Proposal

Our idea for the single camera assignment is a comedic spin on the popular multi-franchised 'Sherlock Holmes' in which the character of Sherlock is mentally unstable who somehow solves crimes due to becoming serious whenever at the crime scene. The title for the short film itself is 'Shernot Holmes' the title came about as he is /not/ Sherlock; hence Sher-not. The title and plot was highly popular with the focus group, receiving good feedback. The main characters are as follows: Sherlock Homes, DR. John Watson, James Moriarty and DCI Greg Lestrade. We're going to film it in only one area, at home. Although this may seem like a bad move, sadly this is the only option we have due to timing/schedule. The target audience is going to be fans of the multiple renditions of the 'Sherlock Homes' franchise and people who are into comedy shows/comedians; Aged 15-21, middle and working class and both males and females. We have a small budget however we have all the equipment and editing software needed provided by the college.

'Shernot Holmes' Script

Below is a link where the script for 'Shernot Holmes' and the Foley version of the script can be found:


https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo&authuser=0#folders/0B_xQFfydR5ATZVJMNC1BV3IxdFk  

Shot list

Below are only a few shot's that will be used during the making of 'Shernot Holmes'


Scene 1; Shot 1:

Wide shot of 221B, Watson walks up to the door.

Scene 1; Shot 2:

Over-the-shoulder shot of Watson.

Scene 1; Shot 3:

Over-the-shoulder shot of Susan.

Scene 2; Shot 1:

Medium shot of Watson walking into 221B and closing the door.

 Scene 2; Shot 2:

Wide shot of Sherlock dancing.

Scene 2; Shot 2:

Close up of Watson's face.

'Shernot Holmes'

The production of Shernot Holmes first began with the writing of the script. This quickly became as difficulty as it took longer than originally planned; eventually the script was complete on the 18th November (week beginning) and we moved on to the soundtrack. The original draft of the 'Shernot' script featured a character (Lestrade) which was deemed to offensive and was removed and replaced with a less-offensive and more comical version of the character in version 2. Although we both attempted to create separate music, one with 'garageband' and one with 'soundtrack pro' we settled on Brandon's version of the music as it seemed to suit our version of Sherlock better.

Below is the creation of my version of the soundtrack (which was eventually not used)

Although 'Shernot' is a comical production, we wanted the to falsely lure the audience in and play with their thoughts, to make them think this is an ordinary 'Sherlock Holmes' production when in fact it is the exact opposite, we did this by making the theme music/background music much like that of a crime drama. To film the production we used a Cannon 600D and recorded sound with a boom microphone as Cannons are known for having considerably poor sound quality compared to their video quality.





UPDATE (16/12/13)
The filming for 'Shernot' has been completed and it is currently in the editing process.
There were some technical difficulties but these were eventually fixed and filming was completed on schedule; Although many scenes were cut due to timing and I personally do not have high hopes for the project, I feel that because of almost half of the script being scrapped, the film will reach no-where near the 5 minute mark and this is a problem.

 
UPDATE (19/12/13)
'Shernot' has been edited and is very nearly complete, all that is left to do is go through and add sound effects where needed and render the final version and upload it to the blog/YouTube. Although I stand by what I said earlier, I still feel as though the filming/pre-production of the 'Shernot' could have gone better than it did. The blames for this are nothing more than our own poor-planning skills; it was left until the 11th hour due to the actor playing Sherlock was unsure about his own availability. In theory, We should have organised this a great deal more than we did. If we were given a chance to go back and film again at some point then I, personally would consider planning more, Brandon however may have a different view on things.

Equipment List

Sound shopping list:

Music (made in soundtrack pro)

Foley (using sounds available on  soundtrack pro)


Voices (Recorded on location using a boom)


Equipment:



Camera (cannon 600D, rented)

Tripod (owned)  

Boom mic (rented)

Soundtrack pro (available at the college)

Final cut pro (available at the college)

Sound Editing:

Soundtrack pro

Final cut pro

Footage Editing:

Final cut pro


The sounds we require for our production are mainly the background track (music) and dialogue from the actors; Foley is used but it is not as prominent as the dialogue/music.

We are using diegetic and non-diegetic sound,
Diegetic being sounds that the character can hear (cars going by, doorbells etc.)
Non-Diegetic being sounds that are unheard to the characters (music) although sometimes this rule is broken (along with the forth wall) for comedic purposes.