Dante Bailey

Taking a Chance Budget List

Taking A Chance Official Budgetary Expectations

Canon t2i

Owned | $420.00

16 GB Sandisk SD Card

Owned | $20.00

Tripod

Owned | $50.00

Canon 50mm 1.8 Lens (Prime)

Owned | $100.00

Canon 85mm 1.8 Lens (Prime)

Owned | $385.00

Canon 17mm-200mm 3.5 Lense (Zoom)

Owned $135.00

Beachteck DSLR Audio Adapter

Owned | $320.00

Full Length 8ft Jib Crane

Owned | $374.00

Boom Mic Kit

Rental | $40.00 (via dc-Camera’s Going Rate)

Taking a Chance Shot List

Taking A Chance- Shot List

 

 

Scene 1:

 

[LS] SANDRA walking from a distance out of focus gradually into focus.

 

[CU] of Sandra’s feet walking and heels clicking

 

[MS] Lift from feet up action shot of SANDRA walking with shopping bags towards a bench to sit (Note: Incorporate Still Photography in the walking scene as well to emphasize the stalker theme)

 

[MS] SANDRA Sitting and gathering herself

 

[CU] Temporarily Slipping shoes off

 

[MS] SANDRA bent over on the bench (from front) grabbing her feet because they hurt after slipping them off. CHANCE walks into the front of the from to the viewers perspective only seeing his leg. “Long day?”

 

[MS] from opposite perspective her looking up at him, as he walks to sit next to her.

 

[MS] Continuous Over the shoulder shots as dialogue continues between the two

 

[LS] Occasional perspective shot from behind an item in the setting for suspense

 

[Med. Wide] optional cutaway angle for viewer interaction

 

[CU] CHANCE Massaging Feet

 

[CU] SANDRA’s Facial expressions (the awkwardness of him asking to rub her feet, the confusion of whether she thinks its ok that it feels nice or not, the slight embarrassment of it taking place in a public setting such as the mall.)

 

[LS] SANDRA walking out of focus after saying goodbye. With CHANCE still in Focus.

 

 

 Scene 2:

 

 

[LS] SANDRA walking towards exit of the mall where she drops her bags. *in the background hearing “excuse me” from a distance

 

[MS] CHANCE Screaming out SANDRA!

 

[CU] Her face turning around Confused as to who was calling her

 

[LS] him running the distance to catch up with her and had her her bag.

 

[CU/ MS] continual conversational over the shoulder cutaways of them continuing through dialogue

 

[Med. Wide Shot] SANDRA walking away to exit mall area. Before fade to black

 

Scene 3:                                     

 

[MS] action shot walking with SANDRA as she walks up to her apartment door

 

[CU] Keys coming out of purse

 

[CU] keys about to go into door and dropping

 

[CU] head turning in suspense (when SANDRA thinks she hears something next to her)

 

[LS] SANDRA bending over to quickly to pick up keys and hurry inside.

 

[MS] from inside of apartment of her closing door and locking doors.

 

[CU] Locking door

 

[XLS] From outside of window of SANDRA getting undressed (Keep Dropping to her feet Until she comes and closes window)

 

[MS] ground perspective shot from under bed of under garments dropping onto camera.

 

[MS] cut of ms from ground of girl walking into the bathroom in towel and closing door. Rumble happens and then run back out to look at what is going on

 

[MS] girl popping her head out of door (“hello? Is anyone there?)

 

[LS] slow Pan of hallway to see no one there

 

[LS] from inside of house her walking back to the bathroom pull focus and CHANCE is in the house now.

 

[MS] CHANCE rushing into the room and bending over by the bed.

 

[CU] CHANCE bagging up all of SANDRAS shoes in a bag and zipping

 

[MS] CHANCE stops looks around when he hears a door or thinks he does… and then proceeds to sniff the one heel

 

[XCU] CHANCE engulfed in the shoe.

 

[MS] ROOMATE looking at chance (“What Are you doing?)

 

[CU] CHANCE looking up at roommate confused head dropping slowly.

 

[CU] ROOMATE looking back at him waiting for an answer shrugging?

 

[CU] tilt downward to a pair of gross looking feet disgusting feet.

 

[CU] CHANCE screaming

 

[CU] ROOMATE Screaming

 

[MS] CHANCE Screaming

 

[MS] ROOMATE Screaming

 

[LS] Both Screaming and CHANCE Runs out of the room…

 

 

Taking a Chance Script

Taking a Chance By
Dante Bailey & John Harris
Knowledgeable Entertainment    JHarris010186@gmail.com 2012    Dantej.Bailey@gmail.com Jean Marc Photography 2012
1ST MEET UP INT.
SANDRA after a long day of shopping, sits down at a bench to rest where she meets CHANCE
CHANCE walks up to sit next to SANDRA…
CHANCE “Long Day…?”
SANDRA “Oh yea. If only you knew.”
CHANCE “Yea well thank God for moments
like these right? We get a moment to relax and just talk. Maybe meet someone new?”
SANDRA *Smiling* “Hi, I’m SANDRA.
CHANCE “CHANCE… Nice to meet you.”
SANDRA “So what brings you out to the mall
today anyway?
CHANCE “Just Taking a stroll. I come here
to clear my mind after a long day of class. Sort of similar to how i saw you here now so I figured I’d come say hello.”
SANDRA “Oh well that’s nice. You say your
coming from class?”
CHANCE “Yea, I’m in school to become a
massage therapist.”
SANDRA “Oh, wow…”
CHANCE “Yea, I’m actually getting pretty
good. I mean… is it awkward? Do you Mind? *points to feet*
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
2.
SANDRA “Right here?”
CHANCE “Sure… I mean if its not too
awkward or anything you know.”
SANDRA “Ok well then sure, why not.”
*lifts her foot up to his lap*
CHANCE “Ah, see, you’re a little tense.
You’ve gotta loosen up. Give yourself a break.”
SANDRA “Yea well I’ll try, thank you so
much.” “You take it easy.”
ROUND 2 INT.
CHANCE
SANDRA is walking toward the exit of the same mall they met at originally when she drops a bag. CHANCE pops up to alert her before she leaves it.
CHANCE “Excuse me! SANDRA!”
SANDRA
“Huh?”
CHANCE “You dropped your bag.”
SANDRA “Oh my God thank you so
must be my little angel
much. You huh?”
CHANCE “Yea must be. I’m just trying to do
what I can to help you know.”
SANDRA (in a flirtatious way)
“Well thank you so much. You know I’m starting to like the idea of
(MORE)
FADE OUT
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
3.
SANDRA (cont’d) you popping to help me so often.
Don’t be a stranger.”
CHANCE “Oh trust me you’ll see me
around…”
SANDRA Walks off as CHANCE continues to look at her with a devious look repeating to himself
CHANCE *whispering* “you will see me
around. you will see me around.”
EXT. (The following scenes after leaving the mall are silent leading up to SANDRA arriving in her house)
IN THE HOUSE INT.
INT. SANDRA exits shower to check what sounds she was hearing outside
SANDRA “Is anybody there? whose there?”
SANDRA Returns to shower. We see that CHANCE is now in the House. After packing SANDRA’s shoes into a duffel bag and stopping to sniff one the Roomate enters the room to his strange fettish.
ROOMATE “What are you doing?
CHANCE “uhh… uhh…”
*CHANCE looking down slowly until his eyes see the roomates feet*
*screams* *Screams* *Screams* *Screams*
CHANCE ROOMATE CHANCE ROOMATE
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:    4.
CHANCE quickly runs out of the house exiting as fast as he can.
FADE OUT

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