The document outlines plans for a film project including:
- Four actors chosen who have drama experience in and outside of school.
- Props will be limited to food/water rations and a sheet of paper for challenges.
- Filming locations will be a scout hut and surrounding area to fit the documentary premise. Alternate indoor locations identified if needed.
- Lighting will be natural with spot lighting for interviews outdoors to follow conventions.
- Costumes will be casual wear to resemble an island setting, with the presenter in smart/casual clothing as per documentary conventions.
- The audience will likely enjoy it as it is similar to popular survival shows like The Island with Bear Grylls.
2. actors
There are four actors that we plan to work with on this project Joss Evans, Tom Carr,
Giles Horn and Tom Hulliyer. We chose these actors as they have all done well in
GCSE drama, two of which have gone on to do it at A level and did serious acting
outside of school, one of them has worked with us before on our AS project and the
others will be just a serious about the work, we also think that they look the part
and could easily portray their characters. We may also have one of our group acting
as a presenter and one as a psychologist
3. Props
• Props that the actors actually interact with will
be kept to a minimum, we plan to have cans
of food and bottled water, to act as rations for
the participants, we will also have a sheet of
paper, potentially in an envelope, that will
detail the challenges ahead
4. location
• We will be using a scout hut, that we have obtained access to, for filming the
scenes with the participants, we will also be doing some filming around the hut as
well, we have chosen theses areas as they tailor into our premise well as the hut is
an empty space perfect for filming scenes for our documentary. If we cannot
obtain the hut we will probably find a small room at one of our houses or in
school, if possible.
5. Lighting
• The lighting will be kept natural as we want to
promote the idea of realism within the extract,
however we may use sot lighting for the “interviews”
to illuminate peoples features, as some of these
interviews will take place outside of the hut so it
would be sticking to convention to do this
6. Costume
• We will keep costumes to casual wear, in a
fashion similar to the island with Bear Grylls,
however we will get the presenter to wear
either smart or smart casual, as this is a
convention of shows like this
Similar style to this
7. Why the audience will like it
• We feel that audiences will like this as it is similar to
the popular series The island with bear Grylls, we also
found that this sort of premise was much more popular
to the “Mythbusters” style of documentary