Pre Production Planning : what each member of the group did

Charlotte Maguire:
For planning i completed:

•   A photographic storyboard of each shot.
• Location Reece
• Off site Campus form

We Also all had roles to play in the production of the filming , My role is Director.

Geogrie Field: 

• Geogrie created and completed the shot list , so when filming we could make sure we had shot every shot , not leaving any shot out.
•  http://mediageorgie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/planning-pre-production.html

Geogrie's role is Producer.

Louis Brown:

• Lois created and completed the equipment and resource list , so when filming we was able to check we had all the equipment needed , not wasting any time.
• http://medialois.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/equipment-resource-list.html

Louis's role is Website manger.

Sam Evans:

• Sam made sure all the videos and sound were correctly updated on to the computer , ready for post production.

Sam's role is the sound man.

In pre-production we all had a go out filming , controlling sound and using the clapper board , all helping to contribute to our video. 

pre-production:Off campus form

Even though we didn't go off campus , i felt it was best to fill out one of these forms so that we could get a better understanding off the health and safety issues we might face , and if so how serious they would be. This also links with the Location Reece sheet , as from this i was able to work out all health and safety issues we faced in all locations we filmed in. 

pre-production: location reece

LOCATION RECCE

LEARNER NAME: Charlotte Maguire

PROJECT/ PRODUCTION TITLE: Relations

Production information: ·         Dates ·          Times ·          Brief description of the general content of production ·          equipment required ·         any additional requirements for production ·          any issue which may affect production in this location	We will start filming on the 10th December 2012. Starting time will be from 9 am. The production is a sitcom, set in a college, with 4 main college students, the main character is a girl called Emily and the audience view her everyday life and what she gets up to at college. Equipment required: Nikon D3100 camera, Tripod, camera charger, microphone charger, script , storyboard , glide track , headphones , clapper board, first aid kit. We can find all of these things at the media centre in college, and the first aid kit we shall provide ourselves. Additional requirements:   Costumes: however actors shall supply there own costumes, as it fits with the style of the character, the only costumes needed is star wars t-shirt in which I shall find , two pairs of glasses , hair gel , tracksuit bottoms , however these shall be very easy to find. There are no issues as we have asked permission from the library to film in there and the rest is in outdoor spaces. The only issue may be the weather on the day of filming. As we are filming in a public place we may have issues we members of the public walking through our shots , however this shall not effect our production to much as they are more then likely all going to be teenagers , so it will only add to the believability of our scene , however to prevent this from wrecking any of our scenes we shall speak to the near by people and kindly explain we are filming and could they try  their best not to be seen in the shot , or look at the camera.
Sound information: ·         Issues or potential problems(such as nearby unwanted noise) ·          sound test results ·         Additional/specific sound equipment required	We will check all area’s of filming and check all sounds near by , we are filming in a college where only the sound of students are most likely heard , and this fits in well with our sitcom , so background noise should not be a problem. Sound equipment:  Boom microphone, Rifle microphone
Power information: ·         how you will  supply power for equipment at this location?	By using power leads, and connecting them to the power supplies in college or make sure equipment is fully charged.
Access: ·         Permission granted ·         Booking confirmed ·         Public /private place ·         Issues which may affect access for production team or cast ·         How you will deal with potential issues	We are only filming two scenes inside the college, and we have asked the library and there have said its ok and have gave us permission to film inside. The second place is a class-room however we have asked a member of staff and they will book us a room to use.  Therefore there should be no issues which affect the production team and cast. If a member of our cast is ill we can easily find a new actor to step in, so this shall not be a problem. We shall make sure everything is sorted before the 10th of December to save any problems and also the time of the cast we have chosen.
Possible hazards: ·         What are the potential problems? particularly considering weather if outdoor? ·         how you will avoid or respond to them?	Hazards: If the weather was to snow, as this could affect the continuity of our clip. Therefore we must try and film all the same location scenes in one day, to prevent this problem. We shall work hard and quick as there are not many hours of day light in the winter. Health and safety issues: After looking around college there are many health and safety signs to do with fires, therefore if I fire was to break out while filming, all members of cast and crew will be informed where to go, we shall all meet outside of the college in the front car park, in which we shall do a head count. The likelihood of this happening is (VUL) however we must still plan in case.  One of our scenes consists of the character Emily getting trapped in a door, so we shall take this scene very seriously and make sure no one is hurt in this scene, and will always have a first aid kit on hand. Also when filming we will being using heavy equipment and cables which may fall on people, or cause people to trip. To prevent people from falling or getting harmed by the equipment, we shall inform all cast and crew before hand and be aware of the public around us. The likelihood of this happening is (p). The severity of these hazards are negligible and not to dangerous to the public or crew.
I believe to the best of my knowledge that this location is suitable for this production.	Learner Sign: C.Maguire Date: 2/12/12

Pre production Planning : Picture Storyboard (NEW)

For planning each group member were given tasks to complete to help complete all planning needed before filming, one of my jobs was to create a picture storyboard of  what each shot should look like, to check if any shots don't match or could be i proved.

  

We also created this as test shots for lighting to see if the lighting was high key or low key in the places we wished to shoot , we found most shots were high key , this is what we want to use , as our production is a Sitcom.

Final group script

Therefore after all 4 pitches as a group we discussed each of the scripts narratives and the characters which linked to our overall research into our choice genre, and as a group we decided we liked some of the story line from my script and also Georgie's script so we added parts of them together in our overall script. We also liked the stereotypes / characters used in mine and Georgie's script , so we added them to the chosen narrative to create an overall script.

 However due to our two minute clip we wasn't able to use all of our script , therefore we used up to the line "ooo stop it.. geek man!" in which we will then finish the clip with the title of our show " Relations". We also made some changes to the script , such as we changed it so instead of it being set in a school , we set it in a college , making it more realistic as we were going to film in an actual college. And characters would wear own clothes. We also had to change one of our scene's in which Emily gets stuck in a door , to make it look more realistic , so instead she walks into a bin hurting her knee , therefore we changed the dialogue throughout our script.


This is our edited version of our script as we added in the camera angles we wanted to use of each clip: