Post 7: Additional Pre-production Documentation

Cast, Crew, Equipment and Props lists

Mise-en-scene description

Set Design/Location

The room is spacious and is a perfect school setting of a class room. It has 4 windows on one side of the room, with navy blue carpet; there are large lights on the roof creating a lit environment to work in, we placed the table at the back of the room.

Props

One light brown table and two blue chairs opposite sides of the table. We will use this layout for the props as it is a realistic set out. Another key prop is a mobile phone of which will be kept in characters pockets until it needs to be used.

Lighting

The main source of light will be the natural light coming from the many windows in the English room, we will be also using artificial lighting that is already provided to help make sure the audience can see everything that’s happening in the scene.

Character Movement

At the start of the filming PAUL is sitting in the class room on his own texting SALLY there is no monolog in this scene, SALLY then walks into the room and sits opposite to PAUL at the table. After the two characters have spoken their dialogue, PAUL gets up and goes to comfort SALLY, SALLY storms out and slams door behind her. We chose this character movement as it is straight to the point and has enough going on to show different shots.   

Costume

SALLY: Black body-con skirt, blue jumper and denim shirt.

PAUL: Navy Body warmer, black trousers, smart shoes and a t-shirt.

These costumes are everyday ware, and realistic to our situation as the characters are meant to be natural.

Hair / Make-up

SALLY: Hair tied up in bun, simple face make up.

PAUL: Hair, no-make up.

Location Recce

Technical Recce:

To prepare filming there are a few problems which could affect our filming during production. As we will be mostly be using natural light from the windows if weather forecasts predict bad storms it could make lighting more darker ruining the mood of the film. Another problematic situation is if the camera malfunctions and we are incapable of filming this could delay our timetable in which we use to plan out our shooting schedule.

As we are filming in the English room there is a chance that the room could be booked or locked restricting our access to the English room, or problems of people not part of the cast could come in causing chaos on set. Props are also at risk of breaking or not working as we have a scene of phones sending texts if the phones don’t work at the time it could ruin the text scene.

During the close up of the feet scene people could walk down the corridor student could come out of class and accidently come into shot going against continuity. Also during the feet scene we use unnatural light meaning if the lights short circuit it could be impossible to film with no light at all.

Shooting Schedule