What Is A Call Sheet?
A call sheet is a chart issued to the cast and crew of a theatrical or film production, listing the production schedule (times, dates, places etc). Typically, in addition to including a schedule, the call sheet also includes a list of contact information for other members of the cast and crew, this would benefit the whole production in case of an emergency because it would save time trying to find people - the call sheet would provide the whereabouts of everybody involved and the times.
Our Call Sheet
We decided a call sheet for filming was going to be extremely useful for the days we were planning to film on. The sheet we prepared and distributed to everybody involved in our project is shown to the right.
We also knew from our AS production that call sheets also contain other useful information such as contact details such as mobile numbers, emails, as well as script pages. We also found out that advanced call sheets often contain details on weather, locations of local hospitals, sunset/sunrise times and locations of local hardware stores! They commonly have information on transport details, which is vital to ensure everyone is were they need to be.
What Is A Risk Assessment Form?
A Risk Assessment is a systematic method of looking at professional work activities, considering what could go wrong, and deciding on suitable control measures to prevent loss, damage or injury in the workplace. The assessment form should include the controls required to eliminate, reduce or minimise the risks.
We thought it was very important to assess the risk involved with our filming location and any equipment as it was vital to be prepared for every stage of planning and filming.
This allowed the filming to run smoothly and allowed the group to work knowing what and where potential risks would be on the set of filming.
Our risk assessment form is shown to the left and was distributed to each person involved in the production of our music video.
Equipment/ People List
- 1 camera
- 1 tripod
- 1 extension cables
- 1 Mac Book (for editing)
- 1 music player (so miming and dancing can be done in time)- 2 gold light filters
- 1 car (for transport as well as a potential lighting source)
- torches and umbrellas
- waterproofs (to wear whilst not filming in case of rain)
- 1 camera (to take still shots)
- 1 leadrope (for handling the horse)
- 2 dancers (both female - to represent the male and female roles)
- 1 male actor (to mime the lyrics)
- 1 driver (to transport)
- 1 camera man/woman
- 1 lighting man/woman- 1 horse
- food/drink
Costume List
Dancers
- 2 black leotards
- 2 small clip on top hats
- 2 pairs of black tights
- 2 black skirts
- 2 pairs of black shoes
- facial make-up
Male actor
- 1 black suit
- 1 white shirt
- 1 pair of black shoes
Having done a media project last year at AS level, we have learnt that keeping a tight time and date schedule and sticking to it is vital in order to plan work well and spot any mistakes along the way. We found that lesson time alone was not enough time together as a group to get the amount of research and planning done so we began to meet outside of school on evening where we were available. We also arranged times and days to have conversations regarding our work on Facebook.
Meetings
Firstly we set up a 'group meeting' every Wednesday evening and Friday lunch time to dicuss ideas, dates and set tasks to be completed for the following meeting. This allowed us to complete various segments of the overall project allowing for everyone to complete equal ammounts of work and to a good standard.
Film Dates
When we were all completely happy with the location setting, make-up and costume designs and the general idea for the video, we decided a first filming date. This would count as the 'main date' for filming and would take place on the first weekend (5th and 6th) of February. Any extra filming that needed to be done, which we had failed to complete on that weekend, would be done ASAP when the majority of the group were free. This meant that by the middle of February we would confidently have all aspects and areas of the video filming which would leave us plenty of time to edit and perfect the video in lesson time and outside of school.
