Test Shoot Planning

Group document of the planning of our test shoot

Planning our test shoot:

The reason for doing this test shoot is to understand and find out what will work and and not work within the final shoot and what we will need to change to make the sequence flow well and to make sure the time is long enough for the opening sequence - about 3 minutes.

Before we started the test shoot, we planned the locations and props we could use in school. We decided to shoot a scene beside the school minibuses in the cantine car park and the wooden shed on the theatre lawn. Because of the limitations we had, we changed the hot wire car scene to the girl trying to break into one of the minibuses by using a bobby pin. 

We can’t bring the weapon props for our test shoot as it is a safety issue, so instead of using a battleaxe, we use a long umbrella to simulate the weapon. Also, for the motorcycle we used a mountain bike and we used a motocross helmet for the biker.

For the actors in the test shoot we used Joy as the girl and Max as the biker. 

The shoot went really well, the only problem is that it was way too short. However this gives us more time for the beginning (hot wiring sequence) to take place on the real shoot, making it more of a focus that she is trying to survive.

Group Plan for Test Shoot;

Cast:

• Survivor actress; Joy, as Gi will be doing the majority of the editing

• Motorcycle hunter stand-in; Max - he will be wearing his own helmet and he is the tallest

Locations: 

• The school minibuses in the lower car park

• The wooden shed on the theatre lawn

Props:

• Bobby pins instead of screwdrivers to break into car

• An umbrella as the weapon

• A mountain bike as the motorcycle

• A motocross helmet for the biker

• Gi’s camera