The Orange Production Bible

Photo by Yzerg

SCREENPLAY

BY ABBIE ROBERTS

THE ORANGE

HOUSE HALLWAY, STAIRS, DAYTIME

CLOSE-UP

Kate is shown tying her shoe laces

PEDESTAL UP, MEDIUM

She stands up and turns to the mirror to see how she looks, we see the back of head and reflection through mirror. Kate fixes her hair and make up.

LONG

The door is shown with kate in front, she goes to open it. As she opens the door the sunshine begins to engulf the screen

DOLLY IN, ZOOM TOWARDS SUN LIGHT

TRANSITION TO SCENE 2

SCENE 2: DAYTIME, SUMMER, FIELD

DOLLY OUT, ZOOMS OUT OF SUNSHINE

LONG SHOT, ZOOM IN

Flashback to Kate in her youth with her friends.

Narration/ Non-diabetic insert

KATE

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange.

Kate pulls an orange from her bag

MEDIUM, ZOOM TO KATE, MEDIUM CLOSE UP

KATE (CONT'D)

The size of it made us all laugh.

Kate puts the unpeeled orange in front of one eye, her friends laugh with her.

LONG SHOT OF CHARACTERS IN FIELD

CLOSE-UP ON KATES HANDS WITH ORANGE

Kate begins to peel the orange

KATE (CONT'D)

I peel the oranges neatly .

TRACKING SHOT, FOLLOWING ORANGE PEEL

KATE (CONT'D)

The sections came apart clearly,

CLOSE-UP, STILL

KATE (CONT'D)

Perfectly, in my hands...

Kate finishes peeling the orange and she takes each piece apart

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP

KATE (CONT'D)

I shared it with Robert and Maeve.

Kate shares her orange pieces.

KATE (CONT'D)

When Claire peels an orange, Claire begins to peel another orange

CLOSE-UP TO CLAIRE'S HANDS

KATE (CONT'D)

She tears holes in it

Claire picks at the orange, attempting to peel it

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP

Claire picking at the orange peel with her friends sat around her watching.

KATE (CONT'D)

Juice squirts everywhere...

LONG SHOT

Orange juice squirts everywhere, diagetic sound of characters giggling and chatting excitedly.

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP OF CLAIRE

She wipes the juice from her face, smiling

KATE (CONT'D) "Kate" she says, I don't know how you do it!"

Claire smiles at Kate

MEDIUM SHOT

Friends shown giggling and chatting together

KATE (CONT'D)

Claire is my best friend, I hope she never learns how to peel oranges.

SCENE 3: FLASH FOWARD TO KATE AS AN ADULT, LATE AFTERNOON, DAYTIME

LONG-SHOT

Kate is shown walking down a path

MONTAGE CLIP TO EACH SCENE

KATE And that orange, Orange shown in a field

KATE (CONT'D) It made me so happy.

Tall grass

KATE (CONT'D)

As ordinary as things often do.

CLOSE-UP ON KATE

Kate shown as an adult

KATE (CONT'D)

Just lately, the shopping,

MEDIUM-LONG SHOT

Kate shown buying oranges

OVER SHOULDER, MEDIUM

KATE (CONT'D)

A walk in the park,

Kate shown walking through park

LONG SHOT

Kate sat on grass hill, same setting as scene 2

KATE (CONT'D)

This is peace and contentment.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP

Kate pulls out and orange and begins to peel it

KATE (CONT'D)

It's new.

LONG-SHOT

Vehicle drives past a bus shelter

KATE (CONT'D)

The rest of the day was quite easy.

TRANSITIONS TO KATE AT BUS SHELTER, LONG-SHOT

Kate is shown in her kitchen at home, washing up

LONG-SHOT

KATE (CONT'D)

I did all the jobs on my list,

LONG SHOT

Kate shown drinking orange juice, lent on the side of the kitchen counter

KATE (CONT'D) And enjoyed them.

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP

Kate shown looking out to a country field

KATE (CONT'D)

I had some time over.

EXTREME LONG-SHOT

Field shown

KATE (CONT'D)

I love you.

KATE (CONT'D)

I'm glad you exist.

Proposal

Centre Name and Number:

Abigail Roberts 413964

Student Name and Unique Learner Number

Abigail Roberts 413964

Project proposal title and date: Short Film and Production Bible

Main area of activity Film, Web Design

Rationale:

Over the year, the course I am continuing has taught me a variety of skills and knowledge that I can put together and use in future projects. I have noticed my skills progress in editing using the Adobe Software’s such as Premiere Pro and Photoshop. I enjoy using these software’s as once I can now demonstrate the basic skills needed which enables me to experiment with new techniques and explore the effects panel I plan on using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit my short film as this software is what I have used the most and feel the most confident in using. Due to this I will be able to edit my short film within a week which helps with time management. When creating my first project this year, it was a music video where I found that editing with sound and clips enables me to trim clips to match the beat easier which makes the film flow more visually- this is a helpful technique I hope to include in my FMP. Another project useful for my FMP is my audio project. In this project I used music, sound effects and voice overs which is also what I would like to include in my FMP As I have had previous experience with these skills, the audio clips will blend naturally and sound clean. Finally, another previous project I will take into consideration is the print work. I plan on creating a production bible with my short film that will document all the behind the scenes and pre-production This will be a physical and digital coy that I will create using Adobe Photoshop.

Project Concept:

The concept of my project is a short film based around The Orange poem by Wendy Cope. The poem is about how sharing oranges in your youth can represent change, friendship, and childhood. I believe this poem relates well within the Coming-of-age genre and allows me to include this poem as narration over the scenes. This short film is going to focus on cinematography and reflect a feeling of nostalgia. Furthermore, I need to conduct research on the audiences that films within this genre appeals to and why these specific audiences may enjoy it. By researching this, I can find which popular trends invite specific audiences so my short film can appeal to a range of audiences. I also need to research coming-of-age films and document the trends I find within the modern films and older films and why these factors place these films within the genre.

How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:

My evaluation will be carefully reviewed piece by piece and I will keep note of my progress through a production diary. This diary will be updated weekly as I continue my production. When I finish my production and begin evaluating, I will discuss my overall review in chronological order. This way I can point out the parts I need more practise with and how I can solve this in future scenarios within my career. I will also ask my peers to view my work and ask them for a second opinion.

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