Pre-Production Planning Document (MONTAGE)

GENERAL INFO

1. Your Name: Laura Costelli 2. PROJECT: Montage of a place

CREATIVE BRIEF

1. What must it be? A video montage, focused on visual composition on a location of my choosing.

2. Who is it for?

ICM 508

3. How long must it be? 1-3 minutes

4. What is your objective with the piece?

To demonstrate all of the proper visual composition guidelines through various shots.

5. When is it due? August 4th

6. What is the overall idea?

Create a video montage of my home using all of the proper visual composition guidelines

7. What is the storyline summary? A montage of a summer day in my life. Swimming in the pool, playing with my dogs and baby sister, and relaxing.

8. Elevator pitch:

A summer day in my life.

9. Tagline: “Summer in CT isn’t so bad”

10. Look and feel description (including “pacing”): The video will be upbeat and fun. Somewhat fast moving to go with the idea that summer days tend to fly by.

QUESTIONS / NOTES SUBJECT:

1. Why did you choose this location? I felt that by doing a montage of my home I would be able to get the most out of it (since I’m here pretty often haha). I have a large yard with a pool so I plan on incorporating shots from the outside, as well as the inside.

2. Location ideas: My home – inside and outside NARRATION/HOST:

3. Who will lead us through the piece? Myself 4. Narration ideas:

MUSIC:

1. What is overall “mood” and “feel” of the piece? Upbeat and homey 2. Music track ideas: Happy, upbeat music

AMBIENT AUDIO:

1. What is the “location” of the piece? If we close our eyes, where should we imagine that we are? The location is my home

2. Ambient audio ideas: Birds chirping, dogs barking, a toddler laughing SOUND EFFECTS:

1. What sound effects (SFX) would help tell this story? Why? Anything that reminds you of a home – a garage door, walking up the stairs, etc.

2. SFX ideas: Creak of opening the front door, splash of the pool, creak of the stairs PERMISSIONS:

1. Am I allowed to film here? Do I need permission and/or a permit? Yes I am allowed to film here. No I don’t need permission.

2. Will any people be in my shots? Do I need permission and/or release forms? The only people that will be in my shots are my family members.

GENERAL:

1. What gear do I need to pack and bring with me for the shoot? Film gear, sunscreen, water, etc. N/A

2. How will I transport everything and keep it safe? N/A 3. Are there any potential hazards or complications at this location? Need to make sure the weather is

nice for filming outside.

SCRIPT Name: Laura Costelli Title: Your title here VIDEO AUDIO EXT. Front of home – Bright summer day WS making breakfast in the kitchen – CU of making pancakes WS of little sister playing with toys (rule of thirds and color balance) EXT. Backyard and pool WS of step dad doing a cannonball into the pool (perspective – camera will be lower) WS of everyone hanging out in the pool (frames in the scene camera will be looking through tree branches or pool ladder) WS of mom in the pool with baby (balance – visual weight) Shot of the side of the house (leading lines) to dogs in the distance) WS of dogs playing in the yard EXU of dog panting WS of garden (angles and depth)

(Fade in ambient audio – birds chirping) VOICE OVER: “A perfect summer day” (ambient audio of kitchen noises, stirring the pancake mix). VOICE OVER: “No summer day would be complete without a little organized chaos”(ambient audio of toy blocks and playing with toys) (ambient audio of birds chirping and water splashing) “CANNON BALL!” (SFX – splash) (ambient audio of baby giggling and water splashing) “The dogs always have to join in the fun” (ambient audio of dogs barking and playing) (SFX dog panting) “Here are the gardens”

EXU of flowers (shallow depth of field) Pan up to the sun

(ambient audio – bees buzzing and wind blowing) (Fade music up) (Fade music and ambient out)

STORYBOARDS Sketch out a storyboard, in sequential order, for each of the visuals listed in your script above. Be sure to clearly show the kind of shot (i.e. WS - Wide Shot, CU - Close Up, ECU - Extreme Closeup, O/S – Over Shoulder), and indicate any camera or subject movement. You might want to make a note of what this is and why this shot is important (i.e. “establishing shot for barn”, “show detail of blue flowers”, “show reflection of tree in fountain”, “visitor walking from right to left in frame”, etc.). Print out and sketch (hand draw) on the separate Storyboard Template document, then scan or snap a photo of it to add the completed storyboards here (as JPG files). Make sure they are in order as the audience will see them.