Alex's Dissertation Blog - Feed Me To The Wolves

As well as being script supervisor as my main role, I also took on the role of being the prop master and also the set designer. This involved me gathering all the props and set we needed to make the film. To start with I did a script breakdown so I could get a list of everything we needed from the spears as weapons down to the tents and crates used for the set in all the locations. As we were filming in only a few days once I had a final script sent over I went online to see where I could get certain things. Due to the short time between filming and gathering what I needed, I looked for shops I could go to and buy the items in real life to save time on any shipping or delivery days. After making notes on places nearby where I could get things once the budget came in, I went and scouted out what I wanted. Taking photos and writing down prices of different varieties from different stores meant I could go with the cheapest ones whilst also sending the photos to director Dan to make su...

Living in the wild and having to hunt for their food, the script called for spears to be used by all of the characters as their form of defence and hunting tools. In total there were 9 characters in the film all of whom required a spear. At first when looking for different designs, I thought about hunting spears - with metal tips. However, in fitting with the tone and style of the film, there wouldn't be much chance to add these metal tips on and they would more likely find strong sticks that they could carve pointed ends into. When we went on location recces, I looked around for possible sticks I could use to turn into spears. However, the places we visited were very wet and all of the trees and sticks in the forests were too damp or rotten for me to be able to use. I went back home and found a place with a lot of cut down trees that I was allowed to choose from and I found some branches that were strong enough to be used for and also dry. I collected a total of 12...

8th February - Location Recce Thrunton Woods Found a location which had small tree houses on the ground made from sticks that could be used as an abandoned camp the siblings and Johnathon come across on their way to this sanctuary. Will need props and set that looks like people used to live there but haven't for a long time empty water cans old tins of food now empty and old crates and boxes rob can look in empty supply boxes old burnt up tents or shelters 10th feb Welfare Hall Possible location for the interior Will need a lot of set design to make it look abandoned and disused for years Going to use a lot of the budget to create the right look if we use this location Will have to decide on whether to use it or not after we get the money from Kickstarter Welfare hall set design will need: tents tarps leaves branches dusty old boxes broken crates water jugs empty food and supply boxes sawdust/chippings etc to make it look lived in and a...