LO3

Learning Outcome Three

Planning, and preproduction  of my soundtrack:

Planning for making soundtrack for Charlie:

This was a difficult task for me because I was not given enough detail on what specifically Charlie wanted me to do for his advert. Making my job harder.

To start my planning I needed to talk to Charlie Macarthur whose video I was making the sound track for. Since Charlie is a music producer he had already made a load of songs in the past. What Charlie wanted me to do was mix his different songs all into one soundtrack for a teaser of what is advert for his album contained.

Since I already had the music and didn’t need to record or edit that yet, I started with recording the script which was included in Charlie’s advert. Me and two other class peers went down to the recording studio on College site and recorded the voiceovers.

Planning for what I wanted Jack to do for my soundtrack:

For Jack I wrote a document of what I wanted included for my soundtrack and voiceovers. I also told Jack that he could contact me if he needed any more help which is an easy option since we sit next to each other in class.  As well as giving him a list of the SFX I wanted and music I also gave him a copy of my advert script to help him understand what voiceovers I needed.

Involved Characters:

Narrator: The narrator will not be on screen at all during the advert but will be doing all the talking during the advert. The narrator will be talking in a way that makes the audience feel that the narrator is in a conversation with Matt.

Matt: Matt will be on screen throughout the whole advert but will not speak at all. He will be responding to what the narrator says by using expressions and motions for example, shake head in disagreement and nod head in agreement.

 Shooting Script:

(Note that every time matt shakes or nods his head a comic SFX will sound when he does this)

The starting location would be in my room where the camera will be aimed at matt sitting at his desk; Matt will be facing towards the TV with his back to the camera. Note that when the camera looks at Matt sitting at his desk there will be no speakers on the desk yet.

Narrator: Hey you!

Matt will turn around and face the camera with a curious look on his face. He will face the camera as if the camera is the narrator. Matt will point his hand towards himself to make sure the narrator was talking to him.

Narrator: Yeah you!

Matt will now look at the camera with a serious face as if to show the audience that he is focusing on what the Narrator is about to say.

Narrator: Do you ever get tired of listening to bad quality music being played through your mobile phone?

Matt will put on a comic depressed face and nod his head towards the camera. He will shake his head faster than someone would usually do it.

Narrator: Do you wish you could play your music louder than you can at the moment?

Matt’s expression will be sad again and he will vigorously nod his head again.

Narrator: Well I can solve this problem for you, would you like my help?

Matt will vigorously nod his head again but this time he won’t look depressed, he will look happy and be smiling.

A sound effect will sound which sounds like a dollar sound (kaaaching).

Narrator: Ok, by the way you may want to check your desk for a surprise.

On the desk, a big set of speakers have suddenly appeared.

Matt will look shocked and go over to the speakers smiling and do a cheesy grin towards the narrator (camera) doing a cheesy grin and giving the thumbs up. He will then lower his thumbs and arms and stop grinning 5 seconds after he does the thumbs up and he will start pressing the buttons on the Speaker system (checking it out)

The camera would follow Matts movement in a medium shot making sure to include view of the speaker system as well as matt after he’s finished doing the thumbs up.

Narrator: Buy these sharp speakers for only £29.99 from selected stores in the UK, or you can purchase them from our online store at www.sharpspeakers.com

(Note when narrator mentions website url, writing shall appear at bottom of screen also showing the website name or url)

Storyboard:

Story board

SB1: In this picture Matt is sitting down at his desk watching TV. The camera will be a still medium shot of Matt sitting down with his back to the camera.

SB2: In this image the narrator says "hey you!", This is when Matt will turn around and face the camera as if the camera is the narrator. After the narrator has said this, Matt will point towards himself with his hand which is what my red arrows represent. In Sign language Matt is saying " do you mean me?". After Matt has pointed at himself the narrator will respond by saying "Yeah you!"

SB3: This image shows a medium still shot of Matt facing the camera. he has a neutral expression on his face. The narrator says "Do you ever get tired of listening to bad quality music being played through your mobile phone?". Matt will respond to this by changing his facial expression from a neutral face to an unhappy face he will also nod agressively to show the audience that he is agreeing with narrator.

SB4: In this image it is the same medium still shot as above. The narrator will then say "Do you wish you could play your music louder than you can at the moment?". Matt will respond to this by agressively nodding his head in agreement again (take note that Matt already has a sad face from the last sentence said, so he will continue being sad until I say)

SB5: This image shows a medium still shot of Matt with a sad face facing towards the camera. The narrator says "Well I can solve this problem for you, would you like my help?". matt will respond to this by changing his sad facial expression to a smiling face, he will then agressively nod his head at the camera to let the narrator know that he would like his help.

  SB6: This image shows a close up still shot of matt facing the camera smiling. A dollar sound effect will sound. the narrator will say "Ok, by the way you may want to check your desk for a surprise." Matt will react to this comment by looking down to his right at the desk (which will be out of camera view at the time).

SB7: This image shows a still close up shot of the speakers that have just appeared on Matt's desk ( the narrator made them appear them from my advert).

 SB8:This image shows a medium shot of Matt with the speakers in the background. Matt is doing a cheesy wide grin and giving the thumbs up in response to the speakers the narrator gave Matt. After he has done this he will face towards the speakers and start pressing the buttons to show the audience that he is experimenting with his new toy/ present.

Meanwhile the Narrator will say "Buy these sharp speakers for only £29.99 from selected stores in the UK, or you can purchase them from our online store at www.sharpspeakers.com"

when he is saying this line the link to the website adrress will appear in writing at the bottom of the screen.