Nicole's FTVNM Blog: June 2015

Forte.

The story of Georgia Mae Hudson overcoming her anxiety disorder as she finds her true self in playing the piano and seeks to help others with the disorder.

Story By: Nicole Hoskins

E-mail: nhoskins@sthildas.qld.edu.au

Blog: sthnhoskinsftvnm.blogspot.com 

GEORGIA MAE HUDSON is an only child living a normal high school life in Richmond, Australia. She is a very quiet person and has only one true friend, Ally Deyes. One day, Georgia is informed that she has social anxiety disorder and this wakes her up and motivates her to overcome it. She has a deep passion for playing the piano and this helps her do so. 

MISS BELLE is Georgia’s piano teacher. She encourages Georgia as she is her best student and pushes her to her fullest potential. Miss Belle has high expectations and is a very good role-model to Georgia, despite the fact that Georgia’s mother sometimes thinks otherwise.

MRS HUDSON is Georgia’s mother and is very protective of Georgia. She doesn’t have a husband and this makes her even more worried about her daughter. She only wants her Georgia to be safe and within her comfort zone, but later realises Georgia must do what is best for her.

PLOT SUMMARY

The stereotypical shy high school girl, Georgia Mae Hudson, faces ultimate battles with herself after she is informed that she has social anxiety disorder. Her overprotective mother is concerned to the point that she doesn’t want Georgia to do anything out of her comfort zone. Yet, Georgia is confident in tackling the disorder and with the help of her piano teacher, Miss Belle, she overcomes it. Georgia encounters many obstacles along the way such as the school talent show, her mother’s doubt, and her self doubt. As she becomes stronger, her aim is to assist those who have the disorder and become apart of the elite Julliard Music School.

	Shot List

	Production Title:			Forte.				Shoot Date:	21/05/15-03/06/15

Shot No.	Shot Name	Scene No.	Location	Shot		Movement	Description of Action	Characters	Lighting Notes
Shot No.	Shot Name	Scene No.	Location	Type	Angle	Type	Description of Action	Characters	Lighting Notes
1	Georgia	1	Reeves Building	Mid Shot	High angle	Following Georgia	Georgia is walking through the building to go to class, holding books	Georgia Husdon	Natural and Portable handheld light
2	Popular girl	1	Reeves Building	Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Girls in school are walking to class and popular girl is handing out papers promoting the Talent Show	Popular girl & random extras	Natural and Portable handheld light
3	Popular girl 2	1	Reeves Building	Mid Shot	Straight on	Still	Popular girl is handing out flyers	Popular girl & random extras	Natural and Portable handheld light
4	Georgia 2	1	Reeves Building	Close Up Shot	High angle	Following Georgia	Georgia looks down trying to avoid popular girls attention	Georgia Hudson	Natural and Portable handheld light
5	Avoiding	1	Reeves Building	Medium Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia tries to walk past the girl but before she goes past, she stops her and tries to hand her a paper	Georgia Hudson & Popular girl	Natural and Portable handheld light
6	Avoiding 2	1	Reeves Building	Medium Close Up	High Angle	Still	Georgia looks down and mumbles “no thanks” and walks out of the frame	Georgia Hudson & Popular girl	Natural and Portable handheld light
7	Walking Away	1	Reeves Building	Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia walks away and continues to class	Georgia Hudson	Natural and Portable handheld light
8	Confusion	1	Reeves Building	Medium Close Up	Straight on	Still	Popular girl is confused as to why she was so shy	Popular girl	Natural and Portable handheld light
9	Doctor’s Appointment	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Long Shot	Eye-level	Still	Doctor facing Georgia and her mother	Doctor, Georgia & Mother	Softbox lights
10	Anxiety Disorder	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Medium-Long	Eye-level	Still	Doctor is sitting at table explaining how Georgia has social anxiety	Doctor	Softbox lights
11	Listening	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Medium-Long	Slightly high	Still	Mother is next to Georgia. They are both listening to the doctor.	Georgia & Mother	Softbox lights
12	Doctor’s Questions	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Medium-Long	Eye-level	Still	Doctor puts papers aside, focuses on Georgia and asks questions	Doctor	Softbox lights
13	Answering	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Medium-Close up	Slightly high	Still	Georgia looks up at the doctor, about to answer her question	Georgia	Softbox lights
14	Nervous Hand	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Close up	High	Still	Georgia’s hand is shaking, she tries to hide it and scrunches her clothing	Georgia	Softbox lights
15	Like to play piano	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Medium-Close up	Eye-level	Still	Georgia pauses then says “I like to play piano”	Georgia	Softbox lights
16	Doctor agrees	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Mid Shot	Eye-level	Still	Doctor nods head in approval	Doctor	Softbox lights
17	She’s alright at it	2	St. H’s Health Centre	Mid Shot	Eye-level	Still	Mother looks at Georgia and explains to doctor how she is too shy to play in public	Georgia & Mother	Softbox lights
18	Fast Hands	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Close Up	High	Still	Georgia’s fingers playing very fast piano piece piano	Georgia	Softbox lights
19	Grand Piano	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Medium Long Shot	Slightly High	Panning	Georgia continues to play piano	Georgia	Softbox lights
20	Miss Belle	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Medium-Close up	Eye-level	Still	Miss Belle closes her eyes and listens to Georgia play	Miss Belle	Softbox lights
21	Finish Piece	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Medium Long Shot	Eye-level	Still	Georgia finishes her piece, lifts her hands and looks to Miss Belle	Georiga	Softbox lights
22	Perfect, As Always	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Mid Shot	Eye-level	Still	Miss Belle smiles and says “Beautiful, As Always.”	Miss Belle	Softbox lights
23	Encouraging	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Medium-Close up	Eye-level	Still	Miss Belle tells Georgia how unique her talent it	Miss Belle	Softbox lights
24	School Talent Show	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Close Up	Eye-level	Still	Miss Belle says “I think you should enter the school talent show.”	Miss Belle	Softbox lights
25	Refusal	3	Mrs Edmunds Room	Mid Shot	Eye-level	Still	Georgia gives an unsure look about the school talent show	Georiga	Softbox lights
26	Breathing	4	Langford Theatre	Close Up	Straight on	Still	Georgia is side stage preparing to go on, she breathes in	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
27	Walking up	4	Langford Theatre	Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia slowly walks up the stairs onto the stage looking at the audience	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
28	Footsteps	4	Langford Theatre	Medium-Close up	Straight on	Still	Georgia’s feet walking up stairs in slow-motion in time with heart beat	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
29	Nervous	4	Langford Theatre	Medium-Close up	Straight on	Still	Georgia looking at audience in corner of her eye as she walks	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
30	Standing	4	Langford Theatre	Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia stands in the middle of the stage, frozen	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
31	Hand Shaking	4	Langford Theatre	Close Up	Straight on	Still	Georgia's hand shakes in anxiety and she scrunches her pants/dress	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
32	Fainting	4	Langford Theatre	Extreme/Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia puffs and falls to her right, fainting	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
33	Fainted	4	Langford Theatre	Medium-Close up	Straight on	Panning left to right	Georgia's body is lying on the stage, holding her sheet music, crowd chatters in shock	Georgia	Stage lights on, house lights off
34	Nervous Backstage	5	Langford Theatre	Long shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia is standing side stage with sheet music afraid to go on	Georgia	Stage lights on
35	Peeking	5	Langford Theatre	Mid Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia peeks out at the audience	Georgia	Stage lights on
36	Hand shaking	5	Langford Theatre	Close Up	Straight on	Still	Georgia’s hand shakes uncontrollably	Georgia	Stage lights on
37	Run off	5	Langford Theatre	Medium Long Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia becomes anxious and runs away	Georgia	Stage lights on
38	Music Down	5	Langford Theatre	Medium Long Shot	High angle	Still	Music sheets are thrown to the ground	Georgia	Stage lights on
39	Meltdown	5	Langford Theatre	Medium Long Shot	Straight on	Following Georgia left-right	Georgia paces back and forth, breathing heavily, head in hands	Georgia	Backstage lights on
40	Crying	5	Langford Theatre	Long shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia sits down on table and cries	Georgia	Backstage lights on
41	Dishes	6	Library Staff Kitchen	Close Up	High angle	Still	Mother is washing dishes, turns off tap	Mother	Kitchen lights
42	Letter on Table	6	Library Staff Kitchen	Medium Long	Straight on	Still	Mother sees Georgia and tells her she has a letter on the table	Mother & Georgia	Kitchen lights
43	Pick it up	6	Library Staff Kitchen	Mid Shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia moves to the table to pick the letter up, mother in background	Mother & Georgia	Kitchen lights
44	Julliard	6	Library Staff Kitchen	Mid Close	High angle - straight on	Following letter, rise	Georgia picks up the letter and realises “It’s from Julliard.”	Georgia	Kitchen lights
45	Raising voice	7	Mrs Edmunds Room	Mid Shot	Straight on	Still	Mother raises voice at piano teacher for distracting her from her school work	Mother and Miss Belle	Natural
46	Practice	8	Keyboard Room	Long shot	Straight on	Still	Georgia plays “River Flows In You”	Georgia	Natural
47	More Practice	8	Drum Room	Long	Straight on	Still	Georgia plays “River Flows In You”	Georgia	Natural
48	Even More Practice	8	Mrs Edmunds Room	Medium Long Shot	High	Still	Georgia plays “River Flows In You”	Georgia	Natural

Date	Time	Place	Scenes/ Shots	Characters
Thursday 21st May	7pm	Langford Theatre	Audience	Audience
Wednesday 27th May	3:30pm	Music Rooms	Piano Lesson Scene	Miss Belle Georgia Hudson
Thursday 28th May	7:45am	Health Centre	Doctor’s Scene	Doctor
Thursday 28th May	4:15pm	Langford Theatre	On-stage fainting Shots	Georgia Hudson
Friday 29th May	12:50pm	Jennifer Reeves	Beginning School Scene/Talent Show Promotion	Georgia Hudson Popular girl

Date	Time	Place	Scenes/Shots	Characters
Tuesday 2nd June	2:30pm	Health Centre	Doctor’s Scene (Re-shoot)	Doctor
Wednesday 3rd June	1pm	Langford Theatre	Break down	Georgia
Wednesday 3rd June	1pm	Langford Theatre	Seeing Phil	Georgia and Ally
Wednesday 3rd June	2:00pm	Music Department	Continuous Practice	Georgia
Thursday 4th June	3:00pm	Mrs Edmunds Room	Mother raising voice at Miss Belle	Mother and Miss Belle

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