Wednesday 8th May
Today, we all focused on reviewing the script and trying to finalize it. We had to ensure that we were cutting down the amount of characters being included as we are not sure that we are able to get hold of actors to play the roles. We are hoping to get actors from the performing arts department, however, we are currently unsure of their availability as they have busy schedules at the moment and might not be able to act for us. However, we have been in contact with the lecturers and they are currently stating that we might be able to get the actors, but because of the uncertainty of this we need to ensure that we are not depending on too many actors as we may not get them.
Furthermore, another member of my group focused on creating the storyboards which is helpful to have as this starts bringing the script to life in addition to helping us envision the storyline overall.
Furthermore, members in our group started working on the logistical paperwork such as the risk assessment and equipment, which did not take long to do as we had already decided by this point everything that we need.
I personally completed a location reconnaissance form on one of the locations we know that we are definitely filming at, because parts of our short film is set in a school, we struggling to decide if we want to film these scenes onsite, at college, or at Bay House School and Sixth Form. However, even after contacting the sixth form, it does not seem that they are very confident in letting us film there, so it is looking highly probable that we will be filming at college.
Thursday 9th May
Today was another day spent on working our pre-production folder. I mainly focused on inserting all of the documents needed that have been completed by other group members such as the script and storyboard. I ensured that included the different versions of the script in the document as it is important to show the progress of what we changed, and how the dialogue was changed. I also added in all of the storyboards after the script as the two match up together and helps to realistically portray the storyline. I have actually been laying out the pre-production document in this way: ensuring that all of the idea generation, project proposal, the different plot ideas, etc. are laid out in this way to show the process of the pre-production and how are ideas are becoming more developed and realistic.
Friday 10th May
Today was a more practical planning day as a group member and I decided that we wanted to go to Bay House in order to get an idea of where we would film if this is a potential filming location. However, we got there and went to the reception desk, hoping to get some more information, but they just informed us with everything they had said in emails beforehand, which was overall telling us that we couldn’t film there anytime soon and we had to wait for them to get back to us. So we therefore have decided that we are not going to film there as it too much of a complicated process trying to film there, so we are aiming just to film onsite as this means filming can get done sooner.
On the topic of pre-production, I completed the shot today, which took a while as I was ensuring that I included every shot that I want to include within this short film. Additionally, I was also finalising the pre-production document by ensuring that I have all of the correct pieces of work in there. However, all of the pre-production has now been completed and we got this done by making sure that we all worked as a team. By giving each other set roles of what to do for pre-production, we got it done on time.
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