House of secrets: Gayhurst

OutlineOutline

• Documentary – history of Gayhurst house

• Opening 5-10 minutes• Conventional documentary with modern twist, re-enacting scenes of importance, and including comedy in script to make it more light hearted.

Narrative Narrative • Opening title sequence• Shot of front of house + voiceover describing brief history of house.

• Shots from fields and Digby walk

• Re-enact torture of gun powder plotters

Tzentov Todorov’s 5 stage narraitve theory can be applied to my text:

- Equilibrium - the house as it is today

- Disruption - the house’s past

- Recognition: the re - enactment of the history

- Repairing problem: Interviews with residents

- Reinstatment of Equilibrium - the house today

Target audienceTarget audience

• Age: 15-50• Sex: Both (majority male)• Demographic: A, B, C, E.• Media preference: television and Films

• Media genre preference: documentaries and dramas

• Uses and gratifications theory: Information & Entertainment

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Preparation Preparation

Shot of front of house, still, apart from any natural movement (birds etc..) -Zoom in towards front door – slow pace. -3 seconds *music: garage band orchestral string music – loud high pitched note

Fade into picture of house in black and white as it used to be. Still picture. -Start from zoomed in on front door, then zoom out until whole house in picture. -2.5 seconds *music: garage band orchestral string music – add in second orchestra string beat.

Fade into shot of house boat club in black and white full focus on first beat of music. -Zoom in towards central figure -2 seconds. *music: garage band orchestral string music.

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Fade into shot of gun powder plotters, full focus on beat of music. -Start zoomed in on central figure then zoom out until every figure is shown -1.5 seconds. *music: garage band orchestral string music – add in second orchestra string beat over the top of last beat.

Fade into shot of Everard Digby, full focus on beat of music. -Zoom in on central character - quicker than previous picture. -1 second. *music: garage band orchestral string music - add in third orchestra string beat over the top of last.

-Fade into black screen pause then words saying “House of secrets: Gayhurst” fade in from left to right. -3.5 seconds. *music: garage band orchestral string music - add in forth beat over the top of last to peak and then fade.

House of secrets: Gayhurst

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Fade from title page into map -Show map -Voiceover describing location -2 seconds.

Arrows pointing to location described by voiceover -Show arrows on map to highlight area and zoom into location -Voiceover describing location -5seconds.

Fade into long shot along drive way -Shot along drive towards house. -Voiceover describing scenery, grounds etc. pan left and right to give picture to what is being described. -7 seconds

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Shot of Gayhurst church -Continuing from previous shot up drive round to see church, move camera up to get full view of church -Voiceover describing church and brief description of its history -5 seconds

Shot of house -Pan left from last shot to see full view of house -From last shot turn to show house -zoom into top left window -3 seconds.

Shot from croquet field with background of house and church. -presenter ( ) walking towards camera talking about history. - stop, says few lines close to camera. -walks off to right of camera. -10 seconds.

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Production Production

• 17/01/11 - 21/01/11 : Opening sequence• 22/01/11 - 23/01/11 : Shooting• 24/01/11 - 28/01/11 : Editing

Summary: My piece will be…Summary: My piece will be…

A tale of un told storiesA tale of un told stories

Interesting

Exciting

Engaging