Recreation Task & Planning

Preliminary exercise: Recreation task

Name of the text you plan to recreate:
Dope 

Scene/section you will recreate:
Phone scene (00:35-01:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDCqbypLwKc

Location you will use for your recreation:
Greenford High School music room

Actors you will require for your recreation:
Masika (Diggy)
Courtney (Malcolm)
Yasser (Jib)

Props/costumes you will require for your recreation:
Music equipment
Phone
Bag
Hats

Equipment you plan to use:
Camera
Wide lens

Any other relevant information:
Na not really

Mise-en-scene planning 

Location:
Greenford High School Music room

Cast:
Masika (Diggy)
Courtney (Malcolm)
Yasser  (Jib) 

Costume:
Diggy: Black baseball cap, Yellow vest top, blue jeans, bagpack  
Malcom: Denim top, grey/black jeans
Jib: Black baseball cap, black top, bagpack

Props:
Smartphone 

Script

INT: Diggy and Jib are stood at the far end of the music room nervously as Malcolm is stood opposite looking tense.

-   Phone rings inside a bagpack on a couch, which Jib reaches in for -

jib

Shit… I, I, I answered it *hesitates with phone in hand*

-   Jib passes the phone to Diggy -

diggy

*Receiving the phone reluctantly with both hands* Oh, oh, what the, sh- (muffled voice)

- Diggy throws the phone towards Malcolm, who misses the catch as it falls to the ground. He then retrieves it and holds it up to his ear on speakerphone -

malcolm

Hello

voice

Who the fuck is this?

-   Malcolm, Diggy and Jib react fearfully -

malcolm         

Uhm, who is this?

voice

This the nigga that’s gon’ fuck you up if you keep asking questions, now who the fuck is this?

-   Jib and Diggy send gestures to Malcolm -

malcolm

I prefer not to say

-   Diggy gives a sarcastic thumbs up while Jib points to him -

voice

Okay I see how we gon’ do this then, if this ain’t a nigga named Malcolm, and you currently at 104 street, then I’m gon’ kill yo ass

-   They all search around briefly; scared -

malcolm

How do you know where I am?

jerry

Find apple. Steve Jobs a motherfuckin’ genius.

-   end - 

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SHOTLIST


Recreated production: 
'MEST4 Shot-by-shot | Preliminary Task'