Major Project- Production Diary

Everyday was different on set, either due to the location that we were in for that day or the amount we have to accomplish for that day.

All days had their own plan's but over the 14 days, we had some issues. Such as making sure that we had enough crew for each day but thankfully with the relationships with other students we were able to make sure that we had all we needed. Equipment was always booked in advance making sure that we had what we would need each day to create the film, this was taken care of by myself and Mike the director of photography.

Most of the days within the house were long due to the amount of shots that were needed. Our actors did not mind the hours as we were in a warm environment and were constantly filming.

Although on the first day of filming we stated later than expected we made up for it over the next shoot days making sure that we kept to the schedule. The days on location tended to be the days that were shorter as we made sure that we would not be stood around in the cold with the actors for no reason. These days on location were fast but thorough, we made sure that we were getting all we needed.

On one of the last days I recorded a TVPlay for the university. Mike was able to edit it quickly and give it to our tutor ready to go out.

 

Here are a series of photo's by Alex Robert that show working on set.

Major Project- Producers

Being a producer is a large job that covers a lot of the production, from pre-production all the way until the screening. The Met Film School have interviewed Paul Webster, they have come up with the top 5 things for a growing producer to keep in their mind, this is more for freelancing. 

From each one of these points you can see how to develop being a producer, such as the point in confidence, this helps throughout the production as confidence is always good to have on set. As a producer you are there to trouble shoot, if you are not confident, it can seem like you are unsure of what you are doing. 

Other websites such as Learn.org are able to define what a producer is and what they do. 

Budgetary concerns are something that needs to be tackled throughout the production, making sure that everyday you are keeping to a budget. This can mean making the production keep going, or go later than planned to make sure you are making the most of what you have paid for. 

Other websites such as Forbes- give an insight in how producers in the industry can improve 

I think that the tips from Forbes so far is the best advice, it is mostly to collaborate, help those around you and they should be able help you. By bring creative people together your end product should be a combination of the creative minds that have been involved in the production. 

Major Project- Report Writing

For this unit I have to submit a report, for that I need to collate all the information from the project into one document. This document needs to include parts of the blog, evidence of my work and research.

The research I will be doing for the blog is slightly different than for the blog, the blog is more of a visual place in which videos and photo's can be used to show what I have looked at but in the report I want to have references from books and journals.

Books such as Producer to Producer are able to give insight into industry standard producing but also are able to talk about how it may be different for students.

They also have a website Producer to Producer- which is able to provide documents that can be downloaded and used for production. 

From the same production company comes this book, it provides insight into professional budgets, how to create a budget and where your money should be going. 

Major Project- Tickets and Seating

For the tickets at the screening we have tried to keep it simple and limit how many from each production can be invited. To do this each producer has sent me a number of how many outside crew and actors they have had on their production. I took this number and doubled it so that the actors could have a +1, this can not be for all of the productions as some have 30 people, meaning 60 from that film would be attending which would be overpowering for the other films.

I have also requested the seating plan from the Hazlitt theatre, they have provided it helping myself to be able to place people in seats that they can easily gain access to the stage where they will need to introduce the films.

From this seating plan we can see that their are isles each side of the seating but the students will be seated either side of the main isle that goes down the middle of the seat, there are 20 spaces in this area, each half row will have a student and their guests seated. Currently most students have 6 spaces, but this can be changed on request. The section at the front next to the stage will be actors, this section will be full of the actors of each film, this means that actors can sit together and are not taking seats from family members. 

Major Project- Screening Meeting

The second official screening meeting was lead by Simon, this meeting was to establish how far as a class we had gotten. With the location secured for the amount of time it is, this means the starting time has to be brought forward to 17:30, this could pose an issue for parents that work but most of the students have said this may not be an issue.

As previously stated a running order has been created-

• Roadman 
• Mark
• I Pull The Strings
• Andrei
• Sunday League 

Interval 

• Hannah 
• Grit
• Sam 
• SeiKay 
• Downstage 

We have also been tasked with finding our ushers, so far I have only 2 but Laura has said that she will help me to recruit more people. 

The program that is being created by Ruby Rogers now has colours, a running order and soon will have the information from each of the groups.

Posters have been discussed with Mark, he is still waiting on a few people to send him official pictures and he is currently working on a poster for the Screening its self. 

Tickets have gone live on event bright, they are being controlled by myself. The current system is that each producer books the tickets for the actors and then sends the pdf's of the tickets to the actors. The students will be booking their own tickets online. A guest list is also being arranged by myself. 

Major Project- Costume

For the film costume needed to be considered, this was due to the fact that we have bloody shirts, hats, pizza guy uniforms and blood splatter.

For one of the main scenes we need the actor to have two shirts, one to have blood and a hole and the other to be clean and ready to wear. Over a 14 day shoot, we have made it so that there are not very many costume changes but the death scene is being filmed first there for two shirts is needed. We bought two shirts as well as two knives. One has been shortened to be attached to the actors shirt, so that is appears that he has been stabbed but the other knife is used for chase scenes.

The pizza guy polo top was brought and used in two scenes, firstly it was used so that the pizza delivery guy had a suitable top to wear. But was then used later on so that one of the actors could appear to be stabbed, this required holes in the top but also fake blood.

The knife was used in at least three scenes, the shortened version was used twice, once in the final scene and another time in the tent scene. The knife was attached to the actor with duct tape and cardboard, we created something that the knife would stand up and look realistic.

Major Project- Promotional Material

For the promotional material the director has created posters, these are currently being used on the Facebook page to attract the audience.

We are also printing the posters, we are having them ordered, one in A1 and other smaller ones. The director has created 6 different posters in different styles and as a group we have decided what poster we would like to print.

Although we have a range of posters this one really suits the style of the film as well as having a hint of mystery. Sean played by Zed Josef, the main character is featured in this poster with the line 'lose yourself' as this reflects the film well.