Short Film Pre production

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Bully pre production



Distribution methods

The short film is mostly colour but has scenes of black and

white to give a overall sense of dread and suspense. It is a

one off drama and is teaching a lesson about why bullying is

wrong. The short film will run for 5-10 minutes. The short

film is a narrative and is called violence. This film will be

shown in hd and letterbox and will be in in a avi format . i

will promote the film by putting posters around schools and

showing the film in assembly. i will also put posters on bus

stops and we will put them on shops where teenagers visit.

Target audience

Bully victims and the people who bully

Parents to give more awareness on bullying

Primary and secondary pupils to show the effect on bullying

on a person and how serious bully is. They could show the

film in assembly or on an advert and you could put posters

around public places like schools, libraries etc

Objective of productionTo promote anti bullying and to hopefully get more people to give to a bullying charity

Give awareness about bullying

Show both sides of bullying

Use in an advert for television

show the consequences of bullying and what could happen

To Help to understand bullying

Show the most extreme situation of bullying and shows the worst possible consequences



Crew and ServicesFor my short film we will have a scriptwriter, a production company, producer,director, actor ,editor and distributor .

Scriptwriter- Joe Kowalski

Production company: JK pictures

Producers: Joe Kowalski

Talent/actor: Freddie fort ,Daniel Walton, Scott allum, Tom Montgomery, Joe

Kowalski, Rory kavanagh

Director- Joe Kowalski

Editors: Joe Kowalski

Distributor: dazzle films

Completion date: 10th December 2010



TreatmentSubjectMy short film is a one off drama about bullying and to show how serious bullying is, people think calling

people names wont effect the victim but this film will show it does effect people. The main aim of this

film is promote awareness on bullying physically and cyber bullying. I feel this film should be shown toall children from primary school onwards to show children how much of an effect bullying can be on

peoples lives.

Content

This film will be shown in hd and letterbox and will be in a avi format. This short film is for teenagers to seehow bad bullying can be and what consequences bullying can have an individual. It should be advertised to

every age group as you can get bullied at work etc. my main aim is to show bullying is wrong in anyway

from physical bullying to cyber bullying. But the our main audience is 15 to 20 years old for subject matter.

It will be on after 9pm watershed as It contains disturbing violence as it involves children. It could be

shown on bbc 1 as it gets a big audience so our short film will be shown to more people and it will pass thecampaign of anti-bullying better as more people will be aware of it. The purpose of this short film is to

promote anti bullying and show the effects of bullying on people who are getting bullied . This film is to

inform people on bullying and its effects on a person getting bullied and it shows retaliation. The short film

will run for around 5-10 minutes.



The film opens in the day with people screaming and shouting, the crowd of people will be gathered

around someone bleeding on the floor lying on the floor. Then the camera backs off from the crowd andtilts up to the sky and then fades out to bring it to the flashback as the short film is all a flashback leading

up to how the person ended up bleeding on the floor.

A nerd called peter is walking down the school corridor with his friend and he sees the bully walking

towards him he looks down to try so the bully doesn't notice him, but the bully sees him and he trips thenerd over and everyone laughs at him. The bully walks off and says he should watch his back. The nerd thengoes to his friend and asks for help and his friend says he cannot help him. The nerd then goes home and

goes on his xbox 360 and goes online and he finds messages of people saying he was a loser and they are

going to spread around the school he got beaten up. The nerd goes into school and everyone in his classes

points and laughs at him. He then goes home and looks at himself in the mirror and asks himself why me?.

He then logs on to Facebook to find lots of notifications and messages saying he is a wimp and that

everyone hates him in the school. So he is now getting bullied at school and is getting cyber bullied. Hewalks into school the next with his head down and he sees bully and the bully sees him and he nerd runs

and the bully chases after him and the bully catches the nerd and pushes him over. The nerd gets up and

tries to defend himself but the bully pushes him over again and challenges the nerd to a fight the next day.

Synopsis



The nerd goes home and calls his friend telling him he is having a fight with a school bully and his friendsays he will be there to back him up and he gives him advice. The nerd looks at his mirror and asks who

he is and he needs to prove himself. His friend comes and over and helps and shows the nerd how to

fight and wish him luck. The nerd wakes up for school and slips a knife into his jacket pocket and casually

walks into school. Every one at school he sees looks and him and just stare at him.

After school the nerd walks with his friend to the field and he sees the bully with a group of people of school laughing at him. The bully and the nerd square up and the nerd pulls out a knife and stabs the

bully in the stomach, the screen goes black and white and the bully falls to the floor. The nerd drops the

knife and looks at the bully in shock and falls to his knees and repeats what have I done. The spectators

of the fight are quiet and still and look shocked. The end credits appear with a message saying bullying

is wrong, bullying can lead to serious consequences. And then appears with an anti bullying charity andthe crew and actor credits appear with music in the background.

Synopsis continued



Location reccie









I will use a hd camera

a tripod

Boom microphone to record audition tapes

Reflectors

Computer software e.g. premier pro, Photoshop

Tape- so you can tape the wires to stop actors and crew tripping over

Equipment



Costumes/PropsCasual clothes e.g. jeans, shirts for actors

Hats, hoodies for certain actors

High visibility jackets for crew to prevent hazards e.g. getting hit by cars

Glasses for certain actors e.g. the nerd

Television

Laptop

Xbox 360

Ipod/I phone

Bins

School books



Shot list

Shot types Shot movements

extreme Long shot Tilt

Long shot Tracking

Mid shot Panning

Close up zooming

Extreme close up Static



cast/characters Name Contact info

Bully friend Tom Montgomery 07540120603

Bully friend Rory kavanagh 07538734516

bully Steve Walton 07943831211

Nerds friend Scott allum 07845916825

The nerd Fredrick fort 07804650053

Cast lists



Location ReleaseThis a consent forum we got theHaydon school site manager to sign so

we can be given permission to useHaydon school for filming



ScheduleStart of filming: 1st November

Completion of filming: 30th November

Periods/time free for filming

Monday- after school filming, lunch time

Tuesday-periods 1,2,5,6

Wednesday-periods 3,4

Thursday- periods 1,2

Friday- periods 3,4,5,6

Any other filming will be done over the weekend



Call sheet

This is to show when the actors have free periods to film our short film



Floor plans



Floor plans



Floor plans



Talent/performers release



Talent/performers release- Rory



Talent/performers release-scott



Talent/performers release-Daniel



Actor profile Scott



Actor profile Steve



Actor profile Tom



Risk assessment



Risk assessmentContinued



Risk assessment



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Budget



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Hired £400

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For scripting £300

Req for boom £100- -- -

Electronical eq £400


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Electronics £200


- -From shop £50

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Specific actors £2000

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