Monday 24th of May

 Today we analysed 1 News at Midday and Te Karere, making comparisons between the two in terms of what stories were told, how they were told, who was represented, and how they were represented. We found that 1 News delivered a lot more negative news, with things like murders and illegal immigrants, while Te Karere focussed on the good stuff happening in New Zealand. 1 News sometimes showed stories in a bit of a biased way, such as when there were two murder stories side by side. The first one (Auckland suburb) was shot at night and showed scenes of police cars with their lights on, police with guns etc. But then there was a murder in Northland in a rural place and all that was shown was shots of the location on a bright and sunny day. The language was also a lot harsher in the first story. This couldn't really be compared with Te Karere as they didn't show any negative stories like this.

Trailer - Shot List

 

Scene	Shot	Description	Equipment	Cast
1	1	Two-shot of Ruadhan and Charlie sitting at a table. Camera pans to Luke as he enters the room, and follows him as he goes to sit down. Camera moves opposite Luke and zooms in to him on a mid to close up shot, moves to Ruadhan, then shot ends.	Smartphone	Charlie
				Ruadhan
				Luke
1	2	Begins with two shot of Ruadhan and look, and when dialogue begins camera zooms into a mid to close up shot of whoever is talking	Smartphone	Ruadhan
				Luke
1	3	First interview, fixed mid shot of Ruadhan sitting on a chair talking.	Smartphone Tripod	Ruadhan
1	4	Second interview, fixed mid shot of Luke sitting on a chair talking.	Smartphone Tripod	Luke
1	5	Starts with two shot of Luke and Ruadhan sitting at the table together, camera moves to Adam as he opens the door; Full shot of Adam as he talks; switches back to Luke when Adam is finished talking; camera follows Luke as he walks out the door; camera moves back to a full shot of Ruadhan who tampers with Luke’s computer then shot ends.		Luke
				Adam
				Ruadhan
1	6	Luke reenters the classroom a full shot, camera follows him back to the table. Closeup of Luke examining his computer with Ruadhan in the background, Luke asks him about it, camera zooms into Ruadhan in a closeup of his face as he goes “uhhh” Shot ends.		Luke
				Ruadhan

Trailer - Schedule

 Planning: Week before Wananga day

Filming: Wananga day

Blogging & Editing: 3 May (end of holidays) - 16 May (due)

Trailer - Script

 *Luke walks into the classroom as he arrives late for school*

Ruadhan - "You're a bit late Luke..."

Luke - "Yeah, slept in, had to get three and a half hours of sleep instead of three."

*Ruadhan stares at the camera*

Ruadhan - "What could he possibly be doing? Oh...."
Luke - "I can neither confirm nor deny those allegations.."

*Adam walks into the classroom*

Adam - "Is there a Luke Fisher in here?"
Luke - "Maybe"

Adam - "Mr Cairns wants to see you because you're late, so come with me"

*Luke follows Adam out the door and out of shot*

*Ruadhan tampers with Luke's work on his Chromebook*

*Luke comes back from Mr Cairns' office*

*Luke sits back down, opens his Chromebook, and sees that Ruadhan has tampered with his work*

Luke - "Bro my entire thousand word essay is gone ..."

*Luke looks at Ruadhan*

Luke - "Happen to know anything about that?"

Ruadhan - "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

*Intro music and shots play*

Trailer - Group Roles

 ROLES:

• CAMERAMEN: Adam, Ruadhan & Charlie Faulks (guest)

• ACTORS: Adam, Ruadhan, Luke & Charlie Faulks (guest)

• DIRECTORS: Adam, Ruadhan & Luke

• EDITOR: Adam

Trailer - Examples of Similar Texts

 The Office - What we are doing a parody of, using many of the same conventions.

Summer Heights High - Another mockumentary but this time based at a school. Similar to what we will be doing although today's higher social standards require us to be a bit more politically correct.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Comedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.

Parks and Recreation - American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. 

 

Trailer - Location Photos

Trailer - Equipment List

• Tripod
• Smartphone (camera)
• PC (editing) 

Trailer - Actor/Prop/Costume List

Actors: Luke Fisher, Adam Situ, and Ruadhan Stratton; each playing themselves.

Props: Student laptops.

Costumes: School uniform.

Trailer - Five Conventions

• Cinematography Our footage will be as raw and as real as possible. This is a convention mockumentaries use because mockumentaries are essentially satirical portrayals of reality in the form of documentaries. Even though we are doing a parody of a mockumentary we will still use the same conventions. Our lighting will be natural classroom lighting, our cameras will be handheld (probably smartphones) apart from when interviews are happening where the camera will be on a tripod.

• Sound As we are aiming to be as realistic as possible sound will be diegetic. That is, apart from our theme music which will play with the Office-Esque volley of shots like from their intro but of Boys’ High with a badly played office intro in the background. 

• Interviews A parody of The Office would not be complete without the interview. Interviews are one of the main conventions of The Office and allow the viewer to hear what characters are thinking while still maintaining the realism of a documentary. The interviews allow students to communicate their thoughts on the situation that has just unfolded, adding another dimension to the production and hopefully more comedic value. Occasionally interviews may start as a voiceover to give it more of a documentary feel and to make the transition between the scene and the interview cleaner.

• Skit Skits are comedic short stories and the foundation of mockumentaries. They give a glimpse into the character's lives with a dash of comedy that both develops characters and keeps the audience laughing. Our skits will be things that actually happen within GBHS - and could realistically happen in any school - but are funny to people watching, usually through some form of irony. Students will make absurd situations funnier by taking a rational and sober perspective on 

• Setting The setting for our trailer will be present-day Gisborne Boys' High School, and - as with the Office - most scenes will be shot in one room, in our case, a classroom, but there will also be a couple of shots from outside the classroom.

Trailer - Outline

 We are making a trailer for a parody/mockumentary hybrid of 'The Office' called 'The Classroom.' In this, we intend to make fun of classroom conventions typical to GBHS in a style similar to that of 'The Office'; the mockumentary. An example of this would be a typical situation of a student not knowing work was due and how the student reacts when they find out about it.