Explaining about how can I make some problem solving

1. PROBLEM SOLVING
Jack Bevens

2. SLAPSTICK PART ONE
Slapstick Styles Problem? Solution?
Slap at face That is impossible to use slow and gentle to
slap at face because this will look like a fake.
Also, an actor will bit jump back and lean face
backward when another actor ready to slap at
face because actors might unsure to
performance for a slap. The slap might be can
be happening accident by real slap at face.
The actors will use slap untouched and bit
slow because I will adding fast motion on it
to make look quick slap. If actors unsure
begin slap at face, we will take a break from
filming and more time to rehearse.
Punch at face I might be worrying if my actors will be able
accident by real. Also, the public might
thought they are real fighting. I need to bring
small pack of tissues if my actors might have
accident to real punch at nose or teeth. We
will do rehearse again.
The camera will shooting at the actor side of
face to unseen other actor’s fist touch on the
face. I need to poster at gate or tree of
inform to people that we are filming. I will
adding a fast motion to make look like real
punch

3. SLAPSTICK PART TWO
Slapstick Styles Problem? Solution?
Kicking at leg Its can be happening get hurt by kicking at leg
because the actors will wear shoes that we will
filming at a park. Also, actor’s trouser or jeans
will get dirty after begin kick because we
might will on muddy grass or wet ground after
awful weather. The actors might don’t want to
get real kicking or accident try to gentle to
kick at leg.
If the grass is muddy or ground is wet, I will use the
camera shooting at the actors head and waist to
unseen begin kick at legs. Actors will show facial
expression to get hurt or begin kick without see real.
It’s will be same thing as the actors don’t want be real
kicking at leg then I will use the same as unseen. That
is part I want my actor to be melodrama after begin
kick because that will show strong facial expression
and body language. Also if I want to see the kick, then
the actors will be gentle kick at leg and I will adding
fast motion to make look real.
Stomp on foot That can be difficult to see to stomp on foot
because my actors might must look each other
without look at stomp on foot. That might be
injury because that is hard stomping. They will
difficult to know where a foot going to stomp
on other’s foot.
I will decide to put my actors can look down
when they stomping on foot to make sure few
inch away from the foot. I have experiment
with it and I think that good idea for looking
down when they doing stomp on foot. That is
safe to do.

4. SLAPSTICK PART THREE
Slapstick Styles Problem? Solution?
Falling over Falling over can be get hurt easy because falling over
use by knee, hands and bum. Also, that is problem with
public because public might thought there is real
accident or the part pushing over look like been
fighting.
I was rehearse myself to falling over and that is easy. At
first bend the knee, then the bum sitting on the grass
or ground, then lean backward and legs on the ground.
That is useful for the fall over. I will adding fast motion
to make look like real and quick.
Pulling a hair That is bit difficult for boys because some boys have
very short hair and hard to grab a hair. Also that would
be easy get hurt because pulling hair can be expecting.
The girls don’t like to be pulling hair by boys because
that is abuse. Or some girls don’t like their hair is
messy after begin pulling hair.
my volunteers had been experiment with it and they
are no hurt by pulling hair because they have gentle to
pulling hair. If some boys have very short hair then we
will pretend to look like grab. But the hand on hair
without hold the hair to make look like real.
Biting a finger Depend with it because some actors feeling too
excited can be accident real bite a finger. I don’t want
any actors get hurt their finger after a bite. Some
actors don’t like to bite other actor’s finger because
their finger might dirty.
If actors are accept by bite a finger. They need go and
wash their hands to clean the finger. Also, the actors
need to be careful to bite other actors finger. If happen
accident, we need more rehearse with it.

5. THEORETICAL PROBLEMS

6. WORKING OUTSIDE
• I will be filming at the park.
• I have bit worried with the park because if the weather will raining and the grass getting muddy
which is I don’t want my actor’s clothes get dirty. If the weather is rain, I might be move to
different day cos I want to filming at the park. I don’t want rainy ruin my mise-en-scene because I
want the background weather look nice sunny and bright.
• I don’t mind if sunny turning to the cloudy or the cloudy turning to the sunny because there is
still dry on grass or ground to safe for some slapsticks.
• I might worried with public because the public might be call the police after see my actors will
playing a fight. I want to found quiet area where can reduce public and more private. Especially,
the children will be interrupt my filming by play running around or staring at us. I want to be
more private and we will move to different area away from the children. Two parks have huge
area Rowntree Park and Homestead Park which is plenty space for quiet area.
• The public can affect to my filming because the public will interrupt on the background or my
Deaf actors can be distracting. Also, the actors will be less comfortable or confident by public
might watching us doing the filming. If the public watching us and I will make a poster on the tree
or gate to stop people interrupt my filming.
• I have four parks in York. I know there will be lots of family and children on Easter holiday that day
I will be filming. That’s why I have four parks for prepare to found quiet area. If all four parks have
busy day and I will move to different day to make sure still quiet area.

7. ACTORS, EXTRAS AND MODELS
• I made two horror films and the actors dropped out twice in two films. I always make a plan B before
the actors will dropping out. I created two or three group of actors to be prepare if actors will
dropping out last minutes before the filming begin. I have asked to 12 actors to be acting in my film
but four actors in each of three groups of actor. that is good idea to save my time to carry during the
production weeks.
• If I don’t have plan B will be more difficult to control with time because it’s will delaying to close
deadline.
• They need to bring some spare clothes because I might create the script about slapstick with water
river. I don’t want they getting cold by get wet from the river. Also my actors need to wear old
clothes because the part of slapstick will falling on grass or ground might be get dirty. Actors will be
kicking at leg and stomp on foot that they won’t wear new white shoes because I know my actors
don’t want get destroy on new clothes or shoes when they do a slapstick.
• If my actors have poor wilder melodrama or slapstick. I will take a break from filming and do
rehearse again to warm up body language and facial expression. If some of my actors continue like it
then I will replace other actor to take over a character. That’s why I have three group of actors.
• If they forget to bring spare clothes when they will do slapstick on the water and I will last minutes
to change my script for change some slapstick without water.
• I don’t need extra and models because I will creating only four main characters in my film.

8. Actor Gender Character Who
Jack Bevens Male Marie Phil’s Girlfriend
Louis? Male Phil Marie’s Boyfriend
Oliver? Male Jason Grace’s Boyfriend
? Female Grace Jason’s Girlfriend
1)
2)
Actor Gender Character Who
Jack Bevens Male Marie Phil’s Girlfriend
Megan Starkey Female Phil Marie’s Boyfriend
Lyla Gentle Female Jason Grace’s Boyfriend
Abigail Bevens Female Grace Jason’s Girlfriend

9. CREW DYNAMICS
• I will be directing and part of acting in my film. One thing problem is cameraman because
I want to take part of cameraman but more difficult to cope between directing and acting.
If I’m doing acting which is I won’t doing with cameraman because I don’t know what the
scene look like when I’m doing a acting.
• I’m still can do with directing because I will tell everything what to do and blockings. I will
ask one person will be cameraman to shooting us.
• But I have another way to idea, I have four actors for two couples. When two actors start
acting and
•

10. TRANSPORT
• Some of my actors will use bus or train York for Rowntree Park where we will be filming.
But the problem is bus and train might be delaying or stuck in traffic. They will be late to
arrive. If my actors arrive really late then we will filming half day and other half day on next
day.
• I asked my sister to lift my actors and myself in her car and take us to the Rowntree Park.
The car is easy for me because the car will carry my requirements to get off of my hands.
• If she is busy on that day and I will borrow her car and I’ll drive (If I passed the drive) and I
will pick up my actors in my car and drive to the park. Three parks have car parking and
one of four parks doesn't have car parking and I can get park at train station but I must
pay for a park.
• I prefer to found some actors who live close to York for easy to travel. I won’t ask some
actors who live long way from York cos this will expensive to pay train or bus.
• I have 12 actors (see on Actors, Extras and Models slide) and they are live close outside of
York and inside of York. They will be easy travel and save the time.

12. LOCATIONS
• I chose four location parks: Rowntree Park, Homestead Park, Museum Gardens and Heworth Park. I
want to get prepared if one of them have good clean and dry park would be good for my filming.
• I found one in Rowntree Park have long pathway with flowers on above. There have some benches and
I want to filming on there because I want my film mise-en-scene look so good. If nobody there and I
will poster on the tree or wood bar straightaway before the people come.
• If people already there and I will looking another long pathway. Or perhaps, I will move further away
from the people because long pathway are plenty to space for filming.
• Also, I found one in Homestead Park have same as long pathway with big trees and some benches too.
I like to filming on there because still I want my mise-en-scene look so beautiful. I’m hopefully, no-one
there because I want to filming on there. If people are there and I will able to wait few minutes till
people gone then I will setting up straightaway before other people come.
• Museum Gardens have bit difficult because that area is small than Rowntree and Homestead park. I’m
sure there have bit busy people walk around at the old building. Old building where I want to filming
at. If nobody there, then I will make sure to quick setting up. Or if people already there and I will move
further away from the people.
• That is important for my mise-en-scene because I want my background have show trees, flowers, grass
and bushes make my audience know my storyline will involving garden.

13. Rowntree Park Homestead Park
Museum Gardens Heworth Park

14. FINANCE
• My Deaf actors and I was lucky because we have disable travel pass which is free on the bus. But the
problem some my hearing actors must pay a bus because they don’t have disable travel pass. If my
hearing actors who live nearly or inside of York will cheap to use bus or train.
• If my sister will lift my actors and me in her car, I don’t need pay her for a petrol because she told me
don’t and she don’t want her family pay her a petrol. If I’m drive and I will pay the petrol because I’m
responsibility of drive the car
• One of four parks called Museum Gardens and I will get car parking at train station. But, the car parking
must pay for it and the price only
• My filming day total at 300 minutes (see at Refreshment slide). 300 minutes divide 120 minutes (2 hours)
= 2 hours and 50 minutes. The price only for 2 hours each but my time is more than 2 hours. I will pay
the price for 4 hours.
• York Station - Long Day price £7.50 times 2 = £15 and 10 minutes walk to Museum Gardens
• Blossom Street price £2.50 times 2 = £5 and 15 minutes walk to Museum Gardens
• Premier Inn price £4 times 2 = £8 and 20 minutes walk to Museum Gardens
• I have three compares which is best car parking nearly Museum Gardens. One of the car park bit
expensive but close to the park or other car park is cheap but far away from the park. If I save enough
money then I will use York station - Long Day because I like to nearly the park for easy to quick carrying
my requirements.

16. TOILET FACILITIES
• I found three parks: Rowntree Park, Homestead Park and Museum Gardens have a café
nearly the entrance of the park. Heworth Park doesn’t have a café or portable and I think I
might not need to filming at that park because toilet is important for us to use. I don’t
want any of us go to toilet in public.
• I’m prefer my actors and I go to toilet before the filming start because I don’t want to
waste my time to stop the filming and go to toilet. We will use the toilet on the break time
and lunch time during the filming day.
• We will bring bottle with us during the filming but we need to careful because if too much
drink water can be lots of toilet. If they are, I will take their water bottle away.
• If the café toilet is closed and we will go to restaurant or pubs because there have plenty
of toilet but outside of the park. If one of us not need go to loo then I will ask them to
look after my requirements while we go to loo.

18. REFRESHMENTS
• My actors and I will be get tired in middle of the shooting.
• I will bring picnic lunch for lunch time from shooting because I know the filming will take long
time to shooting so I will adding two break time in middle of filming day. I want to my actors feel
wake and get fit enough. If we haven’t got packet of lunch, we will go to restaurant, fast meal or
street food nearly Rowntree
• Just before the shooting begin, I want my actors and I get warm up and blocking to know where
the camera at and where the actors in place for acting. Warm up is important for the actors
because this will help more energy and confident like ice-breaking. We can chatting for few
minutes to get comfortable each other.
• I want my actors eating breakfast before the filming start because I want my actors feel more
energy to make wilder melodramatic and slapstick enough. I don’t want my actors to be ruin
melodrama and slapstick. That is important for my characters and script.
• If some of my actors haven’t eat breakfast before the filming and I will take my actors to go meal
in York town where is nearly Rowntree Park.
• Now, I create a timetable for breakdown to including break time and lunch time. I want to more
flexible with my time and I don’t want rush or pressure can affect with my actors will be confuse
and getting tired easy.

19. Action Time Start Time Finish How long?
Warm Up and blocking 11:30 11:50 20 minutes
Shooting at the
beginning
11:50 1:00 One hour and 10
minutes
Lunch time 1:00 2:00 One hour
Shooting at the middle 2:00 3:15 One Hour and 15
minutes
Break time 3:15 3:35 20 minutes
Shooting at the ending 3:35 4:30 55 minutes
Total: 300 minutes

20. PRODUCTION TIME
• I have got seven weeks production. I have create the timetable to make sure I can control
with my time to filming and editing.
• I want to booked the room for rehearse in a week before Easter holiday for filming. I
already know how to booked studio room. But that room is small for 4 actors, myself and
my interpreter, all six people in small room.
• I prefer to use big room easy space for us. I need to booked performing arts room. I asked
my tutor who is charge of performing arts and name is Emily Thorpe. I have email to her
for permission to booked that room.

21. Week no. Date Project Doing what? Kit?
One 19th March 2020 Pre-production Create storyboard
script
Paper and pen/pencil
and word software
Two 26th to 27th March
2020
Pre-production Continue storyboard
and script
Paper and pen/pencil
and word software
Three 2nd to 3rd April 2020 Production Rehearse with actors Studio room or
performing art room
Four 4th April to 22nd April
2020
Production Filming Camera, script and
storyboard
Five 23rd to 24th April 2020 Production Film editing Premiere
Six 30th April to 1st May
2020
Production Continue film editing Premiere
Seven 7th May 2020 Production Trailer editing Premiere

22. JOB ROLES
• Director: I will be directing in my film.
• Actor:
• Cameraman:
• Casting (rehearse):

23. HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Three parks: Rowntree Park, Homestead Park and Museum Gardens have huge river and I
need to be careful with my camera because the camera might have accident knocking over
on the river. Or can be accident with my actors who might be falling over the river.
• Slapstick is that important of health and safety because I don’t want my actors get any
injury from a slapstick. Slapstick can be risk to use it. I will rehearse with my actors who will
use a slapstick. If my actors become more confident to know with slapstick then we start to
filming.
• If the camera start heating and I will switch if off to cool down for few minutes. I don’t
want any destroying the camera because the camera belong from my college and I don’t
want get fine by damage the camera. Also, I will responsibility to care the camera by put it
in camera bag when we are on break time, lunch time and home time.
• I will make sure my Deaf actors do not messing about in my car will be affect my sight. I’m
Deaf and always get distracting by small or big thing pass my sight. I will telling them
about it before we drive to the park.