Portfolio for Outside Client Project

The Williamsport Civic Ballet

“The Making of the Nutcracker”

Corporate Video Production – Fall 2014

Created by

Sky Carpenter

Kathleen Ellison

Quanya Myers

Total Running Time: 10:00

Intro video montage

:50

Starts with picture in the studio then cuts to

Tom Enterline OC at :59 cuts back to b-roll of

pictures and b-roll of the studio

1:33

Tom Enterline (OC): We came up here, in 1961 and

saw a ballet company, and I told my wife, I said,

someday, we’re gonna dance on that stage. It was

the capital theatre at the time, but it became the

Community Art Center. So in ‘62 we ran ads we

signed a lease, uh, we put walls up, we put mirrors

in, we put bars up, and bought office furniture, and

our registration was exactly seven, which isn’t quite

enough to run a ballet company. But we started,

buy the next year we had a full scale ballet

company.

Starts with picture in the studio then cuts to

Kay Enterline OC and cuts back to b-roll of

pictures

1:56

We decided we wanted to be more than a dance

studio. We wanted to do things on a more classical

level, so we started to make it more interesting,

and more so they can see what classical ballet was

all about, and that’s how everything got started.

We found a lot people that were really interested,

and didn’t know that much about it but got very

involved with it.

Starts with shot of the pajama factory then cuts

to the studio during rehearsal. Voice over of

Tara Montis starts

2:07

Tara Montis (VO): I like dancing for Williamsport

Civic Ballet

Interview with Tara Montis

2:11

Tara Montis (OC): I like dancing for Williamsport

Civic Ballet because all the instructors have been

professional dancers so they know about proper

technique, and

Kathleen Ellison, Quanya Myers, Sky Carpenter

Williamsport Civic Ballet -- "The Making of the Nutcracker" Script

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B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with WS of Tara

practicing ballet with a bar

2:29

Tara Montis (VO): proper ways of placing yourself

and they way they’re dancing is so professional so

they create like, really nice dancers.

Interview with Emma Zechman

2:36

Emma Zechman (OC): What we do in practice is we

usually go over the part we did last week without

music

B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with medium CU

shot of Emma at rehearsal

2:45

Emma Zechman (VO): and sorta get it in our heads,

so we know what we’re doing and then we go over

it with music again until we pretty much have it.

Interview with Meagan Arnold

2:52

Meagan Arnold (OC): It depends on the week. One

week we have pretty simple rehearsals and then

other

B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with medium

close up shot of Meagan at rehearsal

3:06

Meagan Arnold (VO): weeks it feels like we’re

dancing and dancing and dancing and we never get

a breath but I think overall rehearsals… we all love

to dance. We all love to be here, so whatever is

thrown at us, that’s what we do.

Cut back to Meagan OC

3:11

Meagan Arnold (OC): It gets hot in there, it gets

long some days, and some days may seem

redundant

low shot of feet dancing

3:16

Meagan Arnold (VO): but all of it is bettering us so

its all good.

Interview with Austin Duclose

3:25

Austin Duclose (OC): I think, they’re – uhm, they’re

not hard, they’re challenging enough that you

know, you’re going to sweat, and yeah

B-Roll of rehearsal beginning with shot of

Austin pirouetting

3:42

Austin Duclose (VO): you’re gonna sweat and

you’re gonna work, and there's gonna be things

that you majorly have to fix , um but they’re not

easy. You’re not just going to, you know, do a

simple bar and a simple floor, it’s constantly

challenging yourself and fixing things.

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Interview with Jenna Swartz

3:48

Jenna Swartz (OC): Rehearsal I think is pretty tough,

especially when we start running things back to

back, it takes a lot out of you.

B-Roll of rehearsal starting with shot of Jenna

pirouetting

4:02

Jenna Swartz (VO): In the beginning I think that, um

when we’re just learning choreography, its a lot less

stressful cause we’re not like dancing ten minutes

straight or like a really long time, so I think its

pretty tough by the end.

Interview with Joe Laver

4:14

Joe Laver (OC): To get prepared for a show, one of

the things that’s happening right now a couple of

rooms away, we rehears greatly for the show. We

put in thirteen or fourteen weeks of rehearsal

B-roll of rehearsal starting with medium close

up shot of Joe dancing

4:27

Joe Laver (VO): so we’re well prepared for it. Of

course I'm working hard but not nearly as hard as

these young ladies and young men who are much

better at ballet than I am. They put in a

tremendous effort to get ready.

Shot of Alicia directing

4:30

Interview with Alicia Enterline-Little

4:34

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): My job, actually its very

exciting.

B-roll of Alicia directing

4:48

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): And each year, uh, its

interesting because what changes each year, the

backbone of the choreography is very similar but

what I do is , as the cast changes, and different

people get different parts each year, it makes it

exciting

Interview

4:52

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): for me because it gives it

a whole different look than the one I had the year

before.

B-roll of rehearsal and Alicia directing

4:58

But the whole production, um I spent hours before

I come into production on Thursdays night and

Saturdays. I mean

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Interview

5:02

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): I probably put in a good

five to six hours before walking into the studio

B-roll of Alicia directing, starting with shot of

kids sitting and Alicia walking toward the

camera

5:21

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): into the rehearsal hall

and, so when I come in, I’m prepared as to what’s

going to happen. Not that its always going to stay

the same. Things can change once I get here, cause

what happens when I’m home in the kitchen and in

that small area, can change once I get into a bigger

area, but it usually works pretty well. But it’s fun.

The job as a chorographer, its exciting, I love doing

it

Interview

5:25

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): and how many more

years we have? I hope a lot more.

Shot of old picture and shot of measuring tape

5:30

Interview with Kay Enterline

5:37

Kay Enterline (OC): We have a nutcracker tea party

before our Sunday performance, and we ask

questions and

B-roll of costumes starting with zoom out of

soldier outfit

5:49

Kay Enterline (VO): they came up with how many

costumes were on stage. And then I think there was

a hundred and fifty seven, hundred and sixty just

for Nutcracker alone and we go from one thing to

the other.

Interview

5:54

Kay Enterline (OC): It grows. Some of the dresses

that you see here are 20 years old

B-roll of wardrobe and costumes starting with

shot of Kay removing and going through the

clothes on the rack

6:06

Kay Enterline (VO): and they’re adjusted every year

to make it work for the next set of people, that’s

what I'm doing right now. Yeah. But it’s fun. I’d be

very upset if I couldn’t do it.

Interview

6:08

Kay Enterline (OC): One a year we need more of the

younger ones

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B-roll of costumes starting with shot of CU of

little kid dressed like an angel

6:26

Kay Enterline (VO): like in between age and I think I

did like five, I mass produce that time, usually I

don’t do that, but I did that one summer. I like

doing it, I like doing it and with the older ones I just

readjusted a couple more for the women. You

know they say they can tell from year to year if they

Interview

6:30

Kay Enterline (OC): lost weight or gained weight by

what I have to do to their dresses.

ECU of hand grasping ballet which cuts to ECU

of hand grasping a ballet shoe

6:34


6:40

Austin Duclose (OC): I think anyone can dance. I

mean, you could be the most uncoordinated

person in the world

B-roll of rehearsal starting with Austin dancing

in Arabian

6:54

Austin Duclose (VO): but you, it’s a way that you

can learn to do something whether its ballet or tap

or Jazz or even ballroom dancing. Its something you

can learn and its not too difficult for you to figure

out.


6:58

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): It's not so much the skill

it's like

WS of the Chinese, cuts to CU of feet in same

shot

7:06

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): dad has said to me years

ago I would like to take auditions and take the

cream of the crop but as I've gotten older and

looked at

Interview

7:12

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): his side, his thing was if

they're willing to be dedicated and be here

WS of finale scene dancers

7:16

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): and put in the time and

travel to get here let them go for it.


7:29

Meagan Arnold (OC): You have to be– I have a shirt

actually that says athlete plus artist is dancer. And

so, I really believe that half of you has to be an

athlete, you

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B-roll of rehearsal starting with CU low angle

floor shot of feet dancing

7:46

Meagan Arnold (VO): have to be psychically in

check, you have to be psychically strong to

accomplish the things that are asked of you. But

aside from that, each dance, each piece, requires a

different emotion, a different feeling and different

acting. You really have to be in tune with not only

the psychical aspect of your body but

Interview

7:50

Meagan Arnold (OC): the emotional aspect of your

body and being able

WS of clowns bowing in rehearsal

7:54

Meagan Arnold (VO): to connect with an audience

at several different levels.

Low angle shot of street, cut to zoom out shot

of statue and old city hall

7:58

Brief shot of Alicia on camera than immediate

cut to Civic Ballet door and b-roll of people

talking and coming into the studio

8:11

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): Lets see, I think the fact

that it’s a community production, it brings a lot of

people into Williamsport that normally would not

come into Williamsport. We have a lot of people

that travel in from fifty miles away


8:16

Alicia Enterline-Little (OC): easily to get here one

way, so you’re bringing people in from the outside

B-roll of the Williamsport area

8:24

Alicia Enterline-Little (VO): that normally wouldn’t

make it into the city here. But also, for them to be

able to work in the community arts center, what an

amazing beautiful theater.


8:30

Austin Duclose (OC): Dance is a way of like,

powering through everything, and its not easy, its

something that your constantly

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B-roll of rehearsal starting with dancers

practicing at the bar

8:46

Austin Duclose (VO): being challenged with,

because a lot of people say dance isn't a sport but,

if you think about it, when you define the word

athlete, they’re pretty much the same psychical

skill in something, and you’re definitely being

skilled in this

Interview

8:50

Austin Duclose (OC): and it’s a great feeling to

B-roll of rehearsal starting with low angle shot

of clowns dancing

8:58

Austin Duclose (VO): have something that you’re

passionate about, and you love, and yeah, that’s

why its important to me.

Interview with Joe Laver

9:03

Joe Laver (OC): What I like most about dancing for

this company is, and again, is that fact that they’re

so open

B-roll of rehearsal starting with shot of Austin

and little kids sitting and waiting

9:12

Joe Laver (VO): to people of all ages participating

and the family aspect. What really is enjoyable

Interview

9:16

Joe Laver (OC): too is the performance of The

Nutcracker every year

B-roll of rehearsal starting with wide shot of

Waltz of the Flowers

?9:26

Joe Laver (VO): , the repetition of it, yet its never

the same. Its different but the same, there is a lot

of teamwork that goes into it. Its very enjoyable to

be apart of that.


The song the March starts to play underneath

then cut to black

9:30

Meagan Arnold (OC): I love dancing with this

company because it’s coming home to family.

End sequence montage

9:46

Credits

10:00

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Program Title: “The Making of the Nutcracker”

Client: Williamsport Civic Ballet- Dr. Remley

Producers: Sky Carpenter, Kathleen Ellison, Quanya Myers

Running Time of Program: 10 minutes

Budget Total: $9,110.50

Cost Per Viewing Minute: $911.05

ITEMIZED BUDGET

Pre-Production - Total Cost: $ 270.50

Research- (Cost Per Hour: $20.00) Total Cost in Category: $110.00

9/21/14- Entire group met Dr. Remley; Discussed/finalized PNA- 30 min- $10.00

10/4/14- Kathleen and Quanya drove to Williamsport Dance Studio; Blocked Shots, Met

members of ballet- 5 hours- $100.00

Writing- (Cost Per Hour: $25.00) Total Cost in Category: $94.50

9/15/14- Group met in PUB to discuss and develop PNA- 1 hour- $25.00

10/7/14- Group worked up shooting schedules/ discussed future shooting- 20 min- $7.00

10/14/14- Group worked on treatment- 1 hour- $25.00

12/9/14- Quanya worked on script- 1.5 hours- $37.50

Transportation- (Cost Per Mile: $ .50) Total Cost in Category: $66.00

10/4/14- Kathleen traveled to and from Williamsport to pick up group members-132 miles-

$66.00

Production - Total Cost: $ 5,620.00

Location shooting- (Cost Per Hour: $175.00) Total Cost in Category: $5,250.00

10/11/14- Group conducted 2 interviews, Marked Floors, Shoot B-Roll, Met Parents- 6 hours-

$1,050

10/18/14- Group shot B-Roll, Recorded dance classes-6 hours- $1,050.00

11/1/14- Quanya and Kathleen interviewed dancers and parents-7 hours -$1,225.00

11/8/14- Sky and Kathleen filmed rehearsal and community b-roll- 5 hours- $875.00

11/15/14- Sky and Kathleen filmed second act of Nutcracker performance rehearsal- 6 hours-

$1050.00

Tape Stock- (Cost Per SD Card: $40.00) Total Cost in Category: $40.00

1 SD card used- $40.00

Transportation- (Cost Per Mile: $ .50) Total Cost in Category: $330.00


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Post-Production - Total Cost: $ 3,120.00

Logging Videotapes- (Cost Per Hour: $20.00) Total Cost in Category: $260.00

10/28/14- 30 minutes- $10.00

11/13/14- 2 hours- $40.00

11/21/14- 5 hours- $100.00

11/24/14- 1.5 hours- $30.00

11/25/14- 4 hours- $80.00

Graphics- (Cost Per Hour: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $150.00

12/8/14- Kathleen adjusted pictured and graphics throughout video- 3 hours- $150.00

Sound Recording/Mixing- (Cost Per Mile: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $50.00

12/8/14- Final cut required some sound mixing- 1 hour- $50.00

Digital Video Effects- (Cost Per Hour: $100.00) Total Cost in Category: $300.00

12/8/14- DVE added during final edits throughout video, Kathleen/Sky- 3 hours- $300.00

Editing- (Cost Per Hour: $100.00) Total Cost in Category: $2,150.00

12/1/14- Group Met to edit, 2 separate bays- 4.5 hours each bay- $900.00

12/2/14- Quanya edited director segment, Sky assisted- 3 hours- $300.00

12/3/14- 2 separate editing bays; Sky edited community, Kathleen and Quanya each worked on

various segments- 3 hours, each bay- $600.00

12/5/14- Quanya edited wardrobe segment- 1.5 hours- $150.00

12/8/14- Group made final edits to project- 2 hours- $200.00

Dubbing- (Cost Per Copy: $30.00) Total Cost in Category: $210.00

7 DVD Disks used- $210.00

Miscellaneous Expenses- Total Costs: $ 100.00

Music- (Cost Per title: $50.00) Total Cost in Category: $100.00

2 Songs used- $100.00

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