Production Monitoring Blog - 14/03/11

Progress
On Monday of last week, I started looking at mistakes that I had made in my storyboard and correcting them accordingly as well as reflecting what I had done the previous week.On Tuesday, while I was working on finding different parts of the song I am using on my soundtrack and writing down the timings on the song, there was a power cut and I lost all of the work that I was doing. To make up for this, I did the work that I had lost at home that night. On Wednesday, I had continued editing my storyboard so that it will be a good example of how my final product will turn out. The last lesson of the week, Thursday, I finished off the treatment that I had started the week before. Also, I thought of different ways I can make my idea work. Seeing as there was a power cut, everything did not go to plan. I had no real contingency in place for this unexpected occurrence

Targets
This week, I plan to finish all of my pre production work as well as getting a camera booked so that I can start editing. I will start this week by finishing off my script on Tuesday and if I finish that in time, which I predict I will,  I will get a list of characters that are needed for my production, and then I will list people that may be able to act in it and contact them and see if they are available for any time in the week and I will book my camera after I have done all of this. Wednesday, I will continue to edit my storyboard, giving me a good outline to what I need to achieve the day that I book my camera. Also, if I get my actors sorted and have all of them on board I will try and hold a meeting with them all on this day. On Thursday, my final lesson of the week, I will ultimately decide the costume that I want each of the actors to wear on the day.

Contingencies
Problems that I might encounter this week include that people I know may not be able to get enough actors for my production and I would have to ask people that I don't know to do important roles in the production which would raise a trust issue with people I don't know. I would get around this by re-scheduling my camera booking so that I can get actors that I know and trust to fill the role.