Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Health & Safety around the College:

Health and Safety Talk with Gary Wolley:

Climbing on things: Climbing on things such as picnic benches can be slippery. If somebody slipped on a bench they could injure themselves. To prevent slipping over on moss and other slippery surfaces we will stay away from filming on benches. 

Corridors: We shouldn't put things on the floor to create  shot. For example, putting tomato ketchup on the floor to create the effect of blood. When it has been cleaned up the floor will be greasy for weeks after. To prevent this we will use safe props and clear away everything correctly before we leave. 

Visibility: Everyone in our glass has a good eye sight; everyone in the college may not. What we see may not be what everyone else sees. To prevent anybody tripping over cables or falling over the tripod we will wear hi-vis jackets and put out bright yellow 'Filming In Process'. This will keep everyone in the college safe. 

Gary Wolley talking to our Media Class

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Actor Resume:


Problems and Solutions:

Problems and Solutions:

P: Worried about the weather when filming.
S: Check the weather forecast before going out filming. 

P: Worried that we will need to catch up.
S: Stick to the schedule and know what we are doing day to day.

P: We may have actors not turn up on time and in the correct locations. 
S: Tell the actors where they should be and when and send them a text. 

P: Not remembering to film everything.
S: Make sure we film everything on the storyboards. 

P: Adding VFX to the film.
S: Research more into the effects and watch tutorials.

P: Post production editing in the time allowed.
S: Make sure we stick to the schedule. 

P: Not being organised.
S: Keep up to date by looking in our red folder and looking at the blog. 

P: Shots looking bad. 
S: Think about good composition and avoid bad composition. 

P: Actors not being available. 
S: Make sure the actors know when they should be in college. 

P: Sound not being top quality. 
S: Allowing time to re-record the sounds. 




Casting Notes:

Sentences to sum up each character:

Dan - 6ft tall, outsider, who usually dresses in dark colours. 

Duke - Duke is a tall guy who has blue eyes. He is also muscular and dresses smartly. 

Katie - Katie is an attractive female who likes to meet new people. 


Actors we could choose:

Dan - Ben Harrison - He is tall and is reasonably good at acting. He also usually dresses in dark colours. 
Reece G - Reece is slightly shorter than Ben but he could play the role. He also dresses in darker colours (Blues / Black). 

Duke - Charlie Hall. Dresses smartly and is tall. 

Katie - Dayna Crawford / Robyn Wilson. Dayna is a attractive young girl who likes to meet new people. Robyn is also an attractive young girl but doesn't have any previous experience  She likes to take pictures of herself so she would be ok to be filmed. 



Monday, 6 January 2014

Production Meeting: 06/01/14



Production Meeting:


People Present:
  • Reece
  • Ben
  • Charlie

In this lesson we have made a schedule of what we are going to do on each day up until the deadline day. We have also discussed roles and casting of the sequence.