After returning from the summer and pitching our screenplay ideas. I instantly wanted to work on Joe's idea - 'Day Seven', as the story drew me in and it was something I could imagine would look quite professional, if it was shot in the right location.
We were given time to form production groups. Ideally I would have liked to have been in a team with people I hadn't in the past or of whom were aiming for higher grades than a pass / merit.
However Ellie and Thalia both asked to work on the project, so 'Four Pigeon Productions' was formed. I was quite weary of working in a team with the both of them as I felt Ellie was more up for just 'messing around' and Thalia from the start was not prepared to take on any major responsibilities, even in the pre-production stage.
This straight away made me feel stressed over the work load that was about to come.
The First Meeting
The way in which I felt would be best to overcome any concerns or issues with the team was to tweak the way we held our production meeting.
By ensuring the group took ownership on each piece of pre-production, we could had a clear structure to ensure we met the deadline.
The main outcomes from our meeting were that Ellie knew of some friends / locations to film the indoor scenes and to act our main characters. Thalia also told the group that her father has his own office in a Drs surgery that we would be able to use. This would fit really well with the screenplay as the first scene is in a Dr's surgery.
Learning from previous tasks we all took part in a 'sign off' and signed to confirm that we agreed on what we were all responsible for and what needed completing.
I felt having this structure of a meeting gave the whole group clearance of each others views / opinions and also gave a vast amount of clarity to each member of the team.
Pre-Production
I was responsible just for completing the groups storyboard as it was quite a big task and learnt from previous mistakes from previous tasks in order to complete it to the best of my ability. I used a layout / template that I had gained a distinction on in my Advertisement unit to ensure it contained all of the appropriate information.
I also found that drawing each shot on my iPad and importing it into my storyboard was the easiest way to do so. It was very time saving and most efficient.
I also took into consideration the music and sound effects that will be heard throughout each shot of the production, to ensure a professional approach.
