P.O.P: Parashoot

Just showing my Parashoot Risk Assessment that has been moderated :)

Rest Of The Pages Are Here:

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P.O.P: Day Schedule

ABANDONMENT – DAY SCHEDULE

(This will be attached to Parashoot also)

Time	Action/Requirements
11:30	Train Station Shooting – the fast train and slow arriving train must be filmed in this time. The shot of the empty tracks, the shot over character’s shoulder also must be attainted at this time.  Also the shot of the Edale sign itself should be shot at this time.
12:00pm	Shots of scenery taken from BY THE TRAIN STATION to be efficient.
12:15pm	Shoot Farm Scenery. This includes the sheep, fields and mountain shots. All the types of shots should be attained at this time.
13:00	The River & Moss shot should be taken before moving onto the next area for scenery shots. Ensure to get a range that we can work with in post production.
13:15	LUNCH
14:30	Revisit Farm (2nd Field) for more scenery shots.
15:30	Scenery around Edale, aim for the focus pull shot planned in the storyboarding. As well as any other useful pieces we can adapt later.
16:00	Meet at Rambler’s Inn and discuss footage, review the day and see what needs to be done.
16:30	Take EXTRA footage for our benefit.
17:00	Review footage to check the quality. Time code may be broken for this project. Are the shots working correctly? Focused? Have we used the right set up for the camera?
18:00	Meet at Rambler’s Inn (The Production Base) with the rest of the class!

P.O.P: Shot List

A small shot list for our short film :)

P.O.P: Location Shots

Just some basic shots taken to get the feel of what Edale is like:

P.O.P: Storyboards

Here are the storyboard sheets of the production for the Portrait of Place Production: Abandonment.

P.O.P: Abandonment

The Basic Idea...

After looking over several ideas, we decided that the strongest one and the one we found most interesting to complete would be an abstract story called 'Abandonment'.

It follows a young girl who has been left abandoned in Edale. She sees scenery and animals, but never any people - she's all alone. As she explores, we see her miss trains out of the area over and over again, showing her desperation (they just speed right past her - like she isn't there).

Near the end it becomes more panicky, the shots are quicker and therefore add more tension.

So..
The girl will only be shown from behind (over the shoulder). It adds mystery to her character. What has she done to deserve being left abandoned on her own in this deserted place? The shot is at the train platform in Edale, whilst no trains or people are present. This is to symbolise her loneliness and abandonment straightaway, but still poses the enigma as to why she is being here. This question is left up to the audience to decide, to give them an active role in the feature.

The scenery will be used to show how deserted and quiet the area is, it's miserable and empty (like her life?) - the only thing she has here is the animals and nature.

The flashes of shots of the train leaving is representing each chance to leave gets ignored. The train goes straight past her, never acknowledging her desperate need to leave Edale. The shot is basic and quick, to represent the speed of the train, and the speed of the chance slipping away...

Near the end, the scenes will intertwine with each other, scenery, animals and trains, as well as the final shot of the train slowly stopping at the platform for her to finally leave. Using fast snappy repetitions shows tension and depressing idea that nothing changes here, there's no-one here, it's abandoned itself as a place. However the shot at the end is slow, to show her relief of finally being able to leave.

Portrait Of Place: Ideas

Here's a mind map from when we got set the brief. I admit that at the time, I researched the place slightly and realised that some of the ideas wouldn't be feasible or were too complicated to produce in such a short time, however the one idea (highlighted above) is the strongest one for our group, because it portrays Edale and shows the scenery, and how nothing changes in the place itself, but at the heart of Edale, the station is where everything changes.