R+P Post 14: Our filming arrangements

For our test shoot, we made a clear plan so that we all knew what we were doing to avoid confusion. The plan also helped things to run smoothly on the day. This was completed on a shoot organisation form. The form contained information such as the date, call and wrap times, locations, actors, props and equipment release times. It was signed by all members of our group, our teacher and our media technician. Below is a copy of the form.

Shoot Organisation Form

The arrangements we made we as follows:

• Crew call time: 9:00am
• Crew wrap time: 4:00pm
• Locations: Sian's house and Epping Forest
• One actress (Tyra) who was messaged the details of shoot arrangements

We also made a shootboard which contains the order of each shot as well as the framing and camera movement, actors/actresses, props and crew roles. The shootboard was useful as it made sure everything ran on time and it was a way of recording every shot and the number of takes required. It also had space for us to write the best take after watching the rushes which helped to make editing easier and efficient.