Days of the New Schoolyard
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| Days of the New Schoolyard | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steven Caldwell |
| Produced by | Rosealie Rossiter Kellie Rossiter |
| Written by | Scott Wilton Zane Bryant |
| Starring | Joshua Stafford Kellie Rossiter Scott Wilton Peter Van Velsen Zane Bryant Jordan Underwood Katie Bell Scarlett Nicoll Ashley Park Claire Meffe Sarah Rowe Stephanie Peters Candice McCleod Jack Palmer |
| Editing by | Steven Caldwell Kellie Rossiter |
| Distributed by | Caldwell Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | December 15, 2006 |
| Running time | 8 min. 42 sec. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 |
Days of the New Schoolyard is a 2006 comedy short film written by Scott Wilton and Zane Bryant. It was directed by Steven Caldwell and produced by Rosealie Rossiter and Kellie Rossiter. This short film is a Gold Coast Youth Theatre Academy/Caldwell Entertainment production.
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[edit] Plot
Teenagers from four different groups (jocks, nerds, popular girls and goths) begin the school day with their daily lecture from the professor. This lecture is on the subject of today's youth or in the professor's words, "Today’s topic is the mind boggling journey into the teenager’s mind, where you will thoroughly comprehend the intriguing diversity and the startling complexity of the diverse adolescent clusters." Throughout this short film, each group is introduced in a comical approach and possesses amusing dialogue.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joshua Stafford | The Professor |
| Kellie Rossiter | The Teacher |
| Scott Wilton | Jock Two |
| Peter Van Velsen | Jock One |
| Zane Bryant | Nerd Two |
| Jordan Underwood | Nerd One |
| Katie Bell | Nerd Date |
| Scarlett Nicoll | Popular Girl Two |
| Ashley Park | Popular Girl One |
| Claire Meffe | Popular Girl Three |
| Sarah Rowe | Goth One |
| Stephanie Peters | Goth Three |
| Candice McCleod | Goth Two |
| Jack Palmer | The Waiter |
[edit] Quotes
(Nerd Two sits down and looks at Jock Two sitting at the table next to him to try and mimic his movements)
Jock Two: You are one beautiful girl, you know that?
(Nerd Two tries to mimic this)
Nerd Two:(stuttering) You look nice
Date: Thanks
(Jock Two and Popular Girl Two kiss. Nerd Two closes his eyes and makes a hopeful attempt to kiss Date but Date pushes his face away and walks off)
(Goths are sitting on the ground, in a group talking)
Goth One: You know what I found myself listening to? That song ‘Darkness Surrounds Me’ and I realised that we are one conscious experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, and life is only an imagination.
Goth Two: That’s deep
Goth Three: Very
(Popular Girls are standing in a group in the courtyard chatting)
Popular Girl Two: Seth is like so hot right now!
Popular Girl Three: OH MY GOD! ‘O.C’ party at my place tomorrow!
(Popular Girls scream in joy. They huddle around and jump up and down)
[edit] Locations
Most of Days of the New Schoolyard was shot at Mount Tamborine High School. There is only one scene which was not filmed there (the date scene). It was filmed in the dining area of Abrakidazzle, a childrens play center
[edit] Trivia
The script was written by a 14 year old man (Zane Bryant) and a 15 year old man Scott Wilton
Jack Palmer was originally cast as Jock One however he had other duties to attend to during the shooting. He was back in time for the shooting of the dinner scene, therefore he was cast as the waiter. Peter Van Velsen filled in for Palmer. Van Velsen had no acting experience.
The cast and crew of Days of the New Schoolyard spent 11 hours filming on set, and achieved 8 minutes on screen.
Zane Bryant (writer/actor) owns his own film production company called a bz production. To view his side projects see URL: www.youtube.com/bzproduction. He is also in a band called Black Velvet: www.myspace.com/blackvelvetlocals. He is currently touring the Gold Coast with his 4 piece band. Zane is about 5 ft and 6 inches. He likes to listen to music and go for long walks on the beach. For all the Ladies out there, I'm free.....ummmmm im mean Zane is currently free.
Nerd One (Jordan Underwood) and Nerd Two (Zane Bryant) both wore inappropriate pants for filming. Underwood wore jeans and Bryant wore dark pants covered in outlined imagery. Their characters would not wear these to school, therefore, between each scene, the jocks (Scott Wilton and Peter Van Velsen) and the nerds were forced to swap pants. For the all in scene nearing the end of the short film, Van Velsen can be seen wearing jeans.
The short film was premiered at Ashmore State School. 150 tickets were sold.
The location for the romantic dinner scene is a children's play center called Abrakidazzle.
This was a Gold Coast Youth Theatre Academy/Caldwell Entertainment production. Most of the actors and some of the behind the scenes workers are students in the GCYTA.
Rosealie Rossiter and Kellie Rossiter (Producers) are the teachers for the GCYTA.
Steven Caldwell (Director) and Joshua Stafford (Actor) are previous students of the GCYTA.
[edit] Film Credits
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| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Steven Caldwell | Director |
| Rosealie Rossiter Kellie Rossiter |
Producers |
| Scott Wilton Zane Bryant |
Writers |
| Zane Bryant Scott Wilton |
1st AD's |
| Joshua Stafford Megan Cooper |
Dolly Grip |
| Megan Harris Ashley Park Megan Cooper |
Boom Operators |
| Megan Cooper Mel Warner Kellie Rossiter |
Makeup |
| Megan Cooper Kellie Rossiter |
Stills Photography |
| Rosealie Rossiter | Catering |
| Kellie Rossiter Rosealie Rossiter |
Video Split |
| Chloe Smith | Cable Wrangler |
| Joshua Stafford Megan Cooper Mel Warner |
Doco Crew |
| Steven Caldwell | Editor |
