Props, Location, Fashion and Risk Assesment

Evaluated the risks that would be involved in the production of our film, and then created a table to show all of these.

By Natalie Lewis

Fashion

Generally speaking what the male actors will be wearing normally should be OK. However the female actor and the main actor should take extra consideration into their clothing. For example, the main actor shouldn't wear any hoodies or ripped jeans, and should instead wear a long sleeve jumper and light blue jeans.

The above picture is a good example of what I would like the main actor to be wearing. This gives the impression they are soft and cuddly, and would be appealing to the target audience.

I would like one of the side characters to wear headphones like in the above picture, to show their character goes deeper than just a threatening face.

The side actors can wear any kind of hoodie; because if it is bright and has colourful writing on it then it would show their cocky nature, but if it is dark then it would be symbolic of their attitudes towards the main character.

I would like the female actor to wear dark clothing as to show she is unapproachable and it would also be symbolic of her attitudes towards the main character.

Location

The main problem with the location for the start of the sequence is that the lighting from the sun this time of year isn't very useful for filming. This means that the hours of when we can film are going to be restricted. It would be best to film during the middle of the day, because as well as the lighting being an issue, when all of the film crew can be there would be an issue. The location we would like to film is a relatively long drive away from lots of the crew's homes. This means that we would need to film in private study sessions during our school day. This makes it very fortunate that all of the cast and crew go to the same sixth-form.

The sound isn't as much as an issue as we originally thought. This is because there is only going to be a small bit of diegetic sound at the very start of the opening sequence. This however could be fixed if necessary in post-production, by having the actor speak his lines closer to the microphone in the camera and layering that audio on top of the video of the scene.

In the second half of the scene the lighting would feel better because of the artificial lighting we can create. This will give us partial control of the lights in the rooms we are using. It would be best if we closed the blinds/curtains in the rooms we're using so that we have more control and shape to the light. It would also help to keep the lighting more consistent if we needed to film over multiple days, so we wouldn't be required to film at the same time of day.

The sound in the later scenes will also be much better because the rooms we're planning on using have little-to-no echo in them, thanks to their carpeted floors. As before, if the audio quality of the actors voices weren't at the standard we were expecting to produce, we can re-record them in a better audio room/studio.

By Oliver Favell