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Planning: Storyboard "Dear Mother"

A dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship is the subject of our short film. The first shot of the first scene is of the outside of a house, which sets the tone for Roxy and Ms. Jackie's home. The shot then moves on to the interior of the house. Roxy is shouted at by her mother about housework in the next scene, which is more focused on the performers' relationships. There is a close-up of food on the floor, which Roxy must clean up as part of her tasks. This scene shows her and her mother going back and forth. Her mother then goes to the bathroom in the next scene. Roxy receives a phone call from a friend, prompting Roxy to see her pal. The short film moves on to the next scene.This takes place in Emma's house, which is a friend of hers. They're in Emma's room, discussing Roxy's mother's treatment of her. The entire time they are chatting, this sequence is shot in two shots. Roxy receives a call from her mother, and her eyes begin to water. Emma's mot

What's Next? More Planning: Let's Set Up!!

         So now that the script is ready to go we now have a couple more things to work on. These things include setting dates to get together for everything and scheduling, setting locations, gathering our actors and preparing them for film, maintain materials we need to stay safe and health,props, costumes, and what were going to fall back on if nothing goes according to plan. So let's get started!!     Planning Blog Chart  Schedule Locations Actors/ Participants  Health & Safety Props Costumes Back Up Plan  Scene 1 In a house Mother Daughter Snacks Masks Phone chargers Laptops and flash drive for storage usage  Dishes Trash  Food Telephone Speaker  broom/ cleaning supplies  Simple casual Mother wears all black Will most likely be taken in my home Scene 2 Bathroom in the house  Emma (phone) Ms. Jackie  Snacks Masks Phone chargers Laptops and flash drive for storage usage  Tooth brush  Towels  Telephone Towel with shower cap  Fall back spot could be home depot or my house  Sce

Project Planning: The Script

 This is our script about a mother and daughter verbal abusive relationship. I loved listening to the thoughts and ideas presented by Ronneka about our script she was very creative and created the dialogue and scripting mainly on her own. I was around to give input and assist in minor things and help give her ideas of how to script and looking over it for editor errors and mistakes grammar wise. However, I became ill and was in and out of school as well and dealing will other family issues so it was hard to keep up and stay on top of things however I am back and ready to do more exploring and create an amazing short film. When following up with her on what she thought while she was making the script she stated,"  I had fun coming up with the entire script and getting to visualize my writing. The script is very dramatic and interesting. It also has a good cliffhanger to it that the audience will enjoy. It involves all the dramatic elements needed for the short film." and after