Production Management
Pre Production Phase –
The project will be created in stages, first being the planning stage, this will take around 1 – 2 weeks, depending on the response we receive from the businesses we choose to contact. The pre-production work (Testimonial(s), Location forms, Risk assessments, ect.) will only take 1-2 days, but the idea collecting and location research will take anywhere between 4 – 6 days (7 max).
Production Phase
The second stage of the production is filming, which depending on the weather, could take anywhere between 1 – 2 weeks. Finally we come down to editing, which will made individually by each production team member and will take around 2 -3 days, as all team members have a conceivable amount of experience with this aspect on film-making.
If this timescale followed correctly and without any mishaps, then an early draft may be sent to the client before the project is due to finish.
Post Production
The post production came around during the last week before the hand in. We had gathered all of the footage, deemed it worthy in terms of quality, organized it, and edited it. Each team member was to individually edit their own version of the production, which took on average 5 - 6 working hours. All team members have a conceivable amount of experience with this aspect on film-making.
Project Management
The Project will be managed by the all members of the production team, but the largest portion of responsibility is up to the project manager. The Production crew will be made up of three college students aged between 16 – 18, all of which are members of the Creative Media course at Queen Mary’s College. All three students are very capable and share no lack of enthusiasm in their work, as they have proven in the past academic year. They have specific roles within the production crew to streamline the project and avoid confusion, those roles are as follows:
• Alex Bulter – Project manager/Director
• Matt Errington – Cinematographer, Assistant director
• Harrison Buckberry – Location Scout, Camera assistant, Sound recording, researcher
Management techniques
The project is managed mainly by the project manager/director, but many of the decisions were made as a group within the allocated meetings. These meetings began at the start of every day during the pre- production process. By allocating set times and a leader, we managed to keep organized.
Team and individual performance
We worked exceptionally well as a team, we shared ideas and worked together to implement them into the filming. Communication was carried on through our free time as we worked well past college hours. Both Harry and Alex provided an amount of work accurate of their member portion, and to an exceptional standard.
Contingency plans for staffing and resources
Our contingency plans were set out in case of bad weather and lack of filming permission. All locations filmed had indoor backup locations that would replace them if we experienced problems.
Monitoring and reviewing
We were able to review our footage live on location and re-shoot if need be, we also managed to monitor our progress using the production schedule.
Prioritization
We prioritized the filming during the full length of the project, because we found it to be the most important aspect, and given only a limited amount of time we had to get it to an exceptional standard quick. We were all capable of editing the footage entirely, given a single afternoon,
Quality control
To insure the product’s quality, we made 3 takes on each shot, then reviewed the footage to check its quality. During the post-production process, I made multiple draft edited and tried out different editing styles until I found a style that worked for me.
Meeting submission dates
By following the production schedule, we have managed to finish the project on time to hand to the client and the college. Despite minor problems, we had left enough space in our production schedule to amend these.
Modifications after completion
After the project is finished, I plan on attempting to render it in a higher quality as I was unable to render the project higher than 480p. Other changes include slight pacing edits and image stabilization.
Problem solving/ Crisis management
No major crisis occurred during the entire process, the only problems we had that are worthy on note were as follows:
- Brighton Hill Community School agreeing to our testimonial, then changing their mind, causing us to discard hours worth of work. We amended this problem by switching to another client that we had already discussed in detail. Our second client was more reliable than the first, mainly because we did not need their permission to film.
-Hard Drive problems, potentially caused by rain,
During the allocated week of filming, an error caused us to lose a day’s worth of good footage. We solved this by re-shooting the same footage the next day, as well as fixing the hard drive and eliminating the problem before the post-production stage began.
We prioritized the filming during the full length of the project, because we found it to be the most important aspect, and given only a limited amount of time we had to get it to an exceptional standard quick. We were all capable of editing the footage entirely, given a single afternoon,
Quality control
To insure the product’s quality, we made 3 takes on each shot, then reviewed the footage to check its quality. During the post-production process, I made multiple draft edited and tried out different editing styles until I found a style that worked for me.
Meeting submission dates
By following the production schedule, we have managed to finish the project on time to hand to the client and the college. Despite minor problems, we had left enough space in our production schedule to amend these.
Modifications after completion
After the project is finished, I plan on attempting to render it in a higher quality as I was unable to render the project higher than 480p. Other changes include slight pacing edits and image stabilization.
Problem solving/ Crisis management
No major crisis occurred during the entire process, the only problems we had that are worthy on note were as follows:
- Brighton Hill Community School agreeing to our testimonial, then changing their mind, causing us to discard hours worth of work. We amended this problem by switching to another client that we had already discussed in detail. Our second client was more reliable than the first, mainly because we did not need their permission to film.
-Hard Drive problems, potentially caused by rain,
During the allocated week of filming, an error caused us to lose a day’s worth of good footage. We solved this by re-shooting the same footage the next day, as well as fixing the hard drive and eliminating the problem before the post-production stage began.