Film Planning: Daily Call Sheet No.2

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Film Planning: Daily Call Sheet No.1

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Film Planning: Scripting

This script is a first draft copy and is almost certain to change.

Aidan :   '2 years ago my life changed, I loved racing, it was my life. I was at Silverstone, it was a big race for me, somewhere I had dreamed of racing at. I felt the car slipping, that was it … I can’t remember a lot after that.

          

 ***

3 months later I woke up in a dingy hospital bed – I spent a lot of time in rehabilitation, and it’s taken a long time to get to where I am today.

I’m not the same person anymore…

I had grown up with racing and supported my dad throughout his career, I had won 2 world championships and I had never planned that at the age of 23 I would have to stop my dreams.

I often come back and just sit here watching, waiting as if something is going to change …'

Film Planning: Health and Safety- Risk Assessment

 (This written task was completed by Amber Runnacles)

 The risk assessment will be laid out in this way:

•  Risk        
• Severity of Risk ( L,M,H )              
• Prevention

 Risk no.1:

• Crossing the road            
•  L              
• Not many cars drive along this road so when crossing try to cross as a group and make sure to look for any traffic.

Risk no.2:

• Car going around track 
• H             
• It will be traveling at high speeds so we need to make sure that we stay out of the way of the track when the car is on it and make sure we are aware of the times it will be on the track.

Risk no.3:

• Cold weather    
• M            
• Because of the time of the year the weather can be very cold – snow is possible so warm and appropriate clothing and footwear is essential e.g. a coat and wellington boots.

Risk no.4:

• Slipping               
• M            
• The weather maybe a cause of this either the rain or snow could be an issue – especially if filming in the grandstands, take extra care and wear appropriate footwear.

Risk no.5:

• Equipment getting broken          
•  M            
• Be careful  when using the equipment especially when carrying it to the track, if the weather is bad then the risk of damaging the equipment e.g. it falling may increase.

Film Planning: Permissions and Location Scouting

(This written task was completed by Amber Runnacles)

Because we are lucky enough for our school to be located at Silverstone circuit filming an action packed motor sport film will be fairly easy. The school and are Media teacher have been talking to the people at the track to sort out a date when we can film and what type of car we will be filming. We knew that we wanted to film a motorsport film so we didn't have to think about many other locations and having it so close means that filming the clips should hopefully fit into are schedules as we are filming in the winter this will work well because of the school hours from 9 ‘til 5. The other place we are filming is within the school so we won't need permission for this, only to let someone know what room we will be needing and for how long.

Film Planning: Legality

(This written task was completed by Gaby Stocker)

For our opening scene we're not going to use any clips or photos that aren't our own, therefore we won't need to worry about copy-writing. However, we may use subtle background music along with our voice over, which we may need to check is copy-write free before we use it.

Film Planning: Casting

For our final idea, we needed a character who represents someone of a relatively young age, yet looked old enough to have competed in a number of motorsport events. We felt no-one in our group could represent this character, so we planned to look outside of our planning group for actors. However, it became clear that it would be a logistical issue to get someone from other lessons to act for us. As I am the only male in the group, I will be playing the role of the main character. For the parts of the fan girls, Gaby, Amy and Amber have decided to play the parts as they already suited the parts. This concludes all parts in our film.

Film Planning: Lighting

(This written task was completed by Gaby Stocker)

   

As we're filming outside we cannot really plan for lighting because it's up for to the weather which we can't predict. As we're filming in December/January it will start getting dark at around 4pm, which could mean that we won't be able to film after that. This means that we need to be quick whilst filming to make sure we get everything done before then. 

For the scene inside where we film the trophies and newspaper articles we are planning on filming it in a small room in our school. This room has two large windows which will let in natural light and there is also lights in there which you can control the brightness off, so if we need more light we can adjust it.

Film Planning: Props

(This written task was completed by Amber Runnacles)

Props will consist of:

• Newspaper - headlined with crash
• Racing hats - Driver and pit/ fan girls
• Trophies - symbolizing the success of the driver
• Flags - checked and yellow flags to use whilst filming
• Wheelchair - showing how the
• Tools and mechanic equipment

The props will help to create the atmosphere and set the scene for the opening for the audience. We are hoping that all the props can be easily sourced if they can’t we may have to re think some parts.

Film Planning: Test Shots

 (This written task was completed by Amy Martin and Gaby Stocker)
This is a test shot that will be in the opening scene to show the newspapers, pictures and trophy's. This is a good set to use, as by the picture we can see that the room can be dark to create the feeling we want to give to the audience. This test shot also shows us that this room could look quite homely but dull at the same time, which is good as this is what we want to do. 


We also took another shot but this time with light. We did this to see the contrast between the dull dark room to a happier light room. This is good as if we want to change our mind and have this section of the opening scene happy, we know we can and don't even have to change the set. 

Amy and Gaby completed the test shots and discussed the positives and negatives about them. 

 

Film Planning: Costume

 (This written task was completed by Amy Martin)

As our story is two sided we need to show the contrast between him being sad and happy. For the flash backs we need happy colours to represent him in his happy race days.

So for the racer we need to:

• Borrow or find a race suit
• Borrow Aviators glasses
• Borrow a race cap

For the three race girls we need: We have decided to have this as the costume for girls as we are unsure on the weather and as we are filming in December/January we are going to assume it’s going to be cold so can’t go full on out in race girl gear.

• Three race tops (Amber has 3 we can use)
• Either tights and skirt or black trousers, which we will be able to get ourselves
• Three race caps, which we already have ourselves
• High heeled black boots
• Leather Jacket

Injured man (casual clothing): We need him to look dull in this part of the opening as this is that sad point in his career so the colour of the clothing needs to be black and greys. Also because he is older we need to show the stereotypical side of him being boring.

• Jeans
• Black long coat
• Grey jumper
• Black or brown shoes
• Messy Hair 

Film Planning: Audience Testing

(This written task was completed by Amber Runnacles)

Do you like Action films?

Not particularly

Would you watch a film, filmed at Silverstone?

Yes

Why?

Because we go to school here and it would be interesting to see it filmed in this location

Who would you watch this sort of film with?

Dad

Our film is going to be about a driver who has been injured in a racing accident, he is looking back at his time as a driver and reminiscing, this will be shown as him sitting in a grandstand in a wheelchair at the beginning, the film is going to show the ups and downs in his career through the years. Do you think this sounds interesting?

I'm not sure , depends on how the flashback scenes are shot, so they don't take up too much time

What would you expect to see in this type of film?

Action

Cars

Explosions

What would make this film even more appealing to you?

would want a story line - not typical of this kind of film

interesting

well thought out

What's your favourite genre of film ?

rom- com

Would you like to see elements of this included?

yes

(End of the interview)

We asked Molly these questions in an interview style, this was mainly because the people who had agreed to be in our focus group were absent, we plan to talk through are ideas with them at a later date to get there opinion.

Film Planning: Storyboard

For the storyboard task we all sat and discussed how we wished the film to be planned and the order in which each shot would be taken. This helps us in our production as we are able to understand what shots need to be taken along with the editing that must go along with it. For our filming day this helps also as we know what we must do on the day, meaning we can start filmimng early without any planning on the day.

Film Planning: Make-up

(This written task was completed by Amber Runnacles)

• There will be one main character in our film opening, this character will be male - so heavy make-up isn't needed.

• There will be shots of the actor as a racing driver when he was slightly younger - we just need to make sure he looks awake and ready to go, we can do this by concealing the under eyes to eliminate any dark circles that may be visible.

• There will then be shots of the actor after his accident, it is important he looks, tired, ill and sad - we can do this by make his eyes darker. Because he will have an injury and be in a wheel chair we could create bruises or scars if the area is going to be visible ( this will be dependent on the weather on the day)

• There will be 3 pit girls/ fans in the scene - these will be dressed up so will need to be heavily made up with lots of make-up, giving them the stereotypical look of their character.

Film Planning: Final Idea

We have decided to use Idea no.1 as our final idea. Our idea is that we’re going to have a middle-aged man sat in the stands of the race track, reminiscing about his time as a driver. The ex-driver will also be disabled, after an accident he had previously in the sport. the voice over will be read by this character, and will be slow paced and emotional, whilst it slowly reveals the plot behind the film (if it were made). We have decided to not reveal his disability to the audience until the last take in the opening, however we do not know how to do this yet. 
The first logistical problem we talked about was actually getting a wheelchair for the injured man to sit in. We need to go and ask school medical to see if they have one there that we could borrow for the day of filming. If we can’t find the wheelchair we will have to find crutches or something else which symbolises how dramatically he was hurt in this crash, unless we are able to find a wheelchair from another source. 
During the opening sequence we are planning on doing a long shot of the man in the garage surrounded by girls, which then fades into a long shot of him sat in his wheelchair in the same garage. This conforms to the stereotype of disabled people that they’re not as popular as abled people, and it also makes the audience feel sorry and sympathise for the older man which is what we want as he’s the protagonist.

We also need to source some props to include in our opening scene which might be difficult. We need trophies and newspapers to show how successful this driver was before his crash, and we’re going to make some fake newspapers with headlines about his success and then about his crash. We also want to include a yellow flag, which highlights that there has been a crash on the track which will just make sure that the audience knows that there was an accident. 

 For costumes we need to source a race-suit for the younger man to wear which will signify that he was in fact a driver and it will be a comparison to the ‘normal’ jeans and t-shirt that we’re going to have the older man in. We want to conform to the stereotype of older men and make him wear dull and boring colours, which will show a comparison to how exciting his life used to be compared to how it is now. 

We also talked about character and casting. As we’ve decided we need an young adult to be in our opening, we need to find and cast one who will be available for filming the whole day we have on the track. This could be a problem because if we ask a teacher they may not be free for the whole day and it will be difficult getting a student out of lessons for an entire day. 

The last thing we need to look at is the sound and lighting in our shots. For most of the shots we don’t want any ambient sound and just want the voice over. This means that we need it to be silent when we film, however we could just edit the sound out. For our inside shots we need to make sure that the lighting is good enough to film. We’re going to take test shots in the room we were planning on using to see if we need to add artificial light to make the quality of the shot better.

Film Planning: Developed Idea No.3

The main plot for our third an final developed idea includes a young character/racer who aspires to be like his father or grandfather, who were successful race drivers. He would have never met either his father or his grandfather as they died in a motorsport acciedent.
In one scene, we would have clips of the father racing, whilst the apiring racer would comment over the videos.

• The logistical issue with this idea is that all clips we make must be orginal, meaning we would have to film racing at Silverstone. Due to the time of year we are filming (January/February), no motorsport events will be taking place and if there were any, racing would be done during the weekend, meaning we couldn't get the equipment from the UTC to film. 

In this film opening, we would also have shots of newspapers and trophies to help us establish the talent that the [grand]father had.

• The issue with this is whether we could find trophies to use as props. Due to our age, it may be difficult to find anyone with enough experience in motorsport to borrow trophies from. Also, we would need to find newspapers which show a title related to motorsport, which is a rarity in media in this current period. 

Film Planning: Developed Idea No. 2

The main plot for our second idea is based again on a character reflecting on past experiences. However, the character is one that currently races and will be flashbacking to their childhood.
The main character will be sat either in the pit garage or will be satin a garage at home whilst surrounded by people.

• As with idea 1, there are areas of Silverstone that we cannot access, meaning it will be very difficult to get permission to film in the garages. This means the idea of filming at home is far more feesable.

As with idea 1, a flashback is used to represent a previous event in the drivers life, however it is from a drivers view reflecting on his childhood. This means the logistical issue of filming racing is eliminated.

• However, finding someone to act the scene including the younger child may be an issue. This is because consent from parents to film must be used, along with extra safeguarding issues which must be addressed. If we use an older actor we will not need to ask parents for consent, however it will render the flashback useless as our idea of reflecting on childhood will not be clearly, if at all represented.