Today was the first class of the Advanced Diploma of Multimedia course. Today our video teacher, Damian, told us we’re to do a 3-shot montage with the theme being ‘Life is a Peach’, allowing us to interpret that as we please.

IDEA 1 - Background Music: “Strawberry Fields”
Shot One: Mid-shot
A man is sitting to a desk. The desk is covered in papers - work. On the corner is a plate with a single peach, looking perfect for eating. The man is working hard, writing out forms, ignoring the peach.

Shot Two: Close-Shot
Voice-Overs of orders being shouted at him from various people; work being demanded, meetings to attend to, important documents misplaced and needing following up. We focus on the man’s eyes as it darts around the desk, taking in the work amount.

Shot Three: Long-Shot
More voice-overs, except more personal issues are being introduced, such as appointments for his kids, family dinners, paying the bills. The peach is in close focus on the table, and we see the man behind it, resting against the wall, possibly asleep. The peach has a single bite taken out of it, and a clock is ticking.

IDEA 2 - Backing music: “Life can be a Peach, Sha-Boom! Sha-Boom!”
Shot One: Long-Shot
A peach rolls along the ground on the street from left to right. It rolls past a person walking in the opposite direction, who’s reading a newspaper.

Shot Two: Mid-Shot
Camera follows the person walking, reading the paper, taking little notice to anyone or anything. The person stops, allowing another to cut across, who’s busy talking on the phone. Once that person passes, he keeps walking forward.

Shot Three: Mid-Shot
Camera follows person on the phone, listening to the conversation. Last line is ‘Yeah, well…life’s a peach’. Camera will pan down, and person will walk past the peach which has stopped rolling.

IDEA 3
Shot One: Mid-Shot
A person is tossing a peach up in the air (twice). His eyes following it carefully.

Shot Two: Close Shot
The person gives it one final toss before catching it tightly

Shot Three: Close Shot
Person bites into the peach in time with a explosion, followed by alarms. Fades to black.

IDEA 4
Shot One: Peach rolls towards camera

Shot Two: Peach rolls from left to right

Shot Three: Peach rolls away from camera. A man runs after it, and throws it back, mirroring the start of the montage.

IDEA 5
Shot One: A man works at a computer desk. Beside him is a peach. Something goes wrong and he gets angry. He grabs the peach, and in anger, throws it in the air

Shot Two: Camera follows the peach up

Shot Three: The Death Star takes it’s position as a peach. Music from “2001: Space Odyssey” playing.

IDEA 6
Shot One: Two peaches on a dinner table. Both have faces. They discuss what is life in a very philosophical way. We view them front on, both on each side of the screen

Shot Two: We see a green landscape. The peaches keep talking about what is life.

Shot Three: A beach. Waves crashing on land. Peaches are arguing now, heated discussion.