Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Preporation

We are at the point where we will be filming in the next few days so to prepare for this, me and director (Kyle) have created a shotlist, the shotlist can be found in our production file or just below.




Problem
Potential Risk
Action
Who
Cast Availability
They don’t turn up.
Backup cast.
Family, Production Team, friends.
Equipment
All equipment may be booked out.
Pre-book early.
Technicians
Team Members
Illness / Family problems.
Production Team takes on their role.
Production Team.
Weather
Raining – equipment cant be used outside.
Film on another day.
Production Team.
Pets / Animals
Animals / Pets on location.
Lock pets away. Take precautions.
Production Team, Cast.
Location
Fire risks. Location already being used.
Ensure safety checks are done, also all the fire exits are clear.
Production Team, Cast. Alex
Noise
Background noise may interfere with recording.
Lock all doors and ensure all noise is kept to a minimum. Use Clip on mics or boom mics.
Production Team whilst filming.
Inexperienced Actors
Lack of attention, not learning lines.
Director ensuring script is learnt and regular checks.
Director and Producer.
Props
Production Team forgetting Props.
Ensure they are at the set or location before production team arrives.
Production Team\ researcher, Alex




Gas
Fire, explosion.
Ensure safety checks are carried out, make sure gas is turned off when not in use
Production Team
Electrical Equipment
Fire, fuse blowing, electric shock.
Only adequately trained crew is to rig, de-rig and operate equipment.
Production Team
Inexperienced actors or children
Bad acting, not being able to portray a message or meaning to the viewer.
Give them tips, and useful advice to help them.
Director
Lifting Appliances
If dropped can cause serious injury.
Make sure actor is able to pick up/hold heavy equipment.
Producer
Lighting
Danger of lights dazzling cast or crew
Hazard from members of the public/ vehicles not under the control of the Production.
Use additional working lights
Producer
Evacuation in case of fire or other Emergency
Emergency services not knowing if crew/cast are not accounted for.
Create crew/cast list and call sheet prior to the shoot day.
Director
Costume
Cast/Crew allergic to certain material?
Ensure checks are carried out.
Production Team
Running of electrical cables over the ground at location
Hazard to crew members and actors.
All cables to be adequately safeguarded as they are laid and trailed as little as possible.
Production Team
First Aid
Crew/Cast harming themselves/ falling ill.
Ensure first Aid kit is on location at all times. Find out nearest hospital location.
Producer and Director

Food Hygiene
If food is provided as a prop, must be able to vouch for its hygiene.
Control where it is made/ or where it is purchased.
Producer

Friday, 4 March 2011

Production team and roles.

Now that we had finally decided on our group. We had a meeting and decided these would be our job roles.

Kyle - Director
Israr - producer
Chris - Camera man
Alex - Researcher
Anwar - ilistator

We where all happy with our roles.

Practice shots with first person view.

A few cast members took part in a practice shooting in the studio we only used Panasonic camera. We practiced a number of first person shots that may be seen within our production just to see what they may look like, we thought they looked good and were happy to continue with our production.

Treatment.


Idea Our idea was based on the N1H1 pandemic.

As the NHS already had a number of adverts stating the threat of the N1H1 virus, we had to be different, so how would we do this?. we decided to take the role of the virus in a first person showing how the virus spreads through a regular household.

The adverts starts with a postman delivering letters, this is where the spread starts, regardless he still posts the letters unknowing of what he has done. From this point the audience will see the advert from the perspective of the virus on the letters. A women will then pick up the letters (she now has the virus on her hands) and leaves them on the side. A man then enters the house, picks up the letters, checks them and puts them down (he now has the virus)he then hugs his wife and carries on into the living room where he picks up the remote and then leaves it on the seatie next to his son picks it up and changes channel (he now also has the virus). The grandfather then hands him a sweet and the virus travels through the child's hand to the grandfathers. At that point, the advert rewinds to the start and then we see the postman catch his sneeze in a tissue, this is to show how the spread could have been stopped. He then posts the letters which will have the phrase "catch it, bin it, kill it" on it.

Theme.
Due to the fact that our advert will be informative it is crucial that our facts and figures are 100% true.

Duration.
After much research on extended adverts such as the yo valley advert, we decided our advert would be best around the 1 - 1 1/2.

Style.
our advert will be informative in that it will inform the public of how easily the N1H1 virus is spread.

Audience.
After researching the people most at risk to the N1H1 virus we found that its 60+, pregnant women and children under the age of 5. most at risk. Due to this in our advert there will be a mixture of people most at risk.

Resume.
The advert is being made for a specific target audience and will be made to show how easily the N1H1 virus can spread around a regular household. Our advert will be informal as it

Budget.
There is no budget for our production.


Timescale.
We have approximately 3weeks to complete our pre-production and then the rest of the time to get down to the production and editing of our final product.