Planning: casting, props, costumes and lighting

When we were delegating the jobs Harry was given the role of looking at how we will tackle Casting, Props, Costumes and lighting. Below is what he concluded:

Casting

We have decided that we will cast members of our group. There are a number of reasons why we did this. 

1.      People who are not in our group will be less motivated and committed to filming on weekends 

2.      Also people not in our group may not be able to get out of lessons

3.      Amelia took drama at GCSE so she should be good at acting 
-   For the voice over, we will probably use Dan. We will try and find some online software or an app which changes your voice so he sounds more like an F1 commentator. This will make our film feel much more professional.

So we thought it would be a much more reliable way of doing it if we just acted it ourselves.
Out of the two male members of our team, we have chosen the taller of the two, which will represent that character as being powerful and important. 

 Props

1.      Bandage- easily sourced, Amelia has this at home. 

2.      Car- The car is being sourced for us by the school, unfortunately this means that we don’t know exactly what car we will be using.

Costumes

1.      Smart-casual clothing- This is for the protagonist when his girlfriend is telling him not to race, representing him as respectable. I have smart-casual clothing at home.

2.      Scruffy casual- For the girlfriend, this will represent her as being stressed. The preferred reading here is that the audience will feel sorry for her. Amelia has track-suits and baggy clothes that she can wear.

3.      Full race suit- Protagonist on race day. Preferred reading here is that this is a serious race. We need to be careful with the CU shots of the helmet as to not get a reflection of the camera. A friend from outside the group has a race suit, so sourcing this is not an issue.

We don’t need a costume for the hospital scene because we only have an XCU of protagonists face.

Lighting

1.      We need hard, bright lighting on the protagonists face in the two hospital scenes because hospitals are generally well lit environments so it will look more realistic.

2.      When we are filming the deserted track, hopefully it will be a dull grey day, because we want this to be a sad opening, but if it is a sunny, bright day then we may have to put a dark filter on in post-production editing.

We are not filming any scenes at night, so lighting shouldn’t be too much of an issue for us.