planning

production meeting

Who was Present: Tom Adams, Rory Forrester, Adam Duffield
What We Discussed: Amendments to Editing Sequence, Possible Re Shoot

Today a production meeting was held to discus future plans for the project and how we would further develop the project. Moreover the discussions included the possibility of re shooting and re staging the whole scene. This would include multiple more days to film and re shoot the project. Also discussions were held surrounding the special effects and how we would need to adapt some of them or even change them. We discussed in greater detail with our class teacher Dave and he recommended certain things that could be done to improve greater improve our video. These included re thinking the whole sequence and re thinking the location and a multitude of different shots and layout of the project.

From this production meeting we learnt that multiple elements of our film needed improving and that we should schedule our time accordingly to plan and carry out said changes that needed to be done.

Rough Cut

Trello organising

Test VFX

During the course of the lessons i have spent my time researching how to do ice effects in after effects to help in our final production, some videos i watched were:

i also read through some forums and blogs such as:]

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/952332

heath and safety write up

• don't climb on benches, because they are not built to hold an entire person in weight on top of them and could break, injuring you
• avoid climbing on random things as you could get stuck or fall off the thing you're climbing
• use signs for notifying people when we're filming, also wear the high-vis jackets provided so people know to be careful around the site where people could be walking.
• don't mess up hallways with mess we can't clean up, like effects in real life, fake blood for example.
• check for tripping hazards for people with sight / hearing impediments, remember that sometimes things that you can see clearly, others cannot.
• if walking on deep, wet mud then be really careful and wear appropriate footwear like wellies rather than regular trainers, as you could slip.

new improved timetable

Health and safety

this is a health and safety sheet that we filled out.

problems and solutions in filming for final piece

Minor inconveniences

people walking on set

Guarding the set, ask them to wait

too much traffic

wait for traffic to clear 

bad natural light

Lighting on set / post production color correction 

keeping concentration 

minimize distractions

Minor problems

special effects turning out bad

out of class work on how to do the special effect well, re do-ing, asking other people for help 

bad weather

plan filming day on a good day for weather

using boring shots 

use more interesting shots 

Major problems

Actors now showing up

remind them in advance, remind them on the day, back up actors

Camera breaks and loses footage

Get another camera and re-film, also try not to break the camera in the first place by being careful.

casting notes

Role of: Alexis
We are looking for for a intellectual looking girl of average hight, mid teens in age and average looking.

Role of Jason
An average hight mid teens boy that looks slightly lazy

Actors for Jason:
Adam Duffield because he has previous experience in some acting roles in 3 student films, and fits the description of jason
Rory Forrester
Rory fits the description of Jason and has acted in a student film perviously
Tom Adams
previous acting experience in a student film, also fits the jason description

Actors of Alexis
Charlotte Hall
previous acting experience in several student films
Amber Clark
fits the visual description of alexis
Sophie Muir
Some pervious acting experience, Fits alexis' description

Production meeting schedule