Storyboard for One Night, One life - Erin Surkitt

Voiceover Script

Voiceover script

Scene 1

Ash - “I may look happy now but this wasn’t me 24 hours ago…”  

Scene 2

(No voiceover)

Scene 3

Ash - “I’m Ash and… I’m an Art student at Longsands sixth form.”

Ash - “I would say that I’m the dullest person you will ever have the misfortune of meeting, sorry about that…”

Ash - “You know that unpopular kid that everyone considers a weirdo, yeah that’s me,”

Ash - “That girl you just saw that’s Darcy, I hate everyone with the exception of one person and that’s her. At age 14 I was diagnosed with major depression disorder and Darcy was the only one there to help me through it.”

Ash - “College… well that’s another story,”

Scene 4

 Ash - “The schools queen bitch Helen spread the news and ever since then my life has been hell.”

Ash - “Teachers on my back every second, I soon realised that you have three types of teachers when it comes to news like mine, the ones who just stay away, the ones who try to help but just make it 10 times worse and the ones who simply don’t care”

Ash - “Art class has always been my reason to keep going.  There is something therapeutic about painting or drawing you heart out on a blank white page, ruining something so fresh.”

Ash - “Another competition to add the endless failed activities he desperately wants us to be involved in. Little did I know that this competition would change my life.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning of Fonts - Erin Surkitt

This image show the way in which we want to present the title of our film to the audience. We decided to put the title in the sky as the camera is going to pan up tot he sky when Darcy and Ash are on their bikes enjoying themselves. This is significant as the sky could connote freedom which is what Ash now feels after the "one night". I think the position of our title is important as it emphasises this and also contrasts the dark, restrictive feelings that Ash feels throughout the majority of the film. The font we have decided to use is capitalised sans serif font as this is bold and has a big impact as it connoted something significant. This is important in relation to our film and its title as it emphasises the importance of the one night. Also the repetition of the word one also enables the audience to understand how significant this one night is and how it is going to impact her one life. We finally decided to put this title in white as it signifies Darcy's innocence and purity and also contrasts the hate and destruction that Ash is feeling and how Darcy tries to help her through everything by being there for her. This title is counter typical in some respects as it isn't abbreviated and doesn't include words that are associated with teenagers such as 'mean' or 'wild', however on the other hand, there is no set stereotypical title for teen angst as they are all very random and have no particular themes.

This image shows a possible credit for our film. We wanted the credits to appear in a creative way, such as when an object moves a credit will be displayed in its place. The example above shows that when Ash is walking to school she kicks and coke can and as she kicks this the first credit will appear in its place. We decided on this because it combines a usual random activity of a teenager with an informational piece of text.

Planning of Settings - Erin Surkitt

Here is a series of locations that we would like to use when filming in order to tell the story and also appeal to the target audience which is teenagers.  

The opening of the film will begin with Ash and Darcy biking past Ash's house laughing and giggling which makes the film relatable straight away as they audience may be able to recall a time when they were biking with their friends having fun.

The next shot will be of Ash and Darcy continuing to bike down the street, again following up with the reliability aspect.

The next shot that the film will use will be an edit with a rewind symbol appearing on the screen. We decided to include this as it will appeal to the target audience and it also adds a sense of ...

After the rewind the film will start off back at a house belonging to the main character, as she begins to make her way to school. We decided to include this because straight away it makes the film relatable to teenagers as it is mimicking their daily school routine.

During her journey to school she will walk through the streets, listening to music, looking quite glum, potentially due to the fact that it is common for teenagers to not enjoy school, but it may also be due to the mental illness that Ash has.

This is the area where ash will kick the can and a credit will appear, adding to the stereotypical features of our main character (mischievous behaviour)

The last setting that will be used will be the school. We decided that this was a must for a teen angst film as it appears in most, if not all teen angst films, due to the reliability of this and the success it is known to have if included.

Production Company Logo Annotations

When deciding our production company logo with had several suggestions such as; A.R.E productions and life productions, however we felt that these were not very effective as the first one was simply a combination of our initials and the second had no particular meaning. From this we came up with ‘Snowball Productions’. We settled on this because we liked the idea of combining the snowball effect – where things start off small then gradually get bigger with our film. We combined this with linking the snowball effect to depression - the fact that if our main character Ash kept everything to herself and did not seek help then things will gradually get worse and worse.

Now that we had the name of our production company we had to create a logo in order to reflect this message in some way. The logo on the left is the first attempt. We used the idea of a snowball rolling downhill which would cause it to get bigger as it gathered up more snow. We then needed a clear and particularly large title so that our audience knew which production this film was. The way that we incorporated the title would be that we used capitalised sans serif font at the same angle of the ‘hill’ behind the snowball, with a thick black line above it, which almost creates the illusion of the snowball moving at a significant speed. We kept the logo in black and white as we thought that this would be most effective, as the white connotes the innocence and sweetness of our character Darcy and the black connotes sadness and depression that could be linked to her best friend Ash. The contrast of these two colours could show how they are total opposites. On the right is our final production company logo. The ways in which we changed this from the previous one would simply be the fact that we made the ‘hill’ or block 3 dimensional. This created dimension which we thought looked more effective as it didn’t just look like a random black block anymore. 





Title (One Night, One Life) Connotations - Alice Nutter

“One Night, One Life”

Connotations:

The word ‘One’ could signify a new start, a fresh beginning.  But alternatively it could connote a once in a life time chance, something rare or uncommon. It’s the uncertainty that you may never have the opportunity to do something ever again, and the urgency to get the most out of it.  Which links in with the film because Ash has a once in a life time opportunity to enter an art competition and win it for a trip to New York. The one in this scenario could connote how everything changes, but also how hard it would be for her to win this competition and how lucky she is to be able to take part in the trip in New York.

The connotations of ‘Life’ are one of new beginnings, of moving on and taking everything in your stride.  This could link with Ash’s situation of her depression, this competition gives her the opportunity to change her outlook on life on her disorder, and therefore make her a happy individual. It’s a journey we as the audience have the privilege to be a part of and watch. It connotes growth in herself and her capabilities, to be able to beat her depression to be able to get better, and see the positive in each situation, and also see the greatness in her art skills.

This isn’t a stereotypical Teen Angst film title, it isn’t abbreviated, it’s not slang, but that was the whole idea behind it. Our movie although containing a fair few conventions of a stereotypical Teen Angst movie, it is a countertype. It’s not about silly girl drama, or friends falling out, it covers a serious issue amongst teenagers, that being mental health and the effects of this on others and the individual.  The double use of the word ‘one’  really emphasises this, basically we’re trying to convey in our film that everybody has one life, we all only have one shot at it so what’s the point if you’re not really living, that’s the question we’re trying to answer.

Our title will be in sans serif font because we are covering a serious issue within our film, we wanted that to be reflected in our title form the very beginning. But it will also connote the harsh reality teenagers have to go through, with the awkward first encounters, and embarrassing life fails. The font will be White as white connotes purity, innocence and that’s what Ash and Darcy are, Ash might not be innocent to the hate and destruction the world can bring and create, but she is to the happiness and love you can feel.  It also connotes new beginnings and fresh starts which is an idea our film is very centred around.

 

 

Shot List

Scene one

Shot one – The first shot will be a panning long shot of the main characters (Ash and Darcy) biking down a street laughing on their way to school.

Shot two – The next shot will be a front facing long shot of the same activity in order to allow the audience to see the short part of dialogue.

Shot three – The next three shots will be a shot reverse shot, however the first shot will be a mid-shot and focused on Darcy laughing and occasionally looking at Ash. 

Shot four – The second part of the shot reverse shot will be a mid-shot of Ash looking back at Darcy waving and smiling.

Shot five – The last part of the shot reverse shot will be another mid-shot back focusing back on Darcy in order to involve the audience in the exchanging of laughter and happiness between the two characters.

Shot six – Long shot of Ash and Darcy biking, but this will be front facing.  This will then pan upwards to the sky and begin a fade to black.

Shot seven – This will be a rewind over the previous shots at increased speed as the voiceover during this part will be “I may look happy now but this was not me 24 hours ago”.

Scene Two

Shot eight – The next few shots will be match on action of Ash leaving the house, starting with a close up of a door opening.

Shot nine – Mid/long shot of Ash coming through the opening door.

Shot ten – Close up of Ash putting in her headphones.

Shot eleven – Close up of Ash’s feet as she is walking from her front door to the end of her drive.

Shot twelve – Long of Ash walking down a street (Ash goes off screen).

Shot thirteen – Birds eye view shot as Ash kicks a can – as the can moves credits will appear.

Shot fourteen – Mid shot of Ash walking down the street with her headphones in.

Shot fifteen – Panning long shot of Ash crossing the road.

Shot sixteen – Extreme long shot of Ash walking into the car park of the school with students surrounding her.

Shot seventeen – Long shot of Darcy on her own, until she sees Ash come into school then she waves and shouts after her.

Shot eighteen – Mid shot/close up doing a slight smile in response to Darcy.

Shot nineteen – Extreme long shot of Ash meeting with Darcy and towards the school.

Scene Three

Shot twenty – Long shot of Ash and Darcy walking through the doors to the school.

Shot twenty-one – Panning Mid/long shot of Ash and Darcy walking down the corridor to class.

Shot twenty-two – Mid-shot of Hellen in order to introduce her into the film. From this she will be looking over at Ash and saying “smile today won’t you?”

Shot twenty-three – long shot of Ash and Darcy walking past Hellen after the comment she just made.

Shot twenty-four – mid-shot of Ash and Darcy walking into class.

Shot twenty-five – Long shot from the perspective of a student already sitting in the class as Ash and Darcy enter.

Shot twenty-six – Close up of Ash’s face from behind the whiteboard (Ash’s face starts off blurred then it gradually comes into focus.

Shot twenty-seven – Close up of the board showing the audience what is written on it – from Ash’s perspective.