Organisation and Planning

The organisation and planning for this movie production was very important as it determined the outcome and also the quality of production. The four key points which this consist of were:

• Actors
• Locations
• Costumes
• Props
  

If these key points were planned and organised correctly then the success of the film would be positive. Furthermore, all these Key points help the audience realize what the genre is and if these key points are correctly organised then this will help with the genre.

Actors

The first point which I covered was actors, to find our actor was quite a challenge because the role which he played was a depressed and lost character. We held an audition for a few actors which we thought may be appropriate for this role. We then decided to choose Billy Steel because I think that he would best suit the main character Max.




Location

The Location which was used in the filming was in a house as we tried to make the location like a apartment flat. The four places which were mainly used were the bedroom because it was plain and small which created a sense of loneliness, the bathroom because it was a very simple which was relating to the character because of his depression also the mirror in the bathroom which captured the expressions of the character, the corridor which was used for the start scene with the dream and the outside of the house in the garden. We took a Risk assessment for each of our locations to see see if there were any risk of injury. However, we were lucky enough to not have any major risks, but we had to watch out for cables for some of the controlled lighting and electrical equipment. Below are some pictures of our locations which we had not yet modified.











Costumes

The costumes which we used for the main character Max was a plain white top which matched the location and also the the plainness of the top signified that the character was empty inside and could not express any feelings inside because of the incident with his wife. We also made him wear pyjama bottoms because we are trying to show that he would wear this everyday and that he wont change and make the effort.


Props

The props which were used throughout the filming were the gun because this is a generic convention, Jack Daniels alcohol which links to the character and how he is trying to wash away his depression, the newspaper articles to help the audience realize what happened to his wife, the video tapes linking back to his past and how he is still dwelling on the past, the tablets which also linked to his depression and loneliness, empty photo frame which tells us that a part of him is missing, the telephone and a picture of him and his wife also give a link to the characters past.