A1 Logistics Locations

A1 Logistics

•         Time
•          Facilities
•          Locations
•          Personnel
•          Materials

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Locations

A recce is essential, they scout for contributors and scout for locations that are suitable to use in your film. It is a good idea to have a large amount of recces hired at one time because they will split of and find different locations and other factors of you film; this will give you a broader range of information for you to plan your filming schedule and script.  

Once your recce has found a location you are happy with you will have to run a risk assessment, which is a document saying the locations are safe to film. Risk assessments are a key part of pre-production because without them you will not be able to fil a certain scene in the location you want because it is unsafe.

For the best health and safety, you must be able to control the risks while filming to prevent danger. The people you have to make sure aren’t harmed is everyone, this includes the public.  A hazard that could be a problem is access to the scene, if it’s a busy road you will need to get a permit to block the road while you’re filming to prevent someone getting into a car accident and keep the public away if it is a dangerous scene. Another hazard could be the weather, if there is a storm and someone is in danger of being injured then you might have to either change the date of filming or try to prevent him or her from being harmed somehow. A limitation that will need to be considered is distance. It will be a struggle if a location is further away than you wanted because you will need to transport everything and everyone to the location.

Copyright - Intellectual Property

Copyright – intellectual property & the law

The basic principles of copyright law in the United Kingdom state that:

Proprietors have the right to protect and preserve their intellectual property and control and control how it is used and distributed. In many cases the proprietor bears the right to be identified as the author of the work.

What is intellectual property?

•          The names of your products or brands
•          Your inventions
•          The design or look of your products
•           Things you write, make or produce

The consequence is substantial for copyright infringement, the penalty is decided by the magistrates’ courts and can either be a fine leading up to £50,000, 6 months in prison or both.

A1 Logistics Personnel

A1 Logistics

•                    Time

•                    Facilities

•                    Locations

•                    Personnel
             Materials 

Personnel

•                     Technical crew

Technical crew involves Stage Manager, Production Manager, Rigging, Lighting, Sound, and Technical Directors. The crew could also involve other important roles that aren’t mentioned. In all of their areas of expertise and responsibility they make sure that everything is running smoothly.

•                     Actors

On either big or medium budget films a casting director is usually hired to find the talent and the best parts of the actors. However, sometimes a script is written for specific actors or with particular actors in mind on the A list of talent. Directors usually want a certain actor for the protagonist role, this actor then becomes involved in that project of the production.

•                     Extras

A background actor or extra usually has a non-speaking role in a film, television programme or even stage musical, for example, in the street or in an audience. War or action films often hire a large amount of extras in their films because there will be a large background that they have to fill the space with. On a film or TV set extras are also known as “junior artist”, “atmosphere” and “background talent”

•                     Contributors

The different types of contributors are; specialists, experts, talents and public.

-          Specialists are people with advanced skillsets in particular areas. They are often hired to oversee high technical operations. They also train people when specialised skills need to be learned in a short period of time. They also undertake key production roles.

-          During the development stages of a project the producer will hire experts to make sure that the representations of things such as individuals, types, groups, places and activities are constructed so they are authentic and accurate.

-          A talent on a film are the specialist performers such as singers, dancers and actors. The word talents are often referred to A list celebrities and those performers who have been cast in principle roles.

-          Public contributors are public bodies and also random people from the public who are contacted to play a role in the film. A city may let production proceed by allowing and supporting the filming company within certain limits. They will also sometimes collect a group of the public to gather up to fill space In the scene making sure it’s more realistic.