The Cure - Pre-Production

As we had now decided on what we wanted our film to be on it was time to prepare everything for the production weekend. We had a meeting as a group and allocated each member a different task.

Liz Scott - Director
Patrick Wilson - Producer
Adam Barrett - Stage Manager
Lyndon McGuckian-Fripp - Camera and Sound
Luke Phillips - Camera and Sound

Once the roles had been allocated we then decided upon a set list of task to be completed. Finalising the script was the first stage, which was a group effort but finalised by Liz. My tasks involved getting location permission and by doing so had a list of people to email to get permission to film on the University campus.

Hello,
We are a group of film students doing a Planning and Making a film module. We are filming on the 13th and 14th of march and would like to use the Michael Tippet centre auditorium as a location. Would it be possible for a few hours on either the Saturday or Sunday to film there. Any help on who we need to speak to for permissions would be greatly received.

Thank you,

Luke Phillips, Lyndon McGuckian-Fripp, Elizabeth Scott, Patrick Wilson and Adam Barrett

We received permission on the completion of a risk assessment form. Patrick completed all the risk assessments and we then received information that we would be allowed the Micheal Tippett on Saturday only. so we then arranged a schedule to make sure we had completed all our necessary Uni scenes by then end of Saturday. This was a minor complication, it just meant we had to arrange props and casting as soon as possible as the uni scenes were the ones that required the most props and the most actors. I made contact with a performing arts student who i used on my last film, Andy Creffield and he was more than happy to play the lead role in our film.

Andy was very helpful and the communication between us was very good. He liked the script and was eager to get started. We let him know what times he was needed and all other details such as clothes needed and props required. Props were important to get sorted as well and we all chipped in to help Adam get everything together. Lyndon used his computer design skills to help produce a poster for the showcase part of the film and I gathered bills, beer bottles and Powerade(which we used as the hangover cure).