Constraints
Time – the main time constraints for the completion of our project stages are only preliminary dates at the moments these dates are: pre-production is to be completed by Thursday the 14th of February, production and all the filming is to be completed by the 1st of March and post production is to all be completed by the 8th of March. I feel if we continue to work and plan effectively; as we are at the moment, we will be able to achieve this goal.
Other time constraints we will face s that one of our scenes will be carried out around dusk, therefore we will have to monitor the times it gets dark in our area and see how effective it will look in the desired location.
Costs - We are quite fortunate in that we have many resources available for free to us via the college, many props, cameras and equipment, as well as editing software are all at our disposal. The only cost that is currently at our attention is that of a policeman’s costume which is important for our drama.
Personal – we are all more than capable in the technical aspects of the production so we shall be all contributing in that field. As for the talent for our Drama again we shall all chip in for the acting but we shall also have outside help from a few more people, we will of course ensure that they are all available on times of filming, confirming it with them in advance; of course choosing people that fit the part well.
Resources - As I have mentioned already we have the college’s resources at our disposal, in pre-production we have the paper and computers to document our planning and also all the forms in which to allow us to film in our desired locations. Production the college can supply us with many of the props and costumes that we need; we have already confirmed this. They are also able to supply us with all the technical equipment, cameras, sound equipment, tripods and others; the collage also is an easy way to find talent to perform in our drama. In post-production the college allows us to uses effective editing software.
I am also able to drive another useful resource that we will need is my car so that is extremely useful.
Legal and ethical considerations - Thankfully with our project there are not too many legal and ethical considerations to have to take into account. The biggest one we will have to consider however is the watershed, though it is after this time we do need to ensure that we refrain from too many profanities and to have no nudity.
Another legal consideration we must consider is not including licence plate numbers in shot, one of our scenes may potentially take part in a car park; therefore we must choose a spot where there are no other cars or where the licence plate is obscured.
As for the ethical side to things no themes address any form of ethics in our drama so this is something we do not have to consider.
Codes of practise – We have to ensure that our project and final result is in keeping with Ofcom regulations and standards, as I have mentioned previously our drama will be going out after the watershed therefore we have more freedoms in what we can air as a younger audience should then not be viewing this, however we will be mindful in not breaking any of the rules.
Copyright – we will need to ensure that no materials or themes in our product does not include any copyrighted material, we have already had the narrative for our drama cleared so we just now need to ensure we do not include any copyrighted material within the filming and post-production.
Research an idea
Audience and research – for audience research we carried out questionnaires handed out to our target audience of 20 to 40 year olds living in locally to us. We carried this out to get feedback on what they thought on our product and if they would watch it, thankfully it was a positive result. When working on my own screenplay I also carried out a questionnaire with my target audience, in order to get feedback on my project, I think that this is a great way of doing audience research as it allows you to receive specific feedback from a specific audience.
Audience figures – we have looked at the viewing figures for similar programs currently being aired and learned that a show that helped inspire our drama, ‘silent witness’ is 9 in the 10 10 on the 30 most watched BBC one, with over 73 million views. This is very promising for us showing that programmes like ours are popular at the moment.
Primary content research – one form of primary research that we carried out was the fore mentioned questionnaires, we carried these out ourselves therefore it is primary. Another form of primary research which was carried out was in the form of a presentation, Zac the writer of the screenplay carried out a presentation with details about the drama and the group then gave feedback on their thoughts. I also carried out the same process on my own screenplay.
Secondary content research – for secondary research we looked on the BARB website to look into ratings of similar programmes, I have mentioned the data that we found in audience figures section.
Research into competitors – there are many competitors with our drama, as crime dramas are very popular on TV, programmes like ‘Sherlock’ and its American equivalent ‘Elementary’ and also programmes like silent witness. We need to ensure ours is more appealing to a wider audience if we are to compete with programs2 like these.
Research into market – when carrying out research into the market we watched several different existing BBC drama’s like ‘Sherlock’, ‘silent witness’ and ‘edge of darkness’ these helped us by allowing us to take a look into the different ways that they can be written and shot. I also looked at BBC drama hustle also and took much influence when writing my own screenplay.
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