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Potential problems with our production
- Location problems - the locations we've chosen may be unavailable or unusable when we it comes to actually filming.
- Cast and crew absences - Due to the small size of the group, any absences will have an impact on filming, especially if more than one of us is unavailable for shooting. We also have people who are in charge of multiple roles which, with them being absent, could pose an issue to the shoot.
- Equipment - stuff might not work like faulty cameras, lighting, microphones etc.
- Casting - The actors we've picked might not be up to the standard we envision.
- Footage - The footage we film might not be of a high enough quality or there might not be enough footage.
- Time - We might run out of time to keep filming, resulting in a lack of footage.
Contingency plan
- To solve the location problems, we need to have backup locations in case there are any issues with filming where we've initially chosen
- If cast or crew are absent from a shoot, we'll have to re-assign roles for that shoot in order for things to go well. If anyone is late, we'll need to either film a different scene while they aren't there (if it's an actor) and if crew is late, who ever from the crew is there will need to take up the role of whoever isn't there
- Weather may also be an issue. In case of light rain, we'll make sure we have coats and perhaps umbrellas to keep the equipment dry as well. In the event that the weather is too bad to continue with the planned shoots, we'll be rescheduling them for the nearest date that the weather forecast says will have good weather.
Setting up appropriate equipment
Following the storyboard
During the shoot we came up with better shots that fitted/looked better or fit the setting better than originally planned and in doing so, it moved everything else around and made us rethink if what we had planned was good enough, necessary or if it fit with the new shots and scenes.
We changed a lot of things during filming, primarily because locations we wanted became unavailable so changes had to be made to the script/shooting script to accommodate the new locations.
The changes we made:
- Katie Cheese changed to John Kane due to a lack of a female lead.
- Debbie Curse (Librarian) changed to Michael Kane, John Kane’s father due to a lack of a female actor to play Debbie.
- Library scene cut due to the difficulty of filming in a library (House scene filmed instead of the library scene)
- Chase scene altered - the legal issues of pulling out a fake gun on a public street would have complicated filming so we used a forest on private school property, filming it in the forest.
- Apartment scene scrapped - Lift scene is longer and it was easier to film in school than going elsewhere to film.
Our group, as well as doing risk assessments and recces of the locations, practiced good safety while on shoots. We always had at least one person looking out for pedestrians in public places, traffic and hazards on set. For example, when filming part of the chase scene in the forest, our group did an initial scout prior to the shoot to see potential hazards and remove them and on the day of the shoot, before filming, we checked again and removed any obstacles that could have led to the injury of our crew or actors. Such an obstacle was a large log that was on the path that one of our actors was going to be running on which had to be relocated as to prevent accidental injuries from tripping over it. Dan tended to be the member of our group that kept an eye out for pedestrians and possible risks as well as aiding with filming when I couldn't film.
One of our actors took part in a "stunt" that we wanted to film which included him running and jumping over a ditch. In order to make this safer, we cleared the path he'd be running on, the area he would be jumping from and the area that he would land in. We also made sure that there would be nothing he could hurt himself on if he were to fall into the ditch by removing some rocks and sticks etc.
BECTU Health & Safety
We looked at the BECTU health and safety requirements/guidelines before filming to make sure we were safe when out filming and in other aspects of the production.
Camera:
- Wires were neatly managed to avoid tripping on set or damaging equipment
- Tripod and camera were packed away during transport to prevent damage to equipment
- We tested all the equipment before each shoot to make sure nothing was faulty
- We ensured we had permission to film on the sites we used prior to filming ensuring any health and safety procedures set by the the site owners were followed
- We carried out risk assessments and recces to make sure the locations were safe and suitable
Pre-Production:
Initially, everyone had ideas and we each wrote our own scripts based on those characters and stories that we came up with. From there, we read the scripts and offered feedback. We ended up doing 2 drafts of our own scripts before having a final finished script, which we then submitted as final ideas in our groups. Amongst those, we decided which was the best and then began to discuss changes that could be made to improve the script. This included things like improved dialogue, camera shots, movement and events in the scene and the narrative itself. After this was discussed as a group, the write (Luke) went off and made the required changes to the script. Upon completion of the script, we began to talk about how we would go about bringing the script to life. We discussed everything from props to locations, potential actors, scenes we could shoot to include visual and/or special effects in and started thinking about how we would edit things together. We also assigned roles for each member of the group (Luke - Sound & Writer, Marco – Producer & DoP, Tyler - Sound & Assistant Writer, Jorge - Director & Camera, and Dan - Assistant Camera & Art Department)
Marco worked on the storyboard for the script and started working on a shooting schedule, organising when we would test film, film, and edit. Tyler and I started working on the shooting script, and worked with Luke occasionally so that he knew what order the shots would be going in as well as correcting grammar and spelling and offering improvements/ suggestions. Dan started to work on the location scouting, finding decent locations where we could film and also started on the floor plans for each location. The recces and risk assessments were spread out across the whole group, so we all could work on them.
Once we had our ideas and shots planned, we began to look for locations. We decided that we would be using the college for a chase scene as our original idea of filming on a street turned out to be too inconvenient to shoot. As we would need to use a prop gun in the scene, legally, we could have ended up running into trouble if a member if public decided to call the police. We decided to scrap that idea to avoid this and settle for using the college.
Production:
During the production we came across a lot of problems with two of the locations. Firstly, we were going to use the college library to film a scene of our film, however we weren't allowed to film after the library closed and during the open times it was too busy so we couldn't film in there without distracting people or getting people in the background. As we couldn't use the library to film, we changed the location to Luke's house. We also planned to use a street for a chase scene. As mentioned before, we couldn't do that due to potential legal issues. Since in the chase scene we needed a gun to be pulled out, someone might think the gun is real and they might end up calling the police. For this reason, we changed the location to the forest. Towards the end of the production week we began putting together footage into a rough cut which we go given feedback on and then made improvements on.
Post-Production:
During the period we spent for post-production, we ended up doing reshoots and shooting in the new locations (as the decisions were made towards the end of the production week). In these reshoots, we made changes and improvements to the scenes after we’d reviewed the footage and audio from previous shoots. This allowed us to get better shots that were of a higher quality than that of previous shots we had done. After editing together everything we’d shot, including the reshoots, I added the VFX and partially colour graded the footage. I then got more feedback on that version of the film and continued to finish the colour grading and adding new footage that we shot and replacing shots etc.
Kane - Final Script (click the link)
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