I filled out a shooting schedule to organise when I would film the rushes, stating the date and time, the location that I would film in, what actors I required, the costumes and props that were included and what equipment I needed during the session. The day before, I reminded the actors what time and what they needed to bring to the shoot so that we were organised and had everything we needed.
When filming the voice over for the advertisement, I used a script to read off of so that I had everything included and make the voice over flow more without hesitation and forgetting parts. When I first wrote the script, I discovered it was too long, so I cut parts out and refined the sentences so that it was the duration of 30 seconds.
Having a separate document for the costume and props list allowed me to explain in detail what I wanted the actors and actresses to wear when filming the shots for the advertisement. I gave the dancers this list so that they could arrange what they needed to get or buy which saved the hassle of rushing to get costumes and props. The planning document even went into detail about the make up and hair for example, normal daily make up and hair tied back for a dance lesson. I used this document to check whether everyone was wearing the correct costume so that we could then go onto filming shots for the advertisement.
The location visit details enabled me to briefly assess the risks that were in the locations, it scheduled what time I could use the location as the spaces are not always free, it told me who I needed to ask in advance to book the space and displayed a picture of what the space looked like.
When I decided who I wanted to cast in the advertisement, I wrote a list stating who was going to be in the advertisement and who they were going to play. I decided who was going to be in it, as I visited one of the academy classes beforehand and listed who was in the class. I did not want to use dance students from all years and I planned to film the actual academy class so that I was showing what the class actually does. Having who I wanted really helped as I knew who I had to inform about what days and times we were shooting and what they needed to bring. I then used this list to check if everyone attended the shoot.
I used the location visit sheet to visit the spaces I was going to use for the advertisement to assess the risks using the risk assessment planning document. I used this planning sheet whilst filming to remind myself what risks could possibly occur whilst I was filming my rushes and this helped the actors and the crew avoid any injuries or problems that could happen. Being aware resulted in there being no problems during the shoot.
Once I had filmed all of my rushes, I imported my work onto iMovie and then put them into final cut so that I could begin editing. Firstly I created a rushes log to write all of my shots down by describing what was in the shot, how long the shot was and whether it was a good enough shot to use in the advertisement. I was then able to refer to this when editing the advertisement together as I could see which shots I wanted and didn't want to use. I downloaded music off of a royalty free website and searched for inspirational and uplifting music to suit well with my advertisement. I then put this into Final Cut and cut it to 30 seconds. then I dragged my clips onto the timeline and began cutting the clips to the desired time and pieced them together using my planning documents. This made the process much faster as I was able to refer back quickly to the documents.
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