G321: Animatic Storyboard

This is my animatic storyboard it shows the order in which my film will run and what music will be played where. Each cut will be a separate shot, these shots may change when filming and editing because we may feel it to work better.

By Dan

G321: Health and Safety when filming

These are the things that we have to take into consideration with health and safety when we are filming;

Us as producers should ensure, that people working with and for us are not exposed to risks to their health and safety. An example of what may be considered reasonably practicable would be if location filming was taking place in a warehouse with poor lighting. It would be appropriate to ensure that extra lighting is used and that all sharp or otherwise hazardous equipment is made safe. In this instance, some genres may pose more risks than others i.e. horror or action films or scenes involving animals may be more prone to halth and safety issues than other genres such as comedy perhaps.

When filming our piece we will be considering that everything around us is safe and that none of us would get hurt for example the cast and ourselves when filming. We also need to make sure that we dont put our own and casts safety at risk when we are filming in the kitchen as it could be dangerous with knives on the side, we will have to remove them because we have kids in our piece.

Us as the production team, should discuss safety issues before filming begins and take steps to avoid or reduce the risks identified above.

By Connor

G321: Photographic Storyboard

Ethan plays with the toy truck, whilst Dr Staines voiceover is playing.

OTS, Close Up

Ethan see his mother crying on the bed.

Mid-Shot

Ethan's mother asks him for a hug, but he just stands there.

Close-Up/Mid Shot

Ethan just continues to stare at her before going back downstairs.

Mid-Shot

Sees the picture of Tom (brother) and start to walk towards it.

Long-Shot

Picks up the picture and then just stares at it. Voiceover of Ethan and Tom playing together plays over the top.

OTS

Keeps on staring at the picture while the voiceover carries on.

Close-Up

Ethan throws the picture in anger, cut to black.

Mid-Shot

Jack and Dan

G321: Shot List

This is our shot list for our film opening, it shows the order in which we will shoot the film, what scene, shot no, shot type, location, time and any added comment, this will be taken with us on our shoot to help us get the shots done as quick and accurate as possible and know what we need when, it also tells us and the actors how the day will run.
By Dan

G321: Additional Research: Actor Techniques

I went looking for something that may help my film in the library and I found this book upon acting, in this book there was a section that spoke about screen acting, so i believed it would be a good idea give it a read and see what information i can gain from this. By doing so i gained some knowledge upon actors and also for my filming which I will use.

The first piece of useful information was this about vocal levels. It speaks about how different shots have different kinds of levels to speak at, which is useful for my actors because we have a variety of shots so for when Vicky is crying we will need her to be a lot louder with the crying when we are further away with the camera.

This here is useful for us when making the film, it basically talks about marking out the spots where your actors are meant to be in the scene with an X made of masking tape, so for us this will be useful for when we have Ethan is playing on the floor because we will use a variety of shots on him at this point so it will require us to be moving the camera a lot so the focus will be on him knowing where he should be for continuity reasons.

This part at the bottom here talks again about the use of precise and small movements when the camera is near and bigger for when its further away but the main part at the bottom here is the golden rules because we have new young actors on set they may be unaware of these rules so it is good for us to brief them on what they should and should not do, so this is useful for us as we shall be telling our actor playing Ethan to understand these rules and be more confident on set.

With gaining all the knowledge from this book, I will be running an actors workshop to help our actors become familiar with the camera and especially to focus upon our young actor because he is our main role and we need him to be at his best for when it comes to the shoot.
By Dan

G321: Auditions

Auditions will be taking place at three separate locations on 3 separate dates, we chose this because we believed we could see a wider range of auditions and also possible attract more auditions due to it be able to fit into someones time schedule. Unfortunately we could only get a few auditions because a few people failed to turn up, we managed to get two for Vicky (Victoria), one for the voice over of Dr Michael Staines and one for Ethan.



By Connor and Dan

G321: Props

Props

In our opening scene there will be two different locations; a living room and a bedroom. We are adding in and taking away some of the existing items in each of these settings to make it fit our piece better. However we will not be using all of these props. These are the props that may appear in each of the two scenes:

Toy Truck

The toy truck is going to be used (played with) by our main character, Ethan (the boy). The camera is going to be focused on to the truck with Ethan’s hand holding it before tilting up to Ethan himself. As this is a fairly big focus in the opening sequence, it will be used in the first scene only.

Toy Box

The toy box will be a background item, possibly being used by other children in the room with Ethan. It will be shown while a pan of the room occurs, eventually reaching Ethan and his toy truck. We may not use this prop in the final cut as it is a fairly big item and therefore may take away some of the focus from Ethan, the main character.

Family photograph (on its own)

This photo will not be in a frame and will be held by Ethan's mother (Victoria/Viki) while she is watching him play with the toy truck (as mentioned earlier). The camera will be focused on the picture with a close up while it is in her hands. As we already have another picture of the family in the opening sequence, we may not use this prop.

Glass of water

This will merely be a background prop simply to help to bring out the scene as being a family home. It will also be used so the actor can interact with the environment easier. We may not use this prop however because it will not bring much to the scene.

Rug

There will be a black and white (zebra print) rug placed around the middle of the room on the wooden floor. The toy box will possibly be placed on top of it. This is a prop that we will definitely use as it is something that one of our group already possess, therefore making it easier for us to get hold of. It will help to create a more 'homely' look.

Sofas

There will be two black sofas around the edge of the room. They will most likely be pointed to towards a television. These two sofas will both be used as they represent Ethan feelings. We will most likely move them around to fit better to the scene that we have planned.

Television

There will be a television possibly in the corner of the room. While the television will be moved around the room to help us set up the scene, it may not necessarily appear in the shot(s).

Picture Frame and Picture

There will be a picture frame with a picture of Ethan's family in it. These objects will become a point of interest to the Ethan character and there are multiple shots of him interacting with these two items.

By Jack