Contingency Plans

Chloe-Ann Dorward

Contingency Plan

Defined as:• A plan designed to take account of a possible

future event or circumstance.

It is important to consider and resolve any problems that are likely to come up, it is also important that I think of this in advance so that there is always a back up plan that will allow us to film successfully.

Crew being late/getting lost:

• To ensure that no one will get lost we have all arranged the specific locations and where they are in advance and looked them up on the internet so that everyone knows the route. I have also allowed extra time in case there was trouble with the traffic.

Cast dropping out/Unreliable actors:

• I have made sure that there are understudies in the case of the main actor dropping out because of such things like an emergency. I have also done this so that if any of the actors turn out to be unreliable then there is always back up.

Continuity problems

• Sometime there is an issue with continuity which occurs when the other cast that are not in the frame and the crew do not pay attention to the minor details, such as, the placement of props. To try and resolve this I have decided to take pictures of each shot so that I know the exact positioning of props and actors. This will also help in the case of having to reshoot on a different day.

Battery running out on camera:

• I will make sure that the camera is fully charged and not take it off of charge until the last minute before having to leave to go and shoot. If the camera is to run out then I will also have a spare battery that will also be fully charged so that I can replace the other

Problems with location:

• The only problems that may occur with the locations that I decided to use would be that there may be too much background noise or the possibility of members of the public getting in the way of the shot. To resolve this I have decided to only go to the locations to shoot when there won’t be that many people there. There shouldn’t be a great problem with the noise with the interior shots as I can control the noise there.