PLAN FOR SHOOT tennis training scene

Casting
Tanay Saigal
The protagonist/tennis player
He is needed from:
2:00-3:00 
6:00-7:00

Samuel Lau
The coach
He is needed from:
2:00-3:00 
6:00-7:00


Location
CK Sportcenter Kockloscheuer - a tennis club
rented tennis court online for 1 hour
cost €25
Date:
17/11/18 - this was used for the sample scene but there were lot of issues so we had to re-shoot (see review here)
01/12/18 - there was unexpected snow and the roads were too icy to drive on safely
13/01/19
Time:
2:00-3:00
6:00-7:00

Equipment

• Sony A58
• Tripod
• Dolly
• SD card

Props

• trophy
• water bottle 
• tennis rackets (2-3)
• tennis balls - we forgot these on the third shoot and had to drive back to Tanay's house, we lost 10 minutes of the time we booked the court for but it wouldn't have worked without them
• towel (to wipe sweat)
• Tennis bag
• cigarettes
• folder and pen

Costumes

Coach:

• Adidas trousers and jacket
• trainers (cannot see the socks underneath trousers)
• whistle
• flat cap
• folder and pen

Tanay:

• Polo shirt
• tennis shorts
• trainers and white socks

Shot List

• Tracking shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Panning shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Worms eye shots of Tanay playing tennis
• Tracking shots of Tanay warming up (lunges, pushups etc.)
• CU of tying shoe laces
• CU of hand tightening on tennis racket
• OTS HA  of Tanay preparing to hit the ball
• Varying focus shots (push) of hands tightening on racket
• MCU of coach looking at Tanay (disappointed)
• 2 Shots of coach telling Tanay to train harder
• Shot reverse shot sequence of coach and Tanay's dialogue (mostly MCUs)
• CU of Tanay wiping away sweat
• CU HA of coach tapping pen on log sheet
• ELS of coach standing outside centre 
• CU of coach getting out cigarettes
• CU of lighting cigarettes
• MCU of coach smoking 
• CU HA of coach snubbing out cigarette with foot
• see other interesting shots we can get with the lighting

Screenplay

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