Today me and Maddie had a meeting with 2 boys we went to school with. They had heard that we were looking for a director for our pilot episode and got in touch. Jordan and Josh have just started up their own production company and are really passionate about film. They have both made films before and have a creative mind and so me and Maddie have a lot of confidence in them.
We had sent the boys a copy of the script a couple of days a go and they had read through it and so when they came to the meeting they had a few suggestions on the script to make it a bit more modern and different to anything out there.
They came up with 2 ideas. One of them we loved and took on board to adapt Totally Maisy slightly. Their idea was to make it a mockumentary where at certain points Maisy would talk to camera like they do in Modern Family and The Office. Early on in the development of Totally Maisy we were trying to decide on a platform and we were considering making it a web series and so I said what about if we make Maisy a Vlogger. We ended up dismissing this idea but when Jordan and Josh brought up this idea of making TM a mockumentary we thought making her a vlogger would be a good way of achieving this, its also really current.
The script is now going to go through a slight re write to incorporate this new plot line. Whilst Maddie does that I am going to really try hard to get a cast together I am really struggling at the moment.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Love Always Update On Crew
We have most of our crew together now.
- Writers - Maddie Ireland and Dean Ross
- Director - Dan Baugh
- Producer - Hennie Clough
- Wardrobe - Emily - Jane Curtin from Ravensbourne College
- Camera - Sam Creamer
- Lighting - Michael Bonnar from Film and TV Pro
- Editor - Timothy Last from Ravensbourne College
All I need to find is a sound person who can record on the day and create atmosphere in post and then nearer the shoot we need to decide who our production assistant and director assistant will be.
Love Always - Panic Over
It has only taken me a day and everything is re-arranged. I have spoken to the wardrobe girl, the crew, the cast and the location and everyone is fine with changing the dates.
Here is the knew schedule:
Here is the knew schedule:
- Friday 20th September - Script read through with all of the cast and the crew and wardrobe girl will also attend to meet everyone for the first time.
- Saturday 21st September - Filming relationship montage sequence as we will be attending the Salute to the 40's event at Chatham Dock Yard.
- Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th - We will be filming the rest of the project at Museum of Kent Life in Maidstone.
By pushing the dates back means that we can be filming from the best script we can possibly get and it also gives the wardrobe girl more time to get the costumes together.
Update On My Role
After speaking to Simon I understand my role a lot more and I know I need to use this blog to show everything I am doing.
As a producer I have been location scouting, casting and holding auditions, finding appropriate crew and liaising with everyone involved in the project. I have been researching different information for each project to help me make both fit their platform and reflect the time period they are set in. I have been reading through all of the scripts and giving my creative feedback on the parts that I like and those I think need to be changed. I have also been giving creative input in to how I think each project should look including shots, graphics, editing and style.
On Monday, we had our first day back at uni and we had our first meeting with our tutor Simon in which he explained that he did not think the script was ready yet. This panicked us all as we were supposed to be filming in 10 days. Dan was fighting his case on why he thought we should stick to the original dates and Simon was saying why he shouldn't. I listened to both sides and and as a producer I put my point across and persuaded Dan to move the dates. I thought that there was no reason to waste peoples time filming a script which was not quite ready and so it would be better to push the dates back. I could see how disappointed Dan was but I am sure that he sees it is the best decision in the long run. I could see that he started to panic about the project as we had everything organised for those dates but I reassured him that I would sort it and everything would be ok.
As a producer I have been location scouting, casting and holding auditions, finding appropriate crew and liaising with everyone involved in the project. I have been researching different information for each project to help me make both fit their platform and reflect the time period they are set in. I have been reading through all of the scripts and giving my creative feedback on the parts that I like and those I think need to be changed. I have also been giving creative input in to how I think each project should look including shots, graphics, editing and style.
On Monday, we had our first day back at uni and we had our first meeting with our tutor Simon in which he explained that he did not think the script was ready yet. This panicked us all as we were supposed to be filming in 10 days. Dan was fighting his case on why he thought we should stick to the original dates and Simon was saying why he shouldn't. I listened to both sides and and as a producer I put my point across and persuaded Dan to move the dates. I thought that there was no reason to waste peoples time filming a script which was not quite ready and so it would be better to push the dates back. I could see how disappointed Dan was but I am sure that he sees it is the best decision in the long run. I could see that he started to panic about the project as we had everything organised for those dates but I reassured him that I would sort it and everything would be ok.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Love - Always Package
This is all of the things we want to include in the package for Love Always to show all of the work we have done and to show that we have thought about everything.
Love Always - Choosing The Cast
Today me, Maddie and Dan had a production meeting to discuss the script and to finalise a cast.
Me and Dan had individually looked through all of the video auditions and looked back through the tapes of the Maidstone auditions and picked our favorites for each role.
Luckily for us we had actually chosen the same people and so there was no arguing on who our cast would be which was great. As Maddie was there she had a chance to look at the cast and confirmed that we had made the right decision.
Here is our cast. (From Left to Right) Tara Dowd playing Mary, Ollie Matjasz playing Arthur, Eliza Jade playing Alice and Benedict Smith playing Frank.
Me and Dan had individually looked through all of the video auditions and looked back through the tapes of the Maidstone auditions and picked our favorites for each role.
Luckily for us we had actually chosen the same people and so there was no arguing on who our cast would be which was great. As Maddie was there she had a chance to look at the cast and confirmed that we had made the right decision.
Here is our cast. (From Left to Right) Tara Dowd playing Mary, Ollie Matjasz playing Arthur, Eliza Jade playing Alice and Benedict Smith playing Frank.
Production Schedule
As I am working on Dan's, Maddie's and Dean's projects, I decided that I needed to get organised and so I made this schedule. I did one for each project and then combined them.
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