Shooting schedule

Due to our idea changing we had a couple of shooting schedules. The first consisted of talking to our actors, telling them what we wanted them to do and then going to a boarding house in Ewhurst (where the original suicide and escaping up stairs was going to take place). When we changed our idea, there was no need to shoot at Ewhurst due to the fact the top of the theatre was ideal and shooting there meant we didn’t need to travel out of the school grounds. The new schedule consisted of first talking to our actors and telling them what they needed to do, then fit the costumes and make sure they work. We then wanted to do shots which tracked around James whilst he was throwing paper. After that we planned to have a wide shot of James throwing paper off the building to show the extreme height and danger he faces. We then wanted an over the shoulder silhouette of James to show the view from behind which also portrayed the great height. After all the shots of James were completed the last thing we planned was the different shots of the dummy falling. To have this plan is really important because it means we have an absolute timetable of the shooting day so that on the day no-one could argue which shots to shoot next and no time would be wasted.