During filming it is reasonable to assume that we may come across a few interruptions that would temporarily halt our filming. It is important that we have solutions or 'back up plans' in case any problems arise during filming so that we can efficiently work past these pauses.
Are the roads we intend to film on busy with cars and pedestrians?
- Upon inspection we have found that the roads we will be filming on do not have hardly any pedestrians walking across them at certain times of the day. This included mid-day so we have decided to film at this time in order to prevent any unwanted pedestrians in the area we are filming. However, we found that while the roads weren't very busy with traffic there was still an occasional car at all times of the day so we would have to just be extremely cautious of this. We also found that the second road we would be filming on was much too busy with traffic and pedestrians so we decided to only film these scenes on the first location.
- We also found that on some of the roads we had planned on filming on the pavement was very uneven and would pose many risks to our cast and crew. We decided to avoid roads such as this whilst filming in order to protect cast, crew and equipment from accidents.
Several things could go wrong during filming and so this risk assessment is important to produce so that we can be prepared for any of the following events:
- We could experience bad weather such as rain or harsh winds during filming. This would make it impossible for the actors to work as they may become sick from the weather and as well as this the quality of filming would not be very good. In order to prevent this instance we have decided to secure the following day with our actors and equipment to be able to film.
- Actors may be sick or late when they are expected to film scenes so in the situation that one of our actors is not able to attend we will have 'understudies' on set to take over at any time.
- Props may get damaged during filming so we have a back up set of props that we can easily switch with the originals in case of any damages.
- Our equipment could break during filming so it is important that we ensure the cameras and such are kept safe from any risks as the cameras and equipment are being hired from Prior and are not our own.
- We will also have to ensure that we bring our extra memory cards during filming as we found when taking our sample footage we were not allotted much space and had to finish filming prematurely.
We will be filming on several locations as we need multiple sets for our short film. We need a new 'home' for each of the three customers, so we need at least three locations.
Location 1: Home Setting.
To be filmed at Sophie's (actor's) home in Tolesby.
Location 2: Home Setting.
To be filmed at my own home in Linthorpe.
Location 3: Home Setting.
To be filmed at Hannah's (other director/producer) home in Acklam.
Costumes and Props:
We will need multiple props in order to ensure that our mockumentary looks authentic.
Props:
- We will use 3 different purses/wallets containing money for each of the Customer's to 'pay' for their pizza deliveries.
- We will use between 2 and 3 Pizza Boxes for the Pizza Boy to deliver to customers.
- We will also use either a scooter or bike for the Pizza Boy to use as his transportation. A scooter is preferred for the comedic effect.
Costumes:
Pizza Boy:
- Red jacket displaying the Pizza Shop logo 'Pedro's Pizza' on the back, the front will have a smaller logo and also have a name tag.
- Matching red cap that will also display the logo.
- White shirt.
- Black or Blue jeans/leggings/pants.
Customers:
- All will be wearing average/everyday informal clothing.
