P1(a) Treatment

Title :  My film project is called "Teleport".

Genre : The genre of the video will be a shop movie.

Target Audience :
- All age group are suitable to watch, this short movie is mostly like a comedy film.
- According to the guideline of the BBFC and my written script. There is no drugs, imitable behaviour, inappropriate language, sex, violent contain inside the movie. Therefore my film should be mark as "U" which is universal to all audience who are age above 4.

Actor :
- Barin will be the main character in the whole movie.
- Jim / Alan will be a minor role in the movie.

Location :
All the film process will be in the school area only. Boarding house will only be used in the whole movie. Room 202, 107, 103 and the Common Room.

Synopsis : 
Barin discovers his wardrobe had a teleport hole, able to travel from his room to the other boarder's (Alan) room while prep time. At the beginning of the movie, he starts to snatch a few snacks from wardrobe through the teleport hole. Overtime, he gains weight by eating too much and more and more greedy. One day, Alan thinks he had suffered enough of the amount of his food lost. He decided to change the place where he store his food. When Barin tries to snatch snacks again, this time there isn't any, so he tries to go trough the teleport hole. However once he reaches Alan's wardrobe, he found himself the wardrobe is locked and the teleport hole is shut down.

Audio :
Soundtack may not be use for the whole movie. As audience can deeply focus to the dialogue, expression and storyline about the movie.

Editting :
- The editing will be a quick slow cutting, each scene will last about 5-8 second which can help audience to build up an understanding of the storyline.
- Ending : Barin will be locked inside the wardrobe and no one able to help him.

Camera Technique :
- Horizontal view & low camera angle will be mainly used to shoot the video.
- Camera Movement : Pan , Tilt , Zoom will be mainly be use in the film.

Lighting :
- Medium to low key light will be mainly be used to shoot the video. The dim background would give an impression of fear and powerful to audience.

Running Time :
The running time will be between 3 -4 mins. Long running time will cause audience lost interested of watching it.

Props :
- Casual wear will only be used in the whole movie. As the movie relate to the boarders daily boarding school life, casual wear will be more appropriate for the movie.

Other Equipments :

Cricket ball is the main hint how the character discover there is a teleport hole in his wardrobe. It is also how to story begin as he lost his cricket ball right inside the wardrobe right after he threw it in.

As Barin able to grab something at the beginning of the movie through the teleport hole. I have decided it would be something personal items such as trainers and shirt. As all clothes have a name tag on it in the boarding house. It will shows clearly show to audience that there is something related to the teleport hole.

As the character become fatter and fatter over time, Barin will stay in front of the mirror and sigh how his recent body figure had changed. A full height mirror is require to be use in the movie.

Barin able to steal snacks from people's room through a teleport hole inside his wardrobe. Therefore some chocolate bar, cookies, popcorn is require to be use inside the movie.

Related movie clip :
- The short movie below had inspired me and gave me idea of how I film this movie. I will adapt the topic but create a different story line which will have a different beginning & ending.

P1(b) Script

Meaning & Purpose : In this section, I will show the script of my movie "Teleport"

As I am going to do a short movie,  there are quite a lot of dialogue in it. The script below had listed out all the timing, dialogue, location, camera angle / position and lighting. 

P1(c) Storyboard

Meaning & Purpose : In this section, I will show all the drawing I drew for my storyboard.

The storyboard below is my concept idea of how I film my scene. It included the location, camera angle and lighting set-up. By drawing out each scene, it helps me to keep up with my filming process and ensure I won't forget to film some key scene. 

P1(d) Set Designs

Meaning & Purposes : In this section, I will demonstrate the initial idea of how camera angle, lighting and actor position in the filming. 

The set design shows the how the camera camera can be set and the position of the actor while filming. The drawing show all the location which I will be using for my filming.

P1(e) Recce

Meaning & Purpose : In this section, I will show the location I will be using for my filming. 

All the filming will be done inside the Kent College campus. As the story begin with boarders inside the boarding house, therefore most of the filming will be film indoor.  

Screenshot below show how I apply  the location into my scene.

(Common Room)

(Room 107)

P1(f) Risk Assessment

Meaning and Purpose : In this section, I will list out all the hazards that can happen during the filming process. 

Risk Assessment 

Below was the list what most likely to be happen while the filming process.

The number below is the emergency service nearby in Canterbury. If anything had gone really bad while filming. I have to phone the emergency service request for help if necessary.

P1(g) Daily Shooting Schedule

Meaning & Purpose : In this section, I will show how I divided all the scene into a gird format. It clearly shows the number of scene, content and date, it increases the productivity of filming.

Contingency Plan 

For my contingency plan, the main concern for me is actors. As all the filming will be done in indoor environment. Weather is not a factor that can affect the filming prices.  As Alan and Barin are my main actors in the short film, their role had occupied all the film scene. Alan and Barin are very reliable person, however I had still found two back-up actors to replaced them when necessary. Those back-up actors are also very reliable.

P1(h) Crew & Actor Call Sheet

Meaning & Purpose : In this section, I will list out all the scene that what, when, where my actors have to do for their role. 


Below is the actor call sheet, I had listed out all the thing the my actor has to do in each individual scene. This actor call sheet can save my actor lots of time which they know when and where to attempt their filming. 

P2(a) Setting Up equipment

Meaning and Purpose : In this section, I will demonstrate each equipment and show how I use different equipment to achieve different effect in each scene

All the equipment I had used for filming are all listed below

Canon 7D DSLR camera

 Canon 7D was the camera I use for all of my filming. It is a DSLR camera and very easy to command. The setting of ISO, aperture, shutter speed can be adjust manually. It captures high quality of image and footage. It is very lightweight and is easier for me to carry around all day. As I am not doing any slow motion of editing. I didn't chose a high frame per second setting to shoot my video. Instead I used a 24 fps to do all of my filming. 24 fps can film in 1080p as high fps can only do 720p.

Flashcard

The 32GB SD card will be insert into the camera to save all both of the videos safely. The capacity of 32GB is enough to save my all of my footage.

Tripod

I tripod I had used has a very heavy weight, it can keeps itself stable under windy condition. It is very useful especially when I was filming on a rough surface around the boarding room. It can sits on the surface firmly, prevent the camera falls. The legs can be easily fold inside and change the length of the legs, which is easier for me to film with high camera angle shot. The neck can be rotate 360 degree horizontally and vertically. It is very good to do a pan & tilt shot or tracking an object. I had filmed a lot of pan & tilt shot in my filming.

The screenshot above had clearly showed I had used the tilt shot to film this footage. I had placed the  camera on top of the tripod and rotate the neck vertically to film. The footage is very steady because the tripod had sat on the floor firmly.

18 - 55mm lens

The 18 - 55mm lens can be zoom in and out easily.As it can zoom in & out, it is excellent for shooting in in-door and any space-limited environment. Also it has a low value of aperture, it can easily shoot in dark environment. I had used 18 - 55mm in the boarding room as there is limited of space allow me to place the camera. Although this lens doesn't carry out any dramatic effect but it still provides a very decent of footage quality. Also this lens equip with manual focus option. I had used the manual focus for the video shooting to form the background blurred effect. 

The screenshot above shows the way I use for my 18-55mm lens. In this scene, I had filmed my actor   doing his homework. To add more features on this scene, at the beginning I had zoom in closely to my actor, then zoom out slowly. 

50mm fixed lens

The fixed 50 mm is great for taking photo at the outdoor. The angle of this lens is generally wider than adjustable focal length lens. I had used fixed 50mm to shoot at the outdoor astro as fixed lens carries better quality image than adjustable lens. The layering between bright and shadow difference  can show it even more clearly. Even more this lens can choose either manual focus or automatic focus. I had used the manual focus for quite a few shot to do a full blurred or background blurred effect. I had mainly used this lens for close up to extreme close up for my shot. 

The screenshot above showed I had made good use of the fixed 50mm lens. The lighting is been separate into half, bright area and shaded area. On the left side of his face can be seen clearly. However, on the right side. It is mostly dimmed and cannot be seen clearly. This combination will help audience to stay focus on the actor's facial expression and help them to understand to storyline.

Macbook air 13"

Camera equipment is very important for all the shooting process. Computer is also as important as the camera. I had used a Macbook to finish all of my editing process. The macbook inside is already programmed with Premiere Pro CS5. The footage of video can be edited by using Premiere Pro with full HD output export.

P2(b) Following Shooting Script/Storyboard

Meaning & Purposes : In this section, I will demonstrate how I follow the storyboard when filming. 

Starting Scene

In this starting scene, I had followed exactly to what I drew earlier in the storyboard. This scene were filmed in my boarding room. My room has plenty of lighting system, large amount of light hit on the actor face. Audience can be more focus to the actor expression. In this scene, I had used a horizontal camera angle, medium shot and high key light. As this scene, actor wasn't require to have large movement, the camera was set still.

The drawing from the storyboard is very similar to the footage what I filmed. In this scene, both of the actors are having a small conversation in the common room. I had used a over shoulder technique to film this conversation with low camera angle, long shot and high key light. Although one of the actor is sitting on the sofa and another is walking, I still have to use a pan effect to try let the actor in the middle of the scene.

In this scene, I had slightly changed with my drawing in the story board. Instead of using low camera angle, I had replaced with high camera angle. High camera angle can gives a confusion, suspicious atmosphere to audience. Combine with low key light, the result of this scene form a excellent effect.

In this scene, I had changed the camera to low camera angle instead. Using high camera angle will show more objects clearly inside the wardrobe. Also using a high camera angle form a downwards angle which will make more sense to my previous scene. Although I had change the camera angle, I had followed the lighting which is a low key light. The outcome had met the expectation.

For this ending scene, I had completely changed to my original thinking when drawing the story board. I had changed both lighting and the camera angle. I had used a high key light instead, because I want to make a comparison with a next scene which is film in low key light. Changing the camera angle into high angle is because I want to end with a tilt motion scene. The camera will gently moving upward and completely turn white at the end. Changing in to high camera angle instead of low angle helps me to achieve this ending section.

P2(c) Following Safe Working Practices

Meaning & Purposes : In this section, I will demonstrate how I avoid any possible risks while filming. 

In this scene, the actor will be lock inside the wardrobe. To ensure everything went safely while filming, the lock is fully malfunction and not able to lock or withstand any high impact force. This damaged lock works perfectly for my filming as it reduces the chance of my actor being accidentally lock inside the wardrobe. Although the lock can not be lock and easy to break through. I still placed some water inside the wardrobe just incase he really lock himself inside. 

In this scene, the actor was throwing the cricket ball around his room. To film it down, I had change the camera angle vertically. The lens is facing the ceiling which the ball will throw across the camera.  As I am the camera man, I will always stay focus on the camera all the time. To prevent the cricket ball accidentally lands on the camera, there is another person that stand next to me. His duty is to catch the cricket ball if it comes too close to the camera. It reduce the chance of damaging the camera as it is the only camera that I can use. 

In this scene, although the camera was fixed on top of the tripod, the tripod and I were standing on the edge of the stairs. As only two legs of the tripod were barely able to land on the edge of stairs. I had to hold the camera very firmly to prevent the camera being drop on the ground and being damage.

The weather on the filming day were mostly great. There isn't much raining and also Sun was mostly out on that day. The raindrop didn't affect any recorded audio quality and also the sun provide a natural lighting so it kept the outcome footage bright and clear. The screenshot above showed how the Sun light had provided a good lighting source for my filming in the scene.

To keep my camera and others property safe. I had placed all the valuable and props into my wardrobe and locked it with a padlock. The padlock is very strong and secure. In addition, I had also locked my room and closed all the window before I left my room. All action I took is to ensure my camera is secure and no-one can access it.