Thursday, December 2, 2021

PLANNING: CALL SHEET

 Call Sheet 1 for 'Chain Reaction' - Tunnel scene


Length: 2 minutes
Shoot date: 18th November 2021
Location: Tunnel at Claremont Fan Court School


Times (everyone): 2:45pm - 4:00pm

CAST

Ciaran.S

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079*****774

CREW/CAST

Finlay.W

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078*****653

CREW

Ruby.L

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072*****748



Camera Equipment:
- Cannon EOS camera
- Camera battery
- Memory card
- Lens protector cover 

Props:
- No props needed

Wardrobe: Cieran 
Suit, shirt, black shoes

Wardrobe: Finlay
Suit, shirt, brown shoes


 Call Sheet 2 for 'Chain Reaction' - Discussion between scientist and friend

Length: 2 minutes
Shoot date: 23rd November 2021
Locations: Claremont Fan Court School's drawing room


Times (everyone): 3:00pm - 4:00pm

CAST

Ben.HF

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075*****971

CREW/CAST

Finlay.W

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078*****653

CREW

Ruby.L

********@gmail.com

072*****748



Camera Equipment:
- Cannon EOS camera
- Camera battery
- Memory card
- Lens protector cover 

Props:
- Calculations paper

Wardrobe: Ben
Suit, shirt, black shoes, tailored coat

Wardrobe: Finlay
Suit, shirt, brown shoes


Monday, November 29, 2021

PLANNING: RISK ASSESMENT

 

 

HAZARD TO HEALTH AND SAFETY

RISK POSED AND TO WHOM

LEVEL OF RISK (H/M/L)

MEASURES TO REDUCE RISK

RISK LEVEL ACHIEVED (H/M/L)

FURTHER ACTIONS

Weather

Rain – possible making floor slippery and causing wet clothing. 

Everyone.

L

Bring weatherproof clothing to quickly put on in case of weather change.

 

The rain could make the stone pathways slippery, if so, make sure actors are careful and notified of this possibility.

L

 

Candles – contact with fire

Actor could burn themselves while handling candles.

Actor in scene handling candles.

 

 

M

Make sure paper is not directly underneath match. 

 

Make sure actors are aware of dangers. 

 

When finished filming turn the lights on and asses, as it might be easy to place a hot match on a piece of paper without realising 

L

Extinguisher or water can be placed near the premises in case of emergency, only if dangers increase. 

First aid issues

Trips/falls – hit head against stone walls.

Everyone in environment could trip/fall.

 

Actors in struggle scene could hit head against stone wall

M

 

L

 

 

 

Monday, November 22, 2021

PLANNING: SHOT LIST

 

Scene

Vision

Sound

Actor/Actors

Props

Notes

Entry of the first character walking through a tunnel before being ambushed.

1) EXT – EVENING: various CLOSE-UP shots with SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD. A man walks past the frame for each. Some are at a DUTCH ANGLE. Last shot of the scene is a WIDE ANGLE, with a SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD, see the man walk off into the tunnel, then get ambushed, there is a struggle then the sound of a gunshot. 

à GUNSHOT

 

ADULT (SCIENTIST)

N/A

3 or 4 walking shots before the finale. OPENING CREDITS can be DISPLAYED at this moment, maybe SLANTED or in different POSITIONS. Actors FACE should NOT be shown to camera, must be hidden so all shots are from waist down. They should not be too out of focus.  

Scientist working out the equations.

2) INT – NIGHT: CLOSE UP of candle being lit. CUT to various shots of newspapers, lit by candlelight. CUT to a WIDE ANGLE, behind the scientist sitting at a DESK. Jumps up in joy and leaves the frame. 

à N/A

ADULT (SCIENTIST)

è PAPER

è PEN

è CANDLES 

è NEWSPAPERS

è DESK

è CHAIR

è MAYBE BIN

è OTHER WORKINGS

Due to low light filming, may need to use FAKE CANDELS, due to their increased lighting. The actor will TURN around to the CAMERA after doing some WORK. 

Discussion between the scientist and a friend.

3) INT – DAY: WIDE ANGLE, in a POSH SETTING, two characters (scientist and wealthy friend) talking to each other. SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD means they are out of focus. Wealthy friend usher scientist out, towards camera. Wealthy friend stops, leans down to pick up a piece of paper. PAN UPWARDS – TRACKING. CUT to EXTREME CLOSE UP of wealthy friend’s pocket, placing paper into. 

à DISCUSSION BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS

 

TWO ADULTS (SCIENTIST & WEALTHY FRIEND)

è SHEET OF EQUATIONS

WHITE NOISE may need to be REDUCED in editing due to LOCATION. Make sure ACTORS faces are NOT SEEN. They should only be in frame when the camera is out of FOCUS. 

 

Overhead of the equations with a red light spilling from the side.

4) INT – NIGHT: background is black, equation in centre of frame. BIRD’S EYE view and a slow zoom towards the paper. RED LIGHT coming from left of frame. CUT between SCENE 4 and END of SCENE 3.

N/A

N/A

è THE SHEET OF EQUATIONS

è RED LIGHT (not seen)

è BLACK CLOTH BACKGROUND

è MAYBE FAKE MONEY

RED LIGHT will only come from ONE SIDE, but if it’s not light enough then two lights from opposite sides can be used. 

Saturday, November 13, 2021

PLANNING: SOCIAL GROUPS AND ISSUES

I created Pinterest boards to allow me to create a visual representation of the social groups and issues presented in our film opening, thinking about how we would dress the characters to further represent their social class through the use of mise-en-scène, with clothing, props and locations. There are two contrasting social groups presented, one being the young hardworking and struggling scientist and the other his friend, a rich and wealthy man. Creating a board of the locations helped to reinforce the ideas of the contrast between two characters, one of the locations being wealthy looking and well embellished room/house whilst the other being an office that is dark and lacks furnishings.

The main issue presented in our film is global warming, and the result it will have on earth if nothing is done or no solution to provide clean energy is found.   


Friday, November 12, 2021

PLANNING: PROPS

For one of the scenes we needed newspapers with headlines mentioning the energy crisis to help explain the situation to the audience. I changed the headlines of a few articles in newspapers by printing the new title onto bits of off cut newspaper strips, I then stuck these over the original title and stuck pictures relevant to the crisis on top of the original ones in the newspaper.  




Tuesday, November 9, 2021

PLANNING: LOCATION RECCE


We decided to use these locations as the set for the opening of our film. The tunnel will be used for filming the first scene of the man walking and then being attacked, we thought that this would be a good place to film due to the dim light and its eerie setting. The next place we decided to film was in the school's drawing room, in this scene the scientist will talk to his friend about asking to use his calculations and the friends money to solve the energy crisis; the drawing room works for this as it helps to portray the wealth of the friend due to the expensive looking room. The office desk will be used for filming the scene in which the scientist is trying to figure out the calculations to solve the energy crisis, this will work well as it  will show that he is working. Finally for the close up scenes of the newspapers and calculations the location does not matter as we just need a table with a black background to place the objects on. 

FILM OPENING

 Ruby Lawson 1996 I worked with Finlay Williamson 1986. Our brief was to make the titles and opening of a new fiction film (to last a maximu...