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The Jackasses

Evaluation for my movie!

Evaluation of our work!

Out of all the parts of the production, the pre-production would have to be the hardest part because there was just so much work to do. The first part was thinking about an idea for our movie, we could've done a lot of things but at the time I was trying to brainstorm any idea but i didn't get anything. Until my friend Yaser said some thing about a trolley and I got an idea from it. It was about 3 friends who were playing with trolleys near the roads at Sainsbury's, then the trolley rolled on the road and crashed into a car on the other side of the street.

I wrote the script at an amateur level but my teacher Mr Pyle told me to improve on it so I wrote the stage directions, made it into a proper script and then 1-3 weeks later me, Yaser and Fahim became a team and we decided to do a film based on the script I wrote so I was exited. I still had to improve my script a bit and I still had to do my storyboards.

The storyboards were very, very hard to make because you had to draw the opening freeze frame of the scene which if you weren't good at drawing; you yourself wouldn't know what/where the opening scene was. 

1-3 weeks later they told me that they couldn't go to Sainsbury's so I had to change the story which for me meant hell but I still changed it from a story based on 3 teenage boys in secondary school who went to sainsbury's car park to play with a trolley to 3 teenage boys in secondary school who went to a car park to play some football but they hit the ball at a car and it turned out it was really good.

The filming part was very hard because we weren't very organised but we managed to somehow get it filmed and recorded.The acting was an issue we couldn't avoid because we were really new to the script and we were a bit pressured and annoyed because we had only that day to finish off the acting. I didn't do my best at acting because I messed up on the script and I didn't put in enough stage directions which meant I had limited movement.

The roles were fairly given out. I was the director as I was most fond of the script, I was also the cameraman for 1-2 scenes and was also the head editor. Yaser was also a cameraman and he was a deputy editor. Fahim was our stage manager who set up the equipment, as well as being an editor and a camera man who filmed the last 3 scenes. 

Overall on the whole I really liked working with Fahim and Yaser and this production because it was fun, we worked hard, we weren't very organised but we managed to keep going!

What we have been doing!

Documentary finished!

What we achieved today! 

Today we have finished editing our documentary which we have struggled with for quite some time, it's not distinction worthy but it is at least worth a merit! We have made an entertaining documentary and i enjoyed making this movie, we worked together and we didn't have a lot of problems accept actually making the video into a good video!

Roles

My role was the host who asked the questions and interviewed people and I was the one who found the videos in the movie. Fahim was our stage director who carried the equipment and he setup the stuff we needed in the background and he made sure most people were quiet and didn't come in the shot, well that is most people. Yaser's role was the camera man, he setup the camera and filmed all of the videos that we needed for the documentary.

Evaluation

I enjoyed working with my friends to make the video. On the first week we had to plan to do what we wanted to do but we did the pre-planning and 2 weeks after that week we were out trying to interview people. It was quite hard to interview people because they were in lesson or just didn't want to be in the film. We had to find people who wanted to be interviewed and had shared opinions.

What we have done over the weeks/terms!

We have been interviewing people ever since well I think it was since 14/10/11 and we have enjoyed it and we enjoyed working together. There were some videos that weren't really good so we didn't use all of them but we wanted to have some parts of them in. The interviews were all quite long but in around 3 weeks we had done all the interviews we needed. Then came the hard part where we had to do some secondary research which was harder than I thought because I had to pick out specific information from the internet and it's websites, there were around 2,000 websites that came up but I had be specific so I only went on four. Fahim and Yaser downloaded the videos needed for the documentary such as the Sonic, Mario and the Call Of Duty game play footage at 'keepvid.com.' I had first put the information I gathered from the internet into titles but I was told that there was too much writing so I had to change it a little and because I had to change it I had a space to put the C.O.D game play inside the documentary. As for the actual titles I had to record myself reading them as it would be more interesting being heard rather than letting the audience read the titles!

The questions we asked: 

1. Do you like video games?
2. Do you play video games?
3. When you start playing, how much do you play for?
4. Do you have more than one game console?
5. What is the best video game for you?
6. How much do you like video games?
7. Do you think video games are bad for a student in school?
8. Do you think video games affect the amount of how much student's learn?
9. Do you think video games affect the way student's learn?
10. Do you play often?

What I have done (Movie sessions)! 2

What I have been doing

21/2/12

Today we did my first scene, it was based in the school reception, me, Yaser and Fahim were the actors but me and Yaser were the cameramen. We also tried to do the 3rd scene but we didn't know our lines and we barely had any time left to do the scene. 

28/2/12

Today we did my third scene but we were unhappy with it so we had to do it again, we did it good but we were told we had to change the storyline because our members couldn't go to Sainsbury's so we made some slight changes, instead of the Sainsbury's car parks so we made plans to meet at school at Saturday at 2pm. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a camera with me and so I stood Fahim and Yaser up.

6/3/12

Today I told the team that I had made the changes to the script but i had to change the 3rd scene again and we decided to do all the scenes after school. Fahim was our camera man, I was an actor and so was Yaser.

13/3/12
We were going to go after school but we couldn't because I forgot to get the camera to record and no one was there to give us permission so we could take a camera out and also my friends didn't come after school.

20/3/12
We got our costumes, as well as the equipment we needed. Finally when the 5th period bell went me and my friends went an got changed and went out side to film/record our video. It took around 3 hours to finish doing all of the scenes (3-4 scenes) because the other people in the crew were still new to the script.

27/3/12
Today was our last day and I was pretty nervous how we were going to edit a 6 scenes, music and titles into a 5 minute good/perfect movie. What happened first was Fahim looked for a funny music to end it, Yaser started to get the camera because we were going to have some narration in our movie. We finished the narration but Fahim hadn't finished finding the music. We weren't phased because we were going to add the music in last, I started editing the narration clips while Yaser went to put the equipment away. It took around 10 minutes for me to finish the editing, now it was time to start editing the entire movie I first edited out the parts we didn't need in the clips that we didn't need/were useless and put the videos in order of which scene was first and which was last. Yaser edited the narration bits and where they would go as well as some of the titles. Fahim finally found the right music for the end of the video so he made me download it at keepvid.com, we added the video to our video and we were done!      

Documentary finished!

Documentary finished!

What we achieved today! 
Today we have finished editing our documentary which we have struggled with for quite some time, it's not distinction worthy but it is at least worth a merit! We have made an entertaining documentary and i enjoyed making this movie, we worked together and we didn't have a lot of problems accept actually making the video into a good video!

Roles
My role was the host who asked the questions and interviewed people and I was the one who found the videos in the movie. Fahim was our stage director who carried the equipment and he setup the stuff we needed in the background and he made sure most people were quiet and didn't come in the shot, well that is most people. Yaser's role was the camera man, he setup the camera and filmed all of the videos that we needed for the documentary.

Evaluation
I enjoyed working with my friends to make the video. On the first week we had to plan to do what we wanted to do but we did the pre-planning and 2 weeks after that week we were out trying to interview people. It was quite hard to interview people because they were in lesson or just didn't want to be in the film. We had to find people who wanted to be interviewed and had shared opinions.

The Jackasses 9

The jackasses!!!

Our movie is about a person who is a total jackass because he is smart but he does stupid things with his friend who are as dumb as him.


The beginning: Three boys playing football in a local car park. Yaser accidentally kicks the ball at a car which is parked in the car park. Yaser gets up and they panic, then they try to cover up their mistake and laugh as they run away from the site, the boys realize that they forgot to get their ball and run back to get their ball. The boys run away and a flashback happens to the point where the boys first met.

Then we go to the beginning of when the three met. A boy called Yaser and his friend Fahim who are wondering about in school and see a boy called Ashti(a new student)who is a smart person however he does do stupid things. He become friends with the other two. They hang out for a bit then they plan to go play some football.

Scenes

1. EXT. Car park. Night.
ASHTI is a 15 year old short boy, black hair, brown eyes, yellow skin. FAHIM a 15 year old medium sized boy with a beard, black hair, brown skin, brown eyes. YASER a short 15 year old boy, brown skin, brown eyes with black hair.

The boys play and run around with the ball, the ball hits the car , the ball moves away from the car. 

Camera shows Ashti looking down on Yaser.

ASHTI

Come on, get up, let's scram man!

Yaser gets up.

Camera shows Yaser's left side of his body.

Only Yaser, the ball and the car are shown in the car park.

Yaser gets up and rubs his bum.

YASER

Ow that hurt, but i am alright.

The camera shows the three boys in shock.
Fahim looks at the camera in shock.

FAHIM

Damn. This is just messed up.

Fahim's body is shown only.

FAHIM
What the hellllllllll!

YASER
 Think the owner will notice.
Yaser looks at the others nervously and slowly

The camera shows the three boys again.
Ashti with an annoyed look on his face.

ASHTI
Umm well let's see, it's on the drivers door and it's around 56cm by 35cm.
So yeah.

Ashti, Yaser and Fahim run away from the car.

(Blackout happens with the title 'How it all began')

(Ashti says 'How it all began')

2. INT.  School reception. Daytime.

The boys wear school uniform, black school blazers, black trousers, black shoes, white shirts and different coloured ties. Yaser and Fahim  stand near the elevator in school. Fahim holds a drink in his right hand. Yaser holds a pizza in his left hand. Ashti walks innocently looking around, turning his head.

Yaser and Fahim look at each other and have a quiet conversation while enjoying their snacks. Ashti bumps into Fahim and Yaser. Yaser falls down. Fahim struggles to stand up and walks backwards a bit to get balance. 

ASHTI

Sorry, i am new guy, nice to meet you.

Fahim moves towards Ashti.
Yaser gets up and moves towards Ashti.
 The three boys stand in front of the stairs. 

YASER

Watch where your going. Man that kinda hurts.

Alright what's your name?

The boys sit down on the chairs and tuck themselves in.

ASHTI

Sorry again, my name is Ashti. You are?

FAHIM

My name is Fahim, he's Yaser. Sorry about that Ashley.

ASHTI 

My name is Ashti, not Ashley, anyway where is everyone?

Ashti looks around nervously.

FAHIM

Everyone's in lesson.

ASHTI

What the heck you doing then?     

FAHIM

Free lesson.

ASHTI 

Does he talk much?

FAHIM

yeeeeeeeeee.

Yaser interrupts.

YASER

Don't talk for me Fahim, i can talk for myself. And yes I do talk much.
Just my momma told me not to talk to strangers.

ASHTI

Alright, I know it's late to say this but nice to meet you.

YASER & FAHIM
 Same. 1, 2, 3, Jinx!

(Super fast)

Ashti laughs
(Blackout happens with the title 'Later  On')                                 

3. INT. Astroturf. Daytime.

 The boys wear school uniform, black school blazers, black trousers, black shoes, white shirts and different coloured ties. The boys gather around a medium sized round white table. They sit ona black bench next to each other.  The camera is positioned opposite of the boys. 

.Ashti looks at Yaser and Fahim and then looks down.

ASHTI

You wanna play some football

FAHIM

ummmm maybe i won't.

Yaser speaks quickly.

YASER

Yeah sure why not!
Where we going.

Ashti laughs.

ASHTI

I was getting to that.
Ok um, you know there is a carpark down the road right?

FAHIM and YASER
yes why?

ASHTI
Lets meet up there.
play some football there.
This sunday.

YASER

Sure.

FAHIM

I'm not coming.

 Fahim gets up and walks away.
 Ashti grabs Fahim's right arm.

Ashti and Yaser look at Fahim.
The camera shows the three boys again.

ASHTI

Come on man, come don't be like that man.

FAHIM

Alright, but if we get in trouble, you get all the blame though.

ASHTI

Harsh, but i agree to those terms.
The boys walk away from the bench.

(Blackout happens)

4. EXT. Car park. Night.

ASHTI

Here it is boys,lets play.

The boys walk away from each other and spread out.
They play a little bit of football. They pass the ball around.
Yaser hits the ball and the ball goes under a car.

ASHTI
Now look wht you've done.
Damn it this is exactly why i hate playing football
in a fucking car park.

FAHIM
But it was your idea to meet here.

ASHTI
Oh shut up Mr wise guy!

Ashti tries to pull it out it doesn't work.
Yaser lifts up a big piece of wooden stick.

YASER
Here use this!

ASHTI 
Forget it.
You use it, im not getting dirty again u hear me!

 Yaser tries to pull the ball out, he succeds. 

ASHTI
Phew, thank you,lets play!

FAHIM

Ok pass it here!


Ashti passes the ball to Fahim. Fahim passes the ball to Yaser.
Yaser takes a shot and sends the ball to Ashti.
The ball doesn't get to Ashti and it collides with a car.

ASHTI 
What the fuck! Have you done!
We are so screwed.

YASER
Yeah, yeah. Just grab the ball and lets get out of here.

Ashti looks at Yaser.

(Blackout happens)

5. EXT. Playing with a trolley outside of Sainsbury's. Night.

ASHTI

Come on, get up, let's scram man!

Yaser gets up.

Camera shows Yaser's left side of his body.

Only Yaser, the ball and the car are shown in the car park.

Yaser gets up and rubs his bum.

YASER

Ow that hurt, but i am alright.


The camera shows the three boys in shock.
Fahim looks at the camera in shock.


FAHIM

Damn. This is just messed up.


Fahim's body is shown only.

FAHIM
What the hellllllllll!

YASER
 Think the owner will notice.
Yaser looks at the others nervously and slowly

The camera shows the three boys again.
Ashti with an annoyed look on his face.

ASHTI
Umm well let's see, it's on the drivers door and it's around 56cm by 35cm.
So yeah.

FAHIM

Oh shit, what the hell have we done.

 Ashti points at the others with exitement and a smile on his face.

ASHTI
You said we, haha.

Ashti quickly loses his smile.
The boys run away from the car.

Ashti grabs Fahim and Yasers arms and stops them from running.

ASHTI
Woah woah woah.

There is an easy way out of this. 

The Yaser and Fahim sigh in relief.

Background sound saying no.

(Blackout happens)

7. EXT. Car park. Night. 

The camera shows an A4 peice of paper that has 'You got insurance, Use it!' written
on it on car door that has been damaged.

The camera shows the three boys.
Fahim has an annoyed look  face.

FAHIM

This is your brilliant way out.

ASHTI

Got any better ideas?

FAHIM

No but it's idiotic.

ASHTI

Idiotic is better than nothing and i don't want to get in trouble.

The camera shows a A3 sheet with 'You got insurance, use it' in big, bold red letters again.

The boys run away from the car. 

Ashti stops the Fahim and Yaser.

ASHTI
(shaking his hands.)

Woah, woah, woah.

YASER and FAHIM

What is it?

ASHTI

My ball is still there.

(BLACKOUT)

 'Later on'  title

 The camera shows the back and right side of the owners body when hes looking at his car.

The camera shows can of

Cola falling on the floor then blackout happens!

   'THE END' title is shown.

 The owner of the car (Yaser) looks at the A4 sheet and drops a can of Cola.