Contingency Plan

Contingency Plan

Cast dropping out

If we have a member of our cast dropping out it is going to affect us in a big way as everyone has a big roll and we are all needed. This means that we will need a new cast member who can act and if we film some of our opening sequences featuring the person who has dropped out it is going to cause a big continuity error. This is because we will not be able to finish filming the opening sequence and we wont be able to use another actor as it will confuse the audience. If this happens we will have to re-film all of the scenes featuring the actor that dropped out using someone else who we know and trust.

Being a bad actor or actress

Our opening sequence is based on the genre horror and doesn't require cast members to have fantastic acting skills. However if our actors fail to act and we are unable to find anyone else we will have to take it slow and just do small little takes so we can make it seem like it (he/she) is better and so it doesn't look so bad. For example, we may feature them in scenes where their face cannot be seen as they may laugh and this will not be viewable to the audience this way. If it was being shy of the camera or not being able to act while on camera we might have to ask them to stop and step in with someone else or even have someone from the group do it.

Being Unreliable

Having a actor or a cast member that can't seem to meet up outside lessons will not work, because if we go out for the day and they can't come then we could miss something, we would not have the whole group there meaning that someone is missing out on ideas and plans. plus them not being there means they will have extremely little inout in to the filming.

Crew being late/getting lost

If one of the crew members is constantly being late it means we can't start filming and therefore we lose more time. Meaning we do not have the time to do everything and film what we need. We could then be missing scenes or detail within a clip because we were on a tight schedule. If we get lost we could lose a few days or worse if we can only go there two or three times, then we might not be able to film there again, meaning we might have to change location losing more days and editing time as well.

Locations not letting you film there/being too noisy/having to many people in the background

If we can't film in a location then we will have to find a new one, as their is nothing we can do about it. However if we can explain to them and they might change their mind and allow us to film there. If a location is to noisy we could come back at a later time/date to see if it has calmed down. If not we could just film the acting their and then do the dialog somewhere else. If there are too many people in the shots we will come back at another time or change the type of angle or shot we use to minimise the amount of people in the shot.

Battery Running out

To avoid the problem of the battery running out we might take another battery with us, or another camera. We will always charge the camera before so we know it will be charged and have a full battery. however if we forget to do that then we would come back and edit what we have and try to work around it. Hopeful this won't happen as it is easily avoided.

Continuity Problems

Continuity is going to be one of the hardest things for us. However one of our members is normally a bit OCD about it, as he finds it annoying when things don't match up. If it's a small detail we might redo the shot unless we can find away around it. We are going to look out carfully to aviod any errors and waste of time. This includes actors wearing the exact same clothing after each scene and until we have finished filming a scene we will be sure not to move anything around.