- GoPro Camera
- Shotgun Microphone
- Light Box
- Tripod
- Condenser Microphone
- Shotgun Microphone
- Light Box
- Tripod
- Condenser Microphone
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- GoPro Camera
- Shotgun Microphone - Light Box - Tripod - Condenser Microphone
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Director This role varies tremendously from project-to-project, but, in general terms, a Director has creative control over the project from when he/she comes on board until the project is completed.
Producer This is a hard role to define because there are so many different aspects to being a producer and each Producer is different (especially when it comes to making a short film). But, put simply, a Producer is where the buck stops on money, organisation, the team and rights. Line Producer - ensures that the film comes in on time and on budget. Director of Photography (DOP) - in technical charge of how the film is lit and shot. Production Designer/Art Director - in charge of the production design helps create the style of the set. On low budget films these two roles are often merged. Gaffer - Chief lighting technician 1st Assistant Director (1st AD) – runs the set according to the needs of the director Editor – cuts the film together Production Manager – organises everything and everyone on set Sound Recordist – in charge of everything to do with recording soundFocus Puller – in charge of focussing the camera Clapper Loader – loads the camera, takes care of the stock and records each take Location Manager – finds and secures locations Grip – looks after all the equipment for supporting and moving the camera while shooting (tracking, cranes etc.) Continuity/Script Supervisor – makes sure everything seen on camera is consistent from shot-to-shot 2nd Assistant Director (2nd AD) – helps the 1st AD, particularly co-ordinating actors to and from set 3rd Assistant Director (3rd AD) – is the 1st AD's right-hand person. He/she is always on set and often co-ordinates the runners Boom Operator – holds the boom, ensuring that the microphone is as near as possible to the actors without being in shot Sparks - lighting technicians Costume Designer – designs, purchases, and manages costumes Hair/Makeup Designer – designs, and usually executes, hair and makeup Production Co-ordinator – works under the production manager to co-ordinate the smooth running of the set Storyboard Artist – works with the director to create a shot by shot storyboard of the action to be filmed Stills Photographer – takes still images of actors and crew for publicity reasons Assistants and Runners – needed in every department - the more hands the better Due to our small crew there will be some overlap with who is doing what tasks and job roles. With me compiling a script and the idea together we felt best that I take a lead role in the production side as I know how I want it to look like in the end. Another factor influencing the roles is the fact we do not have good enough equipment for certain roles so these will end up combining into one. Instead of assigning one person to each job role each person in our group will be picking up any role they can. Jed Hunt:
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A contingency plan is a set of actions that a business formulates incase there are any issues that arise with the event; the contingency plan has to include all possible factors that could go wrong with the event. Events that have a substantial amount of effort gone into research and planning will tend to not need too use the contingency plan as the event will usually run smoothly, but a business or organisation can never predict what negative events could have to have a detrimental effect on the event, this is why businesses have to cover a very wide range of potential issues, just incase any of them happen and then the business knows how to deal with the issue that they have been faced with as they have already come up with a solution to the posed threat. - Forgetting Equipment
- Broken Equipment - Broken down car - Shots are not great - Laptop dies - Faulty editing software - Clips lost - Crew don’t turn up - Injury - Loss of internet - Poor lighting conditions - Problems with audio Forgetting Equipment: One of the possible issues that we could face as a group when filming or in the process of creating the final product could be that some of the equipment is forgotten, so this could seriously delay the event being completed, examples of pieces of equipment that could be forgotten are the camera, the tripod, the battery, the memory card of the lighting equipment, these factors would seriously affect events such as filming, if this happens, the only way to overcome this obstacle is to go back and retrieve the forgotten objects, this would delay the process. Broken Equipment: Another one of the potential threats that we could run into as a group is that equipment could break, all equipment could break such as the camera, the tripod or the lighting equipment, not only could this delay the process, but it could put the whole process to a stop and then could end up in the overall product not being able to be completed on time, which will affect the overall grade received, if this happens the options are to purchase new equipment, or to make do without, or use alternatives that are not effective. Broken down car: The car that is being used in the filming and as transport could potentially break down, causing a real problem for the group, this means that the group may not be able to reach the filming destination or the filming that involves the car may not be able to be conducted, the only way to overcome this issue would be to find another driver with a different car to be able to complete the filming and drive to the filming location, or the car could possibly be fixed in time to still create the final product. Shots are not great: As the group is using a Go Pro camera for the filming of their final product, we will not be able to tell if the shots are any good until they are transferred onto the laptop after filming, this is due to the Go Pro having no viewfinder, one possible way to overcome this issue would be to bring the correct cables and cards, along with the laptop and camera to the filming, so the shots can be analysed on set, and re-filmed if necessary, this makes the overall task more difficult for the group but could save time in the long run. Laptop dies: Another one of the possible issues that the group could face is that the laptop could die when out filming and analysing the shots, this would mean that the risk of having poor quality film is highly increased, it also means that the editing will not be able to take place for a while until the laptop is available for use again, this can be prevented as far as possible by fully charging the laptop before it is taken out and the filming is conducted, the impact of this issue is not huge though, but is still a threat. Faulty editing software: When the final shots are being edited, editors can run into many issues involving the editing software, these can all either delay the process or can stop the process entirely, the way in which we have decided to overcome this possible problem is by having more than one editing software as a backup, so if one stops working, then we can use the other software until the other ones fault has been fixed and reported, this is also a good way of backing up the clips, as they will be saved to multiple sources. Clips lost: One of the biggest issues that a crew can face when editing software is losing the clips, and them not being backed up, this could potentially mean that the whole filming process will have to be completed again, this would seriously slow down the process, and there is the risk of the new filming not being as good as the original filming, which will lower the quality of the video, so to ensure that this does not happen, we will back up our clips on multiple sources to lower the chance of losing them. Crew don’t turn up: Another potential issue for the group is that people that have volunteered to be part of the crew but are not in the actual group may fail to turn up, this could lead to the filming having to be cancelled and rescheduled to a different date where hopefully the crew would all turn up, one way to overcome this could be to have backup members of crew that are available to come if this issue arises, or other members of the crew could multi-task, if non of this is possible, the date would be re-arranged. Injury: One of the issues covered in the risk assessment was injury, and this plays quite a large part in the overall production, as if members of the crew or cast are injured, the filming or the task could have to stop and rescheduled to a date where the member that has been injured feels better or a replacement would have to come in, depending on the scale of the injury. This event cannot be planned, so a contingency plan must be created. A first aid kit could also be taken with the crew to deal with any small injuries. Loss of Internet: Another factor that would affect the research and planning side of the process more than the production and filming side of the process is the loss of internet, this could be at a school or at a house, this would be resolved by the members that have been affected finding a place where they can use the internet and then upload the research and conduct the research there until the internet is working again, this could slightly slow down the overall process but is not too much of a big deal. Poor lighting conditions: One of the issues that is faced by outside filming is the weather conditions, and if on the date that we decide to film, the lighting conditions are poor, the filming may have to be rescheduled to a day where the lighting conditions are more appropriate for the needs of filming, the only possible way to overcome this is to look at weather forecasts and agree on backup dates if the conditions are not suitable for filming successfully, another way to overcome this could be to change location. Problems with audio: The final factor on our contingency plan is that the audio received could be poor or could end up being lost, there are many ways to overcome this, and these could be to back up the audio files, to re-record audio or to put a soundtrack over the whole movie instead of keeping the audio, if there are problems with the audio, then the most appropriate solution will be discussed at the time. A risk assessment is a task that a business completes, which entails the listing the likelihood, severity and the possibility of all negative events that could occur during the overall event. As well as listing the risk, possibility and severity of the risk, measures of control must also be provided, so the staff present at the event are both safe and know what to do incase of an accident or emergency.
Not only is a risk assessment an important and logical task to undertake, but also two laws state that a risk assessment is a compulsory task when holding an event. These two laws are the ‘Health and Safety at Work Regulations Act 1999’ and the ‘Health and Safety and Work Act 1974’. An effective risk assessment should cover all possible risks of an event, no matter how feasible the risk is, even if it is unlikely, it should be covered in case of the worst, a risk assessment will cover both general risks and risks that are specific to the event itself, such as if there is a stage, risks that involve a stage will be included, whereas those risks would not be included on the risk assessment if a stage was not involved in the event. For our group we decided to conduct 3 different risk assessments, one each, and then we would collaborate at the end to see if some of us included risks that other did not, then we would create one joint risk assessment that would include all the risks that were included in all of the individual risk assessments. We believed that this would help in covering all possible risks as three minds are at use rather than one. A risk assessment is also never finished, if one of the group members thought of a possible risk at any time, then we would add it to the risk assessment. There are a set of key principles that should be covered in every risk assessment, a template style set of principles that are applicable to every risk assessment, there are 5 of these principles and when a business or organisation is conducting a risk assessment, these principles come into play when a person is within an area of potential risks, these are: - Identify all possible risks - Identify who the risks apply to - Analyse the severity and possibility of the risk happening - Document the findings of the assessment - Have external bodies review the assessment before the event Principle 1 (Identify all possible risks): This principle entails the coordinators of an event inspecting the venue where the event is being held and applying all possible risks to the assessment, during this inspection, it is key that the coordinators are very thorough and make sure not to miss out any potential dangers, as otherwise the whole assessment can be rendered not useful. Not only should the blank venue itself be inspected, but any activities that are being performed in the event should also be considered. Principle 2 (Identify who the risks apply to): The principle consists of the event coordinators listing all types of people that will be attending the event and allocating each group of people to the risk that applies to them, as not all risks will apply to all people, this is so the control measures can be specific to a group of people, an example of this could be disabled people may be open to risks that would not affect fully abled people, such as suitable access areas. All possible risks should be to be applied to each group as far as possible so that the control measures are as effective as possible. Principle 3 (Analyse the severity and possibility of the risk happening): For a risk assessment to be as effective as possible, once a business or the coordinators has a full list of risks (Principle 1), they should rate the likelihood of each risk happening and the severity of the risk, for example, slips and trips would not be rated highly in terms of severity in comparison to photosensitive epileptic fits. The risks with high severity and high possibility should be the risks that are spent most time being prevented and prepared for, and the risks with low severity and low possibility should not be prioritised but still prepared for. Principle 4 (Document the findings of the assessment): The fourth principle of the creation of the risk assessment is for the event coordinators to document the findings of their primary risk assessment, this is so no possible risks are lost or any of the ratings and applications of the risk assessment are lost, it should also be kept on file for the event and post event for analysis of the event. Not only is this principle important so that none of the identified risks are forgotten about, but it is necessary for the completion of the fifth and final principle, as without a documented risk assessment it will not be able to be reviewed by external bodies that are related to health and safety. Principle 5 (Have external bodies review the assessment before the event): The final step in creating an effective risk assessment is to have the overall assessment reviewed by external bodies, in this context, an external body means a member of health and safety that is not part of the group organising the event. For our external inspector, we are using the Head of Year 7, as he is very familiar with risk assessments for year 7 students and is also very familiar with risk assessments for parties and the jubilee hall, so he will be able to inform us if the risk assessment is effective, and this inspection will be based on years of experience, so will be very valuable to the group. |