Portfolio for "The Making of the Nutcracker", a video made for the Williamsport Civic Ballet

1. The Williamsport Civic Ballet
“The Making of the Nutcracker”
Corporate Video Production – Fall 2014
Created by
Sky Carpenter
Kathleen Ellison
Quanya Myers
Total Running Time: 10:00

10. Intro video montage
:50
Starts with picture in the studio then cuts to
Tom Enterline OC at :59 cuts back to b-roll of
pictures and b-roll of the studio
1:33
Tom Enterline (OC): We came up here, in 1961 and
saw a ballet company, and I told my wife, I said,
someday, we’re gonna dance on that stage. It was
the capital theatre at the time, but it became the
Community Art Center. So in ‘62 we ran ads we
signed a lease, uh, we put walls up, we put mirrors
in, we put bars up, and bought office furniture, and
our registration was exactly seven, which isn’t quite
enough to run a ballet company. But we started,
buy the next year we had a full scale ballet
company.
Starts with picture in the studio then cuts to
Kay Enterline OC and cuts back to b-roll of
pictures
1:56
We decided we wanted to be more than a dance
studio. We wanted to do things on a more classical
level, so we started to make it more interesting,
and more so they can see what classical ballet was
all about, and that’s how everything got started.
We found a lot people that were really interested,
and didn’t know that much about it but got very
involved with it.
Starts with shot of the pajama factory then cuts
to the studio during rehearsal. Voice over of
Tara Montis starts
2:07
Tara Montis (VO): I like dancing for Williamsport
Civic Ballet
Interview with Tara Montis
2:11
Tara Montis (OC): I like dancing for Williamsport
Civic Ballet because all the instructors have been
professional dancers so they know about proper
technique, and
Kathleen Ellison, Quanya Myers, Sky Carpenter
Williamsport Civic Ballet -- "The Making of the Nutcracker" Script
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11. B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with WS of Tara
practicing ballet with a bar
2:29
Tara Montis (VO): proper ways of placing yourself
and they way they’re dancing is so professional so
they create like, really nice dancers.
Interview with Emma Zechman
2:36
Emma Zechman (OC): What we do in practice is we
usually go over the part we did last week without
music
B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with medium CU
shot of Emma at rehearsal
2:45
Emma Zechman (VO): and sorta get it in our heads,
so we know what we’re doing and then we go over
it with music again until we pretty much have it.
Interview with Meagan Arnold
2:52
Meagan Arnold (OC): It depends on the week. One
week we have pretty simple rehearsals and then
other
B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with medium
close up shot of Meagan at rehearsal
3:06
Meagan Arnold (VO): weeks it feels like we’re
dancing and dancing and dancing and we never get
a breath but I think overall rehearsals… we all love
to dance. We all love to be here, so whatever is
thrown at us, that’s what we do.
Cut back to Meagan OC
3:11
Meagan Arnold (OC): It gets hot in there, it gets
long some days, and some days may seem
redundant
low shot of feet dancing
3:16
Meagan Arnold (VO): but all of it is bettering us so
its all good.
Interview with Austin Duclose
3:25
Austin Duclose (OC): I think, they’re – uhm, they’re
not hard, they’re challenging enough that you
know, you’re going to sweat, and yeah
B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with shot of
Austin pirouetting
3:42
Austin Duclose (VO): you’re gonna sweat and
you’re gonna work, and there's gonna be things
that you majorly have to fix , um but they’re not
easy. You’re not just going to, you know, do a
simple bar and a simple floor, it’s constantly
challenging yourself and fixing things.
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12. Interview with Jenna Swartz
3:48
Jenna Swartz (OC): Rehearsal I think is pretty tough,
especially when we start running things back to
back, it takes a lot out of you.
B-Roll of rehearsal starting with shot of Jenna
pirouetting
4:02
Jenna Swartz (VO): In the beginning I think that, um
when we’re just learning choreography, its a lot less
stressful cause we’re not like dancing ten minutes
straight or like a really long time, so I think its
pretty tough by the end.
Interview with Joe Laver
4:14
Joe Laver (OC): To get prepared for a show, one of
the things that’s happening right now a couple of
rooms away, we rehears greatly for the show. We
put in thirteen or fourteen weeks of rehearsal
B-roll of rehearsal starting with medium close
up shot of Joe dancing
4:27
Joe Laver (VO): so we’re well prepared for it. Of
course I'm working hard but not nearly as hard as
these young ladies and young men who are much
better at ballet than I am. They put in a
tremendous effort to get ready.
Shot of Alicia directing
4:30
Interview with Alicia Enterline-Little
4:34
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): My job, actually its very
exciting.
B-roll of Alicia directing
4:48
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): And each year, uh, its
interesting because what changes each year, the
backbone of the choreography is very similar but
what I do is , as the cast changes, and different
people get different parts each year, it makes it
exciting
Interview
4:52
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): for me because it gives it
a whole different look than the one I had the year
before.
B-roll of rehearsal and Alicia directing
4:58
But the whole production, um I spent hours before
I come into production on Thursdays night and
Saturdays. I mean
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13. Interview
5:02
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): I probably put in a good
five to six hours before walking into the studio
B-roll of Alicia directing, starting with shot of
kids sitting and Alicia walking toward the
camera
5:21
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): into the rehearsal hall
and, so when I come in, I’m prepared as to what’s
going to happen. Not that its always going to stay
the same. Things can change once I get here, cause
what happens when I’m home in the kitchen and in
that small area, can change once I get into a bigger
area, but it usually works pretty well. But it’s fun.
The job as a chorographer, its exciting, I love doing
it
Interview
5:25
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): and how many more
years we have? I hope a lot more.
Shot of old picture and shot of measuring tape
5:30
Interview with Kay Enterline
5:37
Kay Enterline (OC): We have a nutcracker tea party
before our Sunday performance, and we ask
questions and
B-roll of costumes starting with zoom out of
soldier outfit
5:49
Kay Enterline (VO): they came up with how many
costumes were on stage. And then I think there was
a hundred and fifty seven, hundred and sixty just
for Nutcracker alone and we go from one thing to
the other.
Interview
5:54
Kay Enterline (OC): It grows. Some of the dresses
that you see here are 20 years old
B-roll of wardrobe and costumes starting with
shot of Kay removing and going through the
clothes on the rack
6:06
Kay Enterline (VO): and they’re adjusted every year
to make it work for the next set of people, that’s
what I'm doing right now. Yeah. But it’s fun. I’d be
very upset if I couldn’t do it.
Interview
6:08
Kay Enterline (OC): One a year we need more of the
younger ones
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14. B-roll of costumes starting with shot of CU of
little kid dressed like an angel
6:26
Kay Enterline (VO): like in between age and I think I
did like five, I mass produce that time, usually I
don’t do that, but I did that one summer. I like
doing it, I like doing it and with the older ones I just
readjusted a couple more for the women. You
know they say they can tell from year to year if they
Interview
6:30
Kay Enterline (OC): lost weight or gained weight by
what I have to do to their dresses.
ECU of hand grasping ballet which cuts to ECU
of hand grasping a ballet shoe
6:34
Interview with Austin Duclose
6:40
Austin Duclose (OC): I think anyone can dance. I
mean, you could be the most uncoordinated
person in the world
B-roll of rehearsal starting with Austin dancing
in Arabian
6:54
Austin Duclose (VO): but you, it’s a way that you
can learn to do something whether its ballet or tap
or Jazz or even ballroom dancing. Its something you
can learn and its not too difficult for you to figure
out.
Interview with Alicia Enterline-Little
6:58
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): It's not so much the skill
it's like
WS of the Chinese, cuts to CU of feet in same
shot
7:06
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): dad has said to me years
ago I would like to take auditions and take the
cream of the crop but as I've gotten older and
looked at
Interview
7:12
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): his side, his thing was if
they're willing to be dedicated and be here
WS of finale scene dancers
7:16
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): and put in the time and
travel to get here let them go for it.
Interview with Meagan Arnold
7:29
Meagan Arnold (OC): You have to be– I have a shirt
actually that says athlete plus artist is dancer. And
so, I really believe that half of you has to be an
athlete, you
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15. B-roll of rehearsal starting with CU low angle
floor shot of feet dancing
7:46
Meagan Arnold (VO): have to be psychically in
check, you have to be psychically strong to
accomplish the things that are asked of you. But
aside from that, each dance, each piece, requires a
different emotion, a different feeling and different
acting. You really have to be in tune with not only
the psychical aspect of your body but
Interview
7:50
Meagan Arnold (OC): the emotional aspect of your
body and being able
WS of clowns bowing in rehearsal
7:54
Meagan Arnold (VO): to connect with an audience
at several different levels.
Low angle shot of street, cut to zoom out shot
of statue and old city hall
7:58
Brief shot of Alicia on camera than immediate
cut to Civic Ballet door and b-roll of people
talking and coming into the studio
8:11
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): Lets see, I think the fact
that it’s a community production, it brings a lot of
people into Williamsport that normally would not
come into Williamsport. We have a lot of people
that travel in from fifty miles away
Interview with Alicia Enterline-Little
8:16
Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): easily to get here one
way, so you’re bringing people in from the outside
B-roll of the Williamsport area
8:24
Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): that normally wouldn’t
make it into the city here. But also, for them to be
able to work in the community arts center, what an
amazing beautiful theater.
Interview with Austin Duclose
8:30
Austin Duclose (OC): Dance is a way of like,
powering through everything, and its not easy, its
something that your constantly
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16. B-roll of rehearsal starting with dancers
practicing at the bar
8:46
Austin Duclose (VO): being challenged with,
because a lot of people say dance isn't a sport but,
if you think about it, when you define the word
athlete, they’re pretty much the same psychical
skill in something, and you’re definitely being
skilled in this
Interview
8:50
Austin Duclose (OC): and it’s a great feeling to
B-roll of rehearsal starting with low angle shot
of clowns dancing
8:58
Austin Duclose (VO): have something that you’re
passionate about, and you love, and yeah, that’s
why its important to me.
Interview with Joe Laver
9:03
Joe Laver (OC): What I like most about dancing for
this company is, and again, is that fact that they’re
so open
B-roll of rehearsal starting with shot of Austin
and little kids sitting and waiting
9:12
Joe Laver (VO): to people of all ages participating
and the family aspect. What really is enjoyable
Interview
9:16
Joe Laver (OC): too is the performance of The
Nutcracker every year
B-roll of rehearsal starting with wide shot of
Waltz of the Flowers
?9:26
Joe Laver (VO): , the repetition of it, yet its never
the same. Its different but the same, there is a lot
of teamwork that goes into it. Its very enjoyable to
be apart of that.
Interview with Meagan Arnold
The song the March starts to play underneath
then cut to black
9:30
Meagan Arnold (OC): I love dancing with this
company because it’s coming home to family.
End sequence montage
9:46
Credits
10:00
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17. Program Title: “The Making of the Nutcracker”
Client: Williamsport Civic Ballet- Dr. Remley
Producers: Sky Carpenter, Kathleen Ellison, Quanya Myers
Running Time of Program: 10 minutes
Budget Total: $9,110.50
Cost Per Viewing Minute: $911.05
ITEMIZED BUDGET
Pre-Production - Total Cost: $ 270.50
Research- (Cost Per Hour: $20.00) Total Cost in Category: $110.00
9/21/14- Entire group met Dr. Remley; Discussed/finalized PNA- 30 min- $10.00
10/4/14- Kathleen and Quanya drove to Williamsport Dance Studio; Blocked Shots, Met
members of ballet- 5 hours- $100.00
Writing- (Cost Per Hour: $25.00) Total Cost in Category: $94.50
9/15/14- Group met in PUB to discuss and develop PNA- 1 hour- $25.00
10/7/14- Group worked up shooting schedules/ discussed future shooting- 20 min- $7.00
10/14/14- Group worked on treatment- 1 hour- $25.00
12/9/14- Quanya worked on script- 1.5 hours- $37.50
Transportation- (Cost Per Mile: $ .50) Total Cost in Category: $66.00
10/4/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00

18. Production - Total Cost: $ 5,620.00
Location shooting- (Cost Per Hour: $175.00) Total Cost in Category: $5,250.00
10/11/14- Group conducted 2 interviews, Marked Floors, Shoot B-Roll, Met Parents- 6 hours-
$1,050
10/18/14- Group shot B-Roll, Recorded dance classes-6 hours- $1,050.00
11/1/14- Quanya and Kathleen interviewed dancers and parents-7 hours -$1,225.00
11/8/14- Sky and Kathleen filmed rehearsal and community b-roll- 5 hours- $875.00
11/15/14- Sky and Kathleen filmed second act of Nutcracker performance rehearsal- 6 hours-
$1050.00
Tape Stock- (Cost Per SD Card: $40.00) Total Cost in Category: $40.00
1 SD card used- $40.00
Transportation- (Cost Per Mile: $ .50) Total Cost in Category: $330.00
10/11/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00
10/18/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00
11/1/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00
11/8/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00
11/15/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-
$66.00

19. Post-Production - Total Cost: $ 3,120.00
Logging Videotapes- (Cost Per Hour: $20.00) Total Cost in Category: $260.00
10/28/14- 30 minutes- $10.00
11/13/14- 2 hours- $40.00
11/21/14- 5 hours- $100.00
11/24/14- 1.5 hours- $30.00
11/25/14- 4 hours- $80.00
Graphics- (Cost Per Hour: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $150.00
12/8/14- Kathleen adjusted pictured and graphics throughout video- 3 hours- $150.00
Sound Recording/Mixing- (Cost Per Mile: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $50.00
12/8/14- Final cut required some sound mixing- 1 hour- $50.00
Digital Video Effects- (Cost Per Hour: $100.00) Total Cost in Category: $300.00
12/8/14- DVE added during final edits throughout video, Kathleen/Sky- 3 hours- $300.00
Editing- (Cost Per Hour: $100.00) Total Cost in Category: $2,150.00
12/1/14- Group Met to edit, 2 separate bays- 4.5 hours each bay- $900.00
12/2/14- Quanya edited director segment, Sky assisted- 3 hours- $300.00
12/3/14- 2 separate editing bays; Sky edited community, Kathleen and Quanya each worked on
various segments- 3 hours, each bay- $600.00
12/5/14- Quanya edited wardrobe segment- 1.5 hours- $150.00
12/8/14- Group made final edits to project- 2 hours- $200.00

20. Dubbing- (Cost Per Copy: $30.00) Total Cost in Category: $210.00
7 DVD Disks used- $210.00
Miscellaneous Expenses- Total Costs: $ 100.00
Music- (Cost Per title: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $100.00
2 Songs used- $100.00