Risk Assessment - Location 1

Risk Assesment

Here is are risk assessment sheet for when we come to start shooting our trailer:

	Location filming risk assessment:
Activity	Hazard?	Likelihood	Risk Factor
Audiences	Possibly	Likely	Low
Access to location	No	x	x
Camera /	No	x	x
camera movements
Cables - elecricity, mics,	Yes	Not likely	Low
extra lighting etc..
Night Filming	Yes	Likely	Moderate
Stunts	Yes	Likely	Moderate
Traffic/Car shot	Yes	Likely	High
Props: guns, etc..	Yes	Likely	Moderate

Action to prevent risk

Take precaution of the location of filming

and the public in this area

x

x

x

Need to choose a safe location, with

some form of lighting

Different action required - not

many stunts needed for filming anyway

Especially take precaution when driving

car and shooting around highly populated

areas with lots of traffic

Depending on the prop different action

required (list below)

List of possible hazards:

Props:
   - Gun: ensure its safe to use, only used as a prop and not aimed towards anyones face etc..
     may need to contact the police so that they know what will be happening and no one is alarmed by our            scenes    
   - Baby doll: (no action required)
   - Iphone4: handle with care! (Expensive prop)
   - Car: driven by licensed actor only! Make space and any stunts made have to be made when there are no people are around as not to harm anyone, be wary of location too!

Final Locations

George Ready's House
This is where Steon lives. We will shoot the scenes of Steon and his girlfriend, Steon getting the gun, and scenes of Steon walking out into his car. We chose this location because it was in a suitable area and was close to Monskpath park which is the second location we used for our filming. His house also had good features that we could use for our filming.

Monkspath park
This is where the drug swap between Boss and Steon happens, as well as the deal between Steon and another character. This is also where Steon gets mugged. We chose this location as it had a good alleyway that was appropriate for the drug deal, and also when it had got darker was a good setting to use for the mugging. It was quite and closed off so we weren't disturbing any of the public either.

Possible Locations

Because we have chosen Social realist Drama as our genre we need to shot around built up areas to follow these conventions. Below are the main locations and some possible locations for our trailer:


Location One: 48 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa
We will be shooting the last scene of the teaser in an alleyway next to 'Hobdays Pet Shop' down this road because it is a prime location for shooting. The alleyway creates the perfect atmosphere for a drug swap because it is in the centre of the town but looks dodgy because the connotation of two people swapping packages in a small alleyway or corner of a road creates the impression that they are trying to hide something which in this case is the drugs. The old pet shop also makes it look out of date and the high street fits in with the locations used in similar youth culture films.


Location Two: Shottery park
This is our back up for 'location one', we can easily access the alley leading to the park which would also be ideal for the meeting and swapping of packages. We could also use this as a possible location for other filming because with the graffiti on the walls could add effect to our film, chase scenes if we choose to use them would also work well in this location.


Location Three: Bishops Ichington
This is were we will be filming the car scene and the shot of inside the empty house. We will be using a different location and front of house for the outside shot because the we need a more built up area to fit in with our storyline and to keep in with the connotation of the character being portrayed. 

Location Four: Shirley/Monkspath
We would use George Ready's house for the in house shots where Steon would be living. In monkspath we would shoot the drug deal and also the mugging of Steon

Props for the trailer

Fake Gun

This gun will be used by Steon as he is holding it in his hand in one of the scenes and then hides it in his jeans when he his going to pick up the drugs that Boss has hidden away for him. this is to show that he carries a weapon on him showing what type of character he is.
Using this gun could cause a problem as we will be using this outside. The gun will only be shown for 5 seconds but we may have to contact the local police and let them know that we will be filming and the gun will be involved so that if any calls are made they know that everything is safe.

Grey Corsa


This is the car that Steon drives. It isn't in the scenes that often but will be used in the car chase scene and also the scene of Steon walking out of his house into his car and reversing off the drive.

Bag

This bag is what Boss uses to cary the drugs for Steon in. He hides this behind a wall in an alleyway, which is when Steon comes to pick it up.

Fake Drugs

We will make these with cling film and flour. These are the drugs that Boss gives to Steon and Steon sells off to another person.

Money

Money is used when Steon sells the drugs to someone else.


All of these are our own possesions and won't need to go out and purchase any of these items.

Treatment

Working Title: 
'Skrilla' 

Estimated Duration:
1 minute.

Intended Audience:
18 - 26 year old males, with cinematic interest and of the working class.

Feasibility:
The lack of special effects and equipment will work alongside the realistic genre of the film which will make it easier to film in comparison with the action, horror or science-fiction genres.

Format:
DV
 
Budget:
Our budget is low so we require actors to work for free  

The Equipment/Resources Required:
- Camera (Sony A1E)
- Computer (iMac)
- Editing Software (iMovie)
- Tripod
- Photoshop


Genre:
My group and I have  selected Social Realist Drama (youth/gang culture) as our genre. 


Synopsis
The story follows a central character called Steon who is a drug dealer in a local community. He has a criminal record so therefore cannot get an established job, so drug dealing his way of looking after his sick girlfriend. He "ticks" (loans) 1kg Cocaine off his dealer Boss and has a week to pay him for it. However, he gets robbed in his neighborhood, and has his money stolen. He has two days to get the money, after which Boss will find him and kill him. The rest of the film follows the story of Steon trying to escape the clutches of Boss and managing to find a way to get Boss off his back.

Target Audience

After doing our primary and secondary research, we have all decided that our target audience for our film will be young adults aged 15-21. From the questionnaire it showed the genre had more males as fans of this genre, although there wasn’t much difference between the two. This means that our film will follow the conventions of other films to try and attract the same type of audience, but won’t show any gender bias.