Practice Shot-shoot 1

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practice shot for shoot 1

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Poster for extras by Tom Bailey

Animatics

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Risk Assesment

A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm. Workers and others have a right to be protected from harm caused by a failure to take reasonable control measures. Accidents and ill health can ruin lives and affect your business too if output is lost, machinery is damaged, insurance costs increase or you have to go to court. You are legally required to assess the risks in your workplace so that you put in place a plan to control the risks.

The risk assessments of the party scene were few but were easy to avoid. The first risk was when we set up the crane shot this was a risk due to the fact it had previously been raining so the balcony was very slippery and handling a heavy piece of equipment like a crane was quite dangerous however it was easily manageable as two people set up slow and carefully and avoided all risks.  Other than this there wasn’t too much risk only others were the use of party poppers in which people could have hit other people in the eye yet this was very unlikely and did not happen.

In the torture scene the risks were that when Clare was tied up that we made sure that the rags were not on too tight which would cut the blood circulation. Also in the makeup there was a use of wax which gave a blood effect and Clare had to avoid this touching her hair as it would stick to it.  This was taking care due to extreme precaution and this was easily avoided.

The risk in the field and wood scene were also minimal excluding the possibility of it raining and all the equipment getting wet which would have been very costly however it was easily avoided as we planned it when it was not raining using the weather forecast.

The Classroom scene only had only one risk which involved which was the scene in which Sophie who played Zara when she threw the table and chair in one of the shots. This was avoided as the cast and crew kept a reasonable distance.

In conclusion all the risk in these four scene were miniscule however if not taking seriously could have had some consequences, however we did take the right step and method to avoid all possible problems and throughout the production no one was injured and no equipment was damaged.

 Explosion shoot

Risk Assessments

There are always risks on set, whether it’s cables from lighting or tripping hazards, some scenes have more risk than others, so extra precautions have to be in place to make sure it’s a safe environment for both the actors and crew to be in.

Explosion

As we filmed a real explosion we had to think carefully about the safety for all the people involved. As the explosion was going to be made by an licensed and experienced militia company who have all the relevant legal and safety checks we are sure that everything would go to plan as expected. Ted Lewis and his Lancashire Militia team have been performing re-enactments all over the UK for many years and Ted also makes explosions for professional production companies which have included him blowing up helicopters, blowing up houses and doing run-away explosions. Ted and I planned out the explosion beforehand, talking about what would be possible in the safest environment. For instance, when Grace falls onto the floor, there would be cushions/padding for her to fall onto so she wouldn’t hurt herself. She would also start running from a ‘safe point’ where she will not get hit by the flames and blast of the explosion.

Having worked with Ted previously, I have seen and signed the necessary health and safety documents to work with him and he helped us do this explosion as a favor to me as I have filmed his re-enactments before during his ‘UK Pirate Re-enactment Tour’.  

Prop list by Saqib Younis

Café scene
• Cups
 • Plate of food
 Bedroom scenes
• Hair gel-Sam
• Flowers to put in her hair-Abi
• School bags-full cast and crew
 • Make up (foundation, lipstick, eyeliner, make up bag)-Abi, Claire, Sophie
 • Kerrang magazine (rock magazines)-to be bought Party scene
• Red plastic cups-To be bought
• Fairy lights-Abi, Emma
• Some form of drink e.g. lemonade etc.-Saqib
• Music-to be decided
• Stereo system-Abi
• Cd-to be decided
 Walking down the corridor scene
• School bags-full cast and crew
• Mobile phones-full cast and crew
 Diary scene
• Diary-Emma
• Pen-Abi
• Papers-Emma notebook Firework display
• Blanket and warm clothing e.g. coats -Tom
• Sparklers-To be bought Classroom scene
• Laptop/netbook-Abi
• Whiteboard pen-School provided
• Papers-Emma • Briefcase-Abi
• Text books –Abi/school
• Pencil and pencil case-Abi
• Chair to be thrown-School
Run down building scene
• Make up-Abi, Emma, Sophie, Claire
• Blood-to be bought Woods scene
• Torches for the woods- Abi, Emma, tom Cellar scene
• Chair-to be decided
• Duct tape/Gag-Abi, Emma
• Rope- Emma
• Water bottle-Tesco
• Make up-Abi, Emma, Sophie, Claire

Letter to the fire station by Emma Taylor

                                                                                                                       3 LoveClough View,

                                                                                                                        LoveClough,

                                                                                                                        Rossendale
                                                                                                                        BB4 8QJ

Dear Sir/Madam,

After having a very interesting tour of the Fire Station with Gary with the 38^th Rossendale Beaver Scouts section on the 9^th October, I spoke to him regarding filming for my A Level media course (studying at BRGS Sixth Form) at the Fire Station, which he said would be possible to do. It would be fantastic to have shots of the fire engine in our project!

I understand you are busy, and that if you have a call out, you would have to attend to the incident. If possible, could we possibly spare one hour for filming, I would be very grateful. Hopefully, we would be filming the engine outside of the station (in the car park) recording the sound of the siren and getting images of the flashing lights, and possibly a fire fighter in uniform getting an axe out of the fire engine. It would be great if we could have other shots of those destroyed cars you have outside the station that you practice on.

If you could let me know what is possible to do on my mobile: 07749923033 or on my home phone: 01706 227933, I and my team would be grateful.   

Our plan for our film to be marked for coursework is a feature film trailer, and we would of course give you credit on the project and a copy of the finished production.

Once again, I thank you for the fantastic talk and experience at your Fire Station, both the Beavers and all the leaders enjoyed themselves.


 Yours faithfully,

Emma Taylor

emma.taylor1996@hotmail.co.uk

Cost sheet by Saqib Younis

Cost sheet Kerrang-£2.50 Tesco Red Party cups-£1.85-£2.00 Tesco Drinks: 2 for £2.00X2 Tesco Sparklers- 7 for£0.99 Café food- £10 Blood capsules-£0.88 Water bottle-£0.60 Extra cost-£6.00 TOTAL-£22.97

Shot List by Abigail Ford

Shot List 
1. Extreme long shot of field
2. Mid shot of piggy back
3. Mid close up of Grace
4. Mid shot of group in Café
5. Mid close up of Grace
6. Over the shoulder shot of Zara entering
7. Long tracking shot of hug
8. Long shot of hug
9. Couple of mid shots of hug
10. Long shot of holding hands, slow track
11. Tracking shot of getting ready x3
12. Long shot walking down corridor
13. Long shot of fireworks
14. Variety of shots of fireworks
15. Shots of sparklers, slow motion
16. Tracking shot of classroom
17. Focus pull on board
18. Over shoulder of Grace writing
19. Mid long shot of pencil dropping
20. Mid close up of Grace
21. Extreme close up of pencil on floor
22. Extreme close up of Grace’s eyes
23. Mid long shot of pencil rising
24. Mid shot of Mr Eastwood
25. Crane shot of party
26. Mid shot of hair flick
27. Mid shots of party
28. Extreme close up of writing letter
29. Shot reverse shot mid shots of argument
30. Long shot of Charlie walking off
31. Mid close up of Grace and hands
32. Long shot of Grace running from fire
33. Long shot of Mr Eastwood talking
34. Mid close up of Mr Eastwood
35. Mid close up of Charlie
36. Shot reverse shot mid close up of Mr Eastwood
37. Long shot of run down location 38. Mid close up of Grace with blood crying
39. Long shot of Grace running through woods
40. Mid shot of Grace running
41. Close up of torches
42. Long shot of Zara standing up
43. Mid shot of Zara throwing chair, tracking
44. Mid close up of Zara looking distressed
45. Long shot of Grace in cellar
46. Mid shot of Grace in cellar
47. Close up of Grace in cellar
48. Mid shot of Charlie and Zara turning heads
49. Close up of Grace looking behind her
50. Close up of feet running through forest
51. Mid shot of Grace and Charlie laughing on floor
52. –black-