Recce P1(e)

Recce sheet

High School                                                                                     Date of recce: 11.10.2013

Location: Kent College

Local Condition:

Any known problems                                                                        No

Aid needed                                                                                        No

Permission needed                                                                           No

Protective clothing needed                                                               No

Viewpoints:

Appropriate viewpoints isolated                                                       No

Any obstructions                                                                              No

Easy to reach and safe                                                                   Yes

Requirements:

Power available                                                                               Yes

Lighting apporopriate                                                                       Yes

Sound equipment                                                                            Sound will be added during montage

Anticipated problems:

Sound                                                                                             No

Picture                                                                                            No

People                                                                                            No

Other                                                                                              No                

Location, Kent College Canterbury P1(d)

Our boarding school kent College looks like a traditional english school and it was a great decoration for our film opening. 

We chose to shoot in our school because we need to shoot out sport team and also we can shoot there whenever we want which is vital because we have limited time to complete our film opening. 

Risk assessment P1(f)

Hazard	The risk details	How to minimize the risk
Weather conditions	The weather can also impact on the shooting process, especially if we plan to shoot outside. If it’s raining, all the equipment and crew would be wet	To check the weather forecast before filming, always have an umbrella and a bag for a camera
A lot of transport on the street	Transport can lead to serious accident	Need to remember about the traffic regulations and to  be sure that others know them as well. To be careful in town
Crime on the street	We are going to shoot our film in town, where a lot of people are, including thieves. So there is possibility that someone can steal expensive equipment, i.e. camera.	To film in places where a lot of people are nearby in order to ask for help if something would go wrong.
Camera run out of battery while filming	If camera runs out during filming process, everything will be spoiled	Before filming we need to ensure that camera is fully charged and all the equipment work
Unsuitable clothes	Wearing unsuitable clothes for the weather can cause illnesses	Make sure all the actors are aware of weather conditions and what they need to wear for shooting process
Cast crew is not turning up	Cast crew or production crew may not visit the shooting process, that will lead to waste of time	Explain the cast crew how it’s important to visit filming process, remind them when and where filming will take place.
Damaged equipment	Someone can drop the camera	Be careful!!

Shot list P1(g)

Scene	Shot	Day/night	Description of shot	Location
1	1a	Day	Camera moves up and we see school main building then down, crane shot	Main Building
1	2a	Day	Camera moves down, we can see football field with a team	Sport Field
2	1b	Day	Framing shot, Nick is scoring	Sport Field
2	2b	Day	Long shot, reaction shot, many girls are supporting Nick	Sport Field
2	3b	Day	Medium close-up, Nick’s face	Sport Field
2	4b	Day	Shallow focus, Ashley is supporting her boyfriend	Sport Field
3	1c	Day	Medium shot, reaction shot, Nick is happy after victory	Sport Field
3	2c	Day	Long shot, Nick and Ashley are hugging	Sport Field
4	1d	Night	Pan shot, new girl is coming to school	Main Entrance
4	2d	Night	Establishing shot, girl come out from the car, everybody is looking at her	Main Entrance
4	3d	Night	Reaction shot, Ekaterina is going near Ashley and Nick	Main Entrance
4	4d	Night	Following shot, Ekaterina is coming to the main entrance	Main Entrance

Film Schedule P1(g)

Period	Group Name	Scene	Location	Cast	Equipment
Saturday morning 19/10/2013	SLM	scene 2,3	Field	Boys who playing football, Alex from Guilford House	Camera
Sunday afternoon 20/10/2013	SLM	scene 5,6	Main entrance	Ksenia from Austen, Alex from Guilford, Nelly from Austen	Camera, light
Monday evening 21/10/2013	SLM	scene 1	School main entrance	Students from Kent College	Camera, tripod
Tuesday evening	SLM	scene 4	Field	Nelly from Austen	Camera

Contingency plan:

If there will be rain some days we are going to move shoot on the next day because we are not able to change the locations. We have one extra week to finish our movie. Also we can ask pur teachers to help us with our shooting during the school day.

Call Sheet P1(h)

High School
Unit Call Time: 16:30		Weather:	16°C - Rain
Main Production
Director: Line Producer: 1st Assistant Director:	Elizaveta Mariia Sofia

Sets	Sc No			Location			Cast No
Main Entrance Field Field Field Main  Entrance Main Entrance	1 2 3 4 5 6			Kent College	Nick is playing football, everybody support him, he has a girlfriend, she is a popular girl, everybody envious her. After new russian girl is coming to school and everything is changing.		2 2 3 1 123

Cast
Cast No	Cast	Character			On Set	House
1 2 3	Ksenia Alex Nelly	Ekaterina Nick Ashley			16:30 16:30 16:30	Austen Guilford Austen

Setting up appropriate equipment P2 (a)

A tripod used as a platform for  maintaining the stability of camera. A tripod provides stability against downward forces and horizontal forces and movements about horizontal axes. The positioning of the three legs away from the vertical centre allows the tripod better leverage for resisting lateral forces. We used tripod while shooting shots next to the car park. We needed stable shots there. Also we were shooting from one angle that's why it was vital to shot all the shots without movement for putting them together later.

Canon 7D camera has better quality and we used it together with the tripod during shots on the school parking in the end of our film opening. It was hard to use this camera for the first time because of great number of additional features in it. We wanted to achieve better quality by using this camera during our production process and I think that we did it quite well. 

We used different cameras to complete all the shoots.  The small panasonic one we used to shoot the shots on the sport field because it was easier for us. Also we used small camera while doing the crane shots because it was easier to attach it to the crane. This camera help us to shoot shots on the sport field because it's easier to move this camera and it's quicker. This camera also have a good quality and our shots look professionally. 

We used a special bag for all the equipment to follow safety working practice and to protect the equipment of any hazards which can appeal during production process.

Here you can lists of the booking equipment and when we used it.

Following shooting script/ storyboard P2(b)

We tried to follow the story board as much as it possible to include all details which we were planning to include. Actors sometimes bring new ideas during production process for example during the shot where we introduce Nick as a main character he decided to put his hand up and make up his hair and we decided to leave this shot even if it doesn't meet the storyboard.

We had to change the football game on the rugby team and this doesn't meet the storyboard. But the general meaning of our film opening hasn't been changed. 

We were not able to shoot how the girl is going out from the taxi because we weren't allowed to order taxi to school because of event which was in our school that's why we changed this shot a little bit. 

Most of the shots meet the storyboard. But sometimes we had external problems which I explain in "Following production process".

Following safe working practices P2(c)

Another part of following safe practice was using the appropriate bags for carrying and keeping the equipment. It safes cameras and lenses from bad weather conditions and protect them from falling and damaging. 

Once there were rainy outside and that's why we used our contingency plan to protect the equipment from water and to safe the quality of our film opening. 

Hazard	The risk details	How to minimize the risk
Weather conditions	The weather can also impact on the shooting process, especially if we plan to shoot outside. If it’s raining, all the equipment and crew would be wet	To check the weather forecast before filming, always have an umbrella and a bag for a camera
A lot of transport on the street	Transport can lead to serious accident	Need to remember about the traffic regulations and to  be sure that others know them as well. To be careful in town
Crime on the street	We are going to shoot our film in town, where a lot of people are, including thieves. So there is possibility that someone can steal expensive equipment, i.e. camera.	To film in places where a lot of people are nearby in order to ask for help if something would go wrong.
Camera run out of battery while filming	If camera runs out during filming process, everything will be spoiled	Before filming we need to ensure that camera is fully charged and all the equipment work
Unsuitable clothes	Wearing unsuitable clothes for the weather can cause illnesses	Make sure all the actors are aware of weather conditions and what they need to wear for shooting process
Cast crew is not turning up	Cast crew or production crew may not visit the shooting process, that will lead to waste of time	Explain the cast crew how it’s important to visit filming process, remind them when and where filming will take place.
Damaged equipment	Someone can drop the camera	Be careful!!

It wasn't hard to follow the risk assessment because it allowed us to forecast all possible hazards and it told us how to deal with them.

Following production process P2(d)

My main role in our production process was making paper work such as recce or script. Also I helped my team to work with the equipment. As this was our first work when we were shooting real video it was hard for us to get used to the equipment and we were straggled with it. But later we became more confidently with it and our film opening seems to be successful. 

Our idea immediately appealed in our minds. It wasn't hard to shoot a film opening about the school life because we are students and this story is lifelike and everyone faced with loved problems in the school. Actors supported our creative idea and helped us with some specific features and added something in our story. 

Unfortunately, we couldn't complete all shots which were in the storyboard because of different problems. For instance, we didn't complete the shot with the taxi because we were not allowed to order a taxi to school during the day. That's why we change this part of the storyboard. 

Also we were planning to shoot a football team in our film opening but we couldn't attempt their training. That's why we were shooting a rugby team but meaning of our film opening hasn't been changed. 

Another problem which we faced with is that we couldn't find people for the mass scene on the sport field. 

We had some problems with many shots, but mostly we shoot everything in the right way. 

For example, we were planning to shoot close up shot with the introduction of the main characters and we did it quite well with using of the appropriate equipment. 

We couldn't complete the crane shot for a couple of days because of the bad weather conditions. It was hard to work with the crane during the rainy weather because it's heavy and the camera can be damaged by water. That's why we changed the dates of shooting days.