In today’s session, we started by watching a movie preview of a film called “The Runaways”, it was about a family who lived by the sea, and the family is split apart as the Farther dies, this then leads to the uncle trying to capture the children to get an expensive family treasure.I really enjoyed ;it was really authentic and unique.It really captivated me in its story and the setting. The setting was beautiful , it was full of greenery and showed the true nature of the British countryside.After that, we then came together to work on our scripts and develop blocking, probs and locations.

I have learnt that movies don’t need to be like Hollywood films to be great. Also I have learnt a lot of work and effort goes into the process of movie making ; each role in a movie is vital to come movie together ; an example I learnt from the session is getting money for the movie. This is a really hard process, as it can take ages to get loans to achieve the visual imagery what is wanted, and camera equipment is really expensive and on top of that actors need to be payed.

In today session, I worked with my Team developing  ideas further from our first draft ; in our group I’m not the script writer anymore due to changes, but thankfully our first draft is complete so we went through it all – discussing what we like, and what maybe needs to change. We was so happy as a group as we was able to discuss and explain our idea and script with “The runaways” director. Richard  Heap was really impressed with our idea, and gave us some critical advice with probs and camera work.

I feel our next step for our short film is to start to collect all props, and focus on the features of the first draft that we liked, so we can develop these ideas further.Further more I feel we need to start a rehearsal of our scenes as well; as an actor I need to find out every detail about the character Im playing and research and get comfortable with the character Also.

4.1 Demonstrate good health and safety practice when working on film production

Health and safety is majorly important while working on film productions, as everyones health and well being is so important. Health and safety prevents accidents from happening which could cause extreme incidents. An example of this would be moving camera wires so no one trips and falls. Some of the key safety issues relating to film productions is having  a Risk management, this is vital as this ensures- how to avoid any accidents from happening. Another key safety issue relating to film production is making sure all the catering is checked, and everyone has identified what they can eat to avoid things like allergic reactions. Finally, another safety issue relating to film productions is haïr and make up. It’s vital that the products ingredients are checked and that the artist can wear the makeup and beauty products.

When making our film, before we shoot, we will do a risk assessment going to the locations and assessing the area to see what hazards come up, we will then check how we handle probs , for example in one scene, in our recent draft we are going to smash a guitar . Therefore we can get advice and watch videos before hand to avoid any major issues. Both these safety practises are really important as we can avoid any injuries happening but also we can make sure to bring safety equipment, like safety Goggles when smashing the guitar.

Production diary:

In Today’s session, we learnt how to work professional cameras which are used on film sets.

We had the privilege of being able to use them, creating our own little scenarios (walking around delivering coffee) to expierment and see our weakness’s while filming, an example of this would be someone’s leg being in the shot which wasn’t suppose to be.After learning all the methodology with working cameras, we went back to our groups to develop our short film ideas.

 I have learnt how to work professional film cameras, and what buttons means on the camera, also i have learnt how to safely remove cameras from tripods without damaging them.An example of what I have learnt would be turning the sensitivity down when someone’s speaking in a certain tone, and also to have a white balance before taking a shot.

On Saturday, working with others was pivotal as it’s apart of the professionalism; we had communicate well to get our ideas across, make sure our set was clear to film on, and work with the directors and filming team in our groups to get a clear vision on how the take will look.Going to the end of the session, our team came together to enhance and get our main idea down on paper.

From the previous session, i feel i need to develop how our short film will look on camera. This would be how different shots will look, how are scenes are going to look on camera and locations. To do this, our team was given a shot size list of paper. We used this, with our scripts to evaluate how different scenes will look. An example was in scene 1, when our character Sam is in a accident; me and my team looked at all shot sizes, and made a team decisions, concluding that close ups (Big close ups, extreme closeups) would be vital, to achieve the effectiveness of the accident. This helped us vision and add creativity to our ideas in the script. This was a massive advantage, as seeing which shot sizes we want for each scene, made the shot listing much easier.

4.2 Explain why copyright is important in the film industry

Copyright is so important in the film industry, as when making films, it’s from a unique perspective, it’s the full casts own creativity.This includes all filming, bloopers,logos that the film may have posters etc.If a production doesn’t have copyright, then this can lead to other productions stealing ideas and footage from someone else.

Copyright is a right given to a creator of creative work, to reproduce  the work and to protect the original ideas in the form of a creative work. The copyright law exists to give an author the right to copy and distribute their work. They have the  power to grant creators the exclusive right to control their creation for a limited period of time.

Copyright covers orginal and authentic work of authorship, this includes : literature, art, dramatic work, poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. If you use copyright material, without permission, you can get taken to court. If you have profited commercially in your film you may have to pay monetary damages.A judge could also impound your material and destroy it. You can avoid copyright by checking the music, materials used in your film, and if it’s already got the use of copyright in it. If it has, you can ask the owner for permission to use the copyrighted piece.You can also use uncopyrighted materials and Record your own content.

Right now, I feel Copyright hasn’t, and other IP regulations haven’t effected our film production.This is because we will be filming our own content, and when it comes to adding In music, we can search for uncopyrighted music and effects to add in our film.However my understanding with IP regulations isn’t so strong, so I need to do more research to avoid our group going against laws and IP regulations.