This document outlines potential issues that could arise during a film shoot and provides key areas to consider in planning and execution. It identifies organization, communication, technical, and group dynamic challenges and provides examples for each. Attention to these areas will help the film shoot run smoothly and avoid problems. Proper planning, clear communication, technical preparation, and cooperative teamwork are emphasized to ensure a successful production.

1. TRACK SELECTION
Your potential track must conform to the following
criteria:
1. it must provide opportunities for original and creative work
2. it must not have been promoted successfully in the last 10
years by a professional music video
3. it must have a clearly definable target audience
4. it must be generically identifiable ie as clearly belonging to a
particular genre/sub genre
5. it must be of digital quality and in an appropriate format for
capturing to Adobe Premiere
6. the track must have been mixed and recorded to a high
standard, including if using an independent artist (eg local
band)
7. You need to be able to prove that you have checked ownership
and have sought permission to use the track
Your choices will need to:
1. be discussed by the group/ class – pros and cons identified
2. be filtered out by teachers if unsuitable (please anticipate the
likely ‘secondary’audience at Latymer (parents, younger
children, Headteacher etc)
3. be accessible to all members of your team
4. be chosen by a unanimous group decision (you must all agree)
5. inspire the group to make a creative, original music video that
uses and/ or challenges convention
6. be suitable for public broadcast on mainstream music television
so
>no swearing
>no sexually aggressive language/ imagery
>avoid drug related lyrics/ imagery
You will need to present your track to the teachers for approval
before you move forward with planning your pitch. We are happy to
help if you have narrowed your selection down to the final 2 or 3
tracks you are keen to work with.

2. OCR Statement on copyright issues ( From G324 guidance document)
OCR A2 Media Studies:
Unit G324 Advanced Production Guidance Document
There are 13 multi-media briefs outlined in this unit.
Q What does OCR state in the specification in regard to these briefs?
All material for all tasks to be produced by the candidates with the
exception of non-original sound or image material used in a
LIMITED way in video/radio work… For music video, permission
should be sought from the artist for the use of the audio track.
Q What does this mean for centres?
Brief 1 Music Video Promotion Package
OCR respects the rights of artists and labels and requires centres to
ensure materials submitted for assessment are not infringing copyright
law (the onus being on centres to interpret current copyright law). If
centres use found audio material OCR moderators are not in a position
to police such actions: it is the responsibility of centres and candidates to
ensure appropriate permissions are sought. As copyright permission
plays no part in the assessment criteria, candidate marks will not be
automatically penalised. However, centres should be aware that they
may potentially be breaching copyright law and this is at their own risk
(full links to current copyright law can be found in the appendix of this
document). For example, if a candidate places found audio material
(accompanying their video) for download on a website homepage they
create for a band as part of this brief then this would be at the centre’s
and candidate’s own risk if copyright law is infringed.
Copyright free options available for Music Video in G324:
• Approach local bands and get permission to use their material
• Approach unsigned bands on ‘My Space’ etc and get permission to
use their material.
• Collaborate with music department/students in your centre on the
project
• Create your own music or sound track.

3. THINKING AHEAD – WHAT COULD GO WRONG ON THE SHOOT
Key headings:
 Organisation
 Communication
 Technical
 Group dynamics
Organisation
Not having permission to film in location
Forgetting to pick up equipment
Leaving equipment behind on shoot
Returning equipment lateincomplete
Not knowing what you’re doing on the shoot or why
Coming back to school with hardly any footage
Actors/ team members not turning up or being late
Absence from school
Not turning up to the planning meetings
Time wasting on the shoot
Everything taking too long
Not pre-empting the weather
Not leaving enough time for transport problems
Communication
Not explaining yourself properly
Not speaking out and saying how you feel
Losing your patience with other people
Actors/ team members not answering phones, or responding to group
requests
Arguments in group
Last minute changes to the plan without full group agreement
Actors getting bored/ annoyed/ cold/ hungry
Teachers left in the dark about changes to plans
Not recording notes/ minutes/ agreements on the blog
Absence from school, absentees not communicating with group to find
out what’s going on

4. Technical
Batteries not charged
Don’t know how to use equipment
Not checking camera settings
Poor lighting
Poor sound
Shaky camera
Poor framing
Limited variety of shot distances, angles, movement
Poor consideration of continuity issues
No understanding of technical H+S issues
Forcing tapes or batteries and breaking the camera
Group dynamics
One person doing everything and not delegating
Some people being lazy
Factions/ divides in the group
‘Spur of the moment’ meetings without everyone there
Not sharing the ‘boring’ jobs
Not sticking to the rule of everyone doing equal amounts of
shooting/editing/lighting/directing etc
Not listening
Not compromising
Getting stroppy
Not working as a team/ being supportive of each other
Making it ‘personal’
Making excuses rather than getting the job done
Not tackling issues in the group as they arise
Being rude to another group member and upsetting them
Being too sensitive
Allowing personal problems to dominate proceedings