Things to do/not to do.

- Keeping boom out of shot.

- Crossing the line of action.

- Continuity. 

- Leaving your comfort zone.

- In group bickering.

- Lighting.

Audience Profiling.

Audience Profiling finding out the profile of your audience before hand so that you can put across your message to the right people in the most effective way to produce the best result. It might include details like age, sex, educational qualification, work experience, financial background, field of work, interests, mood, orientation, bias, food habits, religious background, psysique, health condition etc.

Good points- They will be able to know who is the best audience is for there films, also it creates new categories for advertisers.

Bad points- People may change there mind, and old habbits may fade away, also the results they recieve may not be up to date.

Audience Data.

Audience data is a measure of the demographic profiles which are recent statistics,  and household data is data from peoples homes. Audience data could be used as feedback on whether an advertiser is reaching out to the intended audience. Demographic numbers measure the average number of individuals in theselected household.

Good points- Gives the creators insight on whats working well, it also provides evidence on what peoples like.

Bad points- Some viewers may be channing flicking, or not actually watching whats on, therefore results wouldnt be accurate.

A double reflection - copyright issues

A double reflection

while making our thriller we need to make sure we are not breaching any copyright laws.

When film maker make theme tunes, music, special effects, sound effects and particular scenes they copyright them, so no other production can use them and make money of them without the creator getting money back in return - if people did use the archive without permission, they can be sued or even go to prison as that is illegal.

For our film we decided to use sound effects, non diabetic sounding and music from a source. This source has no copyrighted sound arhchive so it is totally legal and safe for us to use this for our film without interfering with copyright. 

As for the videography side of things we will use only our own footage and images as we would not see the need for extra footage - it would be unnecessary.

However, for the possible special effects used for our film we would use either iMovie or most likely adobe premier pro. which both include a variety of special effects, transitions and filters to use in our thriller.

But if we wanted to we can use particular copyrighted sources, copyright law makes certain exceptions to copyright law; these exceptions are called Fair Use. Fair Use exceptions apply only in limited situations under certain guidelines - so if need be, we will use certain resources but that is a very minor chance as so far I can't imagine where it would be needed in our film.

In conclusion, copyright isn't a vast subject while in pre-production of this film, as I do not feel like it will be used. But however if it is I will talk about it in greater depth and discuss how, where and why I have decided to use it.

a double reflection - risk assessment / health and safety

Risk assessments / health and safety

Throughout our filming we will take into great consideration the health and safety aspects and the potential risk which results from us filming.

Between different sets and locations we have to think about what risks we face or face to other people - particually members of the public.

location 1 - shannon's house: When filming at this location we have to consider where we put / leave equipment - we need to think about what we are doing at all times for example leaving a camera on a unsteady surface while filming could result in damaged equipment. Is where we are safe? Yes, I can categorically confirm that my house is very suitable for what we are preparing to film. There are minimal to none risks. I can only state that there are only minor risks such as tripping over cables from the camera and that would be a result of our own neglect - which will not happen.

location 2 kierans house: Just the same as mine, there are no outstanding health and safety issues or concerns. It is generally safe and only possible risk would be the result of our own behalf.

location 3 town centre: unlike the other locations this can possibly be a very dangerous surroundings.

1- we need to think of own personal wellbeing while on location as we will be carrying fairly expensive equipment so that can potentially make us targets for the criminal public.

2- we need to take into consideration of the public i.e not leaving equipment unattended for people to trip over etc.

3- need to keep aware of outdoor conditions. For example if it happens to unexpectedly rain we need to get all electrical equipment away - as this can cause damages to the camera and more dramatically cause electrocution.

location 5 fareham college: There no outstanding risk or health and safety concerns again just be aware of other people and leaving equipment unattended - risk of theft or causing accidents.

we need to make sure all our props are suitable and are not dangerous to the actors in anyway. For example make-up we need to check if the actors are allergic etc

while filming on all locations we need to aim to be 100% safe and professional while using the equipment, getting to our locations and preparing for our film.

a double reflection - budget and resources

Budget and resources

Our budget consists of 2 different groups, transport and props & scenery.

Transport: for our film we need to get to a variety of different locations - we can reach all of these via public transport.

(EACH JOURNEY NEEDED FOR OUR FILM) 

Fareham college to shannon's house return : £2 x2

Fareham college to kieran's house return : £3 x2

Fareham college to town centre : nil 

our combined budget for transport to locations totals at £10

Props & scenery needed for our film:

make-up for characters: approximately £6

costume for jackie (ragged clothing): approximately £10

dog bowl for jackies 'room' : £1 

are current total for props & scenery totals to £17 

total costs so far: £27 - £13.50 each 

As a group we're looking to spend no more than £20 each but if our film depends on it we're willing to go over the budget if necessary. 

We will also be using equipment from fareham college so we will not need expenses or budgeting in that category

A double reflection - location recce & release

 

We decided to film in several locations to portray to the narrative in the way we want.

Our locations are near and we do not need permission etc to use them.

location 1 - Shannon's house: In the story the character Amelie (nice twin) is a typical girl and we needed to film scenes in her room and as I myself have a all pink room we decided it be a good setting for those scenes.

-There no serious or potential health and safety hazards on this set

- Its near to Fareham college so public transportation will be used to reach set.

- we do not need extra sets, or character building furnishings.

location 2 - Kieran's house: For scenes where the character Jackie (evil twin) is filmed being derangded and basically a typical 'evil' character, we needed to film in a outside of an attic (where she has been forced to live) - we was thinking of using the studio in fareham college but thought it would be easier to use an actual attic as we wouldn't need to book it out and create a 'attic like' set - which will also save money on the budget.

- There are no serious or potential health and safety hazards on this set

- its easy to reach from Fareham college via train.

- we will only need minimal extra things for character building purposes for example jackie eats out of a dog bowl so we'd need that but no sets etc.

location 3 - town centre (probably Fareham): this location is needed for scenes where Jackie pretends to be her twin sister amelie, unaware to her family and the audience that jackie has escaped. Jackie out of envy, is trying to wreck amelies life so tries to make amelie look like a horrible person to her boyfriend.

- will need to take into consideration the background noise of passers by.

- will have to make sure not to get in the way of the public due to our own and their health and safety.

- will have to film during certain times of the day due to lighting.

- make sure electrical equipment is fully charged as there will be no power supply to re-charge.

-be careful with equipment - theft.

- will have to film away from shops - copyright laws.

- make sure not to film public faces, as we have to have permission.

location 4 - shannon's or kieran's house: will need scenes of amelie asking her mum and dad about the 'strange noise' coming from the attic. also need to film scenes of jackie (audience thinks is amelie) bizarrely leaving the house (escaping) 

In my opinion it'd be best film in Kierans house as we have the option to include the attic or part of the attic in the scene.

- There are no serious or potential health and safety hazards on this set

- its easy to reach from Fareham college via train.

- we will only need minimal extra things for character building purposes

- will need some sort of dolly to use for some shots - so a office chair?

location 5 - Fareham college: Amelies friends confront her and say she's acting strange towards them - we also see jackie and amelie nearly met accidentally. Amelie becomes paranoid and cannot understand why everyone says she acting negatively towards them.

- There is no need no asking any permission

- we have all available equipment to use - camera, computers, tripods etc

- we have extra characters (amelies friends) so we can use our classmates for those roles

- there are no problems such as transport etc

- there are minimal serious or potential health and safety hazards.