Risk Assesment

Run:There Is Never Enough Time-Production schedule

Above is the schedule of the filming during our alotted week, included in the picture are the days and hours of the days we filmed. There is also a corresponding key for what we filmed each day.

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This is our daily planning sheet for the week we filmed in. It states what characters were used on what day and what costume was needed.

Actor List

Carl Backland: The main character in the film Vincent Fitzpatrick. We thought he would be perfect for the role as we know him very well and he is an easy person to work with. He also has had some minor involvement in acting before.

Andrew Evans: The main characters brother and fellow gang member, Andrew is the character who dies in the drive by scene.

Ben Bowker: Ben plays the getaway driver in the drive by scene. We thought Ben would be a good actor for this part because the car he would be driving would his own so he is familiar with it, he is a good and safe driver and was more than happy to volunteer his car and himself for the trailer.

Phil Lanyon: Phil plays a fellow gang member in the film who is involved in the argument with the main character. We thought would be a good actor to have in our trailer because we have known him for a long time and we know he is capable of getting into character.

Costume List

Our film is based around graffiti but with a gang culture in it as well so we thought it best to have dark, baggy clothes with such things like hoodies and tracksuit pants. The film is only meant to take place over a short period of time so the costumes in our film did not have to vary much each day and some of the filming was done at night so the items of clothing cannot be properly identified anyway.

Running scenes: the main character wore a black hooded top and black tracksuit bottoms, he also wore a black cap. The extras in these scenes did not need costumes and could use what they were wearing at the time as they were playing pedestrians.

Graffiti scenes: In the scenes were the main character is seen doing graffiti you cannot see the bottom half of his body so that is irrelevant, he is wearing the same black hoodie and has a black bandana to hide his face as he is committing a crime.

Extra'a in all scenes: In all the scenes that extras are used they are wearing their own clothes as they are either playing pedestrians or in the scene were the gang is seen all together it is night time and they are all wearing dark clothing.

The drug dealing scene:In this scene it was very important that the characters had hooded tops on to cover their identity because hey wear committing an illegal act.

Drive by: In this scene the shooter only had to have on a leather glove whilst holding the prop gun, the leather glove was so that it seemed some what professional and so in the film he didn't get finger prints on the gun. The character dying in this scene wore an outdoor coat with a hooded top underneath, his costume was not as important as in other scenes because he is not doing anything other than waiting.

Fight scene: Again in this scene the characters were not doing anything suspicious but they still had to wear dark clothes to fit into the theme of the film.

Magazine mock up

This is a mock up of the magazine cover for total film that I will be designing, it will be based around our film 'RUN'

Mock up for my film poster

This is a brief layout of how i plan to do the poster for our film 'RUN'

Research Questionnaire and results

For my research I have designed a questionnaire to help me gain a greater knowledge of my audience: my questionnaire can be found here

The results for my questionnaire can be found in the table below.

Run: filming locations

Red Lion bridge and canal underpass(maghull):

The bridge is used in a scene to establish a relationship between two characters as they are seen walking across it together. The canal underpass is for a graffiti tagging seen done using a deodorant can. We thought these to be suitable locations as the bridge walkway is narrow and we can use a good camera angle in this shot, the underpass is a good idea for a graffiti scene as there is already graffiti on there.

Alley by Hudson park (maghull):

This location will be used for the fight scene where two of the main characters get into an argument. We feel this would be a good location for this scene because the characters are seperated from everyone else and the argument is just between these two.

Renshaw Street and quiggins store (liverpool):

This location is where a very important scene takes place in the film, it is where the graffiti stops and the harder crimes come in like drug dealing. The footage used from quiggins was of graffiti on shop fronts and walls. We thought this would be a good idea because the drug deal scene will be completed at night and this will add alot of atmosphere to the scene.

Car park in maghull square:

This location will be used for the drive by scene, we think it is a good place to film this scene as not many cars go there at night and it will give lots of room for the car to manouver and drive away quickly.

Underpass subway (maghull):

We thought the subway would be a good location for the scene where the main character drops the cans and for a running scene because it is a confined space so the main focus is on the character running and not the surrounding scenery.

Ballswood Bridge underpass:

This location will be used for a graffiti scene, we think this will be a good location for this as upon previous visits we have noticed multiple graffiti tags underneath the bridge.

Empire front cover analysis

Total Film front cover analysis

Run: there is never enough time-Props for filming

Throughout the trailer a number of props where used to be more creative in the scene and make the film seem more realistic and true to life. Here are the main props that where used.

Spray paint can and Deodorant can:

As the film is primarily based around graffiti this is a major prop in the film and is used within many of the scenes. Two empty cans of spray paint where used and one can of deodorant, the deodorant was used as a visual effect to make it seem like he was actually spraying graffiti onto a wall when in actual fact no damage was done. The empty cans of spray paint are to be filmed in separate scenes and once put together it will appear as though he was vandalising the wall.

Fake Gun:

For the scene that involved a gun we used a Playstation 2 light gun with the wires cut off. This appears on camera very realistic and close to the real thing. We thought it best to use this rather than some sort of cap gun as this would have made too much noise and possibly distressed passing pedestrians.

Car:

We needed a car for the drive by scene so the shooter could remain anonymous, one of our friends volunteered his car and we where happy to accept as he is a safe experienced driver. There was one worry during the car scene because after the shooting we needed a quick get away which involved wheel spin, we where only going to attempt this part of the scene once as it is loud and may disturb people.

Camera Flash:

The camera flash is needed for the drive by seen also, the flash went off from within the car and was to replicate the flash of a gun. Because this scene was filmed at night the flash stood out alot and was used to good effect.

Flour:

Flour was needed in one scene to create the effect of cocaine, it was wrapped in sellotape and exchanged between two people. We where cautious when filming this scene because people may think that it is the real drug and we notified by standers that it was just flour.

Cigarette:

A cigarette is used in one scene to establish a character into the film, he blows smoke from the cigarette into the camera, it is also used in another scene where to characters are seen walking over a small bridge and one character is holding a cigarette. The use of the cigarette fits into the gang image and culture.

Soundtrack for trailer

For our trailer we have decided to go with Mobb Deep's survival of the fittest instrumental. We decided to use this because it fits into the film quite well with the element of rap/hip hop. It also allows for a narrator or voice over as the instrumental version is not too loud or overpowering. The tempo of the song fits into the trailer well also, as the trailer becomes more intense the tempo of the song picks up. Below is the song we have chosen.

RUN: Never Enough Time- Storyboard

RUN: Never Enough Time- Storyboard

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This is the storyboard for our A2 media film 'RUN', it contains the plan for our trailer including camera shots, what scenes to be used and soundtrack and other sound effects to be added in. Click the images to see them clearly.