COLD PEACE

PRODUCTION BOOKLET

WILL BERNARD

SHOOTING SCRIPT STORY

BOARDS PROP LIST
CREW LIST LOCATION
RECCES CLEARANCE AND
CONFIMATION CONTINGENCY
PLAN COST SHEET
Proposal - Short film

Concept

the story starts off by following a little boy who is lost in a cruel world so with no choice and nowhere to
go lives in the woods with himself and imagination. He learns his freedom from being by himself in a big
world but also learns loneliness as he has only got himself and wishes he has people to be around when
watching other boys his age plays together. Throw out the film He sees people in reflective jackets with
torchers in the distance a missing poster of himself and sees his dad and has unclear flashbacks fade in
throw the shot. We see him sleep rough next to a road and sees the car stop and a light shine in his
direction from his lack of trust of people he gained from his bad up bringing he stays hidden and the
man goes away after a while from a high-tension scene. We find out he runs away from home from
abusive parents and chooses to live homeless in the countryside and learns how to live a rough lifestyle
but doesn’t know any better. There is a search party out for him since his disappearance but his loss of
trust from being around people makes him choose to go on the run and live his own life by himself. The
end scene is him running away from a search party and gets caught. And then I leave it on a cliff hanger
when he gets caught.

Why am I producing this production?

I choose to do this short film to increase my skills on my creativity of making a film as that is what I am
mostly passionate about over a documentary or stop motion, and it’s something I want to take in later
career, doing it with no dialogue will also enhances my skills by learning the elements of sound and
visuals within my productions. As having no dialogue to tell a story I will have to combined these key
elements to tell a visual story instead of explaining the story with dialogue from characters. Also show
character development without dialogue would also be a good skill to learn, but by showing the
characters development by his emotions on what he sees without having to explain how he feels but
only by showing how he feels will be a good way skill to learn on how I want my character to feel. Also,
this production has taught me a lot so far such as camera skills, lighting, editing and a narrative
structure. Which is skill I wanted to learn to help with my creative thinking on crafting a film using
visuals and sounds. Also choosing this target audience is to help me learn on what I need to research on
a TA that isn’t close to my own age, and learn on how to make a production for a different TA age range.
These skills have helped me to understand on how to create a production for a different TA. I mainly did
this production to see if I can work independent and plan my own production, which is something I’m
newly experiencing as I usually work as a duo, but, I would like to work alone to see if I can work and
plan by myself without assistant. I would like to select this film into the Henley film festival to put myself
in compotation with other students who are as passionate as I am with film. So, I believe choosing a
short film will give me the best Outcome compared to other productions as it is something I have
crafted skills with mostly so can produce the best outcome.

Deadline

My final dead line for everything to be finished for both production including this production will be the
9th of December. But I will push myself on making my short film completed all the way throw to the 17th
of November so I have time to change anything on the production or have more time into my music
video or my ending evaluation. As with previous productions, I have learnt having more time before the
final deadline is important for improvement.

Target Audience is

My target audience is 40-60-year olds who I have never made a film before but will be a good challenge
for myself as it would be something interesting to do as I am making a film for my parents as they are
both aged 50 years old so I will be very passionate into making a film that is suited for them. I don’t have
a pacific other than the age. It is mainly built on 40-60-year olds who have children so they can have
more empathy and emotion for my character as he is a child and most 40-60-year olds with children
would feel as if they would need for the child to have protection.

What they want to see

What I found out what they like to see are drama productions if we are talking about what most 40-60-
year olds would like to see, as they don’t like horrors, action or anything with an unrealistic and
unrelatable story. They would like to see a real original story and if it isn’t a real story they would like to
see something realistic at best so this doesn’t include fictional stories not fantasy story’s with over the
top and unassay action or gore. They also like nostalgia films from their youth.

What are you creating based from that research?

From what I am going off from is having a more realistic atmosphere to my production and grainier and
more realistic. I also want to put an old filter in my production to make it lot more vintage and have only
hand held camera as I would like to show the indie cheap production style as indie films had a spark in
40-60 year old youth (example reservoir dogs) so I will be using a grain filter and make it look like a lot
more icy cold realistic atmosphere of England’s winter conditions so my TA will know how cold and
awful the experience will be for a little boy sleeping rough In cold winter conditions.

Where the production will be aired

From my research on my TA I will be showing my short film production on YouTube as it’s the only video
social media platform they use the most to consume video content, and it is also the platform I am very
familiar with so will be easy to upload my productions too. Also, I think it will be good idea to get used to
the Facebook platform and promote my production on there and also Air both my production on there

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as my TA also mostly use Facebook to connect their social life to I will not be using TIK TOK or Instagram
like last time as my TA do not use these platforms as much so will be pointless to upload or market my
production on these platforms.

0:00 - 0:10 Long wide shot of an empty lonely field and

a boy slowly walking in. It sounds and looks
cold and windy
0:11 – 0:15 Close up shot of the boy’s face following him
walk low shot handheld.
0:16 – 0:20 Back to the long wide shot of him collapsing
onto the floor.
0:20 – 0:21 Cuts to black

0:22 Start of – Frank Ocean Be your self

(instrumental) start to play of a start of a
montage
0:22 – 0:25 Shot of the boy walking into a thick pair of
woods from a field
0:26 – 0:30 Over head long shot of a drone going over
the woods
0:31 - 0:33 Close up overshot of the boy’s face as he
looks up at the tree
0:34 – 0:36 Under wide panning shot of the trees

0:35 – 0:40 Behind shot of the boy as he picks up a stick

then the music briefly stops
0:41 – 0:43 A rack focus shot of the stick and then the
boy’s face.

0:42 – 0:43 Goes back to the behind shot as the music

starts again when the boy yells and runs
forward with the sick as if he charges into
battle.

0:44 – 0:46 Crabbing front middle shot of the boy

running.

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0:47 – 0:49 close shot of the boy playing with the stick
0:50 – 0:52 mid shot of him climbing a tree
0:52 – 0:55 Mid low shot of him climbing a tree then
jumping off

0:56 – 1:00 Long to mid shot of him playing with a stick

against a tree
1:00 – 1:05 Him playing with a snail on his hand close
shot
1:06 – 1:11 Him throwing a stone in a pond or lake and
shouting in excitement.
1:12 – 1:16 Close up shot of him looking at his own
reflection.
1:17 – 1:22 Back to the shot of his reflection over his
shoulder.
1:23 – 1:27 Tracking mid shot of him walking throw a
field. Then hears the noise of children
playing and looks to the side of him. (Add
noise of children playing)
1:28 – 1:33 Mid shot of him looking in the direction and
walking towards the camera and then
squatting to hid in bushes to see what is
happening.

1:34 – 1:37 Long shot of children playing football

together.
1:38 – 1:40 Back the shot of his reaction and looks to
side of him in confusion (Frank Ocean White
Ferrari – instrumental plays)
nb1:41 - 146 He sees one of the children run to give his
parent a hug
1:47- 1:55 A slow creep in of his reaction getting
sadder. And then shows unclear flashbacks
of something we won’t know yet
1:56 – 2:00 Behind shot long shot then the boy turns
around and cry’s

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2:01 + 2 3 4 5 The shot changes to an even wider and long
shot every guitar sting of the song.
2:06 – 2:10 It then changes scene on the last string to
him walking in the dark close crabbing shot
as he looks up at a light

2:11 – 2:17 A two shot of a phone box and the boy as he

looks at it and then goes inside
2:18 – 2:21 Low shot of him in the phone box to then
him sitting down.

2:22 – 2:31 Then a centre shot of the phone box when

the lights cut out and the boy is left in the
darkness (sound of dog barking and muffled
argument in the distance) fade to black
2:32 – 2:40 Have contuse unclear disturbing flash backs
in a bad dream with flashes and muffled
vocals

2:41 – 2:45 the boy wakes up in a close shot during day

light after the bad dream in heavy breathing
and looking around to see where he is. And
gets up
2:46 – 2:55 (Frank Ocean // Free // Tones) He walks
along a road with his stick still in hand and
marches on he looks over behind him and
sees a car and runs away from the road in
fear and hides wide long side shot.
2:56 – 3:03 Mid shot to a close up of him running then
hiding behind something away from the car
fade edit
3:04 – 3:10 A long behind shot of him looking over a
view of London in the distant. While he eats
from a cereal box.
3:11 – 3:16 Front mid shot of the boy eating cereal
3:17 – 3:22 The boy explores a corn field and runs in it
3:23 – 3-27 Mid shot of corn felid and the boy appearing
from it swinging his stick

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3:28 – 3:33 a mid shot of the boy walking past a poster
and then stops to turn and see it

3:34 – 3:36 Shot of his missing poster

3:37 – 3:40 He takes his missing poster and recognise

his self and his dad and gets flash backs of
his dad and then the boys shocked reaction
3:41 – 3:45 the boy sitting down watching the sun go
down behind long shot
3:46 – 3:47 Side shot of Him is still holding his poster as
he touches his picture in confusion
3:48 – 3:52 then a close up of the poster and we see he
ripped his dad out the photo
3:52 – 3:56 Low angle close up of the boy as he looks up
and to the side of him
3:57 – 4:04 There is a long shot of people in high – vis
jackets walking with flashlights
4:05 – 4:12 Side shot of the boy standing up and runs
quickly away
4:14 – 4:19 Following shot of the boy walking then
hiding behind a hump in the woods on the
road when it is dark
4:20 – 4:21 Close up shot of the boy having his head
down and he slowly start to fall asleep as
we fade into black, and all sounds dimmer
down and continues flash backs happen to
again
4:22 – 4:27 Flash back shots of a close up with facial
bruises and cold stair (ear ringing noise)

4:28 – 4:34 A close up of the dad shouting (muffled

shouting)

4:36 – 4:38 Close up back at the little boy

4:39 – 4:47
Over shoulder shot of the dad holding up
the boys arm and then slaps around his face
to then cut – end of flash back and ear
ringing noise (car noise enter

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4:48 – 4:52 The boy wakes up and hears a car coming
from the distance

4:53 – 5:00 The boy looks up and sees over the hump
onto the road as the car pulls up into frame
and the man steps out rack focus shot. The
man flashes a light into his direction

5:01 – 5:15 Close up slow push in of the boy’s face as he

puts his hand over his mouth to stop his
breathing and clenches his eyes as the touch
just goes over his head. The touch just stops
where he’s at tension music comes in and
flash backs again
5:16 – 5:17 Flash back of a bright door and the boy
running out of it
5:18 – 5:19 Cuts back of the close up then back into a
flash back
5:20 – 5:21 Flash back POV of him running out the door
5:22 – 5:23 Cuts back to close up then back to a flash
back
5:24 – 5-25 Flash back to dad close up shouting
5:26 – 5:28 Cuts back to close up then the boy opens his
eyes end tension rising music
5:29 – 5:31 Goes back to the rack focus shot of then the
boy running away and then the man chasing
after

5:32 – 5:37 Front mid shot of the outline of the boy as

he runs past the camera with the man
holding the flashlight as well
5:38 – 5:53 Quick pan of the boy running then to stop in
a close up shot to look up and see another
man with a flashlight coming for him as he
runs past quickly
5:54 – 6:00 Behind shot of him running and then being
surrounded.

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6:00 – 6:10 Camera circles around the boy as he realises
he is surrounded and closed it – end

ITEM ITEM DESCRIOTION THE CHARACTER WHEN WILL IT BE

THAT USES IT USED
Bag A children’s rucksack The boy throw out the hole
production but not
the flash backs
A stick Any stick found on The boy When the boy finds
the floor in the the stick and throw
woods out the rest of the
production not during
the flash backs
A box of cereal Any supermarket The boy When the boy is
branded cereal per watching the view
ferly sweet, branded over London scene
cereal
Flashlight *3 any powerful The search team When the boy sees
portable flashlight the search team or
gets chased and
surrounded by them
High – vis jacket *3 Any high – vis The search team When the boy sees
the search team or
gets chased and
surrounded by them
A rock A rock found near by The boy When he throws it
into a lack/pond
A snail An alive snail The boy When he plays with
the snail
Cigarette Any brand cigarette The dad During each flash back
Belt Any belt The dad During each flash back
Missing poster Missing poster on The boy When he finds his
the boy with own wanted poster
description and
photo

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 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area: corn

field
Location Address:
pheasants hill
Sat Nav details (Post code):
No post code
Nearest Train Station:
No nearby train station
Nearest Bus stop:
Mill end

Site contact name and contact Availability

Use if the field still has not been harvests and
don’t use it if hunting is happing

Permissions

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

Corn field scene in montage

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Lighting Information: Solutions:
No lighting on sight only natural lighting Bring portable battery powered lighting and
bouncer as there is no power

Sound Information: Solutions:

There is no sound nearby only wind birds, planes The sound of birds won’t be a problem bring a
and helicopter and cars on road and pheasants dead cat for the mic and film when there are no
planes or helicopters nearby or cars.

Power Information Solutions:

There is no source of power or power outlets Bring battery powered equipment

Hazards Solutions:
Hazards would be tripping hazards from the corn Watch your step when walking throws the corn
field

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 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area: Woods

and road
Location Address: Freith to
Skirtmet road
Sat Nav details (Post code):
no post code
Nearest Train Station:
No nearby train station
Nearest Bus stop:
Lane end bus stop

Site contact name and contact free to use land Availability

own by the council Availability when the road is clear

Permissions

No permission needed

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

Final scene when the by hides from the car and is chased by the search party

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Lighting Information:
No power outlets nearby, no house lights or
streetlights only use of lights used on set and car
lights
Sound Information:
Natural sounds such as birds and wind, and cars
and planes and helicopters
Power Information
There is no power on sight as there is no house
or generator we can use on sight
Hazards
The hazards would be cars on the road and
uneven ground so would be easy to damage
equipment by having it on uneven ground or
getting it dirty
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Solutions:
Film when the road is clear to not have car lights
and also film with touches an car lights we need
and also lights we have on set
Solutions:
Film when all skies and road is clear to have no
random sound information, also bring a dead cat
if the wind is too strong. But natural sounds will
not be a problem as I would like to include them
into my productions
Solutions:
Bring equipment that doesn’t need to be
plugged in such as battery powered equipment
Solutions:
Be careful where you put equipment or watch
your step by caring a touch so you know where
you are going
 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area: abandon

place
Location Address:
Fenimore woods
Sat Nav details (Post code):
no post code
Nearest Train Station:
Marlow train station

Nearest Bus stop: lane end

bus stop

Site contact name and contact Availability

It is abandoned area owned by no one Availability at all time but film in the day for
respect for the other houses

Permissions
No permission needed

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

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Lighting Information: Solutions:
No lighting on sight only natural lighting Bring portable battery powered lighting and
bouncer as there is no power

Sound Information: Solutions:

There is no sound near by only wind birds, The sound of birds won’t be a problem bring a
planes and helicopter dead cat for the mic and film when there are no
planes or helicopters near by

Power Information Solutions:

There is no source of power or power outlets Bring battery powered equipment

Hazards Solutions:
Hazards would be tripping hazards, high drops, Be carful where you walk and put down
rusty nails and asbestos equipment especially when being up high, watch
out for nails or broken glass and bring masks for
asbestos when near an asbestos contaminated
building

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 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area: and

house woods
Location Address: small
common woods
Sat Nav details (Post code):
Hp1416
Nearest Train Station:
No near train station
Nearest Bus stop:
Lane end bus stop

Site contact name and contact Availability

07540 330234 When the owner is there
Henry Anderson

Permissions
Permission needed from the owner of the private land

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

During each flash back

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Lighting Information: Solutions:
There will be lighting in the houses given as well No solution needed
as natural lighting

Sound Information: Solutions:

There will be natural lighting as well as planes Film when there are no planes to get no random
sound information

Power Information Solutions:

There will be power outlets on sight Bring extension cord, so you can have easy
access to power

Hazards Solutions:
Tripping hazards from lights and steps Watch you step when carrying equipment or
placing equipment.

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Crew List

Person Role Dates Needed

Gilbert Bernard Main character boy Every day of filming

Max bernard The dad, search team Saturday

Johnny Pearson Search team Friday or Saturday

Henry Anderson Search team Friday or Saturday

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