Planning for Problems

The Henley College 62441

Quinn James

979526

3/02/21

Video editing & sound editing

Planning for Theoretical problems
Problems I may encounter when researching and How I plan to resolve these problems
planning
The UK may increase lockdown restrictions Create a back up plan of how I can film my
which could prevent me from filming. short film by myself.

Actors unwilling to participate due to Covid

risks. Find actors who are willing to be in my piece
and are comfortable. Also be as safe as possible.

Limited indoor locations options due to risk of Use locations which are as safe as possible, such
Covid as outdoor locations

Planning for practical and technical problems

Problems I may encounter when researching and How I plan to resolve these problems
planning

There might not be enough information on a

topic I want to reference in my short film- for Using the resources as best I can and extracting
example I may want to create a detailed all information that I can.
background on a character.

I might encounter technical problems, like my

computer crashing when I am planning or Save my work regularly and add all websites I
researching. use to a Chrome bookmark so then I can find the
websites easily.
Mid project check-up (After research)

Due to Covid and the unpredictability of lockdowns I am unsure what the situation will be when I
come to filming. I am hoping that the restrictions won’t be as tight so I can film with two other
people. If needs be, I can film by myself with no other crew, so then I can have two actors in the
same room.
Also due to travel bans, I may have to film in my area and surrounding areas. This will be possible
as I can film most of my scenes in my house and outside, so there will not be a large amount of
travelling.

End project review

When script writing, I found it very hard to come up with ideas and developing the details in my
story. I had the main plot points but trying to come up with the narrative in between and make it
flow was very hard. I eventually just looked at other films that follow people’s lives so I could try
and understand what I needed to add. I used hobbies and daily activities to fill in the gaps.

When I was about to film, I realised that my camera was out of battery and I was unable to find my
charger. Due to this, I had to completely change my plan of only using my camcorder for the
flashbacks and ghost scenes and use it for the entire filming. Due to this, the audio quality wasn’t

Quinn James
Planning for Problems
The Henley College 62441

Quinn James

979526

3/02/21

Video editing & sound editing

the best, and it picked up my breathing and the quality was not great. However, I made do with the
footage I had and tried to make it the best that I could in editing.

Quinn James