Unit 2: Plan/Issues (Section B)

Our film was to be shot on the 21st of November, 2015. We had two weeks to prepare for the shoot, in which time my main duties were carried out.

As the producer planning and being weary of issues were some of my main concerns.
In order to ensure everyone could learn the scripts on time I gave the writer two dates to hand in the first and second drafts. The final (second) draft of the script was handed in three days before the shoot which I felt gave optimum time for actors and the crew to learn it and be prepared for the day.
I ensured the shot list was provided in advance also to help prepare the crew.





As previously mentioned, I had to particularly attentive when it came to potential issues. It was to snow the night before the shoot and be extremely cold on the day, our actor's costumes were not suitable to be worn in that condition of weather so I brought plenty of spare jackets/jumpers to keep them warm; I instructed the rest of the crew to do so as well to make sure we had enough. In case of rain, myself and a couple of other crew members brought umbrellas to protect the cameras and also for actors to use between takes.

Another issue we were to face was the fact we had a small pocket knife to be used as a prop. The knife was a real blade so we had to make sure of two things. The first being no one on set was injured by the knife, I ensured a supervisor of over 18 was attentive during the knife scene and that he was the one to carry around when not in use. The second issue with the knife was ensuring no passer bys were to see it and become concerned. To avoid this, the editor and I stood at both ends of the ally way in which we were film and made sure no pedestrians were passing when the knife was in use. We also made sure no one would walk past when shooting and broke continuity of the film in any way.

One of the biggest issues (but strangely the easiest to deal with), was having an actor cancel on us the night before the shoot. Fortunately one of our group members was an actor so I promptly took to asking if he could do the part instead, he was happy to do it and the whole crew thought he portrayed the part really well.