FALLING DOWN - LOGBOOK 2
GROUP
Grace, Siya, Luke, Dirk
STORY (from 18minuets - 22minuets)
The scene replication i abased on the film about a man who looses his mind on his way to see his wife and child and destroys everything in his path to get to them. The scene we replicate is from the part in the film where Bill, our lead, meets two gangsters who pull a knife on him for being in their territory. Bill our lead ends up beating up the gangsters in a flat rage after they tell him to get over his briefcase.
PROCESS
We decided in advance who was doing what and allocating a job to a person, Dirk wanted to Direct and be the Cinimatiograoher, i said i would Produce because of what i experienced last time shooting with Dirk, i wanted to be in charge of the planning because last time we left Dirk to plan we were let down. Siya said he would do the sound and Luke the lighting and second shooting.
31-1 June. Saturday/Sunday
I watch the movie to get a better understanding of the character and the scene, start making lists of what we need and what we need to record. Also i go through all the paper work to get a better understanding of what we need to do and what is required of me.
I get in touch with Dirk and ask him to sort out the 3 actors we will need because he knows lots of drama students in Cape Town. I also ask if he knows a place we can shoot the scene in Cape Town that overlooks the city. He says yes to both.
2 June. Monday
I organise a group meeting to discuss when we want to shoot. We decide to shoot on Friday, weather dependent and depending if our actors can make it. Also we sign Bryce’s forms agreeing to do our best and our part within our job titles.
3 June. Tuesday
I watch the scene a few times and wright up a list of what we need to record. I list the sounds we need to record, i list the props we will need, I list the shots we will need and i draw i up a story board (i asked Dirk to do this 23 June. Friday but its Tuesday and he still hasn't done it. Due to past experience I know there is a large possibility he wont do any of it so i do it so that we are prepared). Also i draw up the script( just the dialog for our actors) and then i screen shot each take and count them all up. I print everything i just drew up 4 times so we each have a copy and i print 3 extra scrips for each of our actors.
4 June. Wednesday
I give everyone a copy of what i just printed and make sure everyone is briefed on what they are doing and have a copy of exactly what they need(for example, Siya is working our sound so i make sure he has a copy of the sound recording list).
I talk to Dirk and find out that our actors are not available for Friday and the weekend. so we need to shoot the next week.
I book out sound equipment to the next Monday and Tuesday( i book out sound equipment on my name for Monday and on Dirks name for Tuesday because we only need one day to shoot but it is weather dependent so we need to be safe)
7-8 June Saturday and Sunday
I keep an eye on the weather and keep on touch with my group. Sunday i let the group know we cant shoot on Monday and will need to shoot on Tuesday. I try get hold of Dirk to make sure he can lock down our actors but i cant get hold of him.
9 June. Monday
Monday Morning i try get hold of Dirk from 9am and consistently try get hold of him for the rest of the day, by the time class starts dirks phone is still off. 3pm i sit down with my group we discuss where we are going to shoot because we cant get hold of Dirk and he hasn't given us an address we chat about actors and Luke finds a location and we decide to ask our friends to act because we haven't heard from Dirk and we dont know if he has even organised actors.
5pm i contact Dirks brother who Dirk organised to play our lead for us but because Dirk hadn't spoken to his brother since the week before his brother said he could not make the shoot. So i contact the group and ask them to ask their friends to help us and act.
6pm i lock down 3 actors for the shoot, i lock down our location and the final props needed as well as check the gear and chat to the group about pitching together for lunch for the next day. 7pm Dirk contacts me tells me his brother cant play the lead(which i already know and have organised another actor). By 10pm i have locked down the final props needed printed releases forms, started on the paper work and done another gear check and prop check. Ive also sent our actors scripts and organised times for me to be able to fetch them.
11pm finish up final paper work and print out extra scripts, prop lists, sound recording lists and an extra shot list.
2am i put batteries on charge, format cards and do a gear and prop check.
10 June. Tuesday
7.00am wake up gear check, prop check, paper check.
8.00am at checkers buying a cheap lunch and drinks for the team and the actors + a coke can, a news paper(tow props we need). i contact our actors and find out if they are ready.
9.45am in Stellenbosch at actor number one, check wardrobe hand out hard copy of script.
10.15am back in Somerset West, at the second actors house, check wardrobe and hand out hard copy of script
10.20am leave Somerset West and head to Cape Town.
11.00am get to SAE, pick up gear, wait for lead actor get everyone into SAE, let our actors watch scene again to refresh memories, give out actor release forms and brief everyone. Siya arrives late and misses brief meeting.
11.45am leave SAE, with gear, food, actors and crew.
12.00am Get to location, unpack gear, dress actors,
12.15am actors go over scrips, dirk sets up camera, Luke and Siya start recording ambient sound a little way off.
12.45am Shoot starts
1.45pm Break for lunch, sound batteries all go flat(during lunch break Siya needs to drop his girlfriend off at hospital and picks up, so i give him money to buy more batteries which he picks up on his way back to set)
2.15pm Shoot continues
4.15pm We wrap up. Give the sound gear to Dirk to drop off at SAE the next morning because he signed it out. Dirk says he will edit footage that night. i ask if we can meet at SAE the next day at 10.30 so we can work on the edit together, everyone agrees.
I drop our main actor and Luke off at SAE
4. 25pm Leave SAE and head back to Somerset West with remaining two actors.
5.50pm Drop first actor off in Stellenbosch
6.00pm Drop second actor off in Strand(its further than Somerset West)
6.15pm Get home
8.30amam Leave somerset west for collage.
9.30 Get to SAE, meet with Bryce(chat to him about production templets, and group dynamic.)
10.38am Luke watsapp’s the group and lets us know he is sick and can’t make class.
10.45am Dirk and Siya get to SAE, dirk drops off gear. we decide to drive to Dirks house to edit together.
11.00am Edits starts
1.15pm Lunch break
1.40pm Back to editing
3.15pm Finish editing and dump footage
3.30 Leave Dirks footage.
Reflect
One of the biggest problems i faced during this group assignment was when i had to organise three actors and two of our main props the night before we were meant to shoot. A week and a half before we were due to shoot i asked Dirk to book actors so our actors had time to set a day aside. He did find actors but they were not available to act over the weekend we wanted to shoot so i asked Dirk to book them for the Monday and Tuesday after the weekend however on Sunday night the and Monday the day before we were meant to shoot Dirk was not available, and i found out that our actors had not been informed the night before we were due to shoot. So i spent that night trying to organise three actors and two of our main props all of which i asked Dirk to do and which he agreed to do.
I had also asked dirk for a shot list long in advance and that wasn't done.
I really had trouble with Dirk when i came down to responsibility. He did apologise for not being available and said that it was because of personal reasons, however i believe your personal life should not inter fear with business or reflect on it. I also dont like the fact that i was not able to contact him and that he didn't let me know there was a problem with the actors. Every time i asked Dirk to do something, if he had trouble getting it done he would not come back to me with the problem but instead would just leave it unfinished. I always had to approach him about the things i had asked him to do and i would always have to ask if there was a problem with it. That shouldn't be the case. Dirk should have come back to me if and when he ran into problems so we could get the job done. I feel like i carried the team all the way.
Also our sound guys on the day Luke and Siya didn't work with Dirk and make notes for the sound and the takes on the sound. So all our sound is unmarked and all our video footage is unmarked making it extremely hard to find the right sound with the right video clip.
Over all my team worked fairly well on the day, we got what we needed and we did it together, however i still feel very overwhelmed and would have liked my team to take responsibly and do the work that was required of their rolls instead of making me do everything.
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