Short Story Title: __________1984 Book Trailer_______________________

Frame # __1___ Duration of Shot: __1:30____

Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Camera is focused on kitchen table. I walk in from left and sit down in front of a journal. I
begin to write in the journal. After each line (see script below), I look over my shoulder at
the TV and then back and hold up the journal for the camera to see what I wrote.
Framing
Medium shot waist up with table creating a bottom frame; TV is in the background

Angle
Camera is at eye level

Lighting
Natural high-key lighting through the windows

Camera
Movements
No camera movement; one continuous shot
Sound Effect /
Music
Muted sound of TV coming from behind me for duration of shot; no talking; drum beat
sound from TV show Lost at cut to black
Editing Technique
Cut to black at end


Script Silent script to mimic Winston, in this scene in the book, being afraid to talk or
even write in his apartment. Each line will be: 1. April 4
th
, 1984; 2. I work for the
Ministry of Truth,; 3. but I create lies; 4. for Big Brother.; 5. DOWN WITH BIG
BROTHER.; 6. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.; 7. DOWN WITH BIG
BROTHER.


Short Story Title: ______1984 Book Trailer__________________________
Frame # __2__ Duration of Shot: ___10 seconds___

Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Image of Orwell and/or the novel with the date 1949 fades to a video of Hitler and the
Nazis (or Stalin)
Framing
Full screen

Angle
Eye level; close-up

Lighting
High-key lighting, normal for an image and a video

Camera
Movements
none
Sound Effect /
Music
Piano concerto (havent picked one yet) that has even, low parts; music will be normal
volume at beginning, then fade to low for script narration (see below) and video audio (if
any), normal volume into next frame
Editing Technique
Cut to next frame


Script
Orwell wrote this novel in 1949 as a prediction of what society would look like 35
years into the future if governments continued to implement control over its citizens
at their current rates.




Short Story Title: _______1984 Book Trailer____________________________
Frame # __3__ Duration of Shot: _10-15 seconds_

Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Image of Wilson (from one of the movie versions) that wipes or fans like on an app
carousel to an image of the journal page from the introduction (or video of my hand
writing the last line)

Framing
Full frame (medium shot of me if the video is used)

Angle
Eye-level

Lighting
High-key lighting; picture of Winston may be black and white with emphasized shadows

Camera
Movements
None (zoom in on journal page if video is used)
Sound Effect /
Music
Continued piano music that is normal volume and fades to low during script narration (see
below)
Editing Technique
Cut from image or video of journal to Winston; fan transition to next image in next
frame

Script
My name is Winston, and I live under constant surveillance. The government, also
known as Big Brother, watches every move I make every move EVERYBODY
makes.



Short Story Title: ______ 1984 Book Trailer___________________
Frame # __4__ Duration of Shot: __ ___


Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Images of rebellion, hate, a girl (Julia), Room 101, Goldstein (hopefully from the movie
version) fan by like an app carousel as the script (see below) is narrated; fan reverses
back to Room 101 and then forward again to next frame.
Framing
Full frame and close-ups
Angle
Eye-level
Lighting
Ranges from high-key to low-key and sidelighting, depending on image
Camera
Movements
None
Sound Effect /
Music
Piano concerto continues to play and begins to build as images fan by faster, slow,
reverse, and then speed up again
Editing Technique
Rapid cuts or slide transitions

Script
I want to rebel and think for myself. I am suspicious, scared, and anxious about the Two
Minutes Hate, Julia, Room 101, and a man named Goldstein, but especially Room 101.




Short Story Title: ____1984 Book Trailer__ _________________
Frame # __5__ Duration of Shot: ___ ___


Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Image (or video) of me back at the table. My hair is messed up, and my clothes are
disheveled. I am holding up a new journal page that reads: I LOVE BIG BROTHER.
Framing
Medium shot (same as Frame #1)
Angle
Eye-level
Lighting
High-key from windows
Camera
Movements
None (if image); zoom in (if video) from wide shot to close up of journal page
Sound Effect /
Music
Piano music crescendos then abruptly goes silent; Lost drum beat sounds when frame cuts
to black
Editing Technique
Cut to black

Script
No narration, just words on the journal page






Short Story Title: ______1984 Book Trailer __________________
Frame # __6__ Duration of Shot: ___ ___

Terminology Description write complete and complex sentences only
Action
Image of big eyeball (I realize the drawing looks like something else sorry!), or possibly
the Big Brother poster from the movie version). The words IS BIG BROTHER
WATCHING YOU NOW? underneath
Framing
Full shot
Angle
Eye-level
Lighting
High-key
Camera
Movements
None
Sound Effect /
Music
Nothing but eerie silence and then Lost drum beat at cut to black
Editing Technique
Cut to black

Script
No narration; just silence; words on image