Ideas/notes for my groups preliminary task.

In class we carried out the planning to our preliminary task to show the examiners what we can do before we start our opening sequence for our course work and skills we have. Today we came up with some ideas as to what we are going to do for this task. These being the story line, the script, the location and characters.

Some ideas we had to start: 

• Set in a dark room.
• Use of a lamp to resemble we are doing an interview. Lamp will be facing upward so the audience can see the characters faces. 
• Characters involved: Police officer, Chief inspector and Steven Smith (crime suspect)
• Two people sitting opposite each other on a table. 

The story line to our preliminary material: 

A suspect is brought in the station by a police officer to be interviewed by the Chief inspector. The suspect is already sitting in the interviewing room. Before the Chief inspector enters the room the Police officer hands the files (which contains information on the suspect) to him. The Chief inspector then looks at the files and realises it is his friend sitting in the room waiting to be interviewed. After sitting down he tries to help his friend and turns off the recorder so that the interview is not recorded. (from doing this he could lose his job). Steven Smith (the suspect) then pleads innocent to his friend and tries to convince him it wasn't him this time. 

Script:

Chief inspector and police officer standing out side interview room. Police officer hands over a file that contains suspects information. 

Police officer: Here are Steven Smiths files. Good luck. (Police officer walks off)

Chief inspector: (Looks at files, says name under his breath to himself, looks up in realisation and enters room) Steven Smith.

Chief inspector: (Stands and stares at Steven and then sits down opposite him. Chief inspector pulls out recorder from him pocket and switches it off. And puts it back in its pocket.) I told you last time, I can't cover up for you any more. Whats this the third time now?  I'm gonna lose my job if i carry on.

Steven Smith: Its different this time, I swear i didn't do it.

Chief inspector:  No Stevie, iv got you out of your own shit since we were 15. I'm not doing it any more. 

Steven Smith:  You've got to believe me this time.  Paul set me up.  It shouldn't be me sitting in this poxy room it should be 'im (him). 

Setting:
We have decided to set this in the drama room because it will allow us to close all the curtains and get the lighting we would like using the lamp. We have chosen to just use a lamp because we think it will be more effective as you will just be able to see the facial expressions of the characters. We will put a table and two chairs in the middle of the room so that it looks like a interview in process.

Props:

• 1x table
• 2x chairs 
• 1x lamp
• 1x Tape recorder
• Files

Characters: 

• Chief inspector
• Police man
• Steven Smith (suspect)

As this is just our preliminary material we will not be concentrating on details like age appropriate characters or costumes. But more so our editing skills, what camera shots we use, the 180 degree rule. 

By Chelsie.