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1. Initial Planning
When creating my short film, the first thing that I did was draft out some initial ideas on a
mind map, I went through quite a few different ideas before I got to the one that I would
eventually choose, this was the first idea that I had.
I then thought that this idea would be too difficult to filmas I would need a cast with a
range of different ages which I could not get, so then I decided to change it too two younger
girls who are looking back on something that has happened and who are trying to make it
right. After the initial ideas I developed the storyline further I my film proposal which is a
film synopsis, screenplay structure and character descriptions, this came in very handy
when writing the script as I already knew what most of the storyline was going to be about
and what each character’s personality is like.
After the film proposal I started to write the script I did a fist draft and then converted it to
master, writing the script was quite east as I already knew the storyline off doing the film
proposal. The script had to be changed drastically as the actor who was meant to play Lucy
dropped out on the day of filming so a lot of scenes that were originally in the film had to be
either shortened or cut out completely. This meant that the full duration of the film was
significantly shorter than it should have originally been. After the script then came the
storyboards, these were the most helpful during filming as they saved us a lot of time
because I had already planned out the camera angles. As we had already spent a significant
amount of time rewriting the script saving time on the camera angles really helped.
I then wrote out a list of equipment which I needed so I knew what I had and what I needed
to get, I was able to use a camera which I already owned so there was no cost for that, I
borrowed a tripod from a friend so that also had no cost which was good because the film
didn’t not have a large budget. Writing out an equipment list helped a lot in the run up to
the actual filming day, but to improve this next time and make it more effective I could do
an updated version of the equipment list maybe e every week to show new equipment that
may be needed or which piece of equipment has been obtained.
After the equipment list then came my list of personnel which was a list of all the people
who was helping in the production of the short film, the list contained everyone from the
actors to people helping out with the filming. A list was made so I could get the contact
details of everyone who was working on the filmto inform them of things like filming dates

2. or slight changes to the script. The list did change a bit during the pre-production to people
either dropping out or not having enough time to help. This is the first personnel list
compared to the final personnel list. The final list contained all the important contact
details.
As for the organisation of the whole cast and crew I think it could have been done a bit
better, this could have been done by having more meetings and just being in contact more
with the cast. I think this could have helped as I would of known what people were thinking
and what they were comfortable with and it could of stopped Layla from dropping out last
minute.

3. The hardest part of the pre-production to organise was the locations, for my locations I
chose two my houses the first (63 hunter street) and another house (5 Coldstream) these
were supposed to be the houses of the characters Sophie and charlotte. During the first day
of filming it became clear that we no longer needed the second location as the actor playing
that character had dropped out. Although the location scouting was time consuming it was
one of the most helpful things done in the pre-production for example it contained vital
information such as the contact details of the home owner and location details such as
parking facilities and places available for lunch for the people helping. This was done so
there were no surprises on the day everyone knew how to get there where to park and
where all lunch facilities worked. This piece of pre-production worked very well it meant
that that aspect of the day ran very smoothly.
The most important part of the pre-production was the risk assessment as this ensured the
safety of everyone involved in the production of the film. The risk assessment consisted of a
list of hazards and all the ones that are ticked are the ones that could potentially happen,
some of those were slippery surface and trip hazards and then I went into detail on how
they can be avoided. This was good as because we all knew what the hazards now were, we
were able to avoid them all and get through all day without any problems happening.
Summaries of each meeting was done after each one for example when the scripts were
handed out and running through lines. This was done so everyone knew what they were
doing on filming days and we could see if there were any potential problems that could
come up and how they can be fixed. If I could do it again I would probably have a few more
meetings where we just run through lines as on the day some of the actors were still getting
confused with some of their lines.
The next thing to be done was the budget, the budget for this short film was very low so
that needed to be kept into consideration throughout the whole pre-production and
production period. The only things that needed to be bought with my own money was the
cheap things such as an SD card and a USB stick. I did a budget so I knew which materials I
needed and how much it would be so I know were each bit of my money was going. There
were no problems when doing my budget as everything I needed to get I did and it was all
for a reasonable price.