After Completing the final idea using all audience research; we started our planning with a script. This is because, to write the storyboards its easier to know what is going to be said and then from that a shot list could be sketched up. Also we decided to create the script so that the actors in our film knew what to say and when in preparation for when the camera was rolling. Here is the Original Script;
List of Actors;
Samuel Nixon is Michael Domino
Daniel Knight is Danyy McCardy
Adelle Auckland is Rose Domino
Film begins- black screen; diegetic sound present. ( keys rattling, gates opening and shutting, locks twisting, officers shouting " take him to the desk!").
First Location- St Augustine Primary School Gates (TO REPRESENT PRISON GATES)
Sam walks away from the gates.
Next Location- Peterborough Prison.
Sam puts a chewing gum in his mouth; 1second later - voice over begins.
Sam- " The names Michael Domino"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " 29"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " Con-man".
Sam walking across town whilst stating the next lines.
Sam- " Involved in numerous confidence schemes,bank robberies,poker schemes,theft,fraud,illegal gambling,pick pocketing,sales of faulty goods,identity theft and even managing to steal the odd girlfriend! You name it I've done it!
-pause for half a second
Sam- "Rehabilitated? Pftttt they wish!".
Sam walks continues to walk across town, straightcuts to a street and then walks into a house.
Next Location- Sam's Mum's House ( OR MICHAELS HOUSE)
It then straightcuts to a shot of a answer phone machine. Sam picks up the envelope with the prop; wedding ring inside it. Then presses the answer phone machine button. When the message begins to start sam is clenching the wedding ring tightly in his hand.
Adelle -" I've heard you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you would have found my wedding ring.
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- " I trusted you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The schemes, the crime , its not what I wanted and you knew that ! Its over. Goodbye Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring ,facial expressions are to be full of regrett and disappointment. The prop; Iphone then begins to ring. Sam should then receive the call.
Daniel- " I heard your out. Meet me at Ed's Bar in 5 minutes. Got business to discuss.
Sam- " See you there".
After this dialogue has been exchanged Sam looks down at the wedding ring, then back to the picture ,
squeezes it tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him and Adelle.
Sam walks towards the door and closes it . Doesn't look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage ( OR ED'S BAR)
Sam walks through the door, looks directly at Daniel and sits down on the stool next to him.
Bar Manager hands them the prop of fake whisky ( Apple Juice)
Daniel- " Long time no see Mike."
Sam- " Yeah I guess it has...... its hard when your in jail" ( Slight Saracastic tone of voice)
Daniel- " Well I'm glad your out , as I've got some news for you"
Sam- " What sort of news ?" ( Apprhensive and exicted tone of voice)
Daniel- " A new job lined up, if your interested ?"
Sam- " I've only just got out!"
Daniel - " When has a little thing like that ever stopped you from a chance of money".
Sam- " Well, what sort of job then ?"
Daniel- " A bank".
Sam - " A bank is that it , oh c'mon Danny!"
Daniel- " It's a big bank! You no , the one on 5th Avenue."Sam doesnt say anything. Daniel continues to talk. Pause for a second and a half.
Daniel- " Its bigger than any of the legendary ones your dad broke into! Look, I know its been tough for you....but do you want the chance to prove yourself to be better than your dad or not ? This is the god damn honest truth, this job will be the history of cons I just know it!"
- pause for half a second.
Daniel -" soooo... are you interested ?"
Daniel gives sam a sly and confident smile
Sam begins to open his mouth.
The End.
List of Actors;
Samuel Nixon is Michael Domino
Daniel Knight is Danyy McCardy
Adelle Auckland is Rose Domino
Film begins- black screen; diegetic sound present. ( keys rattling, gates opening and shutting, locks twisting, officers shouting " take him to the desk!").
First Location- St Augustine Primary School Gates (TO REPRESENT PRISON GATES)
Sam walks away from the gates.
Next Location- Peterborough Prison.
Sam puts a chewing gum in his mouth; 1second later - voice over begins.
Sam- " The names Michael Domino"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " 29"
- pause for half a second.
Sam- " Con-man".
Sam walking across town whilst stating the next lines.
Sam- " Involved in numerous confidence schemes,bank robberies,poker schemes,theft,fraud,illegal gambling,pick pocketing,sales of faulty goods,identity theft and even managing to steal the odd girlfriend! You name it I've done it!
-pause for half a second
Sam- "Rehabilitated? Pftttt they wish!".
Sam walks continues to walk across town, straightcuts to a street and then walks into a house.
Next Location- Sam's Mum's House ( OR MICHAELS HOUSE)
It then straightcuts to a shot of a answer phone machine. Sam picks up the envelope with the prop; wedding ring inside it. Then presses the answer phone machine button. When the message begins to start sam is clenching the wedding ring tightly in his hand.
Adelle -" I've heard you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you would have found my wedding ring.
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- " I trusted you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The schemes, the crime , its not what I wanted and you knew that ! Its over. Goodbye Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring ,facial expressions are to be full of regrett and disappointment. The prop; Iphone then begins to ring. Sam should then receive the call.
Daniel- " I heard your out. Meet me at Ed's Bar in 5 minutes. Got business to discuss.
Sam- " See you there".
After this dialogue has been exchanged Sam looks down at the wedding ring, then back to the picture ,
squeezes it tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him and Adelle.
Sam walks towards the door and closes it . Doesn't look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage ( OR ED'S BAR)
Sam walks through the door, looks directly at Daniel and sits down on the stool next to him.
Bar Manager hands them the prop of fake whisky ( Apple Juice)
Daniel- " Long time no see Mike."
Sam- " Yeah I guess it has...... its hard when your in jail" ( Slight Saracastic tone of voice)
Daniel- " Well I'm glad your out , as I've got some news for you"
Sam- " What sort of news ?" ( Apprhensive and exicted tone of voice)
Daniel- " A new job lined up, if your interested ?"
Sam- " I've only just got out!"
Daniel - " When has a little thing like that ever stopped you from a chance of money".
Sam- " Well, what sort of job then ?"
Daniel- " A bank".
Sam - " A bank is that it , oh c'mon Danny!"
Daniel- " It's a big bank! You no , the one on 5th Avenue."Sam doesnt say anything. Daniel continues to talk. Pause for a second and a half.
Daniel- " Its bigger than any of the legendary ones your dad broke into! Look, I know its been tough for you....but do you want the chance to prove yourself to be better than your dad or not ? This is the god damn honest truth, this job will be the history of cons I just know it!"
- pause for half a second.
Daniel -" soooo... are you interested ?"
Daniel gives sam a sly and confident smile
Sam begins to open his mouth.
The End.
New Script
After trouble with filming locations and change in preference to which shots we would like, the script changed as well. We also realised that there was not enough time to show all dialogue in the original script, so we changed the script to ensure we still established what we needed to, but within a certain time frame. Here is the new script;
Sam’s Mums House
Sam presses the answer phone machine button.
Non- Diegetic Sound- Voiceover
Adelle -" I've heard
you have been released and Im guessing when you listen to this message you
would have found my wedding ring."
- pause for half a second.
Adelle- “I trusted
you and you went back to being selfish and only thinking of the money! The
schemes, the crime, its not what I wanted and you knew that! It’s over. Goodbye
Michael."
Sam then keeps looking at the wedding ring; facial
expressions are to be full of regret and disappointment. Squeezes the wedding
ring tightly for the last time and then throws it next to the picture of him
and Adelle. Sam then gets ready, “back into the game”.
Sam- “Yep”
Daniel- “I heard
your out. Meet me at the Swiss in an hour”.
Sam- “See you
there".
Sam walks towards the door and closes it. Doesn't
look back.
Next Location- The Swiss Cottage (OR THE
‘SWISS’)
Sam walks straight up to the bar.
Daniel- “How’ve you
been”.
Sam- “Surviving”.
Daniel- “We’ve got
business to discuss”.
Cuts to Sam and Dan sitting down at the same time.
Daniel- “This is a
bigger heist than any of your fathers has done”.
Sam -“But I've
only just got out!".
Daniel - “This is a
chance to prove yourself better than your father”.
Sam displays as facial expressions of confusion and
worry.
Daniel- “You in?”
THE END
Original Shot List
After creating the Storyboards and Script, Adelle and myself sketched up a shot list for reference when filming, this made sure we didnt forget anything when filming. Here is the original shot list;
Establishing Shot; of prison gates (school gates) with
the character Michaels stood centre frame.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s black shoes.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s waist.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s face.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s face.
Medium Close –up Shot; of Sam standing next
to the prison sign.
Close-up Shot; of Sam placing a
chewing gum into his mouth.
Asymmetrical Medium Shot; of Sam walking past the
prison sign.
Long tracking Shot; of Sam walking past a fountain.
Establishing Shot; of Sam’s characters house (
Sam’s Mums House)
Long Shot; of Sam opening the door to
the house.
Medium Close-up Shot; of items on the table ( The
items are a photo of Sam and Adelle, a phone and answer phone machine and a
envelope with the name ‘Michael’ written on it.
Medium Shot; of Sam picking up the
envelope.
Medium Shot; of the Wedding ring falling
into Sam’s hand.
Close-up Shot; of the Wedding ring in
Sam’s hand.
Medium Close-up Shot; of a picture of Sam and
Adelle.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s facial expression(
Disappointed and regretful).
Close-up Shot; of Sam clenching the ring in
his hand.
Close-up Shot; of the answer phone message
appearing.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam pressing the answer
phone machine button.
Long Shot; of Sam listening to the
answer phone machine message.
Close-up Shot; of Sam’s facial expression(
regretful and upset)
Close-up Shot; of Sam clenching the
ring.
High angle Shot; of Sam crying on the sofa.
Medium Shot; of Sam crying head in his
hands.
Medium Shot; of Sam’s legs and the phone
clearly visible in his pocket.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam’s phone vibrating (
incoming call)
Medium Shot; of Sam answering the phone
call.
Two person shot; of Sam having a
conversation with Daniel.
Medium Close-up shot; of Sam grinning slightly.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam chucking the ring
onto the sideboard.
Medium Close-up Shot; of a shower and then Sam
chucking a PURPLE towel over the top.
Medium Shot; of Sam putting on his PURPLE tie.
Camera tilts upwards as this happens.
Close-up Shot; of Sam styling his hair.
Long Shot; of Sam walking out of the
house ( in his grey suit)
Long Shot; of Sam closing the door.
Long Shot; of Sam walking into the bar.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue
“ How have you been ?” to Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam using the
dialogue “ Surviving” to Daniel.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue
“ We’ve got business to discuss” to Sam.
Long Shot; of Sam and Daniel sitting
down at the bar in sequence together.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the
dialogue “This is a bigger heist than any of your father has done” to
Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Sam using the
dialogue “ But I’ve only just got out ?” to Daniel.
Long Shot/ Wide Shot; Daniel using the dialogue
“ This is a chance to prove yourself better than your father” to
Sam.
Medium Close-up Shot; Sam is using the facial
expression of being apprehensive and annoyed.
Medium Close-up Shot; of Daniel using the
dialogue “ You in?”
New Shot List
After changes to our film opening due to time restrictions and dis-allowance to film at the prison, Adelle and myself sketched a new shot list to keep us on track and make sure we didn't forget any shots tat we needed. Here is the final Shot List;
1. Establishing Shot
; of Peterborough Prison . Sam is walking away from
the prison and towards the camera.
2. Title Sequence the
begins to play- ‘Chance’.
3. Low
angle shot; a car driving into the frame – establishing the
main character’s house. Sam then begins walking towards the house.
4. Long Shot; of Sam walking
into centre frame (into the living room) and looks around.
5. Close-up Shot; a picture of
the character Michael and his wife , Rose, an answer phone machine ,
a whiskey bottle and two whiskey glasses.
6. Close-up
Shot; Sam pressing the answer phone machine message
button.
7. Long Shot; of Sam
picking up a bottle of whiskey then hesitating as he see’s something on the
table.
8. Point of View
Shot; of Sam picking up the envelope.
9. Medium Shot; of the
Wedding ring falling into Sam’s hand.
10. Close-up Shot; of the
Wedding ring in Sam’s hand.
11. Medium Close-up
Shot; of a picture of Sam and Adelle.
12. Close-up
Shot; of Sam’s facial expression( Disappointed and
regretful).
13. Close-up Shot; of Sam
clenching the ring in his hand.
14. Close-up Shot; of the
answer phone message appearing.
15. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam pressing the answer phone machine
button.
16. Long Shot; of Sam
listening to the answer phone machine message.
17. Close-up Shot; of Sam’s
facial expression( regretful and upset)
18. Close-up Shot; of
Sam clenching the ring.
19. High angle Shot; of Sam
crying on the sofa.
20. Medium Shot; of Sam
crying head in his hands.
21. Medium Shot; of Sam’s
legs and the phone clearly visible in his pocket.
22. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam’s phone vibrating ( incoming call)
23. Medium Shot; of Sam
answering the phone call.
24. Two person shot; of Sam
having a conversation with Daniel.
25. Medium Close-up
shot; of Sam grinning slightly.
26. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam chucking the ring onto the
sideboard.
27. Medium Close-up
Shot; of a shower and then Sam chucking a PURPLE
towel over the top.
28. Medium Shot; of Sam
putting on his PURPLE tie. Camera tilts upwards as this
happens.
29. Close-up Shot; of Sam
styling his hair.
30. Long Shot; of Sam
walking out of the house ( in his grey suit)
31. Long Shot; of Sam
closing the door.
32. Long Shot; of Sam
walking into the bar.
33. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ How have
you been ?” to Sam.
34. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam using the dialogue “
Surviving” to Daniel.
35. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ We’ve
got business to discuss” to Sam.
36. Long Shot; of Sam
and Daniel sitting down at the bar in sequence together.
37. Medium Close-up Shot; of
Daniel using the dialogue “This is a bigger heist than any of your
father has done” to Sam.
38. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Sam using the dialogue “ But
I’ve only just got out ?” to Daniel.
39. Long Shot/ Wide
Shot; Daniel using the dialogue “ This
is a chance to prove yourself better than your father” to Sam.
40. Medium Close-up
Shot; Sam is using the facial expression of being
apprehensive and annoyed.
41. Medium Close-up
Shot; of Daniel using the dialogue “ You
in?”
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