Video Planning Document

Crew Names

• Ashley Dawson• Robert Hickman

ProposalWorking Title

Too Far

Narrative/Story

The film follows two adolescent boys; Rob, a harmless boy practicing football skills on his own, and Dennis, a troublesome youth with an urge to hurt others and steal things. Dennis steals a football Rob is playing with, resulting in a chase across school.

Requirements of the brief

• Needs to be 1 - 5 minutes long• Cannot include any dialogue• Must be filmed on college grounds• You can film in your own time, however you will have to supply your own equipment• Made for 16-19 year olds

ProposalAudience

16-19 year olds (most likely teenagers)

Purpose

The main purpose of this film is to entertain the audience. It aims to do this by providing comedy and action themes which will keep the audience intrigued throughout. The audience, which will be teenagers, will be entertained by this film because there are teenagers present as the main characters and there are lots of humorous tones throughout. The film generally provides insight as to what life can be like at school.

Contingency PlanningPotential Issue Solution

Bad weather • Choose another day to film. • Be prepared to change filming location.

Crew illness Bring a back up person.

Equipment failure • Check all equipment before using it.• Bring extra equipment just in case failure

occurs.

Location: • Field in use for a PE lesson. • Animals running across the field

• Check location before using. • Film another day or at another location.

Full SD card • Put in a new card.• Upload all files from the card onto the computer and then format the card and reinsert it to the camera.• Carry a spare SD card on set.

Empty battery • Carry another fully charged battery on set.• Check the amount of power left in the battery before we use it.

Health and SafetyPotential Issue How will the issue be

avoided?Student complaining that we’re filming them • Make sure we don’t make it look like particular

students.• Delete the footage if they come up to us.

Trip or fall • Be aware of natural obstructions and tripod legs. • When doing fake tackles, do not use undue force.

Equipment • Be aware of where equipment is placed on the location at all times.

Questions by staff • Carry student card to prove who we are.• Explain to them why we’re filming.

Cars coming past the way to the field • Look around for cars or other vehicles.• Use the zebra crossing.

Slipping • Cleaners cleaning the floor in the Atrium.• Raining outside.• We will look out for ‘caution wet floor signs.’

ScheduleDay Plan of Action Resources Required

Day 1 • Filming the running part.• Ash kicking the ball in Robbie’s face.• Ash and Rob practice their skills together (ending scene).• Ash intends to steal the ball again (ending scene).• Running away with the ball.• Rob gets back up.• Rob staggers back to College.• Filming from the atrium looking up to Floor 3.

Football Camera Tripod Costume Make-up

Day 2 • Ash in Learning Centre on Floor 3.• Hiding the ball.• Ash reading the Newspaper.• Inform the Learning Centre staff.• Ball in the lift going to Floor 4.

Football Camera Tripod Costume Make-up Newspaper

Day 3 • Rob runs down to ground floor.• Ash runs up to Fourth Floor.• Ash runs down the back stairs, assuming that Rob has

gone up the main stairs.• Rob runs up the same stairs.

Football Camera Tripod Costume Make-up

Day 4 • Ash and Rob run into each other on the stairs.• Rob hits Ash across the face with a bottle.• Ash drops the ball. Rob picks up the ball and runs off.• Then Rob turns round and asks if they want to practice

again.• End of filming.

Football Camera Tripod Costume Make-up Plastic bottle

Schedule

Day 5 • Put all the videos together in order of which time they were filmed.

• Scrap the videos that will not be used in the big film.• Adding sounds effects.

• Camera• SD card• USB lead• Computer

Day 6 • Put the music together.• Add in subtitles.• Add in pictures.

• Computer• Editing Programs

Day 7 • Continue editing. • Computer• Editing Programs

Day 8 Finish and submit the final. Save the file as a video. Email work to tutor.

• Computer• Memory stick

ResourcesResource Who will supply resource?

Football Robbie Hickman

CameraTripodSD CardBattery

College

Plastic bottle Ash Dawson

ResourcesResources needed to be

purchasedCost

Plastic bottle Sub £1

LocationsBack Stairs

(near front of building)Floor 2

Atrium Playing field

Lifts at the Atrium

PersonnelCrew Member Job Role

Robbie Hickman Subtitles Editing Footage TogetherSound editing

Ash Dawson Music editingFilming

Teaching assistant Filming

PersonnelCast Member Character

Robbie Hickman Rob (victim)

Ash Dawson Dennis (bully)