Jake Evans
Jake Evans
Inside The Mind: Jake Evans
We see...
A silhouetted figure sits alone in the bleachers of Notre Dame's Compton Ice Arena. All American team captain Jake Evans, deep in his thoughts, looks out across the ice. Cut to glimpses of game moments, like dreams in his mind’s eye. Smash-cut to hyper-real scenes from his imagination.
We hear Jake's VO; his inner-dialogue.
"Hockey is a game of milliseconds."
(close up of a goalie's glove as a puck flies by within an inch. GFX gauging milliseconds and millimeters.)
"Sometimes it takes finesse."
(close up of jake's stick and puck--deke, toe drag, wrist shot)
"Sometimes it takes brute force."
(Jake walks out of locker room into hallway--flash frame as his stick becomes a massive hammer.)
"In a faceoff, the puck can be won or lost in less than point two five seconds."
(Jake skates into the circle, the opponent skates forward--flash frame as the opponent becomes MMA Fighter and then back to the opponent. Extreme close up of puck dropping to ice, slomo then furious stick action.)
SFX VO UNDER
"You gotta be a pitbull in there! Your a beast! Get into him! Slap-n-sweep! Lift-n-kick! Lock in! Win!
(Intercut shots of pitbull dog barking, teeth. Furious stick action fighting for the puck.)
"Point two five seconds... That's faster than this, this, this and way faster than this.
(Rapid cut shots of a fast ball, a golf swing, a sprinter exploding out of starting blocks, and a basketball tip off.)
"They say I'm a greasy player. That I like to get in the crease. That I'm sneaky."
(Cut away to broadcast plays and sfx of announcer calls, etc)
"But mostly... I prefer to dish off to an open teammate."
(Broadcast footage, "Assist by Evans! Evans with the assist! What a pass by Evans!)
"In some games, it takes up to thirty failed shot attempts for one successful goal.
With odds like that, sometimes it feels almost impossible to score."
***
(Special effects sequence: Jake vs Goalie--recreating the break-away goal from the Wisconsin game and the Michigan State game. He tries option 1 and fails. reacts. Tries option 2 and fails. reacts. Slows down, sees option 3. Goal! inter-cut with Jake's break-away goal vs Wisconsin)
SFX VO UNDER (whispered inner-dialogue):
"Get in the paint? or Snipe? Toe Drag?
His hands are high. Under his stick!
No good.
(Reaction shot)
He's coming out of the net. Lead right, go left. Glove side!
Aaagh!
(Jake breaks his stick over his knee)
Wait for it. See it.
Drive hard. Deke. Top shelf, Wrist shot!
There it is."
(goal)
***
"Yeah, well... I never pay much attention to the odds."
(Cut to montage of broadcast calls and scoring plays and assists)
BROADCAST CALL:
"He shoots he scores! Jake Evans does it again! Are you kidding me! Another Irish goal! Irish win! Irish win!"
Reference
Reference
INSIDE THE MIND - JOSH ADAMS
- This is our first installment of the "Inside The Mind" series produced by Fighting Irish Media. This Jake Evans piece will closely follow this concept but with added elements of "choose your adventure" like in the Lee Kiefer video below. And we're adding a few hyper-real elements and characters (Ken and Shawn) to this concept.
Lee kiefer - opening sequence
- Just the first 2:00
- Note her 3 options of how to score. 2 mistakes then she finds the right move. We want to do this with Jake.
SickKids vs: undeniable
- Note the match-frame edits to the hyper-real characters.
Notre Dame football Rockne Heritage Uniform reveal
- Editing style for glimpses of hyper-real character
Looks
Looks
Cast
Cast
JAKE EVANS as himself
Senior, Forward, Captain of #1 Ranked Notre Dame Hockey Team. Currently leads NCAA in scoring.
KEN SHAMROCK as The Nightmare Defenseman
Four time world champion and UFC Hall of Famer. Known as "The Godfather of MMA" and "The World's Most Dangerous Man".
Costume Ideas for Ken's character--an elite MMA fighter on the attack. We prefer all black trunks or dark color. Cannot have visible branding. And prefer black MMA gloves with no branding. And dark colored shoes (because we will be on and near the ice). If there is small branding, i can usually gaff tape it to conceal it.
SHAWN SMITH as The Mountain Goalie
Former ESPN World's Strongest Man Championship Finalist and Profesional Powerlifter
Costume Ideas for Shawn's character--sort of a gladiator/executioner/giant/hulk
PRACTICE GOALIE -
To work against Jake as he practices taking shots on goal.
Needs to wear non-descript black uniform and black helmet.
PRACTICE DEFENSEMAN - Riley Robbins
To work against Jake as he practices taking shots on goal.
Needs to wear non-descript black uniform and black helmet.
Crew
Randy Orak - Camera and Lights - (570) 807-9919.
Robert Campbell - Camera and Lights - (574) 302-1076.
Zach Dudka - Director of Photography
Joey Mizutani - Assistant Camera
Conrad Palor - Grip and Haze and Snow Machine Operator
Cody Baker - Director - (574) 220-2250.
Jaye Galloway - (574) 532-1157. Production Manager.
Jodain Massad - (646) 498-8329. Executive Producer.
Dan Colleran - Athletic Communications Associate Director
Strategy
Strategy
Shoot Schedule:
5:00 pm Crew Call, Dinner, Production MeetingLocation/Scene Setup: TBD
5:45 Setup in tunnel scene.
6:30 Setup Bleacher, Face Off, Goalie, and Hammer scenes: lighting, cameras, haze and snow
7:15 Jake arrives. All other cast arrives (Mountain, MMA, Defenesman, Goalie). Dinner for Cast and snacks and water for Crew at Compton.
7:30 ROLL CAMERAS: Bleacher scene #1. Jake in pregame attire.
7:50 Tunnel scene #2. Jake in full game gear. And Chunk the dog.
8:00 Face off scene. #3.4. with Jake and Off-Camera Referee (Josh). If time: #3.2 Defenseman (Riley) skate up. If time: #3.3 MMA Fighter (Drew),
8:25 Breakaway scene #4.1. Jake, Goalie (Josh), and #4.2, and #4.3. If time: film 4.4 Mountain (Shawn) at goal if on schedule, otherwise, 4.4 Mountain at 9pm.
8:50 Jake Pickup Shots: Jake Senior night farewell skate. Jake ECU finesse stick work, Jake at hammer station if we have time.
9:00 Jake is released.
9:00 Mountain at Hammer Station, Mountain at net, MMA fighter at face off (if we didn't get this earlier) and any other pickup scenes. Possibly Riley doing ECU stick finesse work in place of jake.
9:30 CU slowmo of puck flying by goalie glove into the net. CU of puck caought by goalie glove. CU of puck blocked by goalie stick.
9:45 Random snow shots.
9:50 High and Wide Shot plate. Strike all lights and production from Ice arena for a clean plate WS establishing shot from A7sII.
10:00 Wrap and exit Compton
Shot List:
- Bleacher Scene. Jake in PREGAME ATTIRE. sitting in bleachers taping his stick. deep in thought.
- CAM-A: Amira A, shuttle dolly, 24mm cine prime. Dolly in. Compose to leave negative space for graphics.
- CAM-B: Amira B, tripod, 20-120mm Cabrio. Kinetic art.
- ECU of hands, taping stick, eyes, through glass wall, refracted light, partially obstructed view, etc.
- MS or CU of Jake FIRST LOOK into lens "impossible to win... right?"
- MS or CU of Jake FINAL LOOK into lens "I'll take those odds."
- CAM-C: A7sII on tripod. 24-105mm or 14mm prime, or 16-35mm. Locked down. Extreme WS from concourse.
- Clean 6 seconds of Jake in bleachers without production lighting turned on HIM. Only half house lights on.
- Clean 6 seconds plate of arena empty no production anywhere (end of night) no jake. half house lights on.
- Tunnel Scene. Jake in FULL GAME GEAR--home white jersey. Walks from locker room to ice.
- CAM-D: Pilot-Fly, in front of Jake dolly backwards as he walks from locker room to ice with STICK.
- CAM-D: Pilot-Fly, same shot - match frame: walking from locker to ice with HAMMER.
- CAM-B: Amira B, ECU kinetic creative.
- Face off scene. Jake skates forward to circle. Defenseman skates forward to circle. Match frame MMA Fighter to circle.
- WS then CU and ECU of puck dropping in slowmo, furious stick action. (Will film pitbull dog snarling later).
- Breakaway Scene. Jake skates toward goal. Goalie slowly comes out of net. Match frame Mountain Goalie.
- CU of Jake's face (like Lee Kiefer)
- ECU of jake's eyes--thinking of shots to take.
- Fail shot 1: UNDER GOALIE STICK
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- Scores TOP SHELF right side.
- fails to score GLOVE SIDE.
- fails to score shot UNDER STICK.
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- Frustration level 3. Head back deep breath.
- Frustration level 5--helmet off or bang the stick.
- Frustration level 10--breaks stick.
- Jake skate around to match-frame senior night shot (Robert Pilot-Fly).
- Puck to Glove shot.
- Finesse stick and puck CU's.
- Hammer Station. At zamboni gate.
- Jake swings hammer smashes ice cubes.
- Mountain swings hammer... same.
- Goallie swings hammer... same.
Random snow shots.
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Camera Plot and Shot List
(below is an example I pulled from the Josh Adams pre production material. This will be updated soon).