unit 22.2 Treatment: My Local - Lichfield

Treatment: My Local - Lichfield

Programme Title:

My Local - Lichfield

Scriptwriter/Director and Producer:

 James Grimley

Duration:  

2 minutes on Vimeo (internet). This video can be viewed on the internet any time and day.

 

Audience:

Ø      The Audience is other filmmakers who are also passionate about filmmaking, as it will be shown on Vimeo.

Ø     The other audience is tourist to come to see Lichfield and its history.

Ø     40s – 70s interest in history

Ø     6 – 16 from schools for history subjects

Résumé:

Ø     My local place, which is Lichfield City. To show you the history of Lichfield and what it’s so unique about my local.

Ø     Samuel Johnson’s birth place, who written the dictionary.

Ø     The famous actor in Lichfield David Garrick, where there is a theatre name after him (Lichfield Garrick Theatre).

Ø     Lichfield Cathedral, the famous building and oldest in Lichfield.

Ø     Tudor houses, Erasmus Darwin who is an inventor also he is Charles Darwin’s Grandfather.  

Suggested Elements:

Ø     A Local tour around of Lichfield, showing the history.

Ø     The battles of the England Civil War

Ø     The birth place of Samuel Johnson

Ø     Erasmus Darwin’s house

Ø     Lichfield Cathedral, showing you inside and outside of the Cathedral e.g. Statues (CU of faces, hands to show the detail), the walls, window glass showing the sunlight throw the glass. The crosses and the gold statues. To show you how quite it can be.

Ø     At start James Grimley (director) appear and give an intro of his local place.

Ø     Shots of Lichfield, its history and buildings that is unique. 

Filming one day on Friday 16^th September. Takes one day to film and one day to edit as it is a one – two minutes video. That day is when it’s quiet as it can get busy at the weekend.