Film and TV acting unit - Week 1 reflection

 Preparation - 

We were tasked with making a small video for an advertisement to show the a brief take of what this unit will entail, split into groups we each devised our idea and put in together (our group was myself, Louis and Hugo). 

Our concept

Hugo narrates the advert (film him over a green screen)

James the admirable character

Louis plays the character that is miserable, wants to be more like James

Louis is woken up by music playing upstairs (annoying neighbours) but has nothing to quiet them down with (throws toilet paper roll at the ceiling, nothing happens)

This then transitions into Hugo speaking (with background music), and discussing the 'long stick'

Then a series of 'flashback' sequences playout:

• James silences his neighbours
• Goes fishing in his bathtub
• Cooks with it
• Uses it as an umbrella in the shower
• Walking
• Keeps social distance between him and stranger
• Plays it as a didgeridoo
• Blue advert screen

Here is our final advert:

- Credit to Louis for summary of our concept 

This highlighted the tasks during the pre production phase, the filming phase and finally the post production. For this unit our main focus is the filming phase as far as the acting as well as the efficiency, however we still look to make the pre production as easy as possible to it makes the filming less chaotic