Choose from either the Production Diary or the Shoot Diary to document the process. DELETE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE NOT USING AND CHANGE THE PAGE NAME ACCORDINGLY
Production Diary
After each session answer these questions and include any photos taken:
Date:
- What did you do?
- What have you learnt?
- How have you worked with others?
- What do you need to develop?
OR Write or film your SHOOT DIARY for your portfolios.
Please include production photos, any behind the scenes footage, scripts, storyboards, other key production documents, planning and pre-production work you have been involved withand a link to the finished film.
What was your role in pre-production and what did you do?
What was your role on the shoot?
Briefly explain what happened each day of shoot.
What equipment and skills did you need to apply to your role?
How well prepared do you feel we were for the shoot? Explain.
What changes had to be made and why?
Did you have any feedback or advice from tutors / others on set?
In what ways did you improve your own knowledge and skills?
Who did you work with on set? How do you feel you worked with others on set?
What did you learn about how a film crew work together on a shoot?
Briefly explain how you followed good working practices for filmmaking? (Time management, health and safety, being reliable and coping with on set demands.)
Overall – How do you feel the shoot went? What went well/ didn’t go well? What would you improve on?
Production Diary
PRE PRODUCTION
What did you do?
My concept is two people in a relationship have broken up and want to spend one last day together. Nuclear man comes in to ruin it all and force them to isolate. They have canned food to survive. At the end of it the policeman tells them it’s safe to come out, and I will have a shot of a sunrise. To write my script I have taken my idea and formatted it in Celtx
What have you learnt?
We’ve learned about the three-act structure and inciting incidents and how they are relevant to the story. The inciting incident of my story: my characters goal – get back in relationship with significant other, and be safe from Nuclear Man. Nuclear Man is the catalyst to the story and starts it off. The second act turning point is where they find a place to hide from nuclear man. There’s a montage within my structure of them surviving across multiple days. The third act turning point is that they run out of food and have a massive argument. Through conflict they are able to get things of their chest. The resolution is they escape, and are safe, and decide they want to be together again.
I have created a risk assessment to look at dangers and threats that may affect my cast and crew. I will also made a storyboard of images where I am determining what I want the shots to look like.
How have you worked with others?
What do you need to develop?
This week I need to do some drawings for my storyboard to establish what I want my shots to look like and then put them in order so I know what the genderal look of my film will be. I also need to determine what Nuclear Man looks like because currently I don’t have a clear image of him in my head.
OR Write or film your SHOOT DIARY for your portfolios.
Please include production photos, any behind the scenes footage, scripts, storyboards, other key production documents, planning and pre-production work you have been involved withand a link to the finished film.
What was your role in pre-production and what did you do?
What was your role on the shoot?
Briefly explain what happened each day of shoot.
What equipment and skills did you need to apply to your role?
How well prepared do you feel we were for the shoot? Explain.
What changes had to be made and why?
Did you have any feedback or advice from tutors / others on set?
In what ways did you improve your own knowledge and skills?
Who did you work with on set? How do you feel you worked with others on set?
What did you learn about how a film crew work together on a shoot?
Briefly explain how you followed good working practices for filmmaking? (Time management, health and safety, being reliable and coping with on set demands.)
Overall – How do you feel the shoot went? What went well/ didn’t go well? What would you improve on?
