Risk Assessments

Risk assessments are an important segment to pre production of a film. With every location a new risk assessment must be made. Quite possibly the most mundane thing to do in the film process, yet they are important as they highlight the risks for each set. There are obviously some risks which are universal no matter where you are filming, such as, the risk of wires to and from cameras and sound booms, yet there are always new risks in certain locations, such as working in dangerous locations or with animals. Fortunately our film has neither of those things so our film should be a safe environment.

Locations for Film

Our film consists of two main locations for shooting. A prison cell and an interview room this is good in terms of the production day as there is little travel and moving around for locations as well as this no outdoor filming. However we tried to get offices across bath and we had no luck, for example the Bath Spa university offices on the River Side. Yet due to security reasons this could not go through. Yet we moved to the library and found good prospective interview rooms, unfortunately the library supervisor could no warrant us using a room all day when these rooms are for study rather than filming. This put a large downer on the group as time was running out to find a location. However the guys went to Bristol to look at an optional location and we came across a gem. The location is perfect and will make our film look fantastic! Now the film is starting to come together it is all getting very excited.

Now we have to look for a cast.

Production of film take 2

It is time for us to get into groups to produce our second film of the course. The group I am in consists of

Director - Gustav Newby

Producer - Myles McAuliffe

Camera - Myself

Sound - Josh Montague

Editor - Elspeth Wild

Despite our titles we shall all help out in regards of getting locations casts and the final shooting and editing process.

The filming weekend started with the capturing of the stills photos for the film. These photos would be used in the film to show the memories of the main character, we first shot in Victoria park as the weather was good so whilst we only had the single out door scene we thought it would be best to get in done in the sun shine. This process was quick and simple and we were out of the park swiftly.

Next to the Students Union Shop in which we had to film Ed buying bottles of coke and smashing them. Unfortunately the shop was still open as normal which meant the pictures took a while to take as people were walking in and out of shot and the simple mater of continuity was a hard task to keep. Having to smash a bottle of coke was hard to do as we were not given permission to do so in the shop, yet in previous photos we see the floors pattern. Fortunately the toilets have the same pattern, so we recreated the scene there.

The final scene to take photos of was the office scene, I was in charge of getting this location with the head of the library. These organisational requirements in the course are good as they enhanced my skills to lease on the phone and organise events. The shooting itself went very well and we got all of the shots we needed.

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