Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Plans for Filming

Yesterday, we handed in our treatments and we organised to meet up with Mark Pearson, a professor at Griffith University. He will be meeting us on Thursday during our media lesson and we will start filming this for Ashlee's third of the documentary. 

I haven't received any other replies (from Shani Grimmond or James Kliemt), which is a bit disappointing since they would both fit really well in my third of the documentary and would help with my point of argument. Due to this, I emailed two influencers to see if they're available (Chloe Szepanowski and Bella Fiori) and contacted the media branch of the police so make an appointment with a professional on cyber criminals, so that I have some backups the original plan doesn't work out. 

I feel that our group is a lot more organised than we have been last year which is good and I think that we will be able to manage staying organised throughout the rest of the assignment. I really like how the assignment is clearly broken up into individual thirds, rather than creating the treatment for the entire film then choosing one story to base the film off, because it means that we have complete control over our third and one person isn't dominating it.

Monday, 27 February 2017

Three Column Script

Timing:
Duration of shot
Shot Description and Visual Information:
Shot type, position, angle, movement, lighting notes, description of action, etc.

Sound:
Voice-over, dialogue, music, sound FX, etc.
15 secs
Shot Notes:
  • Medium close up of teenager (the narrator)
  • Positioned at a low angle in front of her
  • The camera is moving backwards with the girl
Lighting:
  • Bright lighting on the narrator, darker background
  • Blue tone
Action:
  • Walking towards the camera amongst a room full of teenagers who are sitting at desks on their laptops
  • Stops walking and stands still after 5 seconds
  • Small cartoon of the number of social media users from 2010-2020 in the top right hand corner of the screen with a sound effect to go with it (0.97bill. - 2.95bill.) - do this with a plug in or text box
Location:
- Jennifer Reeves first floor - tables
“With the dramatic rise in popularity of social media, everyday more and more teenagers are becoming increasingly public with their lives online and are posting private information, such as photos and videos of themselves, information about where they live, their full name and date of birth, making them an easy target for cyber criminals.”
15 secs
Shot notes:
  • Video Scribe
  • Blank white background
Action:
  • Various visual effects used to display the statistics
  • The statistics are written on the white background, with images such as electronic devices drawn too
Statistics:
  • 58% of teens do not believe posting photos or other personal information on social media sites is unsafe
  • 47% of teens are not worried about others using their personal information in way they do not want
  • Taken from Teen Internet Statistics
“A recent study found that the majority of teenagers don’t believe that posting their personal information on social media is unsafe, and nearly half of the teenagers surveyed are not worried at all about others using their personal information in ways that they do not want.”
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of James Kliemt
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of him
  • He is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between him and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Serious facial expression, not speaking
  • Looking directly into the camera
“Mr James Kliemt, Senior Digital Media Officer from the Queensland Police Force, discusses the many potential dangers of posting private information on social media”
  • Overlapping shots: typing sound effects and faint notification sound effects
4 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled medium close up of a laptop
  • Positioned to the left of the laptop, over the user’s shoulder
  • Can only slightly see the user’s head and left shoulder
Lighting:
  • Slightly underexposed
  • Blue tone
  • Darker background contrasted with the bright screen
Action:
  • Someone is scrolling through Facebook and making a comment
4 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled close up of a phone 
  • The only objects in the frame are the phone and the user’s hand who is holding it
Lighting:
  • Slightly underexposed
  • Blue tone
  • Darker background contrasted with the bright screen 
Action:
  • User is editing a post on Instagram by tagging a location then posting the photo
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of James Kliemt
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of him
  • He is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between him and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Serious facial expression
  • Looking directly into the camera
  • He speaks about the dangers of posting private information online and how users can become a target to cyber criminals
  • Faint sound effects of typing and notifications
2 secs
Shot notes:
  • Medium, panning shot over a table
  • Taken from bird’s eye view
Lighting:
  • Darker background contrasted with the bright laptop and phone screens
Action:
  • Table is cramped with people on laptops and/or phones and all using social media
Location:
  • Table on the first floor of Jennifer Reeves
2 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled, medium long shot of people standing at the flagpole
  • Taken from the flag pole, looking towards the direction of the door at the top of the stairs (music room), however tilted down
Lighting:
  • Darker background contrasted with the bight phone screens
Action:
  • Everyone is standing still, waiting to be picked up and on their phones
  • No one looks up from their phones throughout the entirety of the shot
  • Some have earphones in too
Location:
- Flagpole

3 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled close up of girl on her phone on the way home from school
  • Taken from the right side of her and facing towards her, only her phone and some of her uniform is shown
Lighting:
  • Darker background contrasted with the bright phone screen
Action:
  • She is scrolling through one of her social media feeds
  • Earphones connected
Location:
  • In the car
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled medium shot of girl on her laptop
  • Taken from the left of her and slightly behind her, looking over her left shoulder at the screen
  • The only thing in focus is the laptop screen
Lighting:
  • Contrast of the dark room with the bright computer screen
Action:
  • Girl laying on her stomach on her bed, using social media on her laptop
  • Scrolling through her Facebook feed and opens a location tag of a post
  • Earphones connected
Location:
  • Bedroom
The remaining duration of interview voiceover (approximately 5-10 seconds)
Shot notes:
  • Various, similar shots of teenagers using social media
  • High angled, medium shots
Lighting:
  • Contrast of the dark background with the bright laptop/phone screen
Action:
  • Teenagers using social media on their phones/laptops at different locations, in particular posting private information
6 secs
Shot notes:
  • Medium close up of narrator standing in the same Jennifer Reeves room as before
  • Camera is positioned at a low angle directly in front of her
Lighting:
  • Bright light on narrator, darker background
Action:
  • Shot cuts at end of first sentence
“However posting about our private lives on social media is not the only thing putting us in danger. How many times have you actually read the Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy when creating a new social media account?”
4 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of a phone in user’s hands, taken from a high angle
  • Positioned slightly to the left of the phone
Lighting:
  • Darker background contrasted with the bright phone screen
Action:
  • The user scrolls past the terms and conditions and presses the accept and sign up buttons
  • The ‘welcome to Instagram’ page comes up on the screen
Duration of the interview voiceover (approximately 15-20 seconds)
Shot notes:
  • Close up of James Kliemt
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of him
  • He is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between him and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Serious facial expression
  • Looking directly into the camera
  • Discusses hidden loopholes in Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies
Shot notes and action:
  • Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies of various social media sites appear and are scrolled through on the screen
  • The loopholes regarding what the sites do with users’ private information are highlighted digitally
  • Screen recording
Shot notes:
  • Close up of James Kliemt
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of him
  • He is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between him and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Serious facial expression
  • Looking directly into the camera
4 secs
Shot Notes:
  • Close up of the narrator
  • Positioned at a low angle in front of her
Lighting:
  • Blue tone
  • Bright light on narrator, darker background
Action:
  • Standing still, looking into the camera
Location:
- Jennifer Reeves first floor - tables
“Another reason you may want to re-think posting private information or posts you may later regret is the fact that the majority of future employees check social media sites prior to employing. This means that the posts you made last week about that party may not have been such a good idea.”
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • Extreme close up taken from high angle and slightly to the left of the sign
Lighting:
  • Bright lighting
Action:
- No action, the shot is of a sign which reads “INTERVIEW ROOM”
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • Medium shot taken from a high angle
  • Camera is positioned behind and to the right of the interviewee who is on the left side of the frame in the foreground
  • The interviewer (torso only) is in the background on the right and slightly out of focus
  • Pull focus from the interviewee to the sheet of paper on the desk, titled RESUME
Lighting:
- Slightly underexposed

Action:
  • Interviewee is standing in front of the desk of the interviewer
  • The interviewer slides the document (resume) on the desk towards her and facing her
4 secs
Shot notes:
  • Extreme close up taken from a high angle
  • Camera is positioned above the sticky note and slightly to the left
  • The only objects in frame include the sticky note and the interviewer’s fingers
Lighting:
  • Underexposed, harsh shadows
Action:
  • Interviewer sticks a sticky note on the top left hand side of the resume, which reads: “Rejected due to inappropriate use of social media”
6 secs
Shot notes:
  • Video Scribe
  • Blank white background
Action:
  • Visual effects to display the statistics
  • Drawing of stick people, the number of people who have posted something they regret are a different colour from the rest
Statistics:
  • 57% of users have posted something online that they later regretted
  • Taken from The Huffington Post
“Did you know over half of those who have posted on social media have posted something online that they later regretted?”
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up taken from a high angle, slightly to the left of the phone
  • Only objects in frame include the phone and the user’s hand holding it
Lighting:
  • Dark background contrasted with bright phone screen
Action:
  • User is scrolling through Shani Grimmond’s Instagram feed
"Shani Grimmond, social media influencer, discusses this”
5 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of Shani Grimmond
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of her
  • She is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between her and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Looking directly into the camera
  • Speaks about the posts she regrets and how they have affected her career as a YouTuber (Nazi flag incident)
  • Stalkers online due to lack of privacy on social media
  • About how the lack of privacy online may have led to the break in of her house in 2015
5-10secs
Shot notes:
  • Video Scribe
  • Blank white background
Action:
  • Visual effects to display what Shani is saying
  • Digitally writes out what she is saying, making the important words relating to the negative effects of social media stand out, e.g. ‘negative’, ‘lack of privacy’, etc.
  • Does this for one/two important sentences
5 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of Shani Grimmond
  • Positioned at a low angle, directly in front of her
  • She is positioned in the right hand side of the frame
Lighting:
  • Strong lighting (redhead) from the right side, creating a contrast between her and the black background
Action:
  • Sitting in front of a plain black background
  • Looking directly into the camera
3 secs
Shot notes:
  • High angled close up of girl using phone
  • Taken from over the girl’s shoulder and focused on the phone
  • The shoulder and side of head is on the right hand side of the screen and the phone is on the left
Lighting:
  • Dark background contrasted with the bright phone screen
Action:
  • She is swiping through the different location stickers on Snapchat 
The remaining duration of interview voiceover (approximately 5-10 seconds)
Shot notes:
  • Various, similar shots of teenagers using social media
  • High angled, medium shots
Lighting:
  • Contrast of the dark background with the bright laptop/phone screen
Action:
  • Teenagers using social media on their phones/laptops at different locations - in particular, looking at location tags, and posting private information
8 secs
Shot notes:
  • Close up of narrator taken
  • Camera positioned at a low angle directly in front of her
Lighting:
  • Bright lighting on the narrator, darker background
Action:
  • Narrator looks up from texting and into the camera
  • Screen fades to black at end of shot
Location:
- Same location as other shots of narrator (first level of Jennifer Reeves)
“Therefore, next time you go to post private information about your life on social media, you may want to step back and think about the implications this may have on your life”.