Contingency Plan

During the making of this opening sequence, we need to consider and resolve any problems that are likely to come up, it is essential that we think in advance in order to make a back up plan which could still allow us to film successfully.

Cast dropping out/Unreliable actors/Bad actors:
For the teenage girls role, either myself or a member of the groups little sister will be acting, therefore we have a back up plan if either of us for whatever reason cannot act. For the old man’s role we have two actors who are both keen to take on the part, this means we can film both and then make a decision on which we think is more appropriate.

Crew being late/getting lost:
Before we film, we will meet up with each person, and as we are going to previously agree a time in which everyone is free this shouldn‘t be a problem. We will assure the actors of where it is, and all travel together. We have also allowed an hour at the end of the filming time, so if for whatever cause a problem does occur with timing, we can make it up with this hour.

Problems with location/Too noisy/Having too much background noise:
Through our decision to keep both locations simple, there is no need for us to get authorisation to be able to film there. The opening scene will be filmed in either mine, or my group members dining room, and the other in a shed in the garden. We have purposely chosen these settings as both are distant from a main road, therefore it is improbable the background noise will override the filming.

Battery running out on camera:
We will make sure that the battery of the camera is fully charged before we leave to film. If the camera battery does run out when we are in the middle of our task, we will simply return to the location a day later with the camera charged, but also a spare battery to carry on without any more disturbances.

Continuity problems:
Fortunately, continuity editing has never been a trouble which has occurred with my group. We all take notice of all detail regarding this, and with every person paying attention it is unlikely for this to occur in our opening sequence. We too decided, by taking pictures of the location and the actors, we can resemble them if we film another day to help us over-come a continuity problem.