Wednesday, 6 July 2011

A Day in the Life of a Teacher

For my short film I am going to film a "day in the life of..." style mock documentary. The idea I have come up with is to film a day in the life of a teacher, however this will not be a usual teacher, this teacher will be very disorganised and relaxed about his responsibilities. there will also be the unexpected twist of the teacher not being revealed to be a teacher until the last shot. Below is the story board ideas:
  1. A shot of a teacher getting ready for school, they will be at home at this point. There will be a close up shot of the teacher picking up and dropping a large pile of folders.
  2. This shot will be of the teacher arriving in school, walking quickly down Lewis Road.
  3. A close up of a clock showing the time to be about 8:45 am, showing the teacher to be running very late.
  4. This will be a long shot of the teacher rushing to a classroom, there will then be a cut to the classroom with all of the students throwing paper planes etc.
  5. Instead of trying to calm the class the teacher then sits at a desk. There will be a close up shot of the teachers face looking bored.
  6. A dissolve will show the teacher at break sitting drinking a cup of coffee.
  7. As the bell rings for the end of break, there will be a close up of the teacher scribbling notes on work.
  8. A mid shot of the teacher picking up lots of sheets of paper from the floor will cut to a shot of the clock, showing them to be late again.
  9. There will be a handheld shot of the teacher running along the corridor and arriving at the classroom, out of breath and looking disheveled.
  10. As the teacher walks into the class it becomes obvious for the first time that they are a teacher.

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