FILM FABRIK PRAHA: DAY EIGHT

An early arrival on set finds collective members filled with preparedness for the day’s hefty shooting schedule. “8:30 in the morning and done our first shot. Not bad,” nods Armande. Shortly after, Starki turns to angela and reports, “We’re done with 2 of 28 shots.” PH does a dance to greet the morning.

The storyboard lists the remaining shots for Andrea’s short film The End (working title).

• Scene 1, Shot 1: yellow pencil on desk.
• Scene 1, Shot 5: knee level. The hesitation with pants around knees.
• Scene 1, Shot 12: overhead/slider, working in logbook and referencing articles.
• Scene 1, Shot 13: overhead punch-in/slider, following on his manipulating the articles (reading, cutting, arranging, flipping through pages in his logbook).
• Scene 1, Shot 14: OTS, he examines, cuts, and highlights articles. We follow the movement of his hands. He stops at one article and highlights the time.
• Scene 1, Shot 15: times in paper and in logbook. Pages are flipped back and forth.
• Scene 1, Shot 16: follow the row from left to right. We see the time 08:23am in the right column. He makes a red star next to the time.
• Scene 4, Shot 17: 90-degree camera movement from laying to sitting in bed.
• Scene 4, Shot 18: he puts on his slippers.
• Scene 4, Shot 19: master OTS, he reads and goes through his cut articles, then uncovers the note from the girl on his desk amongst the papers. He raises it closer to him. The pile of paper on the corner of the desk slides over. As a reflex to catch the sliding paper, he sticks out his hand to try to catch it, but…
• Scene 5, Shot 19: master OTS, he reads and goes through his cut articles, then uncovers the note from the girl. He raises it closer to him. The pile of paper slides over. He sticks out his hand as a reflex to catch it but doesn’t manage.
• Scene 5, Shot 20: master, his face with the note in the foreground. On the back, we can see the “hidden” message. He tosses it down. He looks at the wall clock to note the time of the newspaper pile falling over.
• Scene 5, Shot 21: low-angle ¾ from in front of the desk. The pile of newspapers on his desk falls to the floor (towards the cam).
• Scene 5, Shot 22: 2:13am, the time on the clock.
• Scene 7, Shot 23: slow travelling right to left, starting from lamp. We follow his hands turning on the lamp to his tired eyes. He removes his glasses, rubs his face, and goes back to work.
• Scene 7, Shot 24: he raises the note in the frame. He reads the tasks and finds them ridiculous. He lets the note fall, then notices the message on the back and reads it. We see the hidden note on the back.
• Scene 7, Shot 25: OTS, the man sets one article in his stack. It reveals the note that has resurfaced. He reads it. He thinks he hears a noise at the door so he gets up, leaving the frame and the note solitary on the desk.
• Scene 8, Shot 28: overhead. He is working on his articles. He highlights, pushes the articles to make space to take a break. It reveals the note again from underneath the pile. He picks it up and crumples it. He lays down his head…
• Scene 8, Shot 29: he lays his head down on his arms and drowsily closes his eyes.
• Scene 10, Shot 30: the man awakens and stands and hurries to the toilet. He closes the door and turns on the light that we see through the door glass. We see the corner of the desk in the foreground.
• Scene 11, Shot 31: steam blows out of the spout of an Italian coffee maker.
• Scene 12, Shot 33: POV logbook of desk.
• Scene 15, Shot 38: master. The man, well slept, wakes up. His eyes take time to adjust but he sees something is wrong. He props himself up on his elbow and quickly searches for his glasses to better see the mess. He looks, then hops up out of bed.
• Scene 15, Shot 39: handheld POV (faux) master. He comes into the frame from right and looks around in the mess, confused. He is no longer in charge of his space.
• Scene 15, Shot 40: handheld. Punch in we following him as he takes in the mess. He stops in shock when he sees the assembled note on the desk.
• Scene 15, Shot 41: handheld. The man rises up into the frame confused when he sees the note on the desk.
• Scene 15, Shot 42: insert. We see the note from the girl intact on the desk, laying on top of the overturned logbook.
• Scene 15, Shot 43: he crosses the room from seated at the desk to the door.
• Scene 15, Shot 44: handheld. He enters frame profile at the door. He listens. He hesitates, then open the door covering the frame to black.
• Scene 16, Shot 45: travelling out, in front of door.
• Scene 16, Shot 46: travelling out, in front of house
• Scene 10, Shot 47: the surface of a tilting pitcher of water.

PH performs another dance as shooting winds up.

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