Planning: pre production paperwork

Intro:
In our groups, we had to each take on the role of creating a professional piece of paperwork that would need to be distributed to people in our groups as well as our cast. We had to do this to ensure that the filming runs smoothly and in case any problem arises such as complaints for using a particular location, accidents occurring when filming or if an actor complains because the thriller is published, we will be able to fall back on the paperwork where all declaration were made.


Production Schedule:
- The production schedule is given to all members taking part in the thriller to remind them what days, location, scenes they will be taking part in.

-the location schedule was given to:

•  Marlyn
• cee jay
• Christine
• Josh
• Shelah

Client release form:
-A client release form is an agreement form which is given to the actors stating  what they will be involved in, the risk that may occur and how it will be dealt with or who would be held responsible and what the production will be used for. the client can only take part in the production once they have agreed and sign the form.

-the client release form was given to:

•  Marlyn
• cee jay
• Christine
• Josh

Location Recee:

- The location recee is also given to all members taking part in the production to informs them of every particular location the producer wants want the scenes to be film and reason for it. 

-the location release form was given to:

• Marlyn
• cee jay
• Christine
• Josh
• Shelah

Location Release Form:

the location release form is similar to the client release form as it requires agreement from the owner or the person in charge of location we would like to film our thriller. the location release is always given to the owner of a location asking for permission before using the area.

Risk Assessment:

-the risk assessment looks at every possible incidence that can occur during the the production and how dangerous or serious it could be depending on what equipment we will be using. this form is given to al members in the group because it tells them how to deal with any problem that can occur and what can be done to avoid it.

The risk assessment form was given to:

• Marlyn
• cee jay
• Christine
• Josh
• Shelah

Planning: Preliminay task

The purpose of preliminary task

the purpose of the preliminary task was to give us an idea of how our filming process will be, how to use equipment such a tripod  and editing software to remove any unwanted scene to have a continuous edit. it allowed us to understand what each member in the group is good at and locate what areas would need some improvement. 

Video

The scenario (Screenshot)

the scenario of our preliminary task was between marlyn and I and was about how she got me into trouble because she has forgotten to bring a few thing that i was supposed to hand back to Sean who i was afraid of due to his superiority. so i was frustrated at her because i then had to beg Sean on giving me another chance to get all his things to him. 

Group roles

Shelah: Actor
Marlin: Actor
Josh: camera operator i can t
Sean: Actor

Difficulties you encountered whilst filming

while doing our preliminary task, we encountered a few problems such background noise coming from students walking around the school, this prevented us from talking to one another as we were always disturbed and afraid of picking up any background noise in our recording. another problem we encountered was that we did not know when we had enough scenes to stop recording, so we just had to create many scenes hoping it would be 30 seconds which also meant that we would a lot to do when it come to editing.

Difficulties you encountered whilst editing (Screenshots)

As it was our first time editing on an IMac and using the Final cut pro software , we had to familiarise ourselves with it first as we struggled on retrieving the videos located on the SD card and importing it into the final cut pro application to start editing. we also had some trouble saving our final video which had to be exported and saved along with the original videos in the same location. 

What have you learned?

from the preliminary task I gain a bit of knowledge on how the whole filming process works, knowing what needs to taking into consideration, for example choosing a suitable and quiet environment, planning out scenes in advance and having the correct equipment. I also learned how to edit which I thought it was really beneficial as I was able to edit our video on my own due to the absence of my team mate and I think this skill can be useful in similar circumstances in the future. 

Conclusion: How has the task beneficial 

the preliminary task was beneficial because it gave us an idea of what is expected from each members and thought us how a slight mistake can effect a the whole production. I learned the importance of working as a team, planning out before producing and being responsible in role we all undertook. in addition we also learned how to operate the cameras, deciding what shot and angle should be used to make the scene symbolic and lastly how to edit it.