Costume Sheet - Jessica Hay

Costume Sheet

Actor: Jessica Hay

Role: Troubled Teenager

Costume:

--       Light Coloured Skinny Jeans
      Grey Baggy Top (this will be provided)
      Leather Jacket
      Vans Trainers
      Rucksack (this will be provided)

PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THESE YOURSELF AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING THEM ON THE DAY OF SHOOTING.

Visual of Your Costume:

THIS WILL BE YOUR OUTFIT FOR THE ENTIRE MUSIC VIDEO.

Make-up:

-       Black eye-liner and mascara

-       Foundation

-       Bronzer

PLEASE NOTE: EYE MAKEUP WILL RUN DURING WOODS SCENE DUE TO TEARS

Production Schedule With Added Times and Dates

Production Schedule

Title: Reach Out

Director and Producer: Kathryn Dowson

Production equipment required:

- Canon Camera

- Tripod

- Leanne Owens will be filming behind the scenes for some of the video

- Extra camera for taking pictures of the location and the set

Crewing Requirements:

Leanne Owens will be in charge of taking behind-the-scenes footage of a camera, which will be her responsibility and both Jessica Hay and Joanne Dowson will be required to turn up on time and have the right props/costumes.

Actors:
Joanne Dowson –Mother
Jessica Hay –Helpless teenager

Crew:
Leanne Owens and Joanne Dowson –camera women for behind-the-scenes

Transport Requirements:
Jessica Hay will be required to meet at the Directors House for the arranged times and dates and transportation will be arranged from their by the director.

Props:

- A mobile phone

- Bottle of whisky

- A rucksack

- Money (for the bus scenes – director will provide this)

- Possibly a notebook/photo album

Dates and Times:
Saturday 26th October
Time: 10am-12pm
- argument between Jess and Mum
- Jess packing bags her bags to leave
- Jess running out of house

Saturday 2nd November
Time: 10am-2pm
- Filming at bus stop and in Durham

Tuesday 5th November
Time: 4pm-5pm
- Jess walking through the woods
- Jess returning home

Saturday 9th/30th November
Extra Dates If Needed

Post Production Requirements
I will need to overlay the music track ‘Reach Out’ and I will then continue to use iMovie to edit my music video.

Storyboard and Lyrics

Pre-shoot Discussion

Before I take the step into starting to film my music video, I need to think of the problems that may occur along the way, how I will deal with them and also contingency plans.

A problem that could occur is that Jess could be working on one of the dates that I have planned for filming, or she may get called into work, thus the filming cannot take place on that day. If this does happen, I feel like it will be easy enough to set another date and continue with the filming on the next available date. I also have a contingency plan if I need to film more footage or if some of the dates don't go to plan and cannot be worked around or rearranged. If this happens, I have allocated two extra dates within my schedule to allow more time to film if need be. 

On one of the days that I have planned to film my music video, it may be raining, which will add to the effect of the lonely, despaired look, however I don't want the camera to get wet. As a result, I may need an extra crew member to hold an umbrella above my head as I am filming to stop the camera from getting wet. I have found some waterproof camera bags online, however they too expensive for me to buy just for this project: Waterproof Camera Bags. I also think that by covering the lens with plastic, there would be a strange effect and you'd be able to tell during post-production. I doubt the manual zoom work to it's full effect either as it will be compact in a small plastic bag, so I think that the umbrella idea is much better. If the rain is extremely bad, then we will just have to re-schedule, which will set me back, however if it will benefit the video in the long run then that's fine, as my schedule is due to finish in time anyway, with spare time to add in extra. 

When it comes to filming the bus scene, I am going to have to pick a suitable time and date as the buses can get busy on a weekend and at teatime on a weeknight, so possibly early morning or late afternoon on a Saturday would be the best time to do this scene. There may however be a full bus, which won't be good as there may any time to film Jess getting on the bus, which will result in more re-scheduling. There may be an even bigger problem though. The bus driver may ask me to stop filming as Jess get's on the bus, as I will film from behind as she gets on and I will also get on the bus at the stop before and sit down, filming Jess as she gets on, whilst I'm inside. This will mean that I will either have to try another bus and another driver, or it may mean that I can't film that bit all. In which case, I will just film Jess from the bus stop getting on rather than following her on and I will film the bus from the other side of the road, showing Jess getting on and sitting down, which will allow me to get footage of Jess staring out of the bus window. 

I will have to time my filming extremely right because the nights are getting darker and it may get too dark for the camera to pick up any image. In this case, I will try using a crew member to hold a torch, however if this effect doesn't look right, I will just have to film that part on a separate day. The part that I am thinking of is the woods scene because woods do get dark due to the lack of daylight getting through because of the trees and although I do want the "eerie" effect, I still need to be able to pick up enough detail. 

During the filming of my rough music video, the camera battery died after we had only been out for about 30 minutes, which really wasn't helpful as we were just getting into the swing of filming and the camera operator had just properly learnt how to use the camera, which was a pain. To save this from happening, I am going to ensure that the battery is on charge for all of the previous night before and also up until I leave the house to get to the different locations, ensuring that there is enough battery life. I will keep a close eye on the battery during filming to make sure that we don't get into the middle of a scene and the camera dies. Hopefully this will all go to plan, however if not, there isn't really much that I can do other than call the filming off for a couple of hours and go home and charge the camera. 

For the rough music video that I produced, I bought two memory cards to go into the camera, as I was borrowing the camera and I therefore had a backup incase the other one ran out of memory, although that was highly unlikely. Before I start to film, I will make sure that the memory card that I used for my rough music video is wiped clean, so that I have two free large memory cards and I will always carry the second one with me during filming at all times, to ensure that if the memory does get full, I always have a backup.

This Week...

I am hoping to have all of my pre-production planning material finished by the end of this week, however the very last the end of next week, just depending on how everything goes to plan.

I also plan to add more detail into my blog posts, outlining the reasons behind my decisions, ensuring that it is clear to why I have made the choices I have in terms of location, props, actress's etc and I will also make sure that my audience, narrative and representation detail is up to scratch.

Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Title: Reach Out

Director and Producer: Kathryn Dowson

Production equipment required:

- Canon Camera

- Tripod

- Leanne Owens will be filming behind the scenes for some of the video

- Extra camera for taking pictures of the location and the set

Crewing Requirements:

Leanne Owens will be in charge of taking behind-the-scenes footage of a camera, which will be her responsibility and both Jessica Hay and Joanne Dowson will be required to turn up on time and have the right props/costumes.

Actors:
Joanne Dowson – Mother
Jessica Hay – Helpless teenager

Crew:
Leanne Owens and Joanne Dowson – camera women for behind-the-scenes

Transport Requirements:
Jessica Hay will be required to meet at the Directors House for the arranged times and dates and transportation will be arranged from their by the director.

Props:

- A mobile phone

- Bottle of whisky

- A rucksack

- Money (for the bus scenes – director will provide this)

- Possibly a notebook/photo album

Post Production Requirements 
I will need to overlay the music track ‘Reach Out’ and I will then continue to use iMovie to edit my music video.

Quick Idea

I have just thought that when Jessica is in the woods, she could either pull out a note book and write down her feelings at the time or she could pull out a photo album or some photos of her and her family. I thought this would be a good extra into the video, so that the audience don't just see this reserved character who comes across as normal and just a bit of a bad teenager, however they will get an insight into Jess's thoughts, as she may write things such as "don't want to ask for help", or "feel alone now", something like that to get the audience thinking even more. I may apply Roland Barthes's theory into my video and actually keep the notes hidden from the audience, acting as an enigma code which will leave them guessing as to what she has written. 

If I was to do the photo album idea, I would need to get some pictures of Jessica with her mother and father, or find some pictures of just her family. I think this would be a good idea because it could open up another side of Jessica to the audience, possibly that she does care deep down and she does love her family, however throughout her teenage years, she has found it hard to open up about her feelings/problems and she really does need help and support from her loved ones. This could act as a really interesting part to the video. I think I will film it and see how it looks in post-production, as to whether I keep it in or not, as it may not work as well as I thought.