action lists

ROALLEN'S WORK:

lift idea 

(mainly shot in a three way split screen between the three main characters as they get ready in the morning)

- fade into close ups on 3 different alarm clocks going off on bedside tables. upbeat music starts up.

- wide shot of each of the characters getting out of their bed and showing very different rooms; the middle aged business man getting out of a double bed (which only he occupies) in a bleak looking bedroom, the young woman getting up in a colorful yet cluttered small flat's bedroom, the uni student getting out of a single bed in a dorm room.

- mid shot of each of the characters standing up. their expressions in reaction to the wake up

- cut to a mid shot of each of them getting dressed. the young women is in a big rush and has lots of trouble, the man does it in a beat down monotonous manor.

- cut again to each of them brushing teeth (mid shot), same expressions.

- they look at themselves in the mirror, the woman trying different smiles trying to find the winning one, the man bigging himself up "you got this" the student working on his hair

- cut to plates of food breakfast, the student has a quick cereal breakfast, the young woman has some burnt toast and the middle aged man a singular sad egg

- mid shot of each character eating, the man reading the newspaper, the student watching tv, the woman on her phone.

- tracking shot, each character leaving the front door of their house walking down the street, eventually walking out of shot. the student has headphones in, the woman fumbling with her house keys, the man still doing up his tie.

(one shot no split screen)

 - a wide shot of a lift, our three characters walk to it and get in, the doors close, title shows over screen.

ASHTONS WORK:

lake idea 

- open on a POV shot from from the front of a car driving through the woodland area and faint diegetic music from inside the car

- music increases in volume as a slow paced rotating close up from inside the car presents two characters in driver and passengers seat having fun listening to music

- a brief tracking shot at the sky with tops of trees moving past as if the the roof of the car

- a slower paced pan from left to right showing the car driving past from a low angle. The music would increase and decrease in volume in correlation to the position of the car

- a cut to a close up of the character in the driver seat laughing looking at passenger and road

- similarly the passenger laughing shouting out the window etc

- a drone shot that would also show characters head out the window  with the sound of distant radio, laughing and screaming.

- a close up of the wheel pulling up and the quiet sound of the door opening, with the diegetic music continuing as non diegetic sound. It will then do a focus pull and small subtle movement to the focus of the lake in the background. The passenger character will be seen running toward it and the other running in front the camera as if a race.

- a frantic hand held POV will show them running, looking at the camera in competition with each other. 

- a high angle shot from above them now lying on the floor wills see them look at each other and begin to laugh, getting up and leaving the frame leaving a credit in their place.

- the same music will the cut later in the night. a short handheld shot, like a POV of the other character, will show them dancing now by the lake dimly lit by the day and head lights of the car (or fire, whatever is most practical

- a reverse shot of the other character will present the same thing

- a close up shot from the ground amongst their picnic/tent/gear materials will show the feet/legs moving around the frame however out of focus with the lake being  the importance (this wouldn't be a long shot as I don't want to exaggerate the lake too much).

- it will then cut to just under the water with the float above it and as the character launches on to it the camera will come up from the water showing them from a low angle talking to the person on the shore laughing/wobbling on the inflatable (this would still be unthreatening).

- a still mid shot will show the character move across the frame from left to right and out of shot, revealing as they look back at their friend on land.

- we would cut to a slow paced drone shot of the character now lying on the inflatable in the water, they would be of centre (below centre to the left of the frame), whilst credits appear on the water.

- in the water beside and level to the inflatable we will see them get on the knees (struggling) in a close up cutting out their head only seeing their hands moving up and down with sound of the music, quieter now and the laughing to themselves as well as the contrapuntal spun of the plastic float rubbing.

- we will then cut too to the shore where the other character is lying down at the edge, possibly on their phone. this will be seen in a close up of them with the the person at see out of focus and inaudible. More sinister music will pick up and the character on the shore will role over revealing a credit 

- we will then cut to back to the person on the float still in closeup as they begin to try and stand up. the frame will show them clambering up with only their feet in the shot and the water swooshing over the bottom of the frame.

- cut  back to drone shot 

- cut to to close up of the float where as the floats starts being tugged at the camera movement mimics the movement of the inflatable bobbing in and out of the murky water we could use a clear string to create this effect without seeing crew pulling on the inflatable as the water would imaginably be cloudy.

-  cut back to them in the background and other the character in close up lying down. the camera would follow this character in close up as they lean up dazed and as they lie back down focus would  pull to the float with now no one on it.

- empty float moving across still mid shot once again revealing credit

- end with drone shot of just the inflatable

EMILYS WORK:

bookstore idea 

Ideally throughout the entire sequence the song 'Jardin d'hiver' is playing, if not then something similar.

- Open on an establishing, mid shot of the front of the bookstore, it looks cosy and local, like a village bookstore, it is autumn/winter, the shot is still (3 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up shot from above a man's hands, he is typing on a typewriter that is sat at a wooden desk, we can hear the typing sound, this shot would last for a little while, the focus is on his hands, the man doesn't wear a wedding ring  (5-6 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up and then a panning shot of a bookshelf, we move left to right across the bookshelf full of older looking books, they are primarily brown, orange, red, dark yellow, warm colours. (5-6 seconds)

- Cut to a low shot, as though the camera is on the floor, we see a man's feet walking down an aisle, he is wearing brown oxford shoes, he stops during the aisle facing the bookshelf, most likely to put some books back on the shelf (4-5 seconds)

- Cut to a mid-shot, the camera is sitting on a shelf peering through, similar to a POV, through a gap in the books we can see a man's back, he is either wearing a sweater vest or a cardigan, he has a pile of books in his arms, he is placing some books back on the shelf. (3-4 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up from above a man's hand's, he is writing in neat, calligraphic writing with a fancy pen, the focus again is on his hands, he is writing poetry or a novel/book (3-4 seconds)

- Cut to a closer shot of the paper, we slowly pan over the page of neat writing, the paper is not lined or too white, it looks like journal paper (2 seconds)

- Cut to a mid/close-up of a desk covered in books, some are in piles while some are left open from reading (3 seconds)

- Cut to a much closer shot of the table from a different place, we seal the books piled up (2 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up of a 1920's style lampshade in the corner of the bookstore, we see a hand come into shot and pull the cord/flip the switch to turn it on, we hear the click and the light turns on (5 seconds)

- Cut to a low, close-up of a bookshelf, we slowly pan upwards seeing many of the shelves and books (4 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up of an open book on a table, the pages are flicked out nicely, we very slowly pan over the book (3 seconds)

- Cut to a mid-shot of the shop window from inside the bookstore, we see a girl of about 20 - 25 years old walking into shot on the street outside the bookstore, she is dressed sweetly in a flowery dress or a long skirt, she has a tote bag on her shoulder and a paper bag with a loaf of bread wrapped in her other arm, half of her hair is tied up messily on the back of her head, she has glasses on her head, she looks into the bookstore window but not directly at the camera (6-8 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up of a bookshelf full of books, a hand enters the shot (the man's hand) and takes a book out from the shelf, both the hand and book exit the shot (3 seconds)

- Cut to a shot of the desk, we pan over the desk and see many items including a pencil pot full of pencils, the typewriter, some papers scattered, a few books and a small bowl of sweets (5 seconds) 

- Cut to a close-up of the man's back and the back of his head which is slightly bent over because we assume he is writing something, We hear the ding of the bookstore door opening and perhaps a creaking of the door, now we see his head raise and look over to the direction of the door slightly (7 seconds)

- Cut to a bookshelf, we now see a girl's hand tracing the books on the shelf as though she is admiring them, she has red nail polish on her nails (this is the girl from the window), the focus is on her hands and her nail polish (4 seconds)

- Cut to a mid shot of two of the aisle's, the shot is slightly split in the middle by a long bookshelf, on one side we see a girl admiring the books, we barely see her face, on the other side/the other aisle we see the back of the man placing the books back on the shelves (5 seconds)

- Cut to a close-up of the desk, the man's hand enters the shot and grabs a book and slides/pulls it towards him, we only see his arm and hand, not him (3 seconds)

- Cut to a close up of the edge of the desk, we see the woman's hands gently place onto the edge as though she is about to speak to the man, we see her nail polish vividly. (3 seconds)

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