1. A2 Media Studies Unit G324
Production Schedule
Production Schedule for ‘The Swarm’
Team members: Lucy-Anne Richardson
Planned date & What is to be done & where Who is Resources required Changes made & why Date
time responsible? completed
04.01.13 Treatment LR Mac, Word NA 05.01.13
04.01.13 Budget LR Mac, Excel NA 07.01.13
07.01.13 Script LR Mac, Word I changed the location of the trailer as 08.02.13
I now have access to a better and
more private location without any
cost. It is a cottage, which has a
gravel street leading into it, which is
perfect for the mysterious, lonely
atmosphere I want to create.
01.02.13 Storyboard LR Mac, pencils, paper NA 08.02.13
01.02.13 Location Scouting Sheet LR Pen, paper, phone (to Due to the change in location, I 08.02.13
get details for address created a location-scouting sheet
etc.) based on the new location.
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2. A2 Media Studies Unit G324
Production Schedule
13.02.13 Take pictures of the location. LR Camera, camera lead, NA 13.02.13
Including each room and some computer and USB.
props that will be used.
15.02.13 Site Plans LR Mac, Photoshop NA 15.02.13
20.02.13 Risk Assessment LR Mac, Word NA 21.02.13
23.02.13 Talent Release Forms (with LR Mac, Word, printer, NA 23.02.13
signatures) signature from 3 actors
24.02.13 Location Release Forms (with LR Mac, Word, signature NA 25.02.13
signature) from owner, printer
01.03.13 Call Sheets LR Mac, Word, Script Changes made to props (added some 01.03.13
different props)
18.03.13 Edit Decision List LR Mac, footage already Wrote out the length of clip, shot 20.03.13
uploaded onto the Mac types, good/bad take and comments
and Final Cut Pro on a separate piece of paper so that I
didn’t have to switch between the
document and final cut pro on the
computer.
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3. A2 Media Studies Unit G324
Production Schedule
25.03.13 Editing the trailer LR Mac, Final Cut Pro, Changes were made once I thought I 12.04.13
Soundtrack Pro had finished the trailer. I added in
some ‘flashes’ when there was a
knock at the door and throughout the
trailer as a ‘premonition’ into the
future/end of the film. This worked
well as it created suspense for the
audience that viewed it.
Contingency Plan
•Having a contingency plan allows me to assess the risks and possible events, in order to take the appropriate action if
necessary.
•If the weather changes and it begins to rain for example, I will make sure I film the outside scene once it stops raining.
As the majority of the trailer is inside a cottage, this risk is not very high.
•If the equipment stops working, I will bring extra batteries for the boom microphone for example, as well as all the
necessary chargers.
•Although I have already made arrangements for the location to be available at a particular time and date (with contract
signed), there could be an emergency or problem, resulting in the location being unavailable. If this were to occur, I
would go back another day, as there is still time to film.
•If the actors were to suddenly be unavailable, I could call another actor to take her place. Although they would not have
had time to learn their lines, this could be looked at upon travelling or between takes.
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