My plan for production

Our group has decided to individually plan out how we would like the production to look like, and then select the best components from each plan to create a main plan that will finalise the main idea.


My plan

I believe the first shot should be a close up of the music box turning then a tracking shot of the young child's feet as she dances round the room to the should of the music. The camera should then cut to an establishing shot to view all three characters. The protagonist by the sink (near where the kettle is) and the antagonist behind her being intimidating. There should then be a shot reverse shot between the two main characters to present the differing facial expression(argument)(muted) (only sound is the music box), and then the camera should cut to the child, and using shallow depth of field, should still show the parents arguing behind her.The camera then cuts to a clock ticking(this sound over the music box sound) and then cuts back to the mans face getting angrier and the woman getting more timid. Then there should be a tracking shot along a line of family photos and them starting to shake due to the movement being made. There should be a close up of the kettle boiling (building up pressure) and then the camera should cut to the child picking up the teddy and dancing. Then the man should go and hit the woman as the child nocks into  table with dominos on it and the camera should cut between the man hitting the woman and the dominoes falling. When the last dominoes falls then the woman should fall to the floor sideways as the child simultaneously, but in a playful manor falls to the floor and the photos should fall and smash. I believe the ending should consist of a close up of the protagonists face as she is looking at her child playing so innocently. Then the audience see the mans feet casually walk past the woman as the camera cuts to the kettle dying down and the cock stop ticking and the music clock coming to an end as the sound of the child's laugh fades away with the music box as it finishes; presenting the idea that domestic abuse is reality and not a fairy tale. This final scene should all be shot using shallow depth of field.

Charlotte's plan

• Close up shot of the woman breathing heavily (bruises and scars can be distinguished on her face) high-quality able to see every ounce of fear.
• A panning shot upwards- sinister gloomy figure drapes over her.
• Shallow focus on music box spinning on the floor (clear cut eerie sound of the pins as the pluck the revolving cylinder). Outside the plane of focus is the little girl playing with her teddy bear on the floor. The depth of field adjusts to having the girl in focus and the box out of focus.
• The little girl stands. The camera stays low near to the ground. Once standing the girl will spin around holding her teddy, dancing to the music box. Focused on the girls feet, there will be a tracking shot to the woman’s bear feet and the man’s hefty boots.
• The shot will pan up from the woman’s perspective giving the man an element of power and authority.
• Behind the man is a kettle slightly out of focus. A tracking and zoom shot will be used over his shoulder to grow closer to the kettle. The red light of the kettle becomes dazzling as the camera directly continues into the light of the warming kettle.
• A clear quick cut straight back to the eyes of the woman, filled with tears the man’s hand swiftly strikes her face. With the assault the force compels her face to the left, looking down to her child.
• Clean cut to the child’s eyes, innocent and raw. The shot will zoom into her eye then zoom out off a clock, the second hand gradually ticking away.
• As the second hand reaches 6 O’clock at the bottom of the clock, the camera will pan down along from the hand, down the wall. Coming quickly into frame will be the man pushing the woman against the wall. As she’s thrown against the wall she’ll knock into a shelf.
• Shot reverse shot shows the perspective of the woman as the man lifts up a fist within seconds the camera drops down now fully focusing on the shelf possessing family photographs, concentrating on one happy photo of the family of three. The woman is beat and falls into the shelf. The photos topple over. However the picture of the family will be extremely transparent overlay as the woman is limp and wilted over the shelf bloodshed over the photo frames.
• A rapid hand held shot backwards, reveals the little girl spinning faster and faster around with her teddy even though the music is slowing down.
• Then again a swift hand held movement to the kettle which is starting to boil.
• Trembling along and upward the clock has sped up, the second hand spinning through time.
• A low POV (point of view) shot of the woman spinning, hands of head, almost stop motion photography style. Blood streaming down her face we can see fear and anguish.
• Tracking fluently away from the woman, leaving her standing breathing heavily looking insignificant the male looms into shot.
• Panning downwards the loud haunting sound of a shriek sounds over the music box and ticking of the clock. The music box plucks its last chord and stops.
• Together in slow motion the little girl and the mother plummet peacefully.
• The little girl knocks the table, creating a chain reaction of the domino's falling. There should be a tracking shot along the table as the dominoes fall. The last domino will fall downwards, tumbling through the air.
• A time lapse will happen as the woman reaches the floor the girl too falls. The woman slowly reaches her hand out in pain to the girl’s hand.
• Back to the domino falling fluidly through the air landing into the hands of the woman and the girl.
• All that should be heard is heavy breathing.
• The last shot should be of the woman looking emotively at her daughter.
• The last shot should not be of the male as I believe he does not get the right to hold the authority indefinitely. There should be a glimmer of liberty to the woman. 

Eve's plan

Each of us in the group are going to write how we picture the film, take the best components of each and finalise our plan like that.

-shot of the music box turning-only sound is the music box

-shot of the little girl dancing around(she is wearing a white dress bright white dress and ribbon in hair), zooming out establishing the scene (the male and female in the corner arguing, the mise en scene will be home-like and contain our objects)- still only sound of the music box

-Depth of field focusing on the parents arguing- only sound of the music box

-close up of the male shouting and looking angry...maybe arms raised with a can of beer in one hand..he is wearing a dirty, stained white vest and tracksuit bottoms)- muffled sound of the music box

-Close up of females face, expressionless. she is wearing a bright white t shirt and leggings- bright white to match the innocence of the girl but casually enough dressed to not take any focus from the scene.- still muffled sound of music box

-shots of them objects around the room building in pressure

-cross cut back to the shots of the girl, male and female- as he gets angrier everything builds more

-the music box runs out and the girl stumbles into the table with the dominoes on knocking them as she does- symbolising the peak of the pressure, the kick for everything to begin

-shot of the man going to punch the woman

-back to the dominoes falling, pace quicken as the fall

-shot of the young girl falling in slow motion

-shot of the woman falling in slow motion

-shot of the last domino falling off the table-sound of it hitting the floor

-shot of the girl lying peacefully on the floor eyes closed-silence

-shot of the woman lying peacefully on the floor-silence

-close up shot of the man breathing heavily