Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Assignment 2 formalized script, shot list, and charcter descrpitions

Doggone it!
Scene Heading: Middle to late Spring, early afternoon

Shot 1: Opening Shot:
An master shot shows a small patio with Jill, a girl, sitting on patio chair while tossing a ball to a puppy, Dog.

Shot 2:
Medium shot of dog chasing the ball and catching it.

Shot 3:
Deep focus shot with Dog with ball in mouth and Jill in background still reading.

Shot 4:
Shot of Dog trotting to the table and Jill who is still reading
Dog
Whine
Shot 5:
CU of Jill frowning
Jill
No…
Dog
Whine
Shot 6: Repeat of shot 4
Jill
No… I’m busy Dog.

Shot 7: Extreme CU of Jill’s face
Dog
Whine!

Shot 8: Med shot of Jill and Dog
Jill
I said no!

Shot 9: Med reverse shot of Dog sitting down and dropping ball.
Dog
Whine! Whimper! Howl!

Shot 10: Med shot of Jill and Dog. Jill stand up
Jill
Alright!

Shot 11: Jill picks up the ball from the floor

Shot 12: Jill and Dog are standing up
Jill
You really want this?
Dog jumps up and down
Jill
Really, really?
Dog jumps even more. Jill throws ball
Jill
Fetch!

Shot 13: Master shot of ball flying over the hedges and into the back yard.
Shot 14: Return to shot 12, Jill and Dog are looking at the ball until Jill realizes that Dog has not moved, when she looks at Dog, the puppies smirks and runs the opposite direction from the ball. Jill, embaressed at being fooled, chases Dog.
Jill
Hey! You… Rotten… Sneak!
Dog and Jill run in and out of shot twice. The third time, Dog hides under the patio table. Jill also runs under the table, but when Dog moves, Jill bumps her head when she tries to grab the canine.
As Jill rolls away from the table in pain, Dog circles around Jill.
Dog
Whine?
Jill
Ow…
Shot 15: Med CU of Jill and Dog on the ground
Dog gets closer to Jill, looks concerned, and then jabs her nose in Jill’s ear.
Jill
Eeee!

Fade to Black.

Run credits

Cut to Jill really mad and running after a very scared Dog.

Continue credits.


End



Character Development –Dog
Develop a character by describing the following attributes. The character can be fictional or non-fictional (half-fictional) based on a real person or persons. One member in your group should take notes, while going through the list below. Your character can have contradicting attributes if the contradiction is believable.
Name: Dog
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Height: 1 foot
Weight: 24
Built: skinny
Physical handicaps: none
Birth place: Dallas. TX
Cultural/ethnical backgrounds: Jindo
Family (parents, siblings, spouse, parterner, children, etc.)
Friends: Jill
Enemies: Jill
Habits: eating and playing with Jill
IQ: Above average
Career: being a dog
Education:
Financial status: Middle class
Social status: minor
Clothes: school schoes
Favorite books:
Favorite movies: Lassie
Favorite food: spaghetti
Addiction: playing ball
Sense of humor: wicked
Religion and philosophy: none
Self esteem and self doubt: very high opinion of herself
Sexual orientation
Fears
Hopes and dreams: dreams of the ultimate game of fetch
Values
Moments (events) that s/he remembers for the rest of her/his life: When she got Jill



Character Development -Jill
Develop a character by describing the following attributes. The character can be fictional or non-fictional (half-fictional) based on a real person or persons. One member in your group should take notes, while going through the list below. Your character can have contradicting attributes if the contradiction is believable.
Name: Jill
Age: eleven going on twelve
Gender: Female
Height: 4 ‘8
Weight: 80
Built: skinny
Physical handicaps: none
Birth place: Dallas. TX
Cultural/ethnical backgrounds
Family (parents, siblings, spouse, parterner, children, etc.)
Friends: Dog
Enemies: dog
Habits: fond of reading and playing with Dog
IQ: Average
Career: kid
Education: middle school
Financial status: Middle class
Social status: minor
Clothes: school uniform
Favorite books: Black Stallion
Favorite movies: Lassie
Favorite food: spaghetti
Addiction: Reading
Sense of humor: typical
Religion and philosophy: none
Self esteem and self doubt: pretty average
Sexual orientation
Fears
Hopes and dreams: dreams of being a vet
Values
Moments (events) that s/he remembers for the rest of her/his life: When she got Dog

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