Scene Breakdown. Scene Number

What happens? Length Camera work

Type of Shot.

1 All 4 students and Mr. Lockford are sat around a table being told they are going to be featured in a documentary about college students.

30 seconds.

I want this to be the establishing shot. It will mention who is who and what is happening and where they are.

The camera is very natural and handheld. Much like the office, in the conference room. If a character speaks, the camera will be on them.

A wide of everybody sat around the table, with zoom ins on each character as they talk.

2 Interview with Mr. Lockford. He gives his views on the documentary and the selected students. Set in his office.

15 to 30 seconds.

This is the first interview scene in the film so I also want this to establish this section of the film.

The camera will be incredibly still on Mr. Lockford, using a tripod for this scene.

Close up portrait shot With Mr. Lockford.His name and occupation will be on screen too.Set in his Office overlooking the car park.(Mr. Lockford, Tutor)

3 Rachel is being interviewed and complains about the changes to the college, with boyfriend Ryan. Who is just sitting there pretending to agree and care.

30 seconds.

This scene is going to establish who they both are as people and their attitudes towards the college’s changes.

The camera will be just the same as Mr. Lockford’s interview. Very still with the use of tripod. At eye level with the characters.

Close up shot of Rachel and Ryan, their names and occupations will be on screen.(Rachel, student)(Ryan, student)

4 After being told about Joe, it is his turn to be interviewed. Joe tells us he is on his last chance before being expelled for not being able to control his temper.

30 seconds

This is Joe’s establishing scene and how the audience are going to get to know him.

Just like the rest of the interviews, the camera will be still and eye level with Joe. The tripod will be used once again.

Close up, focused shot of Joe set in The Social Area. His name and occupation will be on screen at tis point.

5 In this scene, The camera will

Rachel, Ryan and Joe are in class. Mr. Lockford is teaching and Joe comes in 5 minutes late, because he usually takes the lift but now the college have endorsed passes for the lift and only the disabled or injured can use them. Joe sits down and under her breath, Rachel turns to Ryan and says “he should be kicked out” Joe sits there and pretends to not hear it.

37 seconds

In this scene, I want it to define who all the characters are and who they are as people and their views on one another.

I want there to be a pan shot of Joe coming to the door and Mr. Lockford telling him to sit down.I then want it to cut to a wide shot of Joe, Rachel and Ryan sat at their desk on their computers with their backs to the camera.

still look very natural though a lot of techniques have been used in this scene.

6Mr Lockford is getting interviewed again in his office. He gives his opinion on the lift situation.

20 seconds Same as before, the camera will be very still at eye level with Mr.Lockford, with a tripod being used.

One portrait shot of Mr. Lockford., talking to the camera.

7Joe is outside the football grounds, in this scene he is asked about how he feels about girls, after the situation with Rachel and Ryan.

30 seconds The camera will be very natural with Joe on the left side of the frame.

It will be a portrait landscape shot as I want to fit in the football stadium.

8

It is the final lesson of the day and Joe, Ryan and Rachel are together in class again with Mr. Lockford. Mr. Lockford makes the announcement that the computers have to have really low brightness so that the college

40- 60 seconds After from fading from black, The camera is on Mr. Lockford as he tells the students to turn on their computers and continue

Pan shot around Mr. Lockford then a close up of Rachel. The camera continues to be very natural and handheld. Then it will switch to a close up of Mr. Lockford.

saves money. Rachel starts to moan that it hurts her eyes but Mr. Lockford is just past caring. Ryan just sits there trying to get her to calm down. Meanwhile we can see Joe getting annoyed with Rachel. And during her rant she says “it’s not like it bothers Joe, he doesn’t do anything anyway” and at that moment, Joe gets out of his chair and gets extremely angry with Rachel and storms out.

with the morning’s task and to turn their brightness down. The camera immediately turns round onto Rachel as she begins to moan. The camera needs to be very natural and handheld to show the human side of the film. Then it will quickly show Mr.Lockford say he doesn’t care. Then the camera will switch to a wide shot of the students working whilst Rachel continues to moan. We can see Joe getting angry and Ryan trying to calm her down. Rachel then criticises Joe and the camera quickly moves as Joe gets out of his seat and has a go at her. The camera

Before a wide-shot of the students at their desk. Then a low angle shot of Joe and a high angle shot of Rachel simultaneously. Then a natural shot of joe storming out and the camera follows them.

should be a low angle shot of Joe and a high angle of Rachel. The camera then follows Joe out of the classroom as Mr. Lockford goes after him.

9 This scene is just a black screen with the words “epilogue” on screen.

5 seconds N/A N/A

10 Mr. Lockford gives his opinion on what happened and tells the camera that the college had no choice but to let Joe go.

30 seconds Close up shot of Mr. Lockord giving his interview. Set in his office.

Handheld, naturalistic portrait shot.

11 A silent shot of Joe getting upset that he has been let go.

10 seconds One shot through the door window.

Handheld and naturalistic, no need for composition. This shot will be played over the audio of Mr. Lockford’s interview.

12 The camera is positioned in the corridor. The camera can see Joe and Mr. Lockford pass eachother in the hallway and give eachother a hug.

10 Seconds One shot using the tripod

One wide shot of the corridor and the balcony at the end of it, the camera fades to black after.