Production Log

I have completed this pre-production process continuously throughout the making of my pre-production activity's too keep a track of where I am in the process and always know and evaluate what it is I need to complete next. To do this, from the very beginning I set up this table with the first things I was supposed to complete, and as I completed each one, I'd write what it is I need to do next. I may not have always completed each task in the correct order or in the timeframes I set myself in my Action Plan in the beginning, but I used this to make sure I was on track and always knowing what was too come next. I believe the use of this log through out my process had a big impact on the production of the pre-production itself as well as going into making sure I have all the parts completed too aid me towards my final outcome for my short film extract. 

Equipment List and Bookings

 I have completed this pre-production activity to provide a reputation of the kind of equipment I am going to need to produce my short film extract, and to show the booking process of this equipment from school. First I evaluated what kind of equipment I was going too need to use, such as the lenses I may need to get certain shots and several lights to make sure the lighting is same through different scenes to keep the continuity. Then I made sure to show how I would book the equipment for a filming day. I think having this step in the pre-production is a vey essential part of the pre-production process as it provides structure and organisation to the equipment and clearly shows the booking system and how it works for future reference.  

Contingency Plan

I have completed this pre-production activity to provide additional support and evaluation to my risk assessment by making a Contingency Plan, which helps to detail and explain solutions to all possible problems and incidents and the solutions to such things. To do this I mind mapped some ideas of possible points of conflict in order to then provide what to do if that situation was to happen, a colour coded them into three sections, Filming (the production), Editing (post-production) and the general problem of running out of time at any point during the making of my film. The darker shade being the problems and the lighter shades being the solution. I think this will have a big impact on my final production and it has evaluated all possible incidents beforehand, as to avoid panic, confusion, or either further problems by setting out what do in each situation.

 

Call Sheet

 I have completed this pre-production activity to provide a simple sheet of all contacts who are involved with or are present on a day filming and make the reasonability of each resource clear. I did this by providing all the people who will be present on this particular day of filming as well as the contacts for the location, giving an email and email for everyone (still awaiting some from people). This will have an impact on my final piece of film as it means if anything was to go wrong or these is a need to contact someone, this sheets makes it lot easier to solve that problem quicker and get back on schedule to filming and avoiding any cancelations.