Getting the right crew was a really important part of the project. I wanted to make sure I had a valuable team that would have the right skills and I would be able to work well with. We looked at people on the course going through their blogs and previous work that they had done. I was looking at some first years, second years, our year and also people that have been on the course previously. Collectively, one blog that really stood out was Cheyenne Joesph who graduated last year with a first. She had done a lot of work on her blog and showed a lot of skill in all the previous projects she had done. I then remembered how much I loved her major project last year and all the elements that went into that. When watching it, I paid particular notice to the sound. It all was very professional and had a good use of diegetic and not diegetic audio throughout. I know Cheyenne personally too as we were on the course together for two years also working with her in a professional environment for a work experience placement and she showed a lot of valuable people skills as well as dedication. We get on well which is always great to have in a team and I feel she would work hard on our production. I decided to send her a message asking her if she would like to be part of our team working on sound for our production. She replied saying that she would love to work with me and as things stand would be available at the time we are shooting. I am really grateful that she wants to be part of our team and I look forward to working with her.
Cheyenne Joesph
I began to look at my list of who else I would need to help out with the shoot week. I decided that I would need someone who could help as a general production assistant. This person would need to have a good knowledge of all areas in the production process and would be able to assist where we need them. Again looking through blogs I found that Rebecca Bennett had a great portfolio. She graduated with a first last year and was really knowledgeable all round. I also was lucky enough to help out for her major project last year and saw she worked really hard and was really efficient in everything she did. She was specialising as a director so she would understand what I was doing in my role but also everyone else’s roles where she could help out with. I messaged her asking if she would be up for working the general production assistant role in our shoot to which she replied that she had nothing planned that week and would be really happy too.
Rebecca Bennett
Since we wanted to do storyboarding for this project in order to give us the best chance to see how the project would look visually, Myself and Andreya both said we weren’t very good at drawing. We could have done the storyboarding but they would not look as professional as someone who had some art experience. Andreya looked into storyboard artists online but it was quite expensive as they would have to be paid by the hour. We then had the idea to use Megan who we know as I knew she had done some art in the past. She showed us her portfolio and I was very impressed with how well she could draw. It was a wide range of things like people, animals and general scenery which we both felt would be perfect to draw what we were looking for. She agreed to produce the drawings of the storyboards and they turned out really well. They helped so much in terms of being able to see the production before its been made and the drawings were really detailed and much better than if we had attempted to do them ourselves. Overall I think getting outside help to do this was a really important and the right thing to do for the project.
Megan Sach
Lastly, I felt like hair and makeup was so vital to this shoot. None of us are experienced in this area at all and we wanted the character to look as good as we possibly could. Having a makeup artist would enhance the characters look along with the costume and since the character was elegant and quite glamorous I felt having one would be able to achieve this look as best as possible. Since I didn’t know any people that were in this field I decided to put out an advert on Star Now which is a casting website that specialises in hiring all areas for a production. After putting the advert out I got several replies and so I looked through each of the applicants. They all had photos that I could look through to see their work which was really useful. I then decided to contact the best 3 that I thought would be suitable. After looking at this I found that Rebecca Taylor was the best out of the three. She replied within 24 hours and I asked her some general questions like her availability over the shoot week, if she drove and if she would be able to do what we were expecting in terms of our characters look. She replied saying yes to all and so I decided to give her a call to speak to her. She seemed really nice and had a lot of experience in masterclasses for film shoot makeup and qualifications in hair and beauty. I told her she had got the job and she is really excited about working with me and the rest of the crew on the shoot.
Rebecca Taylor
Overall I feel like I have assembled a really great cast. They all have the experience I am looking for and show promise through previous work and qualifications. I am very pleased with my choices and I can’t wait till we all work together in February.
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