Planning for the Shoot

Actors:

Riley- Jessica Blackburn

Isabella- Sophia Atwood

Mate: Taliah Lamont

Costumes:

As I have no budget and don't know what sort of clothes the actresses have, I have left it up to them to decide what they are wanting to where. It will help them develop their characters better, and also ensure everything fits and that they are comfortable in it, this will help aid their acting as they wont be distracted by any tricky clothing or costumes. Also, apart from the costumes described during the script itself, they are entirely up to the actresses themselves, with whom I hold the highest faith that they will deliver.

Props:

This trailer is going to be pretty organic as Im filming in the actresses real flats so it has the 'lived in' quality I need but other than that the only props I require is 2 laptops, which the girls have anyway.

Filming Equipment:

-Tripod

-Nikon Coolpix L310

Locations:

This trailer I wanted to be very intimate and very personal, so I kept the locations when they get to know each other as their rooms as thats the most personal part of a house for people, which for me is an important part to emphasize with their relationship. Then when they meet up, and when they split up, it should be in a public, where everyone can see so to give it a lack of intimacy that their beginnings had, which is why I also wanted them to reunite both outside and inside because I wanted it have the same feelings as it began with; very intimate, very personal, very private. But with their reconciliation being more open, more public, and prouder. The outside shots will be similar as well as I want them to be places of outside intimacy. E.g. Bookshops, Coffee shops, fields, etc. Places that simulate intimacy while being incredibly public.

Predicted timescale: 

Jessicas House- 3 Hours

Sophias Flat- 3 Hours

Outside areas 6-8 Hours.

Shoot time (excluding setup): 12-14 hours

Setup time: 2-3 Hours per session

Total shoot time (including setup): 18-21 Hours.

Filming schedule:
12/11/2014

10:30- Sophias Flat. Shoot scenes: 1, 3, 5, 6 13, and 14.

12:00- Huddersfield Town, Shoot Scenes: 8, and 15.

13:00- Jessicas House. Shoot Scenes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14 (Omitted for new location)

15:00- Huddersfield Town. Shoot Scene 10.

15:30- Resume the 13:00 shoot until finished. Scenes that can be shot after sunset: 6, 9, 11,

If the shoot runs over to a second day, another date and Schedule shall be promptly made.

16/11/2014

11:00- Filming at Sophias, catching up with any scenes previously missed.

14:00- Shenades Flat. Shoot Scenes: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14

This should conclude the shoot.

Final Script

'The First Date'

Written, and directed by Taliah Lamont

Starring

Jessica Blackburn as 'Riley'

Sophia Attwood as 'Isabella'

Taliah Lamont as 'Mate'

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Scn 1
{Int. Isabellas flat, day}
A clock alarm sounds, we see someone (Isabella) in bed, she turns off the alarm, throws off her cover, takes a breath, gets out of bed, and stretches. This is cut off when a phone alarm sounds.

Scn 2
{Int. Rileys bedroom}
We cut to a different bedroom, and a different bed, we see the torso of someone (Riley) role over, they knock off their phone, throw it down, sit up out of bed, and stretch. 

Scn 3
(Int. Isabellas flat, day}
We see Isabella (in a bra) put on a big sweater, and fix her hair. 

Scn 4
{Int. Rileys bedroom}
We cut to Riley (wearing a binder) put on a hoodie, and put on her wig.

Scn 5
{Int. Both flat and house, Day}
Combo shot of them turning on their computers and settling into their browsing positions.

[Music begins as the on button is pressed, cute indie (mumford and sons, imagine dragons, or similar) should be used]

Scn 6
{Int. Both flat and house, Day}
General browsing starts, it shows the TV show they have in common being played, and then shots of the message boards, tumblr posts and whatever 'till it shows the tumblr fan mail (or similar) from one to the other (little shots of smiling should be shown too), the typing speeds up slightly as we see them exchange messages, we get little snippets of the messages, we see them draw and write stories for each other, more smile shots, etc. Its all cute and perfect until we see a message from Isabella which is a love confession and asking for them to meet up.

Rileys hands freeze over their keyboard [The music stops]

Scn 7
{Int. Rileys living room, Day}
Cut to Riley sat on a couch, their mate stood in the kitchen doorway.

Riley: Maybe I shouldn't tell her?

Mate: You can't hide being a woman after this long, Riley. Genderfluid, or not, I don't see you growing junk anytime soon.

Riley: Maybe she'll be okay with it?

Mate: Oh yeah 'my penisless boyfriend' she will be thrilled.

Mate leaves into the kitchen.

We see Riley send a message to Isabella she reciprocates the feelings, agrees to the date, but doesn't tell her her true gender.

Scn 8
{Ext. Town Centre, Day}
Cut to them meeting up for the first time, Riley is dressed as a guy, she looks uneasy but Isabella doesn't seem to notice and they hug. 

Cute little montage of them getting coffee, shopping, holding hands, cute stuff, etc but there should be bits in that should be awkward or weird but turn them into cutesy bits or comedy bits.

Scn 9{Int. Rileys House, Day}
They then go back to one of their houses together, simulate a large amount of time passing (maybe film after its dark also), include shots of watching films and shows together,making tea, browsing, reading, holding hands, just normal cutesy stuff, maybe even Isabella teaching Riley makeup.

Scn 10
{Ext. Bus Stop, evening}
But just as they are about to leave, they are at the bus stop and Isabella kisses Riley, this knocks Cody back and she grabs her head to keep her wig from knocking back, but Isabella notices this. She breaks the kiss and steps back sightly, she grabs the wig and pushes it back. Obviously, Riley (looking incredibly anxious) is revealed to be a girl. And Isabella is pissed.

Isabella: So do you even want to explain?

Riley: (tentatively) I didn't want you to reject me...

Isabella: So instead of letting your feelings get hurt, you wreck mine by lying to me? I can't fucking believe you.

Isabella thrusts the wig into Codys hands and walks away leaving a broken Cody to her thoughts.

Scn 11
{Int. Rileys Living room, Evening/Night}
Something showing the date has changed, a few months has passed to be specific. Cut to closed laptop, little blinky lights still going, and a curled up Riley sat in a blanket on the sofa looking tired with a mug of tea waiting, still steaming, by her side. 

We see Riley open up her laptop again, she goes back onto their messages and her hands pause again, they fidget as if to jump start them into typing but they just hover. Then they slowly start typing a message in, but it immediately deletes this, then it tries again, we watch it type and delete messages a few times (hi, hey, are you okay?, Im sorry, I miss you, its been a while,etc). It goes through a string of these messages before her hands just stop. 

She combs her hands through her hair in defeat until she hears a message pop up.

"I've been watching you try type a message for a while now."-I
"The little pencil has been going mental, are you okay?"-I

Rileys eyes widen and begin to crinkle in delight as the pop up sounds are heard.

"I'm sorry."-I

"I should have known I would have to compromise to find my perfect man"-I
"I didn't know that would mean a penis"-I
"But I don't even mind anymore."-I

Riley is beside herself at this point, she is so delighted to just be reading these little messages again

"I miss you, its been too long."-I

"I missed you too"-R

"Want to try this again?"-I

"Yeah, that would be nice."-R

"Lets try it again, our second first date"-I

Scn 12
{Int. Rileys room, Day}
We cut to Riley rifling through her closet and a wide assortment of clothing, shes visibly stressed as she searches. 

Scn 13
{Int. Isabellas Flat, Day}
We cut to Isabella doing the same. 

Scn 14
{Int. both flat and house, day}
Various shots of clothing being tried on, taken off, adjusted, patted down, etc. 

Scn 15
{Ext. Bus Stop, Day}
Close up on painted lips as they exhale, a breath of comfort to ease them. The shot zooms out from the lips, to reveal a long haired, made up Riley as she ducks her head, shes incredibly nervous. The shot moves down; she looks female, and adorable, even though as we pass down the shot, her hands are fidgeting awkwardly around her phone, and her feet and legs shift and squirm.

A pair of shoes step in shot, cut to her hands, they squeeze and clench in anxiety, the camera follows them as they are raised to her mouth and she clears her throat. Isabella looks brilliant as the camera show her plain face, and short hair. Cut back to Riley, she smiles sweetly, they walk towards each other, their hands zip together and they either (because I'm not sure what would look cuter) rest their foreheads together, or kiss. 

Roll title, credits, and release date.