The proposal I’ve done for this fictional project is effective at getting across the idea as well as some of the possible issues involved and how they will be overcome although to a professional standard the next time I do a proposal it needs to be officially referenced in the bibliography section and be more in-depth. After researching into various products and techniques I used the proposal to help finalise the main idea. In my proposal, I discuss effectively how I will go about creating a mood. It is important to create a proposal for professional standards as they are used all over the media industry and are used to portray a developed idea.
I met up with the crew to finish talking about the Memento Morr – Script and finish it and start to create formal shot lists and create a vision for how the narrative will look visually. After the script was completed an audition script was created to be used at the auditions. After this meeting the next week as a crew we arranged to meet up with the actors after they had read the Audition Script.
I then created a Call Sheet to be used on location with a basic schedule, this document will be useful on location for getting in contact with the actors and for being organised on the shoot. It is important to use a call sheet on a professional production to manage time correctly, this helped with some basic timings and then the actors were shown the main schedule as shown below.
I then created an Equipment list to be used to book out equipment, as well as to ensure that equipment isn’t lost or misplaced on the shoot. This is important on a professional production to ensure the correct equipment is booked out to film and it could ruin a filming day if the wrong equipment is taken out.
I created some of the pre-production documents necessary for the creation of the fictional as part of a crew. I created H&S first, I created it first in case of any potential hazards that may have occurred which is important when a whole crew would be filming on a bigger project as they need to know what precautions to take before going on a recce. After setting up the risk assessment to be filled in further by the level of the risks, I then gave the risk assessment to another crew member to be filled out on location. Completed with levels of risks is shown in the picture below.
I used a storyboard to help me visualise and gain an order of how the narrative would go to come up with ideas for shots and colour in the ideas generation section. I took the Storyboard Beach Scene created and then created annotations to develop a further structure of how the shots would go. The Screenshot Annotations were useful to make a reference to when editing to make the process more effective and quick. As well as giving a baseline. I can improve further upon my storyboarding in the future by adding more visual and written detail. It needs to be more in-depth and correctly formatted. I didn’t create the storyboard although it was useful for ideas generation however in the future on a fiction project I will create a more in-depth and useful storyboard to make the edit go faster and have a natural visual narrative on paper to follow rather than just the script. Shot list 1, Shot list 2, Shotlist 3 I created a shot list/order to be used in Whitby and for visualisation of how the piece would look. I did this because it will make the post-production stage go faster as well as making sure that on location shots aren’t missed and un-filmed it was also useful for helping to come up with ideas as to how the piece will look and give an outline as to how the edit will go. I create a shot list/order together because it will be more effective to film and be more time efficient. I also added in some ideas for framing/ unconventional framing suggestions, which I did to help with framing on location, however, these could have been more in-depth and put towards specific framing such as bottom right corner framed.
Process evaluation
Throughout, this production, I started off by defining the idea through the use of a proposal, which I have done to ensure I know actually what I am going to be creating and potential issues involved. I also used the proposal to further develop the idea, as to what will be required, the deadlines and the ideas for how the narrative will go. Before creating the pre-production documents I did for this piece, I throughout about what needed to be done, by who and what else was required resources while. After considering what would be needed such as equipment and a way of portraying the narrative to an actor, I then created the necessary production documents for the project, I assisted with the creation of a script and audition script to be used to audition cast and to create a shot list from. I then created a call sheet and started the process of a health and safety sheet but didn’t get it to be filled out until on location as to get precise levels of risk filling them out on location was necessary. I created an equipment list to ensure the correct equipment was booked out and not the wrong equipment. A schedule was created for the shooting and filming of the production, however, a more effective schedule would have been one that includes, editing, planning, ect. In the future, I plan on using a more in-depth schedule such as this as it is important in a professional production, specifically a paid one to back up when processes will happen to increase time management effectiveness, as well as to prove where work has happened to ensure the correct payment is paid. I used a shot list and storyboard in conjunction to develop the narrative of the piece and create a visual representation of how the shooting needs to commence to create a finished product. Throughout this production the documents I have used have assisted the processes, however I haven’t used all of the documents I could have done such as a break down sheet which has affected the production by leaving certain problems unlooked, this later in the production meant that time management was a little lacking because problems that hadn’t been looked into and broken down were an issue. By using a breakdown sheet it would have further improved the structure of the project and ensured that goal was achieved on time and not pushed back.