Television Production

Reflection. This project has been one of the most difficult but has also been the one that I have learnt the most from. We've faced a lot of obstacles as a team as well as individuals but we've worked really hard to get the project to this stage and we now know that if we decide to take it further into production once lockdown is lifted, we have the resources for that and have done all of the testing that we can possibly do. What went well? This project had a lot of obstacles but there are elements that went well for us and we were able to work with. As a team: Test shoots The test shoots were really productive for us, especially the fight scene as this was able to show us how to safely carry out this shoot. It was also a good opportunity for Ebony to learn how to use some of the equipment and how Esme could block the scene. It was ultimately all we had to work with visually and it was good to have these to refer back to when thinking about what we can improve whe

Test shoots. Due to the situation with COVID-19, test shoots have grown in importance for the project as this is all we have to work with in practice until we're able to rearrange production. Before lockdown started, we were able to carry out some location recces and test shoots that I arranged. Some of these were filmed during pre production, however, as it's the only visuals that we have to work with, it's useful for me to show how I produced these scenes and reflect on them in terms of my role. Car Scenes I've written about these scenes here already during the pre production unit but I figured that it would be useful to reflect on them especially as these were the key scenes for concern surrounding health and safety. These scenes were going to be filmed on a private track that belonged to a local of Herne Bay. I sourced this location by posting on the local Facebook group for Herne Bay. I made a risk assessment for this location and what we would be do

The Budget. I've made the budget as easy to navigate as I can whilst including as much detail as needed to keep on top of expenses. I have managed the budget from the start of the project and we all donated an equal amount to one bank account (that I had access to) so that I could track incoming and outgoing funds. I did write a small amount about the budget here during the last project but I wanted to expand on this and look into post-production costs. We decided to use my Monzo account because Monzo has very good budgeting features. It shows your spending over the period of a month, and also predicts if your spending will last you to the end of the month or not. Opening a current account and savings account is all free, it's entirely run off of the app, and you get the card sent to you within 3 days of downloading the app and inputting your information. It's secure and verified with ID, and has been rated from 4.5-5 stars out of 5 on Trustpilot, finder.com and mon

Broadchurch. Broadchurch is a UK crime drama series following the murder investigation of a child, Danny Latimer, in a small fictional seaside town. I wanted to research this show because of the writing and also the producing. Writing The show reflects a realism in the writing whilst also maintaining the drama of the story. It also is representing a subject that could be triggering to some viewers and so to understand the way that the programme addressed the subject is also useful. It will link to what we should be asking of the actors and the scenes when we shoot them to make sure that we don't cross any moral boundaries. The show also tries hard to skew the viewer's opinion of who was the murderer and this is an interesting method of telling the story. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find a copy of the script for the show, only transcripts which are taken after the show has been filmed. I wanted to look at the script to assess any changes from script to s

The Script. As this is the main source for our film content and where we will be working from for this project, I figured that I should perfect the script as best as I can through analyses, research and adjustments as well as enquiries with my director. I decided that since we aren't making the film, I ought to make sure the script is completely perfect before it is submitted as the final script for the project.  Original Here is the script in its initial form, as it was submitted for the Pre Production unit. I did some of my work on Google Docs but that application doesn't work with tabbed in lines (putting it in the correct format) so I had to write the script on Microsoft Word, which worked better anyway. Speech Using Word's 'Markup' feature, I read through the script and made a few changes to the speech in the script, making sure that all of the speech developed either the character or the story. Everything needed to be necessary and doing som