Week8 A3 P1

Pitch & Proposal Written Document

 

 

  • Logline

 

This documentary focuses on a girl who always enthusiastic about dancing, which then caused her to break through all the challenges from external and internal (parents) factor. Finally, found her own dance studio in Melbourne.

 

 

  • One paragraph synopsis 

 

Eighteen years old Lyn, who is a year-one business student at Monash University and starts dancing when she was three years old. In the later years, she found her greatest joy in dancing and especially with the friends who truly love dancing, and tried to share their inner resonance and excitement with others. Unfortunately, she was strongly opposed by the family during that period since they thought she should concentrate on her study instead. However, Lyn’s persistence effort on dancing and her passion on dancing slowly impressed and touched her parents bit by bit. Finally, through her continuous long-term efforts on dancing, she then found her own dance studio-Y9 in last month (in the end of the March) with the support of her family.

 

 

  • One page treatment (or over)

 

Expressing Lyn(interviewee) is enthusiastic and persistent with dancing are our main focus in this documentary. Her perseverance on dancing encourages her to found own dance studio in Melbourne. Popularising dance and delivering the joy of dancing are the purpose Lyn wants to present through her dance studio. Thus, we decided to use a series of interesting shooting techniques and perspectives to present the main concept. Interview shots of Lyn as mainline will be use throughout the whole process

 

The intersection of Swanston St and Bourke St appears, Lyn is holding the camera walking along Swanston St, all the way to her Y-9 Studio. Arriving there, she starts to introduce her studio and partners. Music begins when her partners begin to dance. Lyn is reflected in the mirror with the camera in hand, wearing a dark dance suit and black cap.  (First perspective) Lyn and three of her friends appear in four frames but one scene to tell their impression on Lyn. Come to the point that Lyn starts to introduce herself.

 

Lyn began to recount her own previous experiences and story with smoothing music on. The photography and videos of her childhood appears. Lyn recalled her dance experience while she is walking by the place she bought her first toe shoes. Also keep on telling how stressed she was when she was learning Ballet and Latin at four years old, locked herself in the dance room, keep practicing. (All slow scene with soothing music)

 

She appears to introduce the reason of found a dance studio, then revealing the environment of the Y-9 studio. Presenting how she was seizing every minute to dance, to balance study time and dance time with the fast-paced music. Catching trams, timing the exact dance time so that parents will not doubt her whether she against their will or not. Her tears or sadness detailedly appears to emphasise her difficulties and hardship in dancing. Transforming to her perspiration dropped on the floor due to her diligent in dancing. Excited and delighted face shows the joy of dancing for her and then she tells that her parents are touched and impressed due to her passion and persistence effort. Lyn’s parents chose to comprehend and support.

 

The optimistic music is on; Lyn starts to tell the original intention of finding the dance studio and trying to deliver the joy of dancing to others. Focusing on her earnest while teaching students. Lyn’s students describe how Lyn presents as a Jazz dance instructor and the positive influence of Lyn on dancing. Some videos or photos of commercial performances present with the introduction provided by Lyn. It then appears Lyn is dancing joyfully on the street at dusk, the sea at sunset, the rooftop at sunrise with the cheerful and accelerated rhythm.

 

Lyn’s friends and Lyn are having the rest, chatting, telling their expectation for the future. She starts to dance along, as music goes on, more and more friends join from her two sides. Ending with the finish of their dancing and saying goodbye to everyone who in front of the camera.

 

 

  • Ethics charter

 

  • Negotiate with the interviewee about what we are going to film or what questions may contain in the documentary for few time (enough time).
  • Spend more time with the interviewee so that we can understand her in-depth. 
  • Leave enough time for the interviewee to prepare for the interview question. 
  • Make sure the shooting time and location with the interviewee and be on time. 
  • Any time changing, content changing or location changing have to tell and negotiate with her 2-3 days before original time. 
  • Choose the places she is comfortable with to film. 
  • Cannot film what the interviewee doesn’t want to present to the public. 
  • Help her to relax in front of the camera, such as chatting with her in the relaxing mood. 
  • Turn the camera off if the interviewee asks for it to be turned off.
  • Cannot film the interviewee if she is not prepared/not ready for the camera to be turn on.
  • Arrange the break time for her during filming. 
  • Keep all the promises made to the interviewee. 
  • Have to ask her sign the release form before shooting. 
  • Present a copy of the finished documentary to the interviewee before it is submitted and made public.

 

 

  • Project Schedule

 

Date Description 
12.04.2018 Thursday  Contacted the interviewee and decided a time to meet her.
13.04.2018 Friday   Meet the interviewee in her dance studio(Y9 Studio).
16.04.2018 Monday Each member have to finish own part and combine everything altogether 
17.04.2018 Tuesday Rehearsal before the presentation in the next day.
18.04.2018 Wednesday (Pitch & Proposal) Presentation in class and hand in written proposal in class.
30.04.2018 Monday Finish shooting before 1st May, leave enough time for edit.
08.05.2018 Tuesday – 09.05.2018 Wednesday Finish the rough cut editing. 
11.05.2018 Friday (Rough Cut ) Present our rough cut in class.
15. 05.2018 Tuesday  Correct and finish the fine cut.
16.05.2018 Wednesday  Present a copy of the finished fine cut to the interviewee.
17.05.2018 Thursday Correct what the interviewee ask to change in the fine cut.
18.05.2018 Friday (Fine Cut) Present the fina lcut in class.

 

References:

Documentary film:  Pina, directed by Wim Wenders  https://vimeo.com/31227698

Documentary film:Sergei Polunin Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXsP-AAL-7M

Documentary film:  world Bang http://www.iqiyi.com/w_19rv66von5.html

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av2182533/?share_source=weixin&ts=1523613438&share_medium=iphone&bbid=5c4a585b1ee4537ddc423bda632daef9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BtKK9tEY1E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUEOHpx0PA

https://vimeo.com/87850219

https://vimeo.com/160441369

 

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