Practicality How it May Affect A Production Strategies to Overcome

Cast/Crew - Joanna, my partner, works a lot
availability during the week which may affect
how much content we can film in
a week as Joanna is the main
character in our film.
We film on the day when she
doesn’t have work and try to film as
much content as possible in the
available time.

Time constraints We don't have much time to film
as Joanna works a lot during the
week. This makes us have less
time available to film which may
affect how much content we film.
As a result, we might struggle to
finish filming and editing in time.
We will make sure on the days we
shoot that we will film the scene
from all different angles to minimise
the amount of re-shooting we have
to do.

Money constraints We won't be spending any money Money is not an issue we need to
on our film as we already have overcome as we already have
everything we need. everything we need.

Locations - Location will be my house so We won't be filming anywhere

availability/ accessibility and availability won't where we need permission as it will
accessibility be an issue. be my house. Therefore, there is no
problem to overcome.

Weather Most of our film is filmed inside Weather doesn’t really affect our
the house so the weather won’t be film as it’s only one scene and
an issue. whether it’s sunny or rainy doesn’t
affect our film idea.

Equipment - equipment are provided by the To overcome the issue, we will

camera, and school, however, since everyone book the equipment we need a few
editing at school will be using the days before we need to use them.
cameras there might be a
shortage and equipment might
become unavailable.

Representation - What is this text about? How do

Answer at least we know?
two of the critical
literacy questions This text is about the mental
for your film idea. health journey of a teenage girl.
We know this by her body
language and expression as well
as her surroundings. The state of
her room will be a great indication
of her mental health state. The
messier it gets, the worse her
mental state is. We can also tell
by her routine, we see her stop
studying and stop hanging out
with her friends and interacting
with her family.

What kinds of social realities does

the text portray?

Our film portrays the social

realities of many teenagers who
struggle with mental health. The
journey that they face and
struggle with. The text portrays
the reality of mental health and
how it affects teenagers' daily
lives. Such as their relationships,
motivation and daily habits.
We also wanted to show the
audience that their reality can
change and become better by
dealing with it in a healthy way,
such as going to therapy. Therapy
tends to be a taboo subject,
people may think it’s a sign of
weakness but we want to reverse
this ideology and show that it is a
sign of strength.