The first problem we needed to overcome was 'time management.' In order for our group to film we had to create a time plan that we could use, which would inform us when all three of us are free to film as well as the actress we are using. Each of us have different plans on different days of the week making it hard to distinguish when all of us would be free together so that we could film. therefore we created a time plan on excel where we could visually see when all of us are free and that time plan is shown below:
(Click to Enlarge)After creating our time plan and looking at the days we are free to film, we decided that we wanted to film on the days were all of us could be present, these days are:
- Sunday 7th February
- Monday 8th February
- Tuesday 9th February
- Wednesday 10th February
We chose to do this because we each wanted to have the same amount of inclusion and input for the production of our media product in hope to create an opening scene with the best possible outcome.
Another thing we had to look at was the weather and times on sunset as we want to film around the time of dusk, as this is england we do not always get the best weather and the times of sunset varies throughout the year dramatically, so we thought it was vital we checked it to see if it ios predicted to be ok for the set dates we have planned to film and luckily the day we are outside the weather and lighting is meant to be:
(Click to Enlarge)To find out the weather predictions I used BBC Weather
Health and Safety:
The locations we are using at the school had certain health and safety procedures that we had to go through before we are allowed to film. Underneath the stage and the school basement are both out of bounds for students due to health and safety. This meant we had to get permission from the head teacher as well as the school caretakers. We were each taken through health and safety risks we had to take into account whilst filming in these areas, some of these factors were:
-Removing the trap doors that lead to underneath the stage
-Walking down the stairs leading to the school basement carefully
-Entering and Exiting underneath the stage safely.
We also had to consider other health and safety factors involved with the filming for our opening scene. Screaming, crying, shouting and blood are all being used in our shots that will be filmed at the nature reserve. We realised that a passing citizen may assume someone could possibly be in trouble or hurt and contact our local police service not knowing what is going on. To overcome this problem that may occur we wrote a letter to the local police station indicating filming dates and where we will be filming just in case, as well as creating signs which we would place around the nature reserve whilst we are filming for any passing citizens to indicate that filming is going on. The letter we wrote to the police station and the signs we created are shown below:
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Camera and Tripod:
Now that we figured out the dates we were all available and free to film we needed to book out the equipment that we intended on using. The equipment we have booked out are:
- Digital Camcorder
- And a tripod
We booked both pieces of equipment out on Wednesday 3rd February which we are allowed to keep until we have finished filming.
Budget:
Our budget is obviously very low as we are students and are not receiving funds by anyone. All together it has cost us around £20 for any of the equipment and props that we needed.
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