Planning for Production

We are now on week 5 of working on this project and I have pretty much everything planned out, so here is the script that I will be following when recording.

 Scene 1

For the setting, since my character Oliver is a wealthy kid from his parents, we are going to start the opening in the master bedroom of a house and show that it is Oliver's room instead. This will work because the master bedroom is typically the biggest room in the house and if we make it look like Oliver's room than the house will seem to be more expensive because the audience will see Oliver's room (master bedroom) as just a regular bedroom and will expect the rest of the house to be even bigger. We will show in the scene Oliver trying to smoke a cigarette but does not get the chance as he has to leave for school. His mother will call him from down the stairs saying "Oliver you have to go to school you are not to be late".  As he hears this, he hurries and stuffs clothes into his bag and goes to his secret drawer which contains a bag of weed (we will just put a mix of herbs into a plastic bag).

Scene 2 

The next scene will be Oliver in the car with his mom or dad (which ever one of our parents is available) on the way to school. In the car there will be dialogue between the parent and Oliver. And an important conversation will be about Oliver's grades. The parent will ask how Oliver's grades are doing and then a close-up will show Oliver's computer on his lap in the car looking at his grades which are all F's. As he sees his grades he replies to his parent saying that they are great in an unconfident way to show he is lying.

Scene 3

In this scene Oliver will tell his parent that he can be dropped of at the library next to his school to not trouble his parent by going through the long line. And as he leaves the car and says bye to his parent looking as if he is walking towards school, I will show a long shot of the car speeding off and Oliver quickly changing directions showing he is not planning on going to school.

This will be the overall set script for when we are recording, however there may be minor changes if any new and better ideas come to our minds when filming.

References:

Shutterstock. (n.d.). Cartoon schoolchild with schoolbag on way to school [Ilustrasi gambar].                      https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/cartoon-schoolchild-schoolbag-on-way-school-1903280404

iStock. (n.d.). School building [Kumpulan ilustrasi]. https://www.istockphoto.com/search/2/image?mediatype=illustration&phrase=school+building