Planning - Target Audience

As our film is a two minute opening to a prison drama/film about an escaped convict going on the run. The target audience for our film is 15 years old and over basically, those who like watching prison dramas.

Group roles:
Research into target audience: Ollie.
Uploaded this post to the blog: James.

Planning - Call Sheet

Call Sheet

Location	Scene	Day of Filming	Actor/s needed	Duration of Filming
Rear entrance of the L Block	1	10/12/13	Ollie Mack	10 seconds
Outside the P.E. Block	2	10/12/13	Ollie Mack	7 seconds
The car park near the P.E. Block.	3	10/12/13	Ollie Mack	7 seconds
Muddy bank between the basketball courts and the main field.	4	10/12/13	Ollie Mack	12 seconds
The main field.	5	12/12/13	Ollie Mack	10 seconds
The stairs exiting the field opposite the Drama Block.	6	12/12/13	Ollie Mack	9 seconds
Past the entrance of the Drama Block towards the entrance of Main Reception.	7	12/12/13	Ollie Mack	10 seconds
The entrance of Main Reception	8	16/12/13	Ollie Mack	8 seconds

Group Roles:

   ·       Ollie Mack: Worked on the call sheet.

   ·       James Thornton: Uploaded and posted the call sheet to the blog.

Research into Film Distributions - The Shawshank Redemption

Film Distributor

A film distributor is the company or individual that is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing e.g. directly either for cinema viewing or home viewing e.g. DVD, television programs, download or video-on-demand.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Shawshank Redempetion was made in 1994. The budget for this film was $25,000,000.

Film distributors for Shawshank Redemption:

• PolyGram Film International.
• Columbia Pictures.
• Columbia TriStar Films AB.
• Rank Film Organization.
• Shochiku-Fuji Company.
• UGC Distribution.
• Warner Bros(Finland).
• Columbia TriStar Home Video.
• Warner Home Video.
• Columbia Broadcasting System.
• Warner Home Video.
• Universal Pictures Benelux.
•  Asmik.
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment.
• ITV DVD.
• Warner Home Video.
• Atlantic Film. 
• Future Film (Finland) 2008.

Box office: $28,341,469

Planning - Risk Assessment

Potential Hazard	Who is at risk?	Preventative Methods	Risk Potential (likelihood)
Running down a steep slope which he could lose his balance, trip over or fall in to the gorge.	Ollie	Walk slowly, take as much care while walking down.	High
Filming on the top of a steep slope on a wet surface.	James (Camera man)	Place the camera further away from the hill whilst on the tripod and zoom in to get the shot we want.	Medium/High
Running at the bottom of the hill and which runs onto a large area of gravel. Because it was on a wet surface, Ollie can easily slip over due to the lack of grip from his shoes.	Ollie	Slow down and take care smoothly whilst running onto the area of gravel.	Medium

Roles

We worked on this together

James uploaded this blog

Ollie checked and updated this post.

Planning - Location Shots

Location shots

1)   This is an establishing shot of the “Prison” that the Convict (main character) will escape from.

  

2)   This is a shot of the “Exercise Yard” that our prisoner uses daily for recreation, in the background you can see the “Perimeter fence” and “civilian” houses

3)   This shot shows the “Prison” gates and in the background  you can see a “Cell Block”

  

4)   This shot shows an empty prison cell similar to our convict that is going to escape during the film.

5)   This shot shows the head space above our convict’s prison cell.

6)   This is a different shot of the “Exercise Yard” that our prisoner will run across when he escapes, in the background you can see the “Perimeter fence” and “civilian” houses.

7)   This is the muddy bank our prisoner will run down to evade capture and detection from the prison guards.

8)   This is an establishing shot of the “Church” that the Convict (main character) will seek asylum and protection in, he also finds his brother praying in this “Church”

Roles: 
We both took the pictures
James set up the shots
Ollie set the work out and typed it up.

Planning - Shot schedule

Group Roles

We both worked on the shot schedule.

I typed this using Microsoft word and uploaded it to the blog.

Ollie checked for any necessary updates that might have been needed for the shot schedule, prior to before we actually started to filming.

Date of Shooting	Scene	Location	Actors Needed	Duration of Filming	Interior/ Exterior	Time Period: Morning/Afternoon
9/12/13	1	Classroom; English. L Block (3rd Floor)	Ollie	10 seconds (estimate)	Interior	Morning
9/12/13	1	English Classroom. L Block (3rd Floor)	Ollie Alex?	10 seconds (estimate)	Interior	Morning
9/12/13	1	English Classroom. L Block (3rd Floor	Ollie	12 seconds (estimate)	Interior	Morning
9/12/13	2	Hallway in the English Department. L Block (3rd Floor)	Ollie	10 seconds (estimate)	Interior	Morning
9/12/13	3	The main entrance to the L Block (Ground floor)	Ollie Alex?	12 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
9/12/13	4	Car park (near the P.E. Block)	Ollie	10 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
10/12/13	5	Basketball courts	Ollie	10 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
10/12/13	5	Near the basketball courts/near the field	Ollie	12 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
10/12/13	6	Outside the Drama/ICT block	Ollie	12 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
10/12/13	6	The doors to the entrance of main reception	Ollie	12 seconds (estimate)	Exterior	Morning
10/12/13	7	Inside main reception	Ollie	10 seconds (estimate)	Interior	Morning