Gear list for 3 shoot.

Gear needed for desert shoot.

Camera

Tripod

Boom mic

Headphones

Generator

Baby led

Blue gel

15 feet XLR cable


PROPS

Air guns/ fake guns.

1 gallon of water.

Wood pallets.

Arizona BLM

My third shoot will take place in a region of Arizona called the "Arizona strip." Within this scene a campfire will take place and looking at the states website I should be okay to have one during this time of year. 

Last night was my first shoot and it went great. I got some good takes with the help of an experienced actor named Shane Wood. 

3rd and final location

This is where the shoot out for my film will take place but at night time. its just below the Utah/Arizona border. About 7 mins out of town.

Scene 3 interview shot list.

Kinetic:

Close up of mc rider without helmet to a medium shot from the side showing the rider and the investigators.

Static:

Medium over the shoulder shot of investigator 1 talking. 

Medium over the shoulder shot of mc rider talking 

Medium over the shoulder shot of investigator 1 talking. 

Medium over the shoulder shot of mc rider talking 

Wide shot of marshall throwing open the door from inside and him talking to investigators.

Close up of marshall looking through papers.

Wide shot from the side of marshall talking to mc rider.

Go Pro/security cam shot from room corner. 

Over the shoulder shots of marshall and mc rider conversing.

Wide shot marshall getting up and leaving 

Medium close up of mc rider into a close up of the key left on the table. Mc rider shot forward. 

Scene 2 shot list. The shoot out.

Wide long shot of the drop site with campfire in center.

Close up of background drug runner. 

Medium forward shot of the two drug runners, shot from the side.

Pan medium shot of motorcycle coming into the campground. 

Very long shot of possible night vision shot. (if plausible) 

Kinetic:

Close up one take of biker’s shoe putting down kickstand followed to meeting drug runner. 

Static:

Close up on the hands, feet and heads of the motorcycle rider and the drug runner as the stand in front of each other.  

Medium shot of the background drug runner getting ready. shot from the side. 

Wide forward shot of exchange as the forward drug runner tests the package with the campfire.

Medium shot from behind of the forward drug runner turning around and yelling. 

Medium-close up of biker drawing pistol. Shot from the side.

Long shot of background drug runner firing gun.

Wide shot of forward drug runner jumping out of the way.

medium shot of mc rider shooting back. Shot forward.

Long shot of mc rider getting hit and stumbling down while still firing. Shot from the side.

Long shot of bullet bouncing off rock and hitting package causing explosion

Very long shot of night vision. 

Close up of mc rider trying to start his bike with red and blue strobes flashing. 

Opening shot list

Opening static shots:

Wide pan of motorcycle on top of ridgeline from behind.

Medium shot of mc from the side.

Close ups of the mc.

Static long shot of the mc leaving.

Kinetic shots:

Motorcycle following camera car.

Motorcycle passing camera car. 

Static shots:

Overhead shot from top of hwy overpass coming to and leaving underneath camera to desert dirt road.

campfire scene look book

I really like the hard shadows from the campfire in this scene from "The Grey" (2011). I want my scene to look similar to this one but add some more cooler moon light as a edge light.

https://youtu.be/KaxKYVXZy34?t=8m49s

Kinetic shoot/ opening scene.

Here is a look book profile of what the opening scene of my short film will look like. So far the shooting dates for this scene are friday and saturday august 11th & 12th.
I like how motorcycles can represent character in film like a motif or theme for people in movies.

https://youtu.be/MioZul3rHAo

Look book for interrogation scene.

I'd like to follow this scene as a basis for the one I want to shoot for my film. Mine probably will be a little more light up with a warmer color tone. I plan on shooting and finishing my capstone this month!

Locations

For my interior segment of my film, I would like to shoot it at Dixie State University's hanger (new film studio) in one of the office cubicles. I think I could create some good lighting to in order make it look like a police interrogation room. I'd like it to look somewhat Noir but not too much.

For the shootout scene i'd really like to shoot near the Arizona and Utah border at night with artificial moon lighting  

Also I'd like to incorporate some rolling shots of my main character on his motorcycle riding which will be an entirely new challenge within itself.

Shoot out scene inspiration.

I'd like the start to my action scene at the beginning of the film to look a lot like this. Just the first minute.

https://youtu.be/jSzy9qQ3mDE

I like the way the black bars control the viewers eyes while adding movement to a still shot. I think it would make a interesting set-up as my main character and the drug dealers size each other up before the shoot out happens.
I feel like doing these kind of effects could add a lot to film without taking up a huge amount of time to do.
I would shoot both characters in the scene separately but with close ups of their face, hands, and feet. I would then edit the close ups as moving segments of the to create tension. Both eye close ups would be moving two each other as segments of their hands, feet, would slip in and out of the frame ether from outside the frame or masked off and emerged from blackness on screen.

A Cast has been assembled.

I have assembled a cast for the my short film.

Spencer Walters will play the lead role of Jack Marston

Ashley Snyder will play one of the police investigators

Wyatt Naplin will play the second police investigator

Don Gilman will play the CIA Agent

Justin Hodge will play the role of a gangster without speaking lines.

Trevan Montgomery or Jacob Hansen will play the role of the gangster with dialogue.

This casting line up is subject to change until the shooting begins.

Now I just need to finalize the locations, set a shot list and schedule some shoots!

Capstone script - Fictional short film.

The idea for my capstone project came to me about a year ago. Since then and after a screen writing class I've been able to put my idea for a capstone on to paper. When creating my script the variables of time, crew, and equipment have given me a set number of pages I can write. I'am happy with this draft and hopefully i'll be able to produce it into a short film soon. 

This is the link to the pdf.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2AHhAIkW22rOGd4Nk9FSGUzYWs