Contingency Plan!

THE CHOCOLATE DRAGONS IDEA HAD CHANGED!!!

So we ran into numerous problems with All Hail the Chocolate Dragons, such as:

• It wasn't funny enough to be a comedy, as making jokes in the format of a trailer is a lot harder than in say, a short film.
• Characters were too young for it to look like a professional production
• Locations were not fit for characters, such as every indoor location being too clean looking and overall non-sensical (such as anonymous around a window)
• The plot itself doesn't naturally fit any genre other than comedy.

Because of this we had changed:

• The genre of the film as it is now a thriller
• The tone of the film as now instead of being lighthearted, it is now very dark in tone
• The plot, as instead of YouTube pranksters doing a big prank on anonymous, a guy's girlfriend is kidnapped and he has to follow orders from two masked people or the girlfriend dies. The guy's actions get worse and worse to the point where he becomes irredeemable by the end of the movie.
• The name of the film to fit the new plot, genre and tone as the film will now be called Corruption Phase

video used for peer assesment

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what we are doing in todays lesson 19/12/14

In todays lesson we will be peer marking what we have so far within our trailers.

Chocolate Dragons changes

We are going to have to remove aspects of this and change a lot of the story to make this non linear but still make sense
the changes will include

removing scenes that give away too much of the plot

more action, less dialogue

have the wacky time video almost as a voiceover

add in more mystery through scenes we are going to have to redo

what I have done on 12/12/14

Todays lesson I hace edited the storyboard to make it more like what we are going to be doing. This is for LO2

Intro for AHTCD (draft)

Delay

On the 11th of December we had planned to film some scenes that included the character of Chad Wagon. However we could not film these scenes as we couldn't get in contact with the actor for several days (leading to a possible replacement of him) and while we got the permission to film for the Millennium Galleries location, we could not get the signature on the permission form as the manager could not find the time. This will lead to a modification of the production schedule.

Lesson Objective 12/12/14

In todays lesson I am going to be completeing the storyboard, and adding all the necessary arrows.

My Quarter of the Storyboard

Chip: (sighs)

Brandy: Well look on the bright side at least we didn't have 12 views

Arnie: Technically we have 8, we refreshed a few times

Chip: (sighs) look we're going to need some new tactics for this kind of thing, we want to be bigger than.. (points to random video on front page).. Chad Wagon

Brandy: Who?

(Cuts to them watching him)

Chad: So my Wagon Wheels, (jump cut) today I was at Starbucks drinking my coffee (jump cut) and this CHAV came up to me like (jump cut, cringy impression) Yo mate ya got cash for bus for me

(Cuts to dragons paused in shock about to laugh while wagon still speaks)

Chad: like what kind of idiot chav doesn't have the simple money for the bus?

(cuts to the dragons' parody mocking of him)

Edited Chad Wagon: Hello my Wagon PRICKS, I like to wipe my Posh Starbucks BUM BUM BUM over my Physics Teacher

(Cuts to real Chad Wagon looking really annoyed)

Edited Chad: Also Fuck you Wagon Wheels (sound in background)

Chad Wagon: So you want to want to mess with the almighty Wagon

(Title:this autumn)

(Scene of Daggers and Wagon meeting in a coffee shop)

Daggers: Chad Wagon?

Chad: Erwin Daggers, Private Detective... we meet at last.

(Title: Dragons meet Wagons)

Lesson Objective For Today

Within todays lesson I shall be finishing off the storyboard and adding the appropriate arrows for the  storyboard.

Production schedule for this week

Production schedule

What I have done this lesson and what I need to do

Within todays lesson I have almost completed the shot log for LO2 and have gone through all of the clips to see which ones are useable 

I need to complete the shot log for next lesson. Which will be done during a project time.

Daggers office scene raw footage

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Recce Sheet

Raw Footage for the chocolate dragons promotional video for "wacky time" as well as a few attempts for the montage scene

Within todays lesson I have uploaded the pictures of the script that has been fully formatted onto my blog. As well as Publishing treatments and call sheets and proof reading them.

Idea 2

Idea 2
The narrative for this is a group of three youtube pranksters who wear masks and are easily impressed by views (such as 50) create a promotional video on their channel that goes viral which is mistaken for a internet hacking threat terms like "wacky time" is thought to be a international threat, a singular ex police officer (now detective) believes this is a terrorist threat after a backstory where trick or treaters accidentally set fire to a corner shop. He tries very hard to crack this fake case of "masked terrorists" by trying to decode videos with no actual meaning within them. An obnoxious British blogger stands up to the "hackers" through video responses so the detective teams up with him to try and stop them and track them down.

Locations: Pranks happen on street, greenscreen incase of unlikely situations, corner shop, office area for detective (potentially a utc room somewhere) ,generic room in house wiith a computer in it, spacious room for blogger so he can jump cut eveywhere with a framed picture of steve jobs "innovation under it in meme text"

Characters:
Chocolate dragons:
Chip (prankster 1) Scheming down to earth rather intelligent and literal
Brandy (prankster 2) Easily amused/dumb rather childish he gets the most excited about low views and small things in general
Arnie (prankster 3) Very animated rather cartoon-like examples, sometimes gives riddles he makes the "threat" seem more threatening
Chad Wagon (hipster internet blogger)
Private investigator 

Theme and genre: Middle ground comedy theme satire of how society is so afraid of internet hacking, and mocking how in crime dramas they look so deeply into things. 

Target audience: It will probably appeal more to males but easily accesable for females, age rating 15 and above, no specific ethnicity

Title: All hail the chocolate dragons​

Sum Up - Sum up: 3 quirky and unsuccessful YouTube pranksters are mistaken for a cyber criminal threat which leads to an obnoxious Vlogger and a paranoid detective to stop them.​

Script in correct format

Call Sheets for premier store scene

-          3 Youtube pranksters (chocolate dragons) make prank videos with low views

-          Decide to do a big prank where they make a promotional video in the style of a Dark Knight Joker-like threat

-          -Detective sees this video, sees it as a possible actual threat and begins investigating, turning down actual things to investigate

-          YouTube pranksters see the views and unsatisfied (well Brandy’s happy)

-          Make a parody of an obnoxious vlogger called Chad Wagon

-          Detective still investigate in stupid ways

-          Vlogger responds really angrily, Chocolate Dragons known as trolls on the internet but popular

-          While shopping for pranks for their new audience they see Chad Wagon and notice he’s in the same city as them (won’t be in trailer)

-          Detective notices the vlogger, checks out his channel and messages him to stop the Chocolate Dragons

- chocolate dragons realise they don't have anything for "wacky time" (which shows they are even more harmless)

-          Chocolate Dragons begin trying to make music videos and sketches as they’re running low on prank ideas, used them all up before popularity.

-          Chad Wagon and detective team up, detective agrees to allow Wagon to “use his punishment”.

-          Wagon notices how ridiculous the Detective’s methods are, suggests to just look for them, annoying the detective. Who declines and the two argue leading to the detective explaining his backstory which reveals he failed a case to find trick or treaters who accidentally set a corner shop on fire (why he thinks so much about masks).

- the (now popular) chocolate dragons check how they're sketches and music videos are going and realise when they check the comments people are waiting and demanding "wacky time"

-they realise wacky time was meant to be yesterday 

- montage of them trying to work out what wacky time is during the montage clips chad wagon and the detective receive an anonymous email that reveals the chocolate dragons location during the montage we  get to see the potential pranks and skits unfold while chad wagon and the detective dash towards the location cross cutting would be used in this scene 

- Wacky Time is a live stream where the chocolate dragons do stunts on themselves which are fake, Arnie turns fruits into characters like "Samuel" the pumpkin and they try and do prank calls which just fail so they move onto the stunts
- But the live stream is interrupted by chad wagon and the detective come in but the lights in that area are off chad wagon then says "It is I the notorious arch nemesis of the diabolical choco...." chip then interrupts with "could you turn the light on mate, i can't see ya"
- the light turns on while chad wagon is talking and reveals his identity and the fact he is holding a gun sideways
- Brandy screams and throws a pumpkin at chad wagons head ( this links to the halloween trick or treaters to the detective who is stunned by remembering his past, flashback to the stress of his case)
-they then run out of their home (arnie brings the laptop "The show must go on" with Chip replying "you need wifi you idiot" "When the time has come the Wi will Fi" Chip pauses.. "I'm done with you" while running with a tracking shot
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I have done this lesson

Within todays lesson I have almost completed the shot log and have designed a prototype for the company logo

I have wrote about shot logs and edit logs
we need to edit the footage that we already have 
and this shall be done by friday.

Edit and Shot logs

Shot Log

A shot log is used to keep track of all the shots that have been done this involves keeping track of what shots are useable, the length of the shots and wither you are going to use it or not. This is done while filming as this helps to save time.

Edit Log

An edit log is used for every editing technique that has been used on the footage. This involves keeping track of editing footage, audio, visual as well as title graphics.

What I am doing this lesson

Within this lesson I shall put the script into the correct format, as it has already been written but not put into the correct format.

Pre-production

in todays lesson we will be completing the pre production material ready to film on monday 17th november the team roles are:

Andrew and James wrote the script

Ken and Joe will location scout and will do the Recce sheets

Ken did the Gantt chart

Andrew and James casted the actors

Joe did the risk assessment

Andrew will be sorting out the costumes

Ken did the call sheet

Ken, Andrew, James and Joe did a quarter of the storyboarding each

James got the permissions for songs

Andrew and James will Consent forms for actors

Andrew did the chocolate dragons treatment and James did the bloody christmas film treatment​

Permission to use The Touch - Stan Bush

Within our trailer we had decided we wanted to use The Touch - Stan Bush, to get permission to use this we had to contact the people that own the publishing to this song here is evidence that we have permission to use this

LO2 - All Hail the Chocolate Dragons Script

All Hail The Chocolate Dragons

By

Andrew Quinn, James Hartshorn, Joe Taylor

And Kenneth Abrina

1. INT. OFFICE. DAY.

ERWIN DAGGERS stares intently at the PROMOTIONAL video that the ‘Chocolate Dragons’ promotional video.

ARNIE

          Hello my dragon children, it is I

          Arnie, alongside the rest of the

          Chocolate Dragons, the finest gang

          the finest gang on the block.

CUT TO

A SLOW motion scene of the three Dragons walking towards the camera. The scene cuts into another where they proceed to walk away from the Camera.

A sign can be seen and it is now known that ERWIN DAGGERS is a Private Detective.

CUT TO

ARNIE

          Something big is coming...

FADE TO

DAGGERS

          My God...

2. EXT. OFFICE. DAY.

3. INT. DRAGON’S ROOM. DAY.

ARNIE

          As you can see our view haven’t

          been... quite up to standards.

BRANDY

          Fifty’s pretty good.

ARNIE

Quiet youngling, your time to speak

          isn’t now. As I was saying our view

          are looking pretty bleak but that

          all that is about to change as on

          the 15^th of November, we’re going to

          do something big... (Walking towards

          the camera).

Everyone proceeds to shout “WACKY TIME”.

ARNIE

          Now remember, All Hail the

Chocolate Dragons.

4. EXT. DRAGON’S ROOM. DAY.

FADE TO

5. INT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

The 3 Dragons are currently being held hostage by a mysterious group of people who identify themselves as ‘Anonymous’.

CODE

          Hello ‘Dragon Children’. Welcome to

          Anonymous.

CHIP

          (Turns to Brandy and Arnie)

          You two didn’t get me into another

          kinky cult again did you?

CUT TO

The three Dragons are walking alongside CODE. CODE then proceeds to explain a plan.

CODE

          So we need you to make a video

          that you’d think would get

          viral.

ARNIE

          (Turns to CHIP and BRANDY) So,

          this is my idea: a Fake Killer

          prank. Just watch...

BRANDY and CHIP are CONFUSED at the idea and seemingly appear interested in their leaders thoughts.

ARNIE

          (Emulates shooting a gun)

          BANG! BANG! HAHA! BANG...

          (Proceeds to spray a viscous

          red substance on the TARGET)

CHIP

          Perfect ARNIE.

This action however, proves to be quite an annoyance and the video shows footage of ARNIE being beaten up by his apparent TARGET, albeit this doesn’t deter the trio into doing such a clearly stupid idea.

CODE

Now that we’ve agreed, we’ll

upload this and hack the views.

CODE pauses and CONTINUES to explain the situation to the trio. BRANDY with a certain concern with his voice later interrupts him.

CODE

          So as you can see, we chose you

          three because we are in need of

          three morons (Pause and cough)

          Sorry; I meant ‘capable’; to

          infiltrate-

BRANDY

          I’m sorry but your voice is

          bothering me. Are you using

          some kind of voice changer or

          is it a recorded COMPUTER

          voice.

CODE

          (Pause and point thumb

          towards another member of

          anonymous) Yes. It is a

          COMPUTER voice.

A person proceeds to type at as steady pace, matching the timing of the gestures and actions of CODE.

BRANDY

          So are we talking to him or

          to you?

CODE

          Him I suppose...

BRANDY

          (Almost cut off CODE) and

          what if you need to go to

          the toilet? How would you

          SIGNAL that?

CODE pauses, annoyed at the comment that BRANDY made. He quickly recovers from this however and proceeds to walk on towards his original destination.

5. EXT. ANONYMOUS OFFICE. DAY.

6. INT. OFFICE. DAY.

DAGGERS is analysing the Chocolate Dragons video.

DAGGERS

          Hello?

WOMAN ON THE PHONE

          Hi, could I use your services to

          find out about a mugging, the

          police won’t help at all.

DAGGERS

          I’m sorry ma’am, but there’s a

          Really important situation I

          I need to sort out.

WOMAN ON THE PHONE

          Like what?

DAGGERS

          I can’t tell you, it’s-it’s

          terrorists...

7. EXT. OFFICE. DAY.

8. INT. PARK. DAY.

The three Dragons: ARNIE, CHIP and BRANDY are currently sitting in a park, looking unfulfilled and bored out of their minds.

ARNIE

          Wouldn’t it be hilarious if

          we prank Anonymous.

CHIP

I don’t know. They get up to

          some serious things.

ARNIE

          That’s the funny part...

Whatever, I’m not getting

into this.

9. EXT. PARK. DAY.

10. INT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

CODE

          On the 3^rd of December, we

          will be...

ARNIE

          (Throws a banana at CODE)

          Going bananas, am I right

          guys?

CODE

          (Begins shouting in his

          real voice, not realising)

          What the fuck you idiot!

          My face! (Begins to remove

          Mask).

ARNIE

          Oh, I was meant to throw the

          skin and not the banana...

          Huh...

CAMERA OPERATOR (ANONYMOUS)

          Woah, don’t take off you

          mask... You just revealed

          your identity ABE. This is

          live.

BRANDY

          (Snickers and looks away

          slightly) Abe...

CODE (ABE)

          Well now you made it worse

          saying my name. There aren’t

          many Abe’s in Sheffield.

CHIP

          Good to know; “This is

          Help-The-Government-Find

          -Anonymous hour”.

CODE

          Why not? It’s not like

          we’re currently

          broadcasting this- (Stops

          and stares at the laptop)

          (In horror) Oh no.

11. EXT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

The screen begins showing a website displaying ‘Anonymous hideout found and secured.’

12. INT. OUTDOORS. DAY.

CHIP

          What the fuck is your

          problem? You made us

          borderline terrorists!

DAGGERS

          (Appearing out of nowhere)

          I knew it.

BRANDY

          (Towards Locker) I think...

          I might have feelings for

          you.

LOCKER

          (Interested) Oh...

          What kind of feelings?

CHIP

          (Begins dragging BRANDY

          away from LOCKER) You

          guys can flirt later!

ARNIE

          (Shouting dramatically)

          We forgot about Wacky Time,

          How are we supposed to

          become-

CHIP

          I’m sorry. Your concern

          right now is Wacky Time?

          (Questioning the notion)      

13. EXT. OUTDOORS. DAY.

Title appears: “All Hail The Chocolate Dragons”

14. INT.

16. INT. *PLACEHOLDER FOR LOCATION. DAY.

ARNIE

          Please. I don’t get many

          opportunities to be on TV.

          Follow us on Twitter!

An Anonymous member is desperately trying to move ARNIE away from the camera.

ENDAll Hail The Chocolate Dragons

By

Andrew Quinn, James Hartshorn, Joe Taylor

And Kenneth Abrina

1. INT. OFFICE. DAY.

ERWIN DAGGERS stares intently at the PROMOTIONAL video that the ‘Chocolate Dragons’ promotional video.

ARNIE

          Hello my dragon children, it is I

          Arnie, alongside the rest of the

          Chocolate Dragons, the finest gang

          the finest gang on the block.

CUT TO

A SLOW motion scene of the three Dragons walking towards the camera. The scene cuts into another where they proceed to walk away from the Camera.

A sign can be seen and it is now known that ERWIN DAGGERS is a Private Detective.

CUT TO

ARNIE

          Something big is coming...

FADE TO

DAGGERS

          My God...

2. EXT. OFFICE. DAY.

3. INT. DRAGON’S ROOM. DAY.

ARNIE

          As you can see our view haven’t

          been... quite up to standards.

BRANDY

          Fifty’s pretty good.

ARNIE

Quiet youngling, your time to speak

          isn’t now. As I was saying our view

          are looking pretty bleak but that

          all that is about to change as on

          the 15^th of November, we’re going to

          do something big... (Walking towards

          the camera).

Everyone proceeds to shout “WACKY TIME”.

ARNIE

          Now remember, All Hail the

Chocolate Dragons.

4. EXT. DRAGON’S ROOM. DAY.

FADE TO

5. INT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

The 3 Dragons are currently being held hostage by a mysterious group of people who identify themselves as ‘Anonymous’.

CODE

          Hello ‘Dragon Children’. Welcome to

          Anonymous.

CHIP

          (Turns to Brandy and Arnie)

          You two didn’t get me into another

          kinky cult again did you?

CUT TO

The three Dragons are walking alongside CODE. CODE then proceeds to explain a plan.

CODE

          So we need you to make a video

          that you’d think would get

          viral.

ARNIE

          (Turns to CHIP and BRANDY) So,

          this is my idea: a Fake Killer

          prank. Just watch...

BRANDY and CHIP are CONFUSED at the idea and seemingly appear interested in their leaders thoughts.

ARNIE

          (Emulates shooting a gun)

          BANG! BANG! HAHA! BANG...

          (Proceeds to spray a viscous

          red substance on the TARGET)

CHIP

          Perfect ARNIE.

This action however, proves to be quite an annoyance and the video shows footage of ARNIE being beaten up by his apparent TARGET, albeit this doesn’t deter the trio into doing such a clearly stupid idea.

CODE

Now that we’ve agreed, we’ll

upload this and hack the views.

CODE pauses and CONTINUES to explain the situation to the trio. BRANDY with a certain concern with his voice later interrupts him.

CODE

          So as you can see, we chose you

          three because we are in need of

          three morons (Pause and cough)

          Sorry; I meant ‘capable’; to

          infiltrate-

BRANDY

          I’m sorry but your voice is

          bothering me. Are you using

          some kind of voice changer or

          is it a recorded COMPUTER

          voice.

CODE

          (Pause and point thumb

          towards another member of

          anonymous) Yes. It is a

          COMPUTER voice.

A person proceeds to type at as steady pace, matching the timing of the gestures and actions of CODE.

BRANDY

          So are we talking to him or

          to you?

CODE

          Him I suppose...

BRANDY

          (Almost cut off CODE) and

          what if you need to go to

          the toilet? How would you

          SIGNAL that?

CODE pauses, annoyed at the comment that BRANDY made. He quickly recovers from this however and proceeds to walk on towards his original destination.

5. EXT. ANONYMOUS OFFICE. DAY.

6. INT. OFFICE. DAY.

DAGGERS is analysing the Chocolate Dragons video.

DAGGERS

          Hello?

WOMAN ON THE PHONE

          Hi, could I use your services to

          find out about a mugging, the

          police won’t help at all.

DAGGERS

          I’m sorry ma’am, but there’s a

          Really important situation I

          I need to sort out.

WOMAN ON THE PHONE

          Like what?

DAGGERS

          I can’t tell you, it’s-it’s

          terrorists...

7. EXT. OFFICE. DAY.

8. INT. PARK. DAY.

The three Dragons: ARNIE, CHIP and BRANDY are currently sitting in a park, looking unfulfilled and bored out of their minds.

ARNIE

          Wouldn’t it be hilarious if

          we prank Anonymous.

CHIP

I don’t know. They get up to

          some serious things.

ARNIE

          That’s the funny part...

Whatever, I’m not getting

into this.

9. EXT. PARK. DAY.

10. INT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

CODE

          On the 3^rd of December, we

          will be...

ARNIE

          (Throws a banana at CODE)

          Going bananas, am I right

          guys?

CODE

          (Begins shouting in his

          real voice, not realising)

          What the fuck you idiot!

          My face! (Begins to remove

          Mask).

ARNIE

          Oh, I was meant to throw the

          skin and not the banana...

          Huh...

CAMERA OPERATOR (ANONYMOUS)

          Woah, don’t take off you

          mask... You just revealed

          your identity ABE. This is

          live.

BRANDY

          (Snickers and looks away

          slightly) Abe...

CODE (ABE)

          Well now you made it worse

          saying my name. There aren’t

          many Abe’s in Sheffield.

CHIP

          Good to know; “This is

          Help-The-Government-Find

          -Anonymous hour”.

CODE

          Why not? It’s not like

          we’re currently

          broadcasting this- (Stops

          and stares at the laptop)

          (In horror) Oh no.

11. EXT. ANONYMOUS HIDEOUT. DAY.

The screen begins showing a website displaying ‘Anonymous hideout found and secured.’

12. INT. OUTDOORS. DAY.

CHIP

          What the fuck is your

          problem? You made us

          borderline terrorists!

DAGGERS

          (Appearing out of nowhere)

          I knew it.

BRANDY

          (Towards Locker) I think...

          I might have feelings for

          you.

LOCKER

          (Interested) Oh...

          What kind of feelings?

CHIP

          (Begins dragging BRANDY

          away from LOCKER) You

          guys can flirt later!

ARNIE

          (Shouting dramatically)

          We forgot about Wacky Time,

          How are we supposed to

          become-

CHIP

          I’m sorry. Your concern

          right now is Wacky Time?

          (Questioning the notion)      

13. EXT. OUTDOORS. DAY.

Title appears: “All Hail The Chocolate Dragons”

14. INT.

16. INT. *PLACEHOLDER FOR LOCATION. DAY.

ARNIE

          Please. I don’t get many

          opportunities to be on TV.

          Follow us on Twitter!

An Anonymous member is desperately trying to move ARNIE away from the camera.

END