Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 8: Creative project

Contents

o Production Schedule
o Script / Shooting Script
o Storyboard
o Props List
o Crew List
o Location Recces
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
 Production Schedule Please include location, time of film,
what you are filming and teams members including actors

Date: 15th – 19th April

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
N/A Come Film Shay’s Film Shay’s Film Kane’s N/A N/A
into production production production
college in Lane End in Lane in Lane
to hand End End
in/finish
work
Actors: Actors: Actors:
Adil Adil Adil
Mamadou Mamadou Mamadou
Clayton Clayton Clayton
Kane Kane Shay

Date: 22nd – 26th April

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Film Film Film Adil’s Film Film N/A N/A
Clayton’s
Clayton production Mamadou’s Mamadou’s
production
and Adil’s in Lane production production
in Lane production End in Lane End in Lane End
End in Lane
End
Actors: Actors for Actors: Actors: Actors:
Adil Clayton: Shay Adil Adil
Mamadou Adil Mamadou Shay Shay
Shay Mamadou Clayton Clayton Clayton
Kane Shay Kane Kane Kane
Kane

Actors for
Adil:
Shay
Mamadou
Clayton
Kane
Script
INT: SHAY’S HOUSE – DAY

Close up shot of front door.

The front door opens revealing SHAY who enters his house. He closes
the door behind him and proceeds to walk into the kitchen.

SHAY opens a cupboard door and takes some bread out. He then opens
the fridge, takes some butter out and brings both of the items to
the counter. He proceeds to butter the knife but just as he is about
to he hears a sudden thud.

SOUND EFFECT – LOUD THUD

SHAY places the bread and butter down, and wipes his hands on his
trousers.

Over the shoulder shot of SHAY walking back towards the front door.
As he approaches the door he stops and listens out for a few
moments.

SHAY finally walks close up to the door and looks through the door
window.

POV shot of SHAY looking through the window.

There is nothing in sight.

SHAY makes sure the door is locked and turns back around.

A dark figure (STALKER) in the shadows is staring at him from

the top of the staircase. The figure jolts its head while
staring at SHAY.

SHAY quickly turns back around, and panics while trying to unlock
the door. Eventually, he gets the door unlocked and runs out of the
house as fast as possible.

EXT: PATH – DAY

SHAY cautiously and swiftly walks down a path looking all around him
as he walks. Once he knows he’s in the clear, he reaches for his
phone in his pocket.

Close up shot of SHAY’S hand as it takes the phone out of the

pocket.

Close up shot of the phone in SHAY’s hands.

SHAY finds the contact ‘CLAYTON’ on his phone and calls it.
SHAY puts the phone to his ear.

Close up of SHAY’S face.

SHAY
Come on, come on

CLAYTON
Hello?

SHAY
We need to get out of here… tonight.

SHAY ends the call, puts his phone back in his pocket and
walks off.

EXT: OUTSIDE THE CAMPERVAN – AFTERNOON

Long shot of the campervan.

SOUND EFFECT – NIGHT TIME AMBIENCE

INT: CAMPERVAN – AFTERNOON

Two friends are hanging out in a campervan while watching the news
on a TV.

Background sound of the News presenters talking.

Over the shoulder shot of the two friends with the focus being on
the TV.

The TV shows two news presenters talking about the recent

disappearances that have happened.

NEWS PRESENTER 1
These recent disappearances have been causing panic all over
England… but do not worry. The police have multiple suspects so the
culprit will most be caught very soon.

NEWS PRESENTER 2
That is great to hear, thanks Phil.
Moving on to lighter news, the candidates for-

The power cuts out. The TV shuts off along with the audio and
the campervan lights.

SHAY
Ugh… stupid generator.

CLAYTON
I’ll go check it out.

CLAYTON stands up, walks to the door, opens it and exits the
campervan.

Over the shoulder shot of CLAYTON walking out of the door.

EXT: FOREST – AFTERNOON

Low angle shot of CLAYTON’S foot stepping on the ground as he exits

the campervan.

CLAYTON starts walking towards the generator.

Camera remains in the same low angle position and follows CLAYTON as
he walks.

INT: CAMPERVAN – AFTERNOON

Cuts back to SHAY who is in the campervan.

SHAY is sitting on the same seat as before, looks out of the
windows at CLAYTON and sighs.

EXT: FOREST – AFTERNOON

CLAYTON walks over to the trees and is somewhat out of sight.

The camera pans around the surrounding forest once CLAYTON is out of
sight.

SOUND EFFFECT – NIGHT TIME AMBIENCE (OWLS, CRICKETS ETC.)

INT: CAMPERVAN – AFTERNOON

SHAY remains sitting.

SOUND EFFECT – SCREAM

SHAY suddenly hears a scream coming from the generator. He quickly

stands up and rushes towards the campervan window, placing his hands
on the window sill as he looks closely to see what happened.

Over the shoulder shot of SHAY with the main focus being on the
window.

CLAYTON’S legs are seen getting dragged into the bushes.

SHAY gasps and puts his hand to his mouth.

A dark figure (STALKER) emerges from the bushes and points
directly at SHAY. The figure is wearing full black so it looks
like a shadow.

SHAY sees the dark figure (STALKER) point at him and quickly
ducks to avoid being seen from through the window.

Close up shot of SHAY sitting against the campervan wall as he puts

his hands on his head and looks distraught.

SHAY remains for a few moments and gets up slowly looking back
through the window.

POV shot of SHAY looking through the window. The camera pans around
as SHAY looks for the dark figure (STALKER). It is nowhere to be
seen.

SHAY shakes his head and puts his hand to his head.

EXT: FOREST – AFTERNOON

INTENSE FAST PACED MUSIC BEGINS PLAYING

SHAY runs down the road back towards his house.

Over the shoulder shot of SHAY running down the road.

EXT: SHAYS GARDEN – AFTERNOON

SHAY runs past his driveway and towards his front door.
SHAY reaches the door and swiftly opens it.
INT: SHAYS HOUSE – AFTERNOON

SHAY dashes up his staircase as quickly as possible and enters the

study.

INT: SHAYS STUDY – AFTERNOON

There are files and sheets of paper scattered all over the place.

DRAMATIC MUSIC STARTS PLAYING

SHAY runs over to the desk and starts going through each sheet
rummaging through each one looking for the correct one. He suddenly
stops rummaging and stays still.

Close up shot of SHAYS face.

SHAY slowly looks towards a book in the corner of the room.

Camera remains still as SHAY walks towards the book.

Close up shot of the book.

SHAY reaches for it and picks it up.

INTENSE MUSIC IS BUILDING UP FOR WHEN SHAY OPENS THE BOOK

SHAY opens the book and a piece of paper falls out of it.

SHAY picks it up and pins it up against the wall.

The camera does not show what is actually on the paper until
SHAY pins it up against the wall.

Before the paper is revealed, the camera remains still as SHAY walks
out of the room assertively.

The camera then pans slowly to the wall where the piece of paper.

Close up shot of the piece of paper showing a man.

INT: SHAYS HOUSE - AFTERNOON

SHAY walks down the stairs with a completely different tone to how
he was before. Instead of being frightened and worried, SHAY is now
confident and knows what he needs to do.

Shay walks into the kitchen and towards the counter.

POV shot of SHAY opening a draw and taking a knife out of it.

Close up shot of SHAYS hand as he wields the knife.

EXT: ABANDONDED WATER TOWER – AFTERNOON

SHAY stands still looking towards the water tower.

The camera pans down to his hand with the knife in it and he puts it
in his pocket.
Over the shoulder shot of SHAY scouting out the area.

The dark figure (STALKER) suddenly comes into sight and SHAY
quickly hides behind a nearby tree.

Camera cuts to the dark figure who stands with his hands on his hips
looking up at the water tower.

Camera cuts back to SHAY who starts sneaking up behind the dark
figure (STALKER).

Over the shoulder shot of SHAY sneaking up.

Camera pans down back to his pocket where SHAY reaches for the knife
and takes it out.

Close up shot of SHAYS hand wielding the knife.

Close up shot of SHAYS face while he sneaks up.

SOUND EFFECT: TWIG SNAPPING

Close up shot of SHAYS foot as the twig snaps.

Camera cuts to the dark figure (STALKER) who quickly swivels around,
sees SHAY and starts running.

SHAY pursuits him.

Low angle shot of SHAYS feet and the dark figures (STALKERS) feet as
they run past.

EXT: BRIDGE – EVENING

The dark figure (STALKER) runs across a bridge with SHAY
chasing him shortly behind.

Camera cuts to below the bridge.

SOUND EFFECT: RUNNING ON THE METAL BRIDGE

The dark figure (STALKER) trips up after running over the bridge,
looks at SHAY and starts trying to crawl away while looking at SHAY.

Low angle shot of SHAY holding the knife. SHAY walks slowly up to
the dark figure (STALKER) who is begging on the floor.

SHAY kills the dark figure (STALKER)

SOUND EFFECT: SLASHING KNIFE INTO FLESH

SOUND EFFECT: DYING GROAN

Screen cuts to black and credits start playing

HEROIC, DRAMATIC MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND

END
Props List

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

All black outfit Dark clothing to Clayton In the staircase

including impersonate a dark scene and in
black mask figure/shadow. the generator
scene
Bread, butter A slice of bread, a slab Shay In the opening
and a knife of butter and a butter scene when
knife Shay enters the
kitchen
TV/screen Some type of screen to Clayton + In the
be able to show the Shay campervan
news on scene

Mobile Phone A mobile phone with a Shay When shay

screen big enough for exits his house
the camera to record

Plastic chair A small seat to put in the Shay In the

campervan campervan
scene

A microphone A microphone for the Adil In the news

news presenter to hold scene
Crew List

Person Role Dates Needed

Kane Camera man Friday 19th April
Director

Clayton Actor Friday 19th April

Roles: Clayton and
Stalker

Shay Actor: Friday 19th April

Roles: Shay

Adil Actor Friday 19th April

Roles: News presenter 1

Mamadou Actor Friday 19th April

Roles: News Presenter 2
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Type of room/area: House

Location Address: Kew

Cottage, Finings Road, Lane
End, HP14 3EY

Sat Nav details (Post code):

HP14 3EY
Nearest Train Station:

High Wycombe train station

Nearest Bus stop:

The Row bus stop

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Dark areas in the house Open curtains to use natural lighting
and/or turn on house lights or flashlights
if necessary.

Sound Information: Solutions:

Passing cars and nature background Noise cancelling microphone
sounds

Power Information Solutions:

Equipment could run out of charge. Sockets all around the house and bring
spare batteries

Hazards Solutions:
Lots of stored items in the house could Make sure all areas are lit up and clear
lead to tripping over. out the spaces that I am planning to
use.
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Type of room/area: Studio

Location Address: 28 Ancastle

Grn, Henley-on-Thames

Sat Nav details (Post code):

RG9 1UH
Nearest Train Station:

Henley train station

Nearest Bus stop:

Bell Street

Lighting Information: Solutions:

No windows for natural light Create my own source of lighting using
the equipment provided in the studio

Sound Information: Solutions:

Students could be loud outside of the Use the soundproof room to record the
studio audio separately

Power Information Solutions:

Equipment could run out of charge. Bring spare batteries and or charging
cables

Hazards Solutions:
A lot of wires and equipment that could Make sure all of the crew are aware of
trip people up. this hazard or clear out some space to
give enough room to record with
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Type of room/area: Forest

Location Address: Bolter End

Farm, Finings Rd, Lane End,
High Wycombe

Sat Nav details (Post code):

HP14 3LP
Nearest Train Station:

High Wycombe train station

Nearest Bus stop:

The Row bus stop

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Dark areas in the forest Either film during day in order to use
natural lighting or bring light.

Sound Information: Solutions:

Passing cars and nature background Noise cancelling microphone or film
sounds during a quiet time

Power Information Solutions:

Equipment could run out of charge. Bring spare batteries

Hazards Solutions:
Occasional passing cars Stay out of the road and making sure
the crew has spatial awareness
Clearances and Confirmations
You need confirmation emails from everyone that is featuring in your video.
Please screenshot these emails including the dates and times they are
agreeing to paste them below.
Contingency Plan
What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back
up actors, locations and equipment do you have?
If my actors don’t turn up to the shoot on the set date I have arranged, I
have backup actors: my brother, my dad and a few of my friends who have
agreed to help out if needed.
In terms of locations – if the wooded area isn’t available on the day of my
shoot, I can find somewhere else as there is a whole forest next to where I’m
planning to film. If the studio in college isn’t available, I will need to book it for
a different day. My house is always available so that location won’t be an
issue.
If my camera dies and I forgot to bring spare batteries, I will be near my
house and can make a quick trip to get some batteries if needs be.