Thursday, 5 April 2012

Contingency Plan

During the making of this opening sequence, there are bound to be problems. To deal with these we need to think of anything that could happen in advance and make a back up plan.

Cast dropping out/Unreliable actors/Bad actors:
We have gained actors for our characters, one of them being in our group, so there will not be a problem if anything happens for her role. If anything did happen, we have a back up which is definite and she will not drop out. Luckily, that much acting isn't required because her mouth will be covered so there wouldn't be much speaking needed from her. But her body language and facial expressions is what we need. For the mans role, the actor has experience in acting and is very mature, he will take it seriously and will not care what people think. He will put in 110% effort and if he can't do it, then we have a back up actor who is able to do it also.

Crew being late/getting lost:
Before we leave to go to the location, we will meet up with everyone we need and certain times when we know everyone is free. We will assure the actors of where it is if they are running late and if they dont know where it is one of the group members will meet with them somewhere known and make their way to the location.

Locations not being able to be filmed/Too noisy/Having too many people in the background making noise:
Our locations are simple and effective and we wont need permission filming there. One of them is in someone's house and the other is in woods, deserted buildings or creepy places which will be public. Even if we do need permission to film, we will ask and if not find another suitable location. If the location is going to be near a main road or where people will visit, we will make sure its distant from public and people and making sure we will not be disturbed.

Battery running out on camera:
Every time we film, we will make sure of the battery and always charge it full before we leave. If we use it alot and it runs out on us, then we will have to charge it and revisit the location. If anything has changed such as the lighting or weather, we will refilm everything on that day and make sure nothing is changed when we come to putting all our filmed bits together.

Continuity problems:
Fortunately, I always take notice of every detail regarding this and i will make sure it will not happen in our opening sequence, i will write down everything as i go along to make sure everything runs perfectly. Also, we will take pictures of the location and actors so we can resemble them if we film on another day helping us over-come these problems.

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