Contingency Plan

Examples of issues
These are examples of ‘problem solving’ and can be identified in your production
diary/evaluation

Possible Issue Actions to be Undertaken

Bad weather during filming
Locations unavailable
Actors become ill/unavailable
Equipment is unavailable for time of filming
Props are unavailable
Equipment could be damaged while filming
Batteries could run out during filming
Possible double bookings
Other people can interrupt it
Losing all the data
Reschedule filming to a later date. If not
possible, move filming indoors entirely,
using a possible set or venue.
Consider other potential locations which are
relevant.
Consider back up actors and replacements
Reschedule shooting plan to accommodate
equipment availability.
Look at using back up props or script
rewrite.
Look at each and every part of equipment
before we start filming.
What we can do is make sure it’s all
plugged in and full of charge even before
filming.
What we need to do is check the location is
available at the time we would like, and we
also need to make sure nothing else is
happening in the area.
We can tell the other people in the area to
be quiet when filming or the actors can use
a targeted mic where it would only project
the person who’s is speaking.
We need to back up all the footage we get
and then also live stream it to YouTube.