“The Escape”

TRU ProductionsTasharna Brown-Taylor, Shaquilla Alexander,

Nassima Chakroune, Xenia Grounds

The Escape - Synopsis- A little boy who experiences

difficulties at home and at school, so he avoids his problems and learns the hard way that avoidance only creates new problems

Problems encountered during production

• Location - agreeing on locations (outdoor and

indoor) - finding homes to film in (second part);

still a problem

Problems encountered during production• Casting - Finding a young boy to play “Conor” - needed to be a certain age; found someone - Finding a middle-aged woman to play

“Sheila” - needed to have experience in acting; yet to find

someone - needs to be available to film when we need to,

access to their home - found a possible solution (one of us to act),

looking for another solution

Problems encountered during production

• Script - redone several times - changing locations - changing dialogue (make sure it was

relevant, only allowed six lines) - changing types of shots (close-ups, wide

shots…)

Problems encountered during production

• Storyboard - changed it because we changed the

script - had to hand draw sketches

Problems encountered during production

• Consent forms - took a long time to receive them and get

them signed - caused delays to the production

schedule

Problems encountered during production

• Sound/Music - Music - found song that works well with

film; need written permission to use it

http://soundcloud.com/50-50-entertainment-llc/im-gone-preview

- Sound - took long to find someone to do the

voice-over; recently found someone

Problems encountered during production

• Production Schedule - changed several times - supposed to have started filming in January - due to casting issues, script changes,

agreeing on locations, access to equipment*

* - were not allowed to borrow equipment during holiday

Problems encountered during production

• Filming

- Actor error/costume problems, continuity error

Problems encountered during production

- prop issues, props in the way

Problems encountered during production

- too many camera movements, needs tripod

Problems encountered during production

- diagonal camera movements, needs tripod

Problems encountered during production

- too many movements

Problems encountered during production

Rough edit of the film (the start)

Things that still need to be dealt with

• Continuity Sheet• Shot list• Call sheet• Budget list • Spotting sheet• Re-do Production Schedule * slowed down our schedule