media homework

1. Time:
 Deadlines
 Availability of equipment examples of what
 Availability of personnel time includes.
 Timescale or clearances
Deadlines:
 Development (writing)
 Pre-production
o Recruitment (producer does the recruiting)
o Casting (starts with recruiting A-list celebrities, principal actors and then extras)
o Clearances
o Locking locations, has been signed off.
o Equipment hire
o Construction (sets, props etc.)
o Technical tests (camera tests, sound tests etc.) Different film stocks work better in
different lighting therefore they need to be tested. All pyrotechnics will need to be
tested beforehand to make sure it is carried out effectively.
 Production (the shoot)
o 1st
day of principle photography
 (al pre-production must be complete before this data)
o Last day of shoot
 (all footage must be secured by this date)
 Post production
o Picture lock (picture has be locked before sound because too expensive to keep on
going back and changing the sound.)
o Sound lock
o Music
o Visual effects
o Sound mixing
o Colour correction (the scene are reviewed to ensure that right film stock has been
used.
o Delivery
Availability of equipment:
If deadlines aren’t met
then you could lose
actors as they might
have a contract for
another movie.
Or
You could be late giving
your film to the
distributers.

2.  What equipment do you have available to you?
o Production (we have shotgun mic’s to use to record sound)
o Post-production
o Equipment we have access to:
 Shotgun mic ME 66, used to record sound.
 Avid media composer, monitor used to edit film.
 Speaker (creative brand)
 Canon legria HFR606 HD, camera used to record film.
 Sennheiser headphones
 Fluid head Tripod TH650 DV (libec).
 Boom pole.
 Dedicated Avid keyboard, the keys are different colours as they have
different functions.
 What equipment might you need to hire?
o Production
 Camera light: This light attaches directly to the camera, it helps
brighten up any shadows that appear in the shot. They
specifically come in handy when you are producing a
documentary because you won’t have space to set up a three
point lighting set up.
 Three-point lighting kit: If you are filming inside these lights crucial.
There are three light:
#1: This is the key light, it is the most powerful light and has the biggest
impact the scene.
#2: The fill light is placed opposite the key light. This is less bright than
the key light, to make sure that it is less bright it is usually placed further
away.
#3: The back light is put behind the object and shines light through the
rear. Its purpose is to provide definition and subtle highlights around the
subjects outlines. This avoids the subject blending into the background as
it gives the subject a three dimensional look, separating it completely.
 Light Reflector: This tool helps manipulate the
light by providing another surface for the light
to bounce off of. Another benefit of using this
is that the quality of the light reflected will
match the quality of the light of the scene. If
the scene was set at a sun set the light being
reflected with have undertones of orange.
 Jib crane: The camera is mounted on a crane,
and it is able to take a very high shot and then sweep down back to
the ground. They are difficult to pull off however they are highly
effective as they capture what is happening on the whole set rather
than just one section.