Mockumentary Storyboard

Mockumentary shooting script.

Shot number	Shot type	Angle	Camera movement		Dialogue/Sound	Description of action	Effect created
1	Long shot	Straight	Zoom in to medium close up (MCU) and then back out to Long shot (LS)		In this shot there is no dialogue so instead we will play music such as garage or R’n’B as an insight into the girls characters.	The ‘Rude girls’ are standing in a group with their arms folded with Vixen in the middle. When the camera has zoomed in a text appears at the bottom swoops in saying ‘The Rude Girls’ with their names printed underneath.	The effect this will give is that the audience will begin to know quite a lot about the group for example, that Vixen is the leader because she is standing in the middle of the girls and also, the music choice behind the girls will show a lot about the character and the music they listen to.
2	Extreme long shot	Straight	There will be no camera movement.		Voice over/narrator: ‘’Vixen, Vassy and Violin are taking time out of their classes today..’’	In this shot it mainly is showing the overview of the playground to which in the distance ‘The Rude Girls’ can be seen bunking out of lessons.	The effect that is created whilst the school playground is being shown it gives the audience an insight into the girls lives and therefore, makes them feel as if they are there and/or that they actually know the girls.
3	Medium long shot	High angle shot.		Straight cut from the last scene to the current one/ Fade in.	Production member/director: So girls what are you doing here?	The girls are sitting at a picnic bench in their playground. Vixen is lounging about on the top of the table while Violin is sitting with her feet up on the chair reading a magazine to which she has a book hidden underneath. And, Vassy is sitting on the other side playing around on her phone.	This shot gives the audience the effect of getting to know the girls better and how they are feeling because we see their body language.
4	Medium close up	High angle shot.		N/A	Vassy: We thought school was too boring innit So we bunked..	Vassy looks up from her phone and talks while playing with the Vaseline she just took out of her pocket. She applies the Vaseline when she finishes talking.	This low angle shot shows the audience that Vassy is one of the in-superior and has hardly any authority within the gang unlike Vixen who is the leader.
5	Medium Shot.	Low angle shot.		N/A	Vixen:  Wait, what you do you fink yor’ doin’ innit?!	Vixen tenses up and sits up/kneels on the table, staring down at Vassy.	The shot shows the audience whose boss. Unlike the previous shot were the camera looks down on Vassy, this shot looks up at Vixen so she is looking down. This therefore, shows her as the superior character.
6	Medium close-up.	High angle shot.		N/A	Vassy: Puttin’ on ma’ Vaseline…	Vassy continues putting on more Vaseline.	This shot makes the audience feel more like there are watching a mockumentary. For example, documentaries and mockumentaries alike are both filming what happens at that precise moment, because of this the shots may not always be professional because something may happen when they are not expecting it so they would have to merely catch on camera whatever they can.

 

 

Shot number	Shot type	Angle	Camera movement	Dialogue/Sound	Description of action	Effect created
7	Medium shot.	Low angle shot.	N/A	Vixen: You answered the question!!	In this shot you can see that Vixen is getting agitated and very angry because Vassy answered the question before her which she doesn’t agree with because she believes she is the leader of the group and therefore, must speak first.	This shot shows that Vixen believes that she is superior to the other girls and even goes to the extent of getting physically angry at the other girls because the spoke before her.
8	Medium shot	High angle shot.	N/A	Violin: No sugar Sherlock.	Violin who was not even involved in the argument between the other girls speaks up in a bid to quiet the girls. While saying this she rolls her eyes.	This shot shows Violin finally getting her point across and speaking back at both of the other girls. Even though she isn’t involved in the so called argument she uses her sarcasm and smartness to try and silence the girls.
9	Two person shot	Straight on.	N/A	Vixen and Vassy at the same time: SHUT UP VIOLIN!	In this shot both girls (Vixen and Vassy) and end their supposed argument to shout at Violin.	This shot shows the division in the group between Vixen and Vassy against Violin.
10	Medium shot.	Straight on.	It follows Violin.	No dialogue but there may be background noise. (E.g: Birds tweeting)	Violin stands up and storms off. The girls stare after her but they don’t chase after her or even yell her name they merely watch her walk away. While she walked away the camera men follow her but she puts her hand over the camera lenses and carries on walking.	In this shot the division in the group is shown more as Violin needs time away from her friends.

 

Evaluating my presentation.

Evaluating your presentation:

On Monday me and my group which consisted of Reiss, Ore and myself (Lauren Young our other group member sadly was not present on that day) presented and delivered a presentation about our mockumentary ‘The most noble borough of Bermz.’

My role while we was presenting our show was to discuss and introduced the ‘Gangs’ of our show which were the ‘DKNY Gang,’ the ‘Rough boys gang’ and finally the female equivalent of boys gang the ‘Rude girls gang.’ To introduce the ‘gangs’ I needed to create a part of the presentation to which I would later put with the rest of the groups presentations about the part they was presenting . I also needed to create a script so I knew exactly what I was going to say or if I got stuck on what to say from memory I still had a written document on what I needed to say.

I think compared to how I thought I was going to deliver my presentation I did quite well because in general I don’t like publicly speaking to a big group so because of this I think I did okay. However, I think next time if I needed to deliver a presentation I need to speak more confidently and have more emotion in my voice. Also, although I did use a few hand gestures while presenting my part of the presentation I think next time I should use more because after watching the rest of the classes presentations I think when some people in groups used gestures and had appropriate body language then they engaged the audience more.

The skills that I did well while presenting was that occasionally I gave eye contact with the audience. I did this by instead of constantly reading of my paper or looking back at the presentation slides I looked up and looked at the audience. However, I think next time I should have more eye contact with the audience because it includes them more and makes the people in the audience feel more involved in the presentation and not as if we are just talking at them but talking with them.

Another skill that I think I did well while I was presenting with my group was I did use some hand gestures while I was giving my point. For example, at one point in the presentation I gestured at the screen so that it indicates that something on the screen which just so happened to be a picture of the ‘DKNY gang’ would be useful for the audience to look at as it gives them an image of what I was talking about. A way I could develop this skill is by using gestures not just at the screen but in general because as I said before when other groups used gestures it made the audience engage with them more because they are not just standing still which to me gives the presentation a boring feel and therefore, makes the audience bored and they may start to fidget or get distracted.

On the other hand, the skills that I think I did not use or that I didn’t use effectively was that when I was speaking I spoke in the same tone of voice. For example, other groups changed their tone of voice depending on what they were talking about so for instance, if they was talking about something happy then their voices got higher and more happier in general  but then when they was talking about something sad then their voices would get more lower and deeper.

Another skill that I think I could improve on is although I did speak clearly I think if I spoke more louder and changing my tone of voice then I would’ve looked like I had more confidence and less shy. So therefore, I think that if I worked on how I spoke and presented myself then I would look more confident and professional.

A third skill that I could improve on is my facial expressions. For example, instead of having the same expression on my face I could change it depending on what I am talking about and the mood I am trying to give off. To improve this I think I could practise my expressions at home or whenever I have free time in the mirror so that I can see how I look when speaking about different topics and therefore, I would be able to change the emotions of the audience depending on what I am talking about.

Some of the feedback I got from the rest of my class were that I was good at explaining and giving eye contact. However, this person also said that I had hardly any feeling in my voice and to achieve this I should try speaking louder and/or if I was feeling shy before the presentation I should take deep breaths beforehand.

Another piece of feedback that I got was that I was good at speaking clearly and confidently about the characters in our script. The skill that this person said that I need to develop is that I need to use more tone when I am speaking and to do this I should try gaining more confidence.

A third piece of feedback that I got was that I was good at gaining eye contact and giving some hand gestures. Although, I need to improve my using different tones of voice to create different effects.

A fourth and final piece of feedback that I got was that I had an ok level of volume however to improve I should look at the audience more to communicate with them.

Feedback from when I was halfway through writing my evaluation:

 This is really good, to improve I think you could add the skills you think you did well and you could add comments of other people and the advice they gave you.  Well done…

Character Profiles: The boy gang (Unfinished)

Proposal.

Proposal

Company Name: ROLL the camera

Contact details: HAB Southwark Park Road, Bermondsey SE16 3TZ

Title of Show: The most noble borough of Berms.

Type of Show: Mockumentary

Purpose of the Show: To entertain and mock documentaries. Making fun of Bermondsey and Bermondsey life. Stereotypes are exaggerated.

Synopsis: The show follows the lives of different people in Bermondsey; it highlights the strong difference between the ‘posh side’ and the ‘rough/chavvy side’ of the borough. One section follows a gang of ‘rude-girls’ (Vixen, Vassy and Violin) and a group of ‘rough boys’ (Buster, Box and Basher) as they cause havoc on their estate. Once in a while these two gangs come across the DKNY gang (Diana, Kathleen, Noreen Elizabeth Victoria Francesca Mary Anne Catherine Jill the 7^th and Yolanda). LIFE SWAP features two very opposite families; The Collingswood’s (who love the Royal Family) and the John. The Collingswood family consists of Joanne (Mother), Sebastian (Father) and Leonardo (15). The John family consists of Aduke (Mother), Timothy Bob (Father), Khadijat (18 months), Dominic (4), Tobi (9), Leanne (13) and Timothy Junior (16). They will take part in activities that ‘the other side’ enjoy (e.g. Tea and Scones and Wild Parties). The Parenting section will have a few random men and women (we do not get to know the characters). Ethel and Joseph Campbell host the ‘Bermondsey Language Lessons’ (they’re about 80).

Target Audience: Targeted at youths, students and young adults as it is a mock of their life.