Shot Division

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Below is the shot division we did for our documentary. We were provided with the option to either make sketches of the shots or draw a table out of it. We decided make a table as it was more organised and the fact that none of us is a good artist, so we went along with the table.

Scene description		Camera Shot	Camera angle	Camera movement	Subject	Location
Opening sequence A montage of different indoor and outdoor activities.  A kid on a swing and then a quote appears on screen.		long shot	Eye level	static	Kids	Outdoor
Kids playing and people using their gadgets e.g. phone.		Long shots, macro shots	Eye level	Static	Children’s and adults	Parks and indoors
Short interviews of general public.		Mid shot, medium long shot	Eye level	static	People	Cafés ,book stores ,shopping malls
A shot of the house of our main character from outside.		Wide shot	Eye Level	Pan left/right	House	outdoor
A shot of our main character		low angle,mid shot	Eye level	static	Character (dawood)	His House
Detail interview of our character		Mid shot	Eye level	Static	character	TV lounge
His different shots. Filming his activities/routine through out the day.		Long shot, mid shot, zoom, over the shoulder, tilt down, revolving shot and establishing shot.	Eye level, low angle	Following, static and  pan	1 character (Dawood)	His House, in particular, his tv lounge, his room, his study room and his dining table.
Detail interview of his parents. More clips of their son activities in between.		Mid shot, long shot, marco shot	Eye level	Static, zoom in , zoom out , pan	His parents, dawood	Parents’ room, study, tv lounge
Short clips of people with a paper written YES, NO OR MAYBE.		Medium long shot and Mid shot	Eye level	Static	Random people	Various places

BUDGET

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Items	Quantity	Price (Rs.)	Total amount (Rs.)
Tripod	1	2500	2500
Petrol	-	1500	1500
Lights	2	100	200
Communication	-	500	500
Chart paper	4	20	80
Collar Mic	1	1500	1500
Headphones	1	1500	1500
		Total amount	7780

The Cast

Here's the list of the cast of our documentary:

Dawood Khan (Main Character)



Dawood's Father



Dawood's Mother

SCHEDULE

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SHOOTING SCHEDULE
DAY 1: 16^TH FEBRUARY (Shoot of Dawood and his parents)
DAY 2: 21^ST FEBRUARY (For interviews and outdoor filming)

Mise-en-scene of our Documentary

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Mise-en-scene is everything done as opposed to editing. It covers the settings of characters, backgrounds, props etc. in any media text. The product which we are producing does not need to have all the elements of Mise-en-scene because our documentary is based on facts and nothing is made up. 

Below we discussed the components:

• Locations
• Character's propping
• Lights and Colors

LOCATION: The shoot of the documentary will take place both indoors and outdoors. This particular element of MISE EN SCENE holds an imperative position in our media text.  The documentary is going to be filmed at various locations in order to get authentic results from the public regarding our topic. Following is the recce:

• ·         Lahore Gymkhana

• ·         Generation

• ·         McDonalds

• ·         Alfatah

• ·         Tutti Frutti

• ·         HKB

• ·         Character’s house

• ·         Expresso
• ·         Model Town Park
•           Xinhua Mall
•           Mall of Lahore

CHARACTER’S PROPPING:  This defines the personality of the character, as this documentary revolves around two main characters and their gadgets. The title of the documentary signifies change in trend that has led to children using gadget more than before. So, due to this, the gadgets that our characters will carry along are the main props of the media text.  Furthermore, we will be using 3 chartpapers of colors, red, yellow and green. As we have decided to show the opinion of the people in one word i.e. Yes, No and Maybe, we will be writing these three words on those chartpapers with green signifying Yes, Yellow referring to Maybe and Red connoting No, we have chosen these colors in accordance to the traffic lights, which are red, blue and green, commanding people through those t

hree different colors.

 
 



LIGHTS AND COLORS:  The main light throughout the external shoot of the documentary will be the daylight, as there will be a lot of interviews.  However, the internal shoot is going to be soft lighting, with key lights used during the interviews of the characters and their parents. In the beginning of the documentary we will use natural colors to prevent the footage from giving a fake look to the audience. At the end, the colors will be exaggerated, with editing, to make the scene colorful which will complement the playful nature of the topic. 

Moodboard.

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The following is a mood board comprising of all the elements that will be witnessed in our documentary. It consists of pictures of the main elements of our documentary, such as, video games, mobile Apps etc. referring to indoor activities; in addition with outdoor activities, such as football, bedmintion etc.

We made another moodboard which consists of all the locations we will be visiting for the entire shoot of our documentary. Considering, that we would have to visit a number of places to gather views  of different people in our documentary, we have a tall list of recces for the shoot. So, we made this moodboard to converge all the places that have something to do with our documentary.

Recce Sheet

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The Recce sheet of the documentary has been prepared. We visited the location where we are going to take candid shots of Ibrahim and Dawood (characters of the documentary) and the interviews of their parents.

Pictures of the location:

Planning and Construction - Script

 

                                                              Indoor alters outdoors

‘A documentary film’

Written by

Sabaina Nazir

Aiman Farrukh

Duration: 6-8 minutes
Genre: Cause and effect
 
Scene 1: Opening sequence
 
EXT & INT/DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME.
 
Locations: gymkhana, Alfata, McDonalds, Model Town Park and generation.
Shot: long shots, close ups and mid shots
 
Camera angle/movement: pan, zoom in
 
Characters action/description: At the beginning a quote will appear as part of the introduction of the media text. Then, the camera will take shots of children at places such as, parks, cafeterias, and schools. With that, the camera will focus on teenagers using cell phones, video games and computers. After these shots the production house and the title of the documentary will appear.
Voice over: Have you ever noticed the activities of children these days? Ever wondered how much those gadgets made such a huge impact on their lives? These days if we see teenagers  they are more into indoor activities rather than going out in the son.
Scene 2:
 
INT & EXT/DAYTIME
 
Locations: Mall of Lahore, Leisure Club, McDonalds and HKB.
 
Shot: Mid close up
 
Camera angle/movement: static shot, eye level
Characters action/description: Short duration interviews of random people.
Written text/ voice over: Do you think teenagers are more into indoor activities rather than outdoors activities? In your perception, what could be the reason of this change?
 
Scene 3:
 
EXT/OUTSIDE THE HOUSE/DAYTIME
 
Locations:Dawood’s house.
 
Shot: long shot
Camera angle/movement: static shot
Voice over/written text: To get a real life example of this transformation. We tracked an 11 year old to a certain and show what he really does on grounds through out the day 

 
Characters action/description: The camera is going to enter Dawood’s house.
Scene 4:
 
EXT & INT/DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: THEIR HOUSE
Shot:  Close up, Long shot.
Camera angle/movement: zoom in, pan
Characters action/description: The camera will follow the character throughout the day with candid shots, putting focus on some of the objects in the house to establish the homely environment.
 
 
Scene 5:
 
INT/TV LOUNGE/DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: DAWOOD’S HOUSE
Shot: Mid close ups
Camera angle/movement: static shot, pan
 
Voice over/written text: Tell us about the routine of your children?
 
Characters action/description: [Interview of his parents]
Scene 6:
INT/BEDROOM/DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: DAWOOD’S HOUSE
Shot: Mid shot, mid close up
Camera angle/movement: pan, zoom
Voice over/written text: What is the attraction of these gadgets that have encouraged you to replace the physical activates with those of the indoor activities?
 
Characters action/description: [Interview of Dawood]
 
 
Scene 7
 
INT/BEDROOM & TV lounge/ DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: DAWOOD’S HOUSE
Shot: mid shots
Camera angle/movement: pan, static shot, 5 rule shot.
Voice over/written text: What were the activities you and your age fellows were involved in at the same age as your children?
 
Characters action/description: Interview of their parents again, asking them about their activities when they were of the same age as their child. Also capturing dawood’s activities in the middle. The gadgets he plays on.
 
 
Scene 8
 
INT/GARDEN, BEDROOM & TV LOUNGE/ DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: DAWOOD’S HOUSE
 
Shot: Mid shots, 5 rule shots and close-ups
Camera angle/movement: high and low angles.
Voice over/written text: Study shows that out of 2,000 parents of children aged 3-16, more than half of youngsters have a handheld games console.
Characters action/description: Dawood playing on Wii
 
Scene 9
 
INT/DAYTIME
 
LOCATIONS: TUTTI FRUTTI, EXPRESSO, GENERATION, McDonalds & ALFATAH.
Shot: Mid shots
 
Camera angle/movement: Static shot
 
Characters action/description: A number of interviewees will answer the question by saying ‘YES’ with the help of fast editing and a still shot will be placed immediately after the interviews of a playground which will slowly fade out. We are going to give them a sheet of paper, which will have the word ‘YES’ written on it.
 
Voice over/written text: 
Majority say’s 
Do people agree?
 
Ending credits: Narrator and Cast names