Self Evaluation ; Pre-Production Report

Self Evaluation ; Pre-Production Report  

In the past few weeks I learnt from creating a short film that working in a team is very important in film industry,  every person in your team must be organized, dedicated and work hard in order  to producer a good Film. The three things that I learnt from this experience that every candidate in your team should put 100% effort in and do their part to the best standards. Also as producer you have to make sure that team done their part and last thing that is important whilst working as a team is to stick to deadlines.

Was your Shooting Schedule initially detailed and realistic enough to allow you to achieve good quality and complete the recording of all the footage?

As we finished all documents that film required I think our schedule was detailed for example, it had the data on when we are planning to film, what shot type, the action and how long we shot tape is going to be but however I think it was not realistic enough because some people in our team might be busy or got something important. When we starting to film it took us 7 hours to film parts we need up to the standards we think that is good footage. But we realise that we had to the flashback which was difficult due to the talent was not available on the data we hope to film the flashback on.    

Was your Storyboard detailed and substantial enough to fully cover the 5 minute film?

As i was working in a team we all had given a set of roles to do and person that was responsible in my team was Rosie. I think it was good very detailed in the picture using arrows to explain the directions and what shot type is it. However, what she could improve is to put more detail in what happening in each shot and some sound in it. Overall I think she done a good job on it.

Was your Shot List organised correctly in order of how you would setup these shots to make the most of the time available (i.e. grouping them?)

I think that the shot list that Rosie done for us was ok and had all the information required. However I think she could add some detailed in shot list. I Think is that it was clear and easy to follow, but we change some part of my idea such as, the play board, but overall it shot list was help me with filming different angles.    

Were your locations suitably Recce’d to consider background noise, lighting and permissions

As a producer I searched   for different locations film, and the director in my team went to visit the location with me and done Recce document. My first choice was to film at Charlton House, however it was really hard to get through to them because they were really busy and it was all booked up. As we visited Charlton House they gave us a number for one of the film office in Greenwich area, but as I contacted them I could not get through several times.

So went on their website and found another person that works in the film department which more successful  she gave all the detailed such as, fill out application on what we are going to film and public liability form. But once we done that Charlton House came back and gave a set price for 1 hour and it was too much and which we realise that we cannot film all that footage in 1 hour.

As we did not get our first option we had black up plan which was to film in a car park. Leading to this we had to the whole process again. A few hours later they came back with ‘your team cannot film on that location which was Sainsbury car park and gave us available place in Kidbrooke.’

Even though it was good offer but we didn’t take it. So I finally discussion made was made which is to film in my house which we can spend time filming. For the Reece the person that was responsible for this document was ESE. As I producer I was impress on how well she sort out the  recce’d forms  at good standards very detailed which involved the alternative plans as well as the original plan . For the equipment lighting and microphone we booked out from Mr French was very useful and made it much easier to film and edit.

Were your actors rehearsed, organised and the right choice for your characters?

As I was reading over my proposal I had an idea who would be suitable for the part. The main character that I selected was the victim, I was looking for someone that was cold and was good listener and passionate about acting and most importantly had some experience about acting. By this this lead to Jessica which played the part of the victim.

Another role that I was looking for is an innocent victim. The first victim I wanted is someone that is really clumsy and oblivious of their surroundings which lead our team to picked Aisha. Which she had some experience of acting from her previous school?

 Another candidate I had in mind was Valentina which had experience from acting a scene out for an interview at the Brits School.  Another person that I had in mind was Brittany that had little bit of experience.     

Did everyone in your crew know their roles and take responsibility for them?

In order to produce and make a short film ‘Knock, Knock Who’s There?’ We all had set of roles that we were all were responsible for. For example, the director was responsible for the location, Reece: health and safety and script. Another role that someone in my team was responsible for is the camera operator. She was responsible for storyboard and the shot list. The last role that someone had to take on was a producer. I had to complete following documents: call sheet, skill adulet, contact film office and council and shooting schedule. We all done our roles to good standards.     

Was the equipment checked, charged and working properly before you set up your shoot?

As we book the equipment we found out that battery need charging before shooting and we left it to charge overnight. We also booked out EDL lighting kit, camera and tripod.  Before and after filming we made sure that we had all equipment by booking and filling out a sheet with Mr French and checking that we return the equipment safe and no damage.  

Were your Call Sheets effective in that all resources and people turned up on time?

As I producer it was my role to fill out the call sheets that had all the information about the weather, the talent, the location and shooting schedule. I think it was detailed I think I filled out to my best. Everyone turned up on time with all the props that all agreed that we wanted to include in the film. We had all the resources needed such as the storyboard and the script.