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Shoot Schedual

SHOOT SCHEDUAL
( As per plan ) This is how i have planned my procedure to go about once i start shooting.
25TH FEBRUARY
FIRST SCENE : Take an establishing shot of the Empress market
TIME: 9:00 to 9:45

SECOND SCENE : Take an establushing shot from inside the market
TIME : 10:06 to 10: 15

THIRD SCENE : Take a long shot of the characters walking to the meat stall
TIME : 10:19 to 10:23

FOURTH SCENE : Long shot of both characters at the stall
TIME : 10:23 TO 10:25

FIFTH SCENE : POV shot of the stall
TIME : 10:26 TO 10:29

SIXTH SCENE : Mid shot, they walk to the vegetable stall
TIME : 10:32 TO 10:35

SEVENTH SCENE : High angle shot of them at the stall
TIME : 10:37 TO 10:39

EIGHTH SCENE : Over the shoulder POV shot of the stall
TIME ; 10:40 TO 10:42

NINETH SCENE : High angle shot of them at the stall
TIME : 10:43 TO 10:45

TENTH SCENE : Multiple shots (he walks away, along the street)
TIME : 10:50 TO 10:56

ELEVENTH SCENE : Close up of the chicken cage
TIME : 10:58 TO 10:59

TWELVETH SCENE : Close up of the man chopping meat
TIME : 11:02 TO 11:05

THRITEENTH SCENE: Mid shot of the guy (lead)
TIME : 11: O5 TO 11:07

FOURTEENTH SCENE: high angle shot of the shrimp baskets
TIME : 11:07 TO 11: 12

FIFTEENTH SCENE : Low angle shot of the guy (lead)
TIME : 11:13 TO 11:15

SIXTEENTH SCENE : Close up of the shrimps bucket
TIME : 11:15 TO 11:16

SEVENTEENTH SCENE : Low angle shot of the guy (lead)
TIME : 11:16 TO 11:18

EIGHTEENTH SCENE : Extreme close up of bucket
TIME : 11:18 TO 11:21

NINETEENTH SCENE : Long shot of the guy waliking away
TIME : 11:23 TO 11:29

TWENTIETH SCENE : low angle mid shot of the guy (lead)
TIME : 11:31 TO 11:33

TWENTY FIRST SCENE : Close up og vegetables
TIME : 11:34 TO 11:36

TWENTY SECOND SCENE : Low angle shot of the guy
TIME : 11:38 TO11:39

TWENTY THIRD SCENE : Close up of chicken
TIME : 11:40 TO 11:41

TWENTY FOURTH SCENE : Low angle shot of the guy
TIME : 11:42 TO 11:43

TWENTY FIFTH SCENE : long shot of the man breaking ice
TIME : 11:46 TO 11:49

TWENTY SIXTH SCENE : Low angle mis shot of the guy
TIME : 11:50 TO 11:52

TWENTY SEVENTH SCENE : POV shot of the building and sky
TIME : 11:54 TO 11:57

TWENTY EIGHTH SCENE : Long shot of the guy
TIME : 11:58 TO 12:00

TWENTY NINETH SCENE : Master shot of the street
TIME : 12:02 TO 12:05

THIRTIETH SCENE : Long shot of the guy fainting
TIME : 12:06 TO 12:09

SHOOT ENDS

Prop List :

It was not needed since we were doing an outdoor natural shoot, capturing whatever appeared in real.

We had to re shoot, here's why :

Before editing, our rushes looked great, everyone liked them. However once we were done with our first cut, we observed that our inserts looked great but there was hardly any eye line match between the shots as well as, our actor's movements and actions appeared slightly dull. So we decided to shoot again till we're satisfied with the result. Ans so we re shot but his time, it went great and it also took less time. But i really enjoyed having the opertunity to do new and better things with my film. There are now a number of changes, but this is our final piece and i feel completely satisfied.

Things we changed : Our film still starts with an establishing shot with the Empress Market tower, but we again took another shot of the market from inside the market slowly increasing with the camera movement. Next we showed both our characters walking into the market from a distance coming towards a meat stall that was cut with in a number of continuity shots. We also kept the camera on our actor's shoulder so that it gives the realistic look as he scans the stall, we even left the camera slightly shaky. Next we made him and his mother (both our actors) walk towards a vegetable stall, took a number of mid-shots in order to show parts of the stall along with the expressions on our actors' faces. We even made our lead actor hold the camera and trip on a motor cycle that he is supposed to in order to give the realistic affect while taking one shot of him tripping from the front as well. Next we made the camera move as such along the road as if its the characters eyes as he looks around, again leaving it slightly shaky so that it is obvious that he is not feeling well and is tripping. He walks to wards another lane, now is away from his mother (the other actor). There we shot him walking towards the fish stall, we took one of his shots walking towards the stall, then i held the camera  froma very low angle showing buckets of shrimps and fish on the ground while his legs appear in the frame, shaking. Next he's shot as nserts appear of the fish stall, and he's turns back to throw up. Then I moved to the other side showing him about to throw up and then walking along the road where he almost ram's into a car. We took the same shot from another angle which was such that someone's from inside the car would see. I had to sit on the car and take this shot. Last scene was that just when the car is about to hit him he faints and a another charactrs appear's in the frame as an ordinary man in the market who hold onto him. However, before the fish stall. we show him at the meat chiken stall where he feels very sch as the butcher chops chicken but we did not have to shoot that since we are using that scene from the previous shoot.

ASSIGNMENT 3: SCENE DEVISIONING:

SCENE ONE: Empress market is shown on the screen, having a voice over of my character in the background. This shot will not exceed 3 seconds, it will allow the audience to be familiar with when this event is taking place and where it is taking place.

SCENE TWO: A car arrives and stop’s at the main gate of the market, reflection of the market shows on the car, so that even when the market doesn’t not really show in the frame, by the help of its reflection, It would make a point that whoever is in the car has come to visit the market.

SCENE THREE: The door of the car open’s and my character’s step out of the car shows in slow motion and then he is shown coming out of the car, giving him more screen time as he is introduced in order to portray him as the lead character.

SCENE FOUR:  My character is finally out of the car and he is shown in a way, having his appearance very visible, showing how he is a very weak and under confident looking child while within the same frame, in the back ground, his mother is shown, again having being shot in a way making her appearance obvious, that is of a very posh and over dominating person. (continuous voice over along with some diegetic sounds as well ).

SCENE FIVE: They start walking along the market, the boy looks around the market, he see’s all sorts of shops, he begins to enjoy until suddenly he sees the butcher store, where he sees the butcher harshly chopping fish and meat.

SCENE SIX: He turns his head to the other side, feeling disgusted and empowered by what he had seen, till he sees the fish stall, where the shop keeper lays down fish harshly on the tables and the other guy  flip’s and entire basket full of small fish into a bucket. He is astonished.

SCENE SEVEN: Now his sight catches another stall, where cloth is being dyed, and he sees the hot pot of colored boiling water with cloth being stirred inside with a huge wooden plank.

SCENE EIGHT: At the same store, he sees another man whipping bright red dyed cloth harshly against the wind in order to dry it out. (Slow motion).

SCENE NINE: Then he turns his head around n suddenly see’s chicken harshly flapping their feathers while a pigeon, out of the blue, flies across his face and he feels scared and claustrophobic.

SCENE TEN: He turns around his head again and again, keeps seeing things happening suddenly and keeps feeling restless until he gets very weak and his eyes role up.

SCENE ELEVEN: His mum hasn’t been noticing him at all, when she feels the sudden urge to turn back and look, which she does, and see’s her son dropped on the ground with people surrounding him.

THE END.

ABOUT ME:

Now that i'm a fresh media student, i have learnt a completely new way of observing things. Firstly, i chose media because i believe that in today's world, it is one of the strongest elements of entertainment and information, and i believe it is present every where around us even when we do not seem to notice it. I love it and i am enjoying it deeply and i have managed to learn a new thing each day. I feel it's another way, like art, to help and push your emotions and thoughts out in the most amazing and perfect way you could. It does require immense amount of work, but in the end, its all worth it.

I have noticed, now, ever since I have been a media student, and i actually study the topic in school, i have started to see any media text in a completely different way, compared to the way i did earlier on. I dont see as an audience, i observe as a film maker. It's a great feeling over all. I like knowing what i never knew, and i like not knowing because then i get to research more and it makes me stronger with my concepts. The stronger my concepts become, the wider my thinking span and ideas go.

Another thing i love about this subject, is how we actually get to shown exactly what we visualize, and our vision is never just perfect in any other way of showing it, whether its writing about it, speaking about it or painting, but to actually show it happen. Media is so vast, it is everything and anything that happen's around us. Whether its visual media or print media, we are completely over powered by it, and the more advanced the world is becoming as far as technology and modernization is concerned, the wider the scope of media is becoming. So i think, studying media in today's world will open many doors for me tomorrow.

I have been lucky to have great teachers for both theory and practical sections of media. Its great how they treat us less like students and more like friends or real film makers, in order to help us achieve the level of confidence we need by now. I feel motivated and more interested towards the topic and remain willing to put all my time and effort into it and even when im doing the most tiring assignment, every time i'm done, i feel a great amount of satisfaction and am always ready to take up the next challenge.

CONCEPT

The concept of my media product is simply, the story of a guy who had been locked up at home for six years, under the over dominance and empowerment of his mother with bitter emotions and a high level of practicality, even at times when it wasn't required. That treatment left the child under confident and weak. Obviously, when he felt no feeling of self actualization, how would he ever be able to act normal. And so she thought he was crazy, and rather than giving him the time he needed an the help he deserved, that's when he was locked up, under the thought that he wasn't worthy enough to be taken around. And now, six years later, she decides to finally take him out, and out of all the places in the world, she takes him to the famous over crowded, over happening, 'Empress Market' of Karachi. Well, six years back he wasn't crazy, but toady, who knows what he's become.