Our trailer is all about the latest technology and focuses on the modern aspects which the youth use. We wanted an up to date soundtrack to emphasize this. I feel this beat will connect to our young target audience.

How does it contribute to the teaser trailer/atmosphere of the film?

This soundtrack fits into the teaser trailer of the film due to the upbeat tempo. It brings the whole rhythm and creates a good flow to the trailer. Without it, there would be a dull mood. The atmosphere creates this sense of thinking towards the audience which is what a trailer tends to make you feel, making this as a convention for the drama genre.

This hip hop tune gives off this ‘cool’ feeling which can appeal to the teenage male target audience where it is stereotypical of boys listening to this type of genre. Overall the upbeat tempo gives off a pleasant feeling, comforting the viewers.

Evidence of drafting for layout of film poster

This is the original image taken from my camera. I will use this photograph for my film poster.    

I used Photoshop to edit this picture. I started by unsharpening the mask to give the picture more details. I then adjusted the levels, and changed the brightness and contrast to make the photograph much stronger. Then I used a ‘quick selection’ tool to select the two characters.

Then I erased the whole background leaving the two characters so I can add a different background.

I added a new background of written text about the film, coloured in grey and blue which links to the main colours of the trailer. This gives a technological feel to it.

I added the title of the film on the bottom. This is the draft of the film poster, though my final poster will look different to this one. I feel I can develop this poster for the final version.

Choice of Colour:

The colours I have decided to use for the poster are Blue, Grey, Black and White. As I am attracting a young audience who enjoy their latest gadgets, I feel that these colours connect to my audience. These colours give a feel of originality which would appeal more to a male audience.

This is a draft of what the final film poster will look like.

Number 1 shows that we will add an Ipad to act as the border of the film, to make the poster appear as if it is actually an Ipad. This will be done to get the viewer’s intention immediately. Also it connects well to what the trailer is about giving a sense that technology is a key part of the film.

Number 2 shows where the image of the two main characters will be. It is a picture of them shaking hands giving an indication of negotiations that could happen in the film. Will is holding an Ipad with ‘Twitter’ written on it, linking it to the poster as the poster acts like an Ipad.

Number 3 shows written text about the film coloured in grey and blue. We chose grey as a colour which brings the rest of the poster to life as it doesn’t stand out as much. The most important information will be coloured in blue to give an indication of what the film is about and it is the colour of Twitter. This technique will further engage the viewers as they will have to look right into the poster much more. Overall it makes the film poster seem like it’s on an Ipad representing to what the film is about.

Number 4 will show where the title of the film and reference of producers will be placed. This follows the codes and conventions of film posters. After analysing them, most of the titles were placed at the bottom of the poster with the institutional reference underneath this. This will give our poster a professional look. Also, the title connects with everything else in the poster. Twitter is coloured in blue as this is the colour associated with Twitter and stands out from the rest of the page.

Evidence of drafting for layout of film magazine front cover

This is the original image taken from my camera. I will use this photograph for my front cover of my magazine.  

  

I used Photoshop to edit this picture. I started by unsharpening the mask to give the picture more details. I then adjusted the levels, and changed the brightness and contrast to make the photograph much stronger. Then I used a ‘quick selection’ tool to select the two characters.

Then I erased the whole background leaving the two characters so I can add a different background.

This is the draft of the front cover magazine, but the final one will look different to this. I feel I can develop this further for the final magazine.

Choice of Colour:

The colours I have decided to use for the poster are Blue, Yellow, Black and White. As I am attracting a young audience who enjoy their latest gadgets, I feel that these colours connect to my audience. These colours give a feel of originality which would appeal more to a male audience.

Font:

I used the website Dafont to find myself a font to use for my Masthead. For the rest of the writing I will choose to use the Calibri font as I feel it is clear to read.

I decided to choose this one as it is simple and easy to read and due to the large font, I feel it will stand out well.

This is a draft of what the final front cover magazine will look like.