Bring Back The Lights Script - REBECCA

WELCOME TO SANDERSTEAD!!

Sanderstead is a small village situated in South Croydon which is here…(point anywhere)

It is also populated to almost over 13,000 people

There are 2 railway stations, 3 schools, and 4 churches situated here

Many notable celebrities lived in Sanderstead for a various period of time including Kate Moss, Kieran Gibbs and Ruth Ellis who was the last person to get hung in Britain.

But we're not here to talk about that.

We are here to talk about an important event that has been cancelled recently and has caused controversy amongst our community and that is, The Cancellation of the Sanderstead Fireworks.

The Sanderstead Fireworks has been running for over 40 years and has brought the people of Sanderstead together as one as a community.

In 2014, more than 3,000 people attended the Sanderstead Fireworks at Sanderstead's recreation ground and another 6,000 people were watching on Limpsfield Road, the road leading to the ground, giving a total of 9,000 people watching these fireworks, which is QUITE a lot of people.

This event has affected the community of Sanderstead in very mixed ways. I decided to interview residents of Sanderstead and see how this cancellation has affected them

The fireworks were funded by a company named the Rotary Club of Croydon Jubilee, and they have decided to cancel this great event because they cannot afford the funding for fireworks.

We want to bring them back. We want to send out a message: #BringBackTheLights. We want this message to be spread across the whole community of Sanderstead and to say to the Rotary Club of Croydon Jubilee that we want these fireworks back!

Please join in our cause. We want you to write on Facebook, Twitter, any type of social media a hashtag #BringBackTheLightsToSanderstead. If you can, we want you to write on the Rotary Club's Facebook page to convey this message.

If you want these fireworks back, please let's, as a community, let's #BringBackTheLights

'The Way' Progress and Development - DAVID

16/11/2015 - Set up the treatment for the short film, which explained the film synopsis, genre, opening scene and shot, ending scene and shot, and it being a single strand narrative.

25/11/2015 - Came together as a group of 4, including myself. All pitched our ideas and this idea of mine was the one we went for. Our second idea was Daisy's idea, which involved a surgery of a creature that spans way out of control.

10/12/2015 - We went out and started filming particular shots in our movie. We filmed a lot of tracking shots of myself walking to and fro from different houses and buildings.

16-21/12/2015 - 16th = We went out as a group to Old Coulsdon Village, filming long shots, extreme close ups on the actor's face,eyes and mouth. We also decided to film extreme close ups on the piece of paper the actor is holding with the missing address on it. This required myself, Tom and James (camera operator).

17th = We stayed inside Coulsdon College and filmed a lot of walking scenes inside the college. During the day, we filmed tracking shots of the actor walking into the college, through doors and walking into a room where his friends are playing card games. We filmed various mid-shots of the actor and the table. We also filmed long shots of his friends playing different card games whilst the actor has sad facial expressions and tries to play the game.

20th = During the day, we filmed most of the shots needed in Sanderstead, mostly filmed at my house, situated in the village. We filmed mid-shots of the character and head shots soon after his mother died to express sad emotions of the actor.

21st = This day was the last day needed for filming in Sanderstead. We filmed all of the shots needed at All Saint's Church, Sanderstead, where we didn't need any permission to film at the location. First of all, we filmed tracking shots of the church itself and the gravestones that surround it. We filmed full body shots of the actor and filmed a tombstone which did not need permission from certain persons. We lastly filmed extreme close ups on the actor's face and the gravestone.

06/01/2016 - Final day of re-shooting various scenes. Filmed head shots, extreme close ups of the teenager making research on finding his brother. We, as a group, filmed at Coulsdon College, and decided to take some shots of the paper and folder to emphasise what he was looking for. We also filmed outside of Coulsdon College in the village of Old Coulsdon. We decided to film mid-shots of the teenager running around different houses and trying to find his brother.

Final Group Planning (DAVID)

Production Schedule

The final filming deadline to get every bit of filming done is on the 17th December. For my particular film, we are going to start filming on Tuesday 15th December and finish filming on 10th January 2016. During the day, we are going to be filming grave scenes and a lot of house scenes at my house (I gave permission for my group to use my home). We hope to complete filming in that day because we would have a lot of time on our hands during the day and we will film a lot of shots and scenes, so we have a lot more to work with. If we need another day to film, we, as a group, came up with a date of Wednesday 16th December. The list of people involved in my short film are myself, James Fisher, Thomas Clarke and Daisy Da Silva. As this is my short film, I gave myself the role of Director. The role of the Director means I am in charge of making the whole movie. I will take control of my team and make sure that everyone behaves rightly in the right manner and if anybody misbehaves, I will take care of them in the correct manner. I will also be starring in my short movie. I will star as the 18 year old boy who loses his mother and goes out and tries to find his 'brother'. James Fisher is the camera operator which means he needs to make sure every shot is almost accurate to the 16 shot storyboard he created. He is also in charge of the care of the camera and tripod. Thomas Clarke is the location and props supervisor which means that he is in charge of picking the right location which was Sanderstead, which was where my short film is set. He is also in charge of organising the props that are needed for my short film. The props involved include cracked plates, cups and other accessories. Lastly, Daisy Da Silva is the sound engineer to my short film. This includes creating sound effects to add emphasis to the short film whether that being more plates crashing and smashing. She is also in charge of adding music to my short film as well. She will also be featured in the short film as the young woman who opens the door to myself and tells me about his brother. The equipment we are going to be using is one camera and one tripod which makes it a SINGLE CAMERA short film. The props we are going to be buy from Poundland, located in Croydon Town Centre, near Centrale.

Pre-Production Techniques (REBECCA)

This is an individual documentary task, so I am in charge of the production, filming and final edited product of my documentary. My documentary name is Bring Back The Lights 2016, and the main aim is to raise awareness of a fireworks event that got cancelled due to funding costs. The documentary is trying to persuade people to raise funds and to send a message to the Rotary Club of Jubilee that we want the event back.

Budget: For my documentary and the production process, the budget is a total of £0, with equipment being borrowed from the college.

Time (Schedule): The time duration of my documentary from filming to the finished product is between 27th November 2015 to the 9th December 2016. I will film various landscape and background shots that were needed in Sanderstead between Friday 4th December to Sunday 6th December. I plan to interview residents of a younger generation and an older generation, so I will interview residents of Sanderstead on the 6th of December and I will interview some residents that go to Coulsdon College at a later date on Tuesday 8th December 2015.

Personnel (Call sheets): The people involved in the making of my documentary are myself and James Fisher. I will talk in the documentary and James will use the camera to film what I am saying. He will also film the environment of Sanderstead and film different landscapes of the village.

Facilities: Facilities involved in my documentary are a camera and a camera stand for the filming. For editing, I will use editing software on the iMac called iMovie, which will be a very simple way of editing my documentary. In my documentary, I will use voice overs that are under my voice and use recording software on the iMac named Reaper.

Locations (Recce reports): The location involved in my documentary is the small village of Sanderstead, where the issue is affected. It is not far from Coulsdon College (15 minutes drive). Another location that I have considered to be in my documentary is Enfield Town Park, located in Greater London. There is no permission needed.

Clearances: With the two locations that I am proposed to film, there is no permission needed to film at these locations, which is an advantage as it allows me to carry on with my film. I am filming at Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Sanderstead village and my house; all of these locations do not need permission to film.

Copyright (Intellectual property): The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 came into force on the 1st August 1989. Intellectual property protection helps my documentary to stop people stealing or copying the names of my documentary, which is 'Bring Back The Lights 2016'. As this is a documentary of my own creation, which meets copyright, I own intellectual property.

Health and Safety (Risk assessments): When filming at Sanderstead Recreation Ground, there is a case of slipping on floors and getting injured. It might be a wet day therefore there will be wet surfaces as we are filming outside. To prevent this, we will put signs on where to stand and where to not move to prevent this from happening. Secondly, whilst filming outside in the village of Sanderstead, there will be noise coming from cars and people talking. There is nothing I can do to prevent this, so I will include this in my documentary.

Codes of practice and regulation (The Broadcasting Code): It is the responsibility of the broadcaster to abide by the Broadcasting Code. There are nine sections to the broadcasting code delivered by Ofcom.                            

Key Assessment Week Task - REBECCA

LO1 - Understand the requirements of working to a brief

LO2 - Be able to develop a planned response to a brief

The title of the project would be Bring Back The Lights 2016 to raise awareness of the issue about the cancellation of the fireworks in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. A summary of my documentary would explain facts about Sanderstead involving the population of the village and the population of how many people attended the event in the past years before the cancellation in 2014 and interview people and see how this issue has affected them. Also, the documentary will involve different cases in different villages that the cancellation has affected them in big ways after a lot of history behind it, for example Enfield Town Park has had a lot of history about fireworks and was cancelled after 40 years. The length of my documentary would be between 15 - 30 minutes because my target audience would be teenagers aged between 16-18, and if my documentary goes for longer than 30 minutes, my audience will get bored and will find my documentary will drag on. The filming will be completed by the 18th December 2015 and the overall film will be completed by the 8th January 2016. The locations of where the documentary will be filming would be in the villages of Sanderstead and Enfield Town. Specific filming locations would be Sanderstead Recreation Ground and Enfield Town Park. For my documentary, we don't need permission to film as filming is allowed at both locations. The specific filming dates with locations will be until the 18th December and the finished product will be published on YouTube on the 8th January 2016. For the majority of my documentary, there will be a lot of voice overs and interviews with the community of Sanderstead and some of Enfield Town. I will do the camera work, interview people, edit and direct and I will get James to camera the interviews I have with different people. For my documentary, a camera, a tripod, voice recording software and editing software is needed. My documentary is meant to raise awareness of the cancellation of Sanderstead's fireworks and to create a fund to bring back the fireworks in Sanderstead, so the key message that I am trying to communicate to the audience is to raise awareness of an event that has closed down and has left thousands of people not gathering as a community and also nothing to do on Bonfire Night. The music that I want to use is quite jolly music, not specific songs and are copyright free. There are no other documentaries that are targeted at my issue, so this is a unique issue that I am trying to promote.

The Way (Treatment) - DAVID

The Way

The Way follows the story of a young 18 year old boy, growing up in a small village in south London named Sanderstead. The story begins in a graveyard where we see the boy standing, staring at a tombstone. We then find out this is his mother's tombstone and his mother died not so long ago. He then starts walking home. He enters his house, sits down and goes into a frenzy in his house. He starts smashing glasses and plates, punching through walls, breaks down in tears and finds out he is all alone. The next day, he starts going through his mother's belongings and comes across a purple/red folder. He finds a photo of him and his mother in a picture frame when he was a baby. He opens up the picture and finds out the picture is creased over. He opens the creased picture and finds a boy, similar to his age, sitting next to him. He then opens up the folder and finds different types of papers e.g. adoption papers and care-home papers, belonging to this baby. He assumes this is his brother and immediately goes out to find him. He finds out he, apparently lives very close to where he, and his mother lived. According to one of the papers in his folder, the house he lived on was Sanderstead Court Avenue. He finds the street and looks for number 63, where the boy apparently lived. He knocks on the door and comes across a distraught woman. He then starts to tell his story that he had a brother that went into care and was adopted and lived at this address. The woman then starts to cry and takes the boy inside. In the next shot, we see the same shot we had at the beginning, but instead he is looking at a different tombstone. This tombstone belonged to his adopted brother. He puts some flowers down, next to his tombstone and walks away. On the other side of this tombstone, we see his mother's tombstone.

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Title: The Way

Opening: My film starts with a young teenaged boy, aged 18 who stands at a tombstone. We see tis tombstone belonged to his mother. He puts some flowers down next to her tombstone and walks away. This scene quickly suggests that this is a drama-type film, as the film will have very dark lighting and I won't have any dialogue in my movie, which will add a sense of mystery. The only music that will playing in my film will be Zack Hemsey's 'The Way Instrumental'.

Ending: The film finishes off with the teenager looking at the same tombstone he looked at the beginning of the film then walks over to another tombstone, and finds his brother's tombstone and lies some flowers next to his grave, and walks away and looks at his mother's tombstone and lies another batch of flowers next to her tomb. He then gets up and walks away.

Single or multi-strand narrative: The story follows a young 18 year old boy who aims to find his 'supposedly' brother, similar to his age. This is a single strand narrative because it follows the story of just one boy, it doesn't follow any other characters in the movie.

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Task 2 - Understanding and Interpreting a Brief (REBECCA)

There are 8 types of briefs when working in the creative media industries. The first type is a Contractual brief. A contractual brief is given to a media company employed by a client to complete a project which has specific guidelines and the media company is told exactly what the client says. If the media company goes beyond the contract, they could face legal action. In this brief, a large sum of money is involved and given to the media company, but are forced to all terms. This is otherwise known as a contract. This is a very simple brief as the media company knows exactly what they're doing and is very specific so that no questions need to be asked. However, the media company HAS to do what the client says, if they reject these terms, they could face action in court and force a bad reputation upon the media company. An example of a contractual brief could be an actor signing on to a project, or a computer graphic company signing on to a project for a particular film.

The next type of brief is a Negotiated brief. A negotiated brief is very open-minded but given not that much information but enough for the client to understand what they need to do. The client AND the company have to agree on what they need to do so negotiations would occur between the two until they get an agreement. It gives more lee way for the media company to produce a product that would satisfy a client's need. However, a client might argue that they are not given enough information and this can cause, almost like aggressive negotiations. There could also be problems such as money issues or a breech or contract.

Another type of brief is a Formal brief. A formal brief is a detailed brief which outlines specifications of a finished product. It is well set out and structured to suit a company's needs. It is throughly explained, therefore the company or employee knows exactly what they are doing. With this brief, the client is open to ideas or issued can be raised by the company. However, there might not be enough information for a client to understand what they need to do and therefore produce a wrong product. There could also be financial issues which might need to be sorted out if a case like this ever happens.

One other type of brief is opposite to a formal brief called an Informal brief. An informal brief can be a short piece of text or a verbal agreement but not official. It can range from a simple question to do a project to helping somebody out. It is not documented, therefore NOT official. It is more verbal communication than a paper contract, which makes it simpler and easier to understand. However, with this type of agreement, there might be confusion between a client and a company as to what needs to be done. The time requirements can range from the day after to a week ahead, which also makes it simpler.

Another type of brief is a Commission brief. This type of brief involves a client commissioning another company to fulfil a brief. This is also important because it can save time looking for potential employees because you can rely one person to get the job done. However, negotiating the brief with the client can waste time on unnecessary issues that are brought up in the brief. This can also delay making the product and its time it has been allocated.

Another type of brief is a Competition brief. A competition brief is given out to different companies to create a product for a competition. The client then judges which company has made the best product and the media company is awarded, whether in money or being published. The client only has to pay the winning company, which is an advantage, but might not pay all of the other participating companies. However, the companies that don't win may become angered by not winning so they have missed out on work for the client and its payment.

One other type of brief is called a Tender brief. A tender brief is similar to a competition brief as it requires the brief be posted to other companies. The best companies will get chosen the brief that suits them the most. Companies would get to look at different ideas of their project and produce them to the highest quality. If a pitch to a client gets turned down however, the client can then release them and they won't get work from that client again. This would be difficult as it is very hard to find work now because more and more production companies are in business.

Lastly, there is a Co-operative brief. This is a brief given to two or more companies contracted to work on the same assignment. This is a brief which requires multi-skilling from different employees from different companies. However, one of the only troubles that can affect definitely both media companies:  TIGHT DEADLINES. This can not only rush the product but also make it a bad product. With this brief, along with the skills, there can be different perspectives when negotiating with this brief, which makes the brief somewhat easier. However, whilst negotiating, there would be plenty of disagreements and may take a while to get to a final brief overview.  

Whilst working in the creative media industries, you have to be aware of the above briefs and what they illustrate, so you have to thoroughly read the brief. You must pay attention to what the brief is, first of all, to make sure what you're doing and what you need to talk with the client. You need to then look at the deadlines, when are your deadlines? They can defer from one week to one month, but it has to be the right product and suits the client. You might need to negotiate with the client if there is an extension needed. Following on from extensions, how long do you have to complete the brief and if you need an extension or not. Finally, and probably most important, what is required from you. This is normally noted in a brief as a task, you can also negotiate any special requirements from the client that is needed for your project.