Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Planning Blog: Sound Script & Shooting Script


 

Sound Script

Scene 1 

No Dialogue 

Scene 2

No Dialogue

Scene 3

-Francesca: Yes sir, I have 5 years of experience in accounting. Where did I go to school? Why I majored in Math at Barnard, so I'd like to think I am pretty qualified. That gap in my resume... well you see, Oh god. I don't know how I'm supposed to explain that.  

Scene 4

-Bernadette: Oh yes, that shade of lipstick is absolutely lovely. I can't wear it myself, it washes me out, but on you! it would look absolutely divine on your skin-tone, color theory, and all that. Oh, and with such a pretty lip color you just have to get the right mascara. Something that will make your eyes truly pop. Luckily for you, I'm selling that too. Yes ma'am I love making women feel absolutely beautiful.

Scene 5 

No Dialogue

Scene 6 

-Francesca: You've got this 

-Bernadette: Typical. 

Scene 7 

No Dialogue

Scene 8 

-Francesca: Oh my god, Miss are you alright?

Scene 9 

-Bernadette: Thank you so much. God, I feel silly, I've always been rather clumsy. 

Scene 10

-Francesca; You took quite a fall there. Any scrapes or bruises? 

-Bernadette: Not so far as I can tell. (pause) I'm Bernadette, Lovely to meet you. 

-Francesca: Francesca, pleased to make your acquaintance. 

Scene 11

-Francesca: Dang it. Listen you seem like a lovely dame, but I've got somewhere to be right about now. I'm sure we'll meet again soon. It was nice talking! 

Scene 12 

-Bernadette: Where did that lipstick go, I could have sword it got picked up. Did she? it was probably an accident... but paying for that lipstick would mean I spent more money today than I sold. (pause) Oh, its just a tube of lipstick, maybe she'll think it's a gift. 


Shooting Script

Scene 1

-Establishing a shot of the main character’s apartment, it is messy and looks very cold. It is filmed from a high angle. 

-Main character (named Francesca) is shown lying in bed and looking up, looking incredibly lonely. Her alarm goes off and she glances at the clock. 

-Diegetic Sound: Alarm clock sound. 

-Eyeline match, cut to a close-up of the alarm clock. 


Scene 2

-Francesca stops the alarm from going off, and rolls out of bed, Filmed in Medium shot. 

-She opens up the window by her bed, allowing some natural sunlight to fill the scene. 

-She walks past the camera groggily heading to the bathroom. 

Diegetic sound: Alarm Clock sound. 

Non-Diegetic sound: Slow, Jazzy sounding music fades in. 


Scene 3

-Francesca Is in the bathroom, getting ready for the day, buttoning up her shirt, messing with her hair, etc. 

-She practices things she plans to say at her job interview in the mirror.

-She is filmed in a medium shot. 

-She is illuminated by the side lighting. 

-Diegetic Sound: Francesca’s Dialogue. 

-Non-Diegetic Sound: Slow Jazzy Music.


Scene 4

-Dissolve to an extreme close-up of the love interest’s cheek. She is applying blush and practicing various sales pitches in the mirror. 

-Action Match to see her entire face, now in a medium close-up, she is still applying blush and practicing various sales pitches. 

-She stops applying blush and reaches to get a lipstick which she applies deftly. The camera zooms in slightly as she does so. 

-She looks in the mirror and smiles, then sighs before walking out of the background. 

-Lighting: Key lighting, Rather bright. 

Diegetic Sound:  Love interest (Bernadette) talking to herself. 

Non-Diegetic Sound: Jazzy Music. 


Scene 5

-Dissolve Back to Francesca’s Apartment.

-Pan across the room, in a long shot, eventually stopping and zooming in on Francesca. 

-She is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, responding to a letter from her sister asking why she had not attended her recent wedding. 

-Cut to a close-up of the letter Francesca is writing, looking closely, one can see that she did not attend because she did not want to bring a man as her date because it made her feel uncomfortable. 

-Lighting: Sunny and natural. 

-Non-Diegetic Sound: Sound of scratching pencil. 

Diegetic Sound: Music. 


Scene 6

-Francesca puts on her blazer and heads out the door, correcting her posture before slamming it shut. Filmed in a medium shot. 

-Graphic Match to Bernadette getting a door slammed in her face. 

-Filmed using long and medium shots.

-Lighting: Sunlight

-Diegetic Sound: Door Slam, Dialogue. 

-Non-diegetic sound: music.

 

Scene 7 

-We see Francesca and Bernadette walking down the road in a tracking shot. 

-The camera cuts between separate shots of both of them. 

Non-Diegetic Sound: Music.

Diegetic Sound: None.

Lighting: Sunlight. 


Scene 8

-In an over-the-shoulder shot, from Francesca’s point of view, we see Bernadette trip, and the contents of her bag spill out. 

-Francesca rushes over to help her, cutting to a medium shot. 

Diegetic sound: Sound of Fall, Dialogue. 

Non-Diegetic Sound: Music.

Lighting: Sunlight.7


Scene 9 

-We see Bernadette look up at Francesca filmed from a low angle behind her. 

-The shot dissolves to a tilt, up to Francesca’s face. 

-Francesca helps Bernadette up and helps her to pick up her things. 

-Lighting: Sunlight.

-Non-Diegetic Sound: Jazzy music.

Diegetic Sound: Dialogue. 


Scene 10

-In a shot-reverse-shot, Bernadette and Francesca introduce themselves to each other. 

-In a medium shot between the two, the camera slowly zooms in. 

-Lighting: Sunlight. 

-Non-Diegetic Sound: Jazzy Music. 

-Diegetic Sound: Dialogue. 


Scene 11

-Francesca looks down at her watch and realizes she is going to be late for her job interview, she bids a quick goodbye to Bernadette, before running off. 

-As she runs off she absentmindedly sticks a lipstick she picked up in her pocket. 

-Filmed using a combination of long shots, medium shots and, closeups. 

Lighting: Sunlight. 

Non-Diegetic Sound: Jazzy Music. 

Diegetic Sound: Dialogue. 


Scene 12 

-Bernadette looks in her bag in an over-the-shoulder shot and realizes some of her inventory is missing. 

-Cut to a medium shot of Bernadette as she begins to start chasing Francesca down for the lipstick, before she lets her romantic feelings get to her, and she decides to let Francesca keep the lipstick. 

-She walks happily past the camera. 

Diegetic Sound: Dialogue 

Non-Diegetic Sound: Music

Lighting: Sunlight. 


No comments:

Post a Comment

Creative Critical Reflection (Final Task)

This is my Creative Critical Reflection for my final task. I answered all of the questions in an interview-style by using editing to make it...