Rebecca Barrett - TV Production blog

In our first directors workshop, we went off in groups are selecting a script that Ferg had printed out, we then had to slit ourselves between who was directing and who wanted to be in the other roles. Luckily for our group, we had 5 of us, so, when someone was the director, we had enough people to have a sound and camera operator as well as our two actors and a DOP. With our script we each directed the same piece, however, when we tried to move over the footage to my hard drive, we noticed that my hard drive was blank (there were files in it, they just couldn't be seen). So, to make sure I at least had some footage and a finished edit to show or the workshop, Alan let me use his footage and edit it into my own piece, which is the finished edit above. Luckily, Ferg kept my hard drive overnight at the studios as was able to work out that something had gone wrong in the partition map. luckily, he ha fixed it by doing a fully secure wipe and back-up of the hard drive, which

For this project for our Director's unit, my main struggle was choosing my location and finding the props. Location: For my location, I decided to use my grandad's house as the house looks between a mix of modern and old, something which the house within the film shows. This location is also away from the main road and very quiet as there are no children in the area - perfect for this time of film where the house is supposed to be secluded. I also obtained permission from my grandad to use his house for the whole day, as, even though he is a family member, I still need permission, and like the last project, this permission request was also signed electronically. Call sheet: For my call sheet, this will be sent out to crew and cast within the next few days. The call time has been made 10:00 AM for everyone so everyone gets to set an hour early which will allow us to run through a quick blocking session with the actors before shooting, as well as giving Katie