P5 Short Film Planning IDEA 1

We chose to use the "Look to the future" idea for our project.

RISK ASSESMENT

Brief description of location

The first location is around Whitby town centre. We chose this location as it look's nice, it's easy to get to and it will be busy and therefore realistic. Our second location will be a large but quiet road in Whitby. This is so that we can film on the road safely but at the same time the road will look busy. Parts of this scene will be done against the blue screen. The third location will be I Guisbrough library. This is because we needed somewhere that looked official and looking like a hospital waiting room. We couldn't use an actual hospital waiting room because it wasn't appropriate. The fourth and fifth locations will be outside saint Nicholas Church in Guisbrough and in the new park in Whitby. We have chosen these locations for the flash backs because they look the part and are easy to get to.

Transport arrangements

We would all be getting the X93 bus to Whitby from Guisbrough.

Risk Assessment

To be completed on 20/05/2014

PLANNING A FILM SHOOT

What is the purpose of your film shoot?

The purpose of this film shoot is to create a short film that will warn people and make people aware of safety on the roads.

Are these on location or within a studio?

Most of the film will be shot on a location but for the scene where the boy is hit by a car we will have to film in a studio since it would be too dangerous to actually have him being hit by a car. Special effects will need to be used here.

Have you got permission to work their?

All the locations that we are planning to work in are public locations so we automatically have permission to film there. Then the studio is in college so the college will allow us to use it at designated times. The only place that we will have to specifically ask to use it the Library. However this shouldn't be a problem.

What equipment must you use and why?

Firstly we will need a camera because we need something to film on. The camera we will use will be a Canon 1100D DSLR. Next we will use a tripod to avoid the camera shaking when we are trying to film. Thirdly we need tracks for the tripod to run along so that when we have shots where the camera is moving, it looks smooth and professional and not shaky. We will also need a blue screen so we can add effects to scene that would be too dangerous to actually film. Finally we will need editing equipment and a computer to edit the film once it is shot.

How will you use it safely?
The equipment that I will use isn't particularly dangerous equipment. It will be basically common sense used to make sure that it is all used safely. I will do a risk assessment and recce check later on.
What legal and ethical considerations must be made for you film?
All of these considerations will be made when writing the script. We will have to make sure that we do not include and offensive words or phrases. For example swear words or words that imply racism, sexism, homophobia ect...
We will also have to make sure that the story line isn't offensive by looking out for similar themes in the storyline. It may also be useful to have some text at the very beginning or the very end stating that the story line is original and any links to other story lines or characters are coincidental.
What editing software/ techniques will be used to finalise the film?