3. Brief:
• Brief 1:Television and online Requirements ofthe brief Youworkfor an independent mediaproductioncompany. You have been giventhe task ofproducinga three-minute openingsequence ofa newsci-fi or horror
televisiondrama seriesfor Netflix andtwo pages for the workingwebsite for the programme. The opening sequence must include the title sequence. The webpages must promote the newtelevisionprogramme to its
target audience and enable fans to interact withthe programme. Summaryof briefrequirements
• • Statement ofIntent (approx. 500 words).1
• • Opening sequence of a pilot fora sci-fi orhorrortelevisiondrama series:One, three minute opening sequence.
• • Broadcast channel andtime:Content must be suitable forstreaming onNetflix.
• • Numberofwebpages:One homepage and one linked page.
• • Cross-media productiontarget audience:A primarily16–25-year-oldmiddle and upmarket media literate audience. There must bea clearsense ofbranding across the twoelements ofthe cross-media production.
Production detail that must be included The productionof the openingsequence must include (as a minimum):
• • Range ofcamera shots, including shot distances, angles andmovement as appropriate to a sci-fi or horror television drama programme. • Editingof footage andsound.
• • Soundtrack, whichshouldinclude voice (either as voiceover or diegetic voices), soundeffects andappropriatelyeditedmusic.
• • At least two different uses ofmise-en-scène. • At least twocharacters representing at least two different social groups (e.g. as defined byage, gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality).
• • Graphics/titles to include the title ofthe programme. The productionof the webpagesmust include (as a minimum):
• • Original audiooraudio-visual content whichmayinclude material from the programme but must include at least one element producedspecificallyforthe website.
• • A minimum oftwo original images, (withat least one different original image on eachof the twopages). These images must be different fromthose produced forthe television programme.
• • Appropriate conventions of website design.
• • Text introducing the mainfeaturesof the programme.
• • Working links fromthe home page to the otherpage.
• • A range of appropriate medialanguage techniques (typography, images, fonts, backgrounds, logos etc.) as appropriate to the purpose of the website.
• 1 A Statement of Intent document needs to be completedas part ofeachOCR set brief. Learners need to complete a Statement ofIntent document to outline the ways inwhichtheypropose to use the fourareasof
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4. Codes and Conventions:
• Background colour of website is dark
• Picture of characters at the top of the website
• In the top corner of the website it shows what sites display the film
• Socials at the top
• Newsletter at the bottom
Ideas for website:
Show other similar films in the website
Make a trailer
5. Websites:
Z Nation | SYFY Official Site
• Watch Stranger Things | Netflix Official Site
• Doctor Who | Home
• Killjoys | SYFY Official Site
• Use to find films similar to mine
• The best Deserted World movies - IMDb
7. House scene
Int. Bedroom. Morning:
• Filmopens with an alarmclock goingoff use lastseconds of 'Jacks smirkingrevenge' songduringdrone shotat startof the film
• Extreme closeup of Joseph's tired eyes to longshot of him rubbingthem
• He leans over to turn alarmsound off
• Closeup of him putting slippers on
• Troy walks into clothes room
• Holds the t-shirtand the shorts up to see if he likes them
• Comes out dressed
• He Walks outof the room
• Camera holds focus on the door for a coupleof seconds before itswitches shot
Int. Bathroom. Morning:
• Shot of Joseph goingto the toilet
• Joseph washes hands
Int. Kitchen. Morning:
• Shot of Joseph walkingdown the hallway towards thekitchen
• Series of closeups includingwater being poured into the kettle; kettle being switched on; kettle boiling;tea bag being put into mug; water being poured; tea bagbeing thrown away; Joseph
drinkingtea
• Joseph walks back down the hallway
8. Int. Hallway. Mid-day
• He walks into another room, supposedly the lounge
• Shot from the left - He sits onto the sofa
• He turns the tv on – Netflix intertextual link
• No signal sign comes on
• Tv starts making weird sound
Dialogue
He shouts 'mum the tv's not working'
• Close up of phone when he tries to call her/ no answer
• Gets up and walks out of focus -starts shouting 'mum'
• During him calling for his mum we see shots of an empty lounge and empty kitchen
9. Realisation scene
• Long shot of him walking out of the house again
• POV shot of Oliver looking left and right down the road – no one in sight
• Walks down the road looking back and forth - long shot
• Camera behind him- he tries calling mum one last time
Diaglogue
'where is everyone' during shot of him getting off the phone with mum who doesen't answer
• Cuts to drone shot of tennis courts
• Long shot of Joseph walking down path
• Tracking shot of his legs walking towards tennis court
• Tracking shot ends and there is a held shot of the tennis court
• Medium close up of Joseph smashing hands on courts fence and look of disappointment on his face
• Shot changes to long shot behind him- he is out of focus and tennis rackets and balls in focus- he walks out of shot
• Shot of Joseph walking
• Hes shouting 'hello'
• Drone shot of him walking along street
• Long shot of Joseph looking around
• He shouts 'Hello'
10. • Oliver looks down the hallway to the cinema
• We get a POV shot of the cinema
Dialogue
Voice over
'That's where it all started'
'That’s when I realised I was alone'
'I was confused for a while'
• During voice over aerial shots of dreamland Margate flats and Margate train station/ all abandoned
'At first it was fun'
'dojng what I wanted with no consequences'
• aerial shots of westwood car parks and then tesco
• Cuts to long shotof isle and Oliver opens the fridge
• Close up of Oliver grabbing cokes
• Close up of Oliver grabbing multiple chocolate bars
• Close up of Oliver grabbing crisps
• Close up of Oliver grabbing carrier bag and stuffing everything in it
11. Close up of feet running down the stairs
Walks to railing on beach – shot taken looking down rails in shallow focus
Medium close up from infront of Joseph showing his facials
Tracking shot of Joseph walking down stairs on beach
He shouts 'hello'
Extreme long take of joseph walking to the sea showing the beach in the background
Close up of face/shallow focus/walks into frame and stops staring into thelense
bends down out of focus
Come back up into focus
Medium long shot of Joseph walking to sea with rock in hand – camera holds shot until he throws rock
Change angle to drone shot far out at sea shooting back at Joseph throwing rock
Medium close up shot showing josephs face - turns around to look back at the beach- holds shot
Tracking shot of him walking back upstairs off of the beach
Medium long shot of Joseph going back into house
Camera pans around to show car driving passed.
13. Shooting script template
shot Camera action time audio
1 Close up of an alarm clock
ticking down to its set alarm.
Shot slowly zooms in onto
clock to an extreme close up
until the alarm goes
5 seconds
2 Medium long shot of
Oliver lifting the cover up
and sitting up
3 seconds
3 close up of Oliver rubbing
his eyes
2 seconds
4 Medium long shot of
Oliver leaning over and
turning alarm off
2 seconds
5 Close up of him putting
sliders on
4 seconds
6 Shot of him leaving the room 3 seconds beat
7 Holds joggers and coat up 3 seconds
14. shot Camera action Time audio
8 Long shot of Oliver going to
the toilet
2 seconds Water going into toilet
9 Medium long shot of
Oliver washing his hands
2 seconds Tap water flowing
10 Long shot of Oliver walking
out of shot to the kitchen
4 seconds Foot-steps
11 Oliver walks over to the
cupboard
2 seconds
12 Close up of Oliver grabbing tea
mug
1 second Mug scrapes along shelf
13 Close up of Oliver turning tap
on
1 second Water coming out of sink
14 Shot from inside of kettle 3 seconds Water coming into kettle
Shot Camera action Time Audio
15 Close up of of kettle switch
being flicked
1 second Kettle switch flicking
16 Medium shot of kettle boiling 4 seconds Boiling water
17 Close up of tea bag fallinginto
mug
1 second
18 Close up of water being pored 1 second
15. Shot Camera action Time Audio
20 Long shot of Oliver walking
down the hallwayand goes
into lounge
2 seconds footsteps
21 Long shot of Oliver sitting on
the sofa and turning the tv on
4 seconds
22 Medium long shot of the tv
saying 'No Signal'
3 seconds Tv makes weird sound
23 Medium long shot of Oliver on
the sofa.
6 seconds 'what is this'
Starts calling to mum saying
'the tv's not working'
24 Close up of phone when he
callsmum. Goes straight to no
service
5 seconds sighs
25 Medium long shot of him
getting up and walking out of
the room
3 seconds footsteps
26 Medium long shot of tap
dripping. In the background
you hear Oliver shouting in
the house
3 seconds 'Mum, are you awake'
16. Shot Camera action Time Audio
27 Long shot of Oliver opening door and looking in bedroom 3 seconds 'mum'
28 Medium long shot of Oliver checking bathroom 3 seconds 'where is she'
29 Medium long shot of Oliver on the phone again 5 seconds ' Come on' 'answer yourphone'
30 POV shot - Looks out of the blinds 4 seconds ' Theircars are still here'
31 Long shot of Oliver leaving house 3 seconds
32 Long shot of Oliver walking on path looking back and forth 4 seconds
33 Long shot of Oliver trying to call mum one more time 5 seconds Sigh when there's no answer
Shot Camera action Time Audio
34 Long shot of Oliver walking down road 2 seconds
35 Aerial shot of empty bowling green 3 seconds
36 Aerial shot of empty tenniscourt 3 seconds
37 Long shot of Oliver looking into court 3 seconds
38 Long shot of Oliver turning from court and walking away 4 seconds 'where is everyone'
39 Extreme long shot of Oliver walking up road looking back and forth 6 seconds Shouting 'hello'
40 Medium long shot of Oliver observing abandonedcar with all of its
doors open
4 seconds
17. Shot Camera action Time Audio
41 Long shot of Oliver looking around to see whose car it is 3 seconds
42 Long shot from a side angle of Oliver walking along a path
in Westgate
3 seconds He shouts 'help'
43 Long shot of Oliver walking down the path from a front
angle coming up to a glass window of films
4 seconds
44 Low medium long shot of Oliver staring down the cinema
hallway
3 seconds 'That’s where it all started'
'That's when I realised I was alone'
45 Medium long shot of Oliver walkingaway from cinema 3seconds 'I was confused for a while'
46 Aerial establishingshots of empty car park 2 seconds 'and then I learnt to except it'
'and my way of excepting it was
enjoying it'
47 Aerial shot of Tesco 2 seconds
Shot Camera action Time Audio
48 Long shot of trolleys 2 seconds
49 Medium close up of Oliver lookingat chocolates 3 seconds
50 Extreme close up of Oliver snatchingchocolatebar 1 second
Shot Time time audio
51 Extreme close up of Oliver snatchingcrisps 1 second
18. Shot Camera action Time Audio
52 Close up of Oliver grabbing cokes 1 second
53 Medium close up of Oliver stuffing all of
the food into plastic bag
3 seconds
54 Medium long shot of Oliver eating
chocolatebar whilst walkingdown the
road
4 seconds
55 Medium close up of Oliver throwing
chocolatebar wrapper. Holds onto shot
after he walks out of frame.
3 seconds
56 Close up of Oliversclothes on the sand
and then Oliver runs into the sea
5 seconds
57 Medium long shot of Oliver doing kick
ups with football
3 seconds
58 Medium long shot of Oliver walkinginto
tenniscourts
4 seconds ' I quickly realised that its hard
to have fun when you’re the
last person standing'
Shot Camera angle Time Audio
59 Extreme long shot of Oliver playingtennis 6 seconds
60 Aerial shot of Oliver sitting at bench 2 seconds
19. Shot Camera action Time audio
61 Medium long shot of Oliver writing letter 10 seconds 'it'sscary beingthe lastpersonalive'
'atleastthat'swhatit seems'
'not knowingwhathappenedtoeveryone'
'Notknowingwhetheryourgoingtoeatthat day'
'it justplaysinmymind'
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20. Convergence:
• Section on the website that displays film mistakes
• Link on the website to watch the film
• Posters for other Netflix series on a wall
• He turns on Netflix on the TV.
• If you liked this series, you will like this...
21. Interview questions
Hi, I'm Joseph Windley and I'm best known for playing the role of Jake Green in
Abandoned
• How did you get asked to be in this film?
• Have you enjoyed working on this film?
• What was your favourite filming day?
• Have you been in a film before?
• Is it hard to be in a film whilst working at school
