Production Schedule

Voice Over	10.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin      DONE
Dancing Feet	10.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin      DONE
Curtain Scene Backstage	18.01.11	Andrew, David        DONE
Film Opening Titles	19.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin,  Andrew, David         DONE
Backstage Scene	20.01.11	Vikkie, Yasemin,  Andrew, David        DONE
Start Editing Credit Titles	24.01.11+	Andrew, David,  Yasemin, Vikkie      DONE

Blog Update

Last week we used both our double lessons on Monday and Tuesday to film the beginning clips which appear in our first storyboard. On the monday David and Andrew were in an exam so it was just me and Vikkie. We filmed the dancing feet which appear at the beginning of the scene and this took some time to perfect it to the image we wanted. We also did the voiceover but when we saw David he said that it was best to record it in the studio not as sound on a camera and we agreed so we scrapped that footage. The next day me Vikkie and David went to the recording studio and recorded the voiceover with me and Vikkie taking turns, seeing who sounds best. To get the right tone, timing and feel we had to record many times and additionally we put the music into the recording so the voiceover and music fits on top, this way we don't have to edit it in and all timing will be to perfection. Also there was a few technical problems so it took time, but we managed to record it to the best quality we could and now have our final piece on CD. This means that we have our voiceover for the start of our opening sequence and we have a couple of shots that fit into the beginning as well.

Asking permission to use music from youtube for our opening scene

10/01/2011

On the 11th jan 2011, we are going to be off site in various different locations doing our filming in different  locations for the different scenes. We will be on site for a short while then for the rest of the lessons we have took as off site work time, as a group we will be travelling around doing as much filming as possible.

Outline of 'Live To Dance'

The opening sequence for 'Live 2 Dance' starts with a black screen. A slow piece of music starts to play and red text zooms in from right saying; 'V-DAY Productions', gets to centre, slows down and then zooms out on left. 'Proudly Presents:' then appears in from top and zooms off the bottom. A shot of feet dancing slowly fades in from black. 'Live 2 Dance', in  graffiti styled text, appears over the top of the dancing feet. After about 10-15 seconds of footage, this clip fades out and a close-up shot of the dancing character appears. With this, the named credits appear of the actor/actress and who they are playing. After all the main characters  credits have gone off screen, the screen will fade to white. After this we begin with the end. The shot opens with the dance group standing, waiting behind closed curtains. The curtains open, the stage is full of bright lights and the music starts to play as soon as the curtains open. The camera then reverses so you see the dance troupe come out onto the stage and begin to dance.  After 20 seconds of the dance, the footage starts to flick and quickly fade in and out. This footage fades to white. The film then goes to footage of the main character from when she first finds herself in trouble and how she decides to fight through it and create the ultimate dance troupe.

Progress I have made towards meeting my second target 14.12.10

My second target was to: Understand how the 4 technical aspects (camera, editing, sound & mise-en-scene) represent different things in different TV extracts effectively, and be able to evaluate them in detail.


I have made progress in meeting my second target because on my second milestone assessment i got a C, which is an improvement from my first E grade and the question was associated around the 4 technical aspects - camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scne and how they represent different things in a particular TV extract. I evaluated them in detail, and from my grade I can see I have improved. Also, every friday we have been doing this task with different Tv extracts, (Friday TV drama analysis) and it has given us good practise with these questions and I now feel more confident and happy in writing a question evaluating camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene. 

Screenplay 13.12.10

Screenplay

OVER BLACK FRAME
Music starts to play (Urban Strength | Rap / Hip-Hop Instrumental | Deep Orchestra
YOUTUBE).

RED CREDITS THEN COME IN FROM TOP:

"Presents:”

BLACK SCREEN FADES OUT AND FOOTAGE OF DANCING FEET FADES IN FROM BALCK - EXTREME CU
There are a pair of feet dancing away to the music. 
CREDITS APPEAR OVER THE FOOTAGE FOR 10 SECONDS IN A GRAFFITI STYLE

"Live 2 Dance"

Camera moves up the body to show the characters torso.

CREDITS OF CHARACTERS NAMES APPEAR OVER THE TOP OF THE CLIP. THIS HAPPENS FOR ALL 5 MAIN CHARACTERS STARTING WITH THE LEAD WOMAN AND MOVING THROUGH THE OTHERS.
AFTER THE FINAL CREDITS HAVE GONE, FRAME GOES TO BLACK / DARK BUT THE MUSIC CONTINUES TO PLAY. OVER THE TOP OF THESE CREDITS, WE HEAR THE LEAD’S VOICE SAYING; 

VIKKIE’S VOICE:

“Everyone has history. Everyone has things they have to fight through in life. Some serious. Others more psychological. Either way, life can be hard. When someone has a passion, a drive to succeed in something, they will take no mercy in getting there. People often do something as a form of distraction to get through these tough times. A lot of people turn to dance. Many start from the streets, but turn out to be the most out standing dancers in this world…”

The camera goes to a shot of a set of drawn curtains. We see dark silhouettes waiting behind the closed curtains. 


Even on the most important night of their lives, the characters still bicker and argue behind the closed curtains. Low lighting (SHOT REVERSE SHOT):

DAVID'S VOICE:

"You don't deserve to be here. Giving up 'cos of injury. True dancers fight through it, not just give up!"

VIKKIE'S VOICE:

"Oh shut up. I'm the one who got you here. If it wasn't for me, you'd probably be dead on the streets!"

DAVID'S VOICE:

"Oh you know what, screw this. I can't be bothered. You are pathetic. I'm gone!"

LONG SHOT and tracking shot as David starts to walk off. 

STEVE'S VOICE:

"What you doing you idiot. Get your arse back here!"

Steve moves towards David, grabs his top and pulls him back. David turns round to Steve and pushes him backwards. 

DAVID'S VOICE:

(MID SHOT) "Get your hand off of me."

David pushes Steve's hand off of him. They then start to get confrontational. 

STEVE'S VOICE:

"OR WHAT!? (laughs) Get your fucking act together now."

DAVID'S VOICE:

"Don't swear at me."

STEVE'S VOICE:

"FUCK OFF YOU PRICK."

David lashes out and punches Steve in the face. They start a violent fight when Vikkie runs over and attempts to pull them apart but gets hit in the process by David.

STEVE'S VOICE:

"You twat. You just smacked a girl."

DAVID'S VOICE:

"She aint much of a girl! You're more feminine than her!"

Steve and David both go into confrontation mode and start square up to each other.

VIKKIE'S VOICE:

"OII! (pushes them apart) You're both idiots, just shut up! Sort yourself out and get back over there, we've got a show to do! We've come so far if you don't want this then fuck off, you ain't ruining my dream."

Steve and David both sort themselves out and muffle under their breath.

STEVE VOICE:

(muttering) "We're good, we're good...sorry yeah"

DAVID'S VOICE:

"Let's just do this yeah?"

Vikkie pushes the guys over to their positions.

We start to see the curtains open and the camera then flicks to the audiences point of view, as we see the dance troupe step out onto a lit stage and begin to dance. We then see the footage start to slow down and shudder.

FRAME FADES TO WHITE AND A CLIP OF A DANCE CLASS FADES IN. TITLE APPEARS AT BOTTOM:

"8 months before..."

LONG SHOT of the lead woman walks over to the CD player and presses a button. The music stops and the character says; 

VIKKIE’S VOICE:
“Lets get started.”

She moves to the front of the class. 

VIKKIE'S VOICE:

"5, 6, 7, 8..."

They begin to dance.

FRAME FADES TO WHITE AS OPENING SEQUENCE ENDS.

BLACK FRAME - RED CREDITS APPEAR FROM RIGHT AND ZOOMS OFF LEFT AFTER 5 SECONDS:

"V-DAY Productions"

Screenplay 10.12.10

Screenplay

OVER BLACK FRAME
Music starts to play (Urban Strength | Rap / Hip-Hop Instrumental | Deep Orchestra - YOUTUBE).

BLACK FRAME - RED CREDITS APPEAR FROM RIGHT AND ZOOMS OFF LEFT AFTER 5 SECONDS: 

"V-DAY Productions"

RED CREDITS THEN COME IN FROM TOP:

"Presents:”

BLACK SCREEN FADES OUT AND FOOTAGE OF DANCING FEET FADES IN FROM BALCK - EXTREME CU
There are a pair of feet dancing away to the music. 
CREDITS APPEAR OVER THE FOOTAGE FOR 10 SECONDS IN A GRAFFITI STYLE

"Live 2 Dance"

Camera moves up the body to show the characters torso.

CREDITS OF CHARACTERS NAMES APPEAR OVER 


THE TOP OF THE CLIP. THIS HAPPENS FOR ALL 5 MAIN CHARACTERS STARTING WITH THE LEAD WOMAN AND MOVING THROUGH THE OTHERS.
AFTER THE FINAL CREDITS HAVE GONE, FRAME GOES TO BLACK / DARK BUT THE MUSIC CONTINUES TO PLAY. OVER THE TOP OF THESE CREDITS, WE HEAR THE LEAD’S VOICE SAYING; 

VIKKIE’S VOICE:

“Everyone has history. Everyone has things they have to fight through in life. Some serious. Others more physiological. Either way, life can be hard. When someone has a passion, a drive to succeed in something, they will take no mercy in getting there. People often do something as a form of distraction to get through these tough times. A lot of people turn to dance. Many start from the streets, but turn out to be the most out standing dancers in this world…”


The camera goes to a shot of a set of drawn curtains. We see dark silhouettes waiting behind the closed curtains. We start to see the curtains open and the camera then flicks to the audiences point of view, as we see the dance troupe step out onto a lit stage and begin to dance. We then see the footage start to slow down and shudder.

FRAME FADES TO WHITE AND A CLIP OF A DANCE CLASS FADES IN.
The lead woman walks over to the CD player and presses a button. The music stops and the character says; 

VIKKIE’S VOICE:

“Lets get started.”

She begins to move to the front of the class.

FRAME FADES TO WHITE AS OPENING SEQUENCE ENDS.

Treatment Re-write 07.12.10

Live 2 Dance

An original screenplay by Vikkie, David, Andrew and Yasemin.

7th December 2010

V-DAY Productions proudly presents a musical drama/dance film about a young lady who has a passion about going far in dance, so tries to create the ultimate dance group. She teams up with other passionate dancers in order to achieve her ambition and compete in the biggest dance competition possible in the UK; 'Live 2 Dance'.

As the story unfolds, there is various conflicts as all of the characters dance and fight for themselves, not for the future of the group. The main character gets injured during rehearsals and the group all turn wanting to ditch their main dancer. But through the hard times, they pull together and dance as one unit.

Through drugs, fights and gang-warfare they all pull together to dance as one solid unit, even though their relationships and the groups future does not matter to them, only their own personal goals and achievements.

For the idea of our film, think 'Step Up' meets 'Dirty Dancing'. The idea where feuding families and characters fight through it, pull together and dance together.

V-DAY Productions plans to set 'Live 2 Dance' in various locations like parks and clubs in Dagenham and London, and use the different characters - our lead teen female, the fighting teen males, and the drug addicts, in order to create the desired effect of competition and dispute, but also the feeling of co-operation when they put their differences aside to succeed in life. Live 2 Dance is targeted towards a demographic composed primarily of young females in their teens, but will also appeal to males who enjoy dance.

With the approval of the Executive Producer: Miss O'dell

Dance Wordle 07.12.10

Audience Research Result Summary 07.12.10

From our research results we can see that the majority of our audience is females of 16 and under. This means that we should conduct our target audience to be female teenagers. By the results it is clear to see that not everyone watches dance films on a regular basis, the majority sometimes, but i think this is because it isn't like there are lots of dance films out, dance genres aren't as popular as others, so obviously aren't going to be seen as much, but when they are they are successful and popular. This audience likes dance movies the best that consist of different dance styles and a mixture of dancing. Although, close to this they enjoy the main form of dance, especially at a teenage age; street. More than half of our surveyed audience were in a relationship and they were interested in seeing romance in dance films as well as the dancing, and the most popular of the two were Step Up/Step Up 2 & Dirty Dancing. Through these films they enjoyed things like the music, the romance, the story, the talent and most important the DANCING. 80% of the response rate said that they prefer dance films to contain competition between the characters, and the majority attend the cinema one a month and either does, has or wants to dance with the exception of 2 respondents.


We will know ensure that we meet the needs and wants of our target audience, as they are the people who will be watching our film, so we need to listen to their views and adjust our original treatment to fit our project, now we have completed relevant and up-to-date research. This means will we know include things like competition between the characters, include a mixture of different dance styles (mainly street) and reflect it on Step Up and Dirty Dancing the most out of all the dance films we have looked at.

Dance Questionnaire Response Summary 07.12.10

Response Summary

Total Started Survey:  10 Total Completed Survey:  10  (100%)

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DownloadCreate Chart1. Gender & Age?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Male		30.0%	3
Female		60.0%	6
16 or under		60.0%	6
17-25		0.0%	0
25+		10.0%	1

DownloadCreate Chart2. Do you watch dance films on a regular basis?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		20.0%	2
Sometimes		50.0%	5
No		30.0%	3

DownloadCreate Chart3. What kind of dance movies do you like the best ?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Street		50.0%	5
A mixture of styles		60.0%	6
Old styled dancing		0.0%	0

DownloadCreate Chart4. Are you in a relationship?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		60.0%	6
No		40.0%	4

DownloadCreate Chart5. Are you interested in seeing romance in dance films?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		30.0%	3
A little bit		50.0%	5
No		20.0%	2

DownloadCreate Chart6. What is your favourite dance film?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Step Up & Step Up 2		30.0%	3
Honey		10.0%	1
StreetDance 3D		0.0%	0
Dirty Dancing		70.0%	7
Footloose		10.0%	1
Flash Dance		0.0%	0
Save The Last Dance		0.0%	0

Download7. What did you like about them?
	answered question	8
	skipped question	2
		Response Count
Hide Responses		8
1. she carried a watermelon! Nah, Patrik Swayzee Wed, Dec 1, 2010 11:42 PM Find... 2. The music, the actors, the storyline and the last dance sequence. Wed, Dec 1, 2010 6:22 AM Find... 3. good Wed, Dec 1, 2010 1:06 AM Find... 4. i like the dances Wed, Dec 1, 2010 1:05 AM Find... 5. The mixture of dance styles Tue, Nov 30, 2010 7:26 AM Find... 6. there dancing :O Tue, Nov 30, 2010 6:21 AM Find... 7. I like any film which plays around with mixes of genre. Tue, Nov 30, 2010 2:55 AM Find... 8. The romance, the story, the talent, the magic - escapsim and wish it could be me in it! Tue, Nov 30, 2010 2:48 AM Find...

DownloadCreate Chart8. Do you prefer dance films to contain competition between the characters?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		80.0%	8
Not really		20.0%	2
No		0.0%	0

DownloadCreate Chart9. How often do you attend the cinema?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Never		0.0%	0
Once a month		70.0%	7
More than twice a month		30.0%	3

DownloadCreate Chart10. Do you/ have you ever/ do you want to, dance?
	answered question		10
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		50.0%	5
A little		30.0%	3
No		20.0%	2