Further PDP

Since I haven't really watched all that many movies recently to blog about here are some PDP extracts!
Not guaranteeing they are in order but hey!

Production Meeting, Abigail

Today in Abigail’s production meeting was much the same as the previous meetings apart from a few scheduling adjustments. The production team and Abigail went over if locations had been sorted and such, and also what was happening with the actors and such.
Also Abigail went over a health and safety release form, basically a table you tick a box for each required health and safety measure and such.

Abigail also showed us a sample of an actor’s contract that would be signed with the RSAMD. The form allows for us to use the footage as we please and that the actors would have no control over how it is used, this was also true for the location contracts.


Monday 8th June 2009-06-08


Today was a production day, so John, Luke and myself went to the Café bar to go over the shot list in an effort to shorten it down, as per requested by production. We noted a few MS groupings that would jar if edited together so we noted for them to be resolved in some way. We also noticed a few shots in some of the scenes that could be achieved in one shot, such as a pan or tilt.

Later on in the day I sat down and created some props for Charlotte as instructed to by production. My task was to create ticket stubs and also an old looking circus poster. After a slow start I got them done, and now I have to wait and see weather its what they were after, or if some tweaks are required.


Editors/Sound Meeting with Director

Today we sat down with the director to go over what us the editors and sound had gone over in the previous meeting we had together but with the director not there. It was essentially the same meeting going over the same points but explaining them to the director. With the director obviously in-putting some of her input as to what we had envisioned the edit and post sound to look and sound like.

For example in the script where the key is turning in the lock, what kind of sound do you want this to be? Loud? Rusty noise of key turning? Or quiet modern lock?

One other example would be what sound she wanted for the juggling trance shot, we explained a quiet whooshing of air sound effect would entrance the audience even more into the what was happening in the frame. The director seemed more than happy with our notes for the production and was a very productive meeting.


Abigail Production Meeting

Today in Abigail’s production meeting it was just a general progress report to Abigail from the production team on how the production is moving forward. The production team explained they had auditioned a number of actors and have basically chosen the actors what they want, and that the previous choice for Beu has been let go as he was just that little bit to young. But from what I gathered they have another child actor they will be hiring.

Abigail explained to the production team all the legal ins and outs of hiring a young actor, Abigail went over such items as showing the actors passport to the human resources department, and also to make a photocopy of the passport.

Also on a side note, the production team have swung back to using Benoit’s flat for the shoot, which will also free up a large sum of the budget as they will not need to pay for it, except for electricity and such.