Going out for Dinner

Scene One:

Opens on car driving up a FSR and movie title fades in. Khoi is introduced via shot of him on hanging off the back.

Khoi begins speaking. We follow the people on the camping trip making their way up the mountain to look for deer signs as Khoi speaks. Shots are selected to match up with what Khoi is saying. When he talks about going up in rising elevation, a shot is shown of them hiking up the mountain, when he talks about deer rubs, a deer rub is shown, etc.

The scene ends with Khoi illustrating what a deer track looks like, and is followed by a shot on the highway.

Scene Two

We begin to hear the sound of water and it slows rises in volume. We see Tim making his way with a fishing rod down to the river.

Once at the river, Tim tells us about the location, and shows us the tools and methods he’s using to catch fish. He also talks about some of the characteristics of the fish he’s looking for. Shots are selected again based on what he’s talking about. When describing the “float”, a shot of the float in the water is shown. When describing the fish he’s looking for, a sign post with those fish is shown. Tim references that Khoi is the one that brought him to this particular fishing spot.

The scene fades out with the sound of the river and a shot of Tim casting

Scene Three

The first sequence is a series of short shots with hard cuts. We open up on a recently planted garden bed, followed by a close up of a sign which states what’s being grown. This cuts to the vegetables having grown and being ready to harvest. Cut to Jess harvesting some of the vegetables from her garden, and we begin to hear her voice introduce us to the location.

Jess shows us around her garden, going over the garden beds, the role that Tim and others have played in maintaining the garden, what they’re growing, and showing us what they’re working on. As she speaks, we see close ups of her harvesting the radishes (featured previously), and working on the trellis for the burgeoning green beans.

The scene ends with Jess talking about how they need to make the trellis’ taller.

Scene Four

We open up on someone shaping a loaf of bread which cuts to a shot of Emily going over her sourdough recipe. Emily introduces us to the process of feeding sourdough starter and the subsequent process of making sourdough bread. We get close-ups of each of the ingredients that go into the process. We see her methodically add the water and flour to the starter, and we cut to the risen starter being added in to the flour and water mixture. Emily talks about how she maintains her sourdough starter, and we see her mixing everything and shaping it to form the loaf of bread we saw previously.

We finish with a shot of the finished loaf of bread ready to be sliced.

Roll credits

Going Out for Dinner (Working Title)

Scene One:

Fade opening. Camera is placed in the front passenger seat of a car which is driving up a Forest Service Road. Music is playing and background voices are heard. Movie title fades in.

Cut to shot of car dragging tree which has fallen and is blocking the road. Voice over of Khoi (main participant number one) talking about what they’re doing and where they’re going begins.

Cut to car being pushed out of the snow. Khoi is still speaking.

Scene Two (Flexible):

Option 1: Cut to lunch scene. Car is no longer moving. people are relaxing while Khoi and Tim (second main participant) are scouting ahead with binoculars and talking about what comes next.

Cut to scene of participants hiking through the woods

Option 2: Cut to scene of participants hiking through the tree, interspersed with quick cuts to Tim and Khoi overlooking terrain they wish to hike through.

Quickly cut to signs of deer tracks, and footage of deer

Scene Three:

Cut to Jess (or Tim) walking around their household garden, explaining what each vegetable is, the kind of soil it needs, how often they water it, what the optimal growing season is, and why they’ve decided to grow their own vegetables. I also want to ask about yield for each vegetable

This scene will require a Lavellier Mic which will be wired to whomever is doing the most speaking. If both participants want to speak, I may decide against the Lavellier because it will only amplify one person’s voice.

Cut to Jess (or Tim) preparing a meal using vegetables that grow in their garden (Probably will have to be bought, because their garden is too new and nothing has grown yet).

Scene Four:

Tim (or Khoi) and I are going out fishing. We catch some fish and I gather shots of Tim cleaning and preparing the fish for consumption. A voice over of Tim plays and walks us through the process of catching, cleaning, and preparing the fish, and learn his motivations for producing his own food.

Scene Five:

Emily walks us through the bread making process. I gather footage of her feeding and taking care of her sourdough starter, and then using it to make both sourdough pancakes and a loaf of bread. I especially want a shot of the loaf of bread coming out of the oven.

Scene Six:

A tracking shot along a table with all the food that has been harvested during the course of this film. On the table there is: venison (will have to be bought), Salmon, vegetables harvested from the garden, and a loaf of sourdough bread.