Alex's Dissertation Blog - Feed Me To The Wolves

Pre production Timing breakdown Continuity breakdown Screen day breakdown  Pa ge count breakdown Attending  rehearsals Make sure any changes in dialogue/action in rehearsals  are given to heads of department and production office and cast as pink pages Check all aspects of continuity are in place before shooting to prevent errors happening in the edit Attend production me eting prior to principle photography Production Matching action and dialogue in shooting Taking reference via photographic info for matching purposes Knowledge of scene coverage and sometimes producing a shot list Ensuring all shots have matching eyelines Make sure execution and completing of master coverage and offer advice when/if additional coverage is required/or when a shot doesn’t work Provide editor with shot info on continuity reports and on a marked up script also known as a lined script Provide editor with all info regarding script changes to dialogue/action during sho...

At the beginning of production, I was going to be on the camera team and be the clapper loader as well as fill out camera report sheets and assist the camera operator. However, after weeks of speculation, I decided to change roles from a minor role, to a bigger role of script supervisor.  When I was first assigned my role, it was the only role I had ever done in any films I'd been on previously so I knew what I was doing. However, since then I have been script supervisor on other films and because it's dissertation I needed a bigger role to really show what I can do. I have already been doing research into props we are thinking for the film and have done extensive research into what is required of the script supervisor.  I am also the prop master and the set designer for the film which means I have four roles of responsibility on the film: Script supervisor (main role) Prop master Set designer Assistant Editor As my roles cover all areas of production, I believe ...

Today was the pitch day which involved us putting all the research and planning we had done so far into a presentation and pitching our idea.  I researched into the compliance issues we would face when it came to the actual production.  Compliance:  Originally, our cast was going to include a character as young as 8 years old. Taking compliance issues into account, this was then changed to 16 years old as  now as there are lots of complications with shooting during term time and long hours with such a young age. However, GOV.UK states the compulsory school age is 16 meaning the law states you can leave school at 16 but then must either stay in full time education, begin an apprenticeship or you can work but must be in part-time education. We now are looking to cast someone who is 18 years old but who looks younger because of the complications that come with a child who is of compulsory school age. You need to research to see if a child performance license ...

Scene Prop 1. EXT. WOODS - EARLY MORNING Boots Fur Spears 2. EXT. CAMPFIRE - EARLY MORNING Meat they eat 3. INT. TENT - EARLY MORNING Tent Map 4. EXT. CAMPFIRE - EARLY MORNING Meat 5. EXT. ROAD - DAY Notice board – missing persons(?) 6. EXT. ABANDONED CAMP – DAY Boxes Bags Tents 7. INT. ABANDONED TENT - DAY Bloody photograph Music dancer box 8. EXT. ABANDONED CAMP - DAY Crate Supplies 9. EXT. HILLSIDE - DAY Binoculars 10. EXT. FIELD - DAY Tent Spear Supply box Tarp Cross necklace Rope Maggie’s Bag 11. INT. TENT - MORNING Tent Spear 12. EXT. ROAD - DAY Rope – tied up man hands Supply crate Spear 13. EXT. ABANDONED VILLAGE - DAY Spear 14. INT. TENT - NIGHT Tent 15. INT. TENT - EARLY MORNING Tent 16. EXT. FIELD - EARLY MORNING ...