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Planning

Planning.  Prior to the shoot, we must spend time planning everything in detail so that we can better anticipate any obstacles. This process mostly begins in the pre-production stage, however, there are more specific planning processes that we go through right at the beginning of the production stage to ensure everything is prepared for filming. Shooting schedule The production schedule is what will aid me in the shooting process, keeping track of time and scenes. I've made a new production schedule (above) from the one I made during pre-production (below), as that one was far too much detail. It would have been somewhat useful, but having each individual shot mapped out was more the job of Ebony (camera) which she did when we started production. I separated the shot list out into each scene and based it off of the original production schedule and similar to the original timings. I also made use of weather symbols for each day to make it quick to see and plan ahea

Production

Production. This project is our final of the course and thus, seen by me at least as the most important. To me, this project will wrap up and represent everything I have been working towards, as well as what we have been working towards as a crew the past 3 years. Myself, Esme, Ebony, and Harvey have been working together since the first project, and so this project means a lot to us as a group. Due to the corona-virus outbreak, this project is going to go in a direction that we weren't initially prepared for. Obviously, because of social distancing, we won't be able to make the film we have been planning. However, I still need to be able to present work that has gone into this project from the perspective of the producer role, as well as how I've communicated that to my crew. Goals For this project, I want to have some clear goals to work towards, since the film can't be the main one. I've broken it down into sections as follows. Extensive research i