Rough cut due Feb 8; Finished edit Feb 15
For this exercise, you will begin working in collaborative teams to shoot complete scenes that will be edited by a team member. Two or more students will serve as actors in a scene with a prepared script. Others will serve as director, cameraperson, boom operator, and editor.
A. You may choose your own short script (please turn that in), or you may choose one of the two scripts below. In the scripts provided, minimal action and setting details have been indicated. Your team needs to create actions and determine a specific setting for the scene you choose. You may make changes to the script, but the primary context of the scene should remain the same. See below for indications on how to proceed, and devise answers to the following questions:
1. Who are these two characters?
2. What led up to the event?
3. How will the short begin? What action or image will initiate the scene?
4. What will bring about an end to the scene? With what image will it close?
B. For the film, complete the following preparatory work:
1. The director meets with the actors, rehearses the scene, and determines location, actions, and context in consultation with them.
2. The cameraperson, editor, and any other crew members review the script and write out a shot list for the scene. For the shot selection of the scene, follow these guidelines:
a. There must be a variety of shots, including at least four framings defined in the chapter.
b. Do not use any zooms during shots—any movements must be done using a dolly or movement of the camera operator.
c. Use a tripod
3. The production team meets and reviews the prepared materials to finalize the plan for the shoot. If there is lack of consensus, the director proposes a solution to the plan and presents the proposal to the instructor for evaluation.
4. The crew and actors shoot the scene.
5. The editor cuts the scene in consultation with the director.
Guidelines: Please respect school and community values concerning language, controversial topics, defamatory or injurious depictions of teams, and representations intended to malign or cause harm to any individual must be strictly respected. Most topics are fine as long as the operating principle is respect. Situations that involve injurious violence, bodily harm, or danger to any person or animal involved in the making of any motion pictures are out.
—adapted from Moving Images
Script A 
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