This document discusses planning for a slapstick comedy film shoot. It addresses: - Ensuring slapstick scenes look realistic without harming actors by rehearsing and using camera angles. - Potential issues of filming outdoors like weather, noise, and dirtying actors' clothes. - Having backup actor groups in case of dropouts and old clothes/shoes for physical scenes. - Transport for actors, parking, and lunch/breaks to keep energy up. - Safety by a river and facilities at the filming location, Rowntree Park. - Budgeting time, roles, and following health and safety procedures.

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

4. SLAPSTICK PART THREE
Slapstick Styles Problem? Accident? Solution?
Falling over
Pulling a hair That is bit different
Biting a finger

5. THEORETICAL PROBLEMS

6. WORKING OUTSIDE
• I will be filming at Rowntree Park in Centre of York.
• 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.
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7. UNWANTED NOISE

8. 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.

9. 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)
Actor Gender Character Who
Jack Bevens Male Marie Phil’s Girlfriend
Tim Turton? Male Phil Marie’s Boyfriend
? Male Jason Grace’s Boyfriend
? Female Grace Jason’s Girlfriend
2)
3)
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

10. CREW DYNAMICS

11. 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 will asking to my sister to lift me and my actors to Rowntree Park because that is easy for
me to carry some equipment. If she’s busy, I will borrow her car and I’ll drive with my
actors to the park. Or if she take her car with her while she busy then I’ll use a bus travel to
Rowntree Park. If my sister or I’ll drive the car and I will cark park in the Rowntree park
because there have cark parking. If there is full car parking. I can car park at Bishopthorpe
Road car park and only take 5 minutes walk to the 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 slide) and they are live close outside of York and inside of
York. They will be easy travel and save the time.

13. LOCATIONS
• I want to filming at Rowntree Park because there are lovely huge garden. It’s
suitable for filming because there nice and plenty of space to shooting.
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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.

15. TOILET FACILITIES

16. 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.

17. 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

18. PRODUCTION TIME

19. JOB ROLES

20. HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Rowntree park have huge river and I need to be careful with my camera because the
camera might have accident knocking over on the river.
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