Production Schedule

This is my production scheadule. I will use this in order to help keep track of what asks need to be undertkn, where and when. This will therefore be an essential tool in aiding me to stay on top of tasks and work and therefore meet pacific deadlines set, argo not falling behind?

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Characters

Me (Billy Saxon)

The lead role of my production is played by myself. I play the role of myself, Billy Saxon, a TV presenter, who goes from town to town, county to county, attempting to resolve the rumours and myths that surround the areas regarding paranormal activity and spiritual presence. Where as Billy does not claim to posses any form of a "sixth sense", nor does he claim in anyway to be a "Physic Medium", he does have a interest in the paranormal and is neither a believer nor sceptic and keeps a open mind to idea of the paranormal. So he enrols the help of local physic mediums from within the local areas, to help and aid him in his search
for the all important paranormal side.

Jimmy Beaton (Jimmy Beaton)

The only other character to feature in my documentary is Jimmy Beaton. Jimmy is a "Physic Medium" from the local area of ware. He aids Billy in his search for all things paranormal. He is a proud Scottish national and has been in the paranormal game for years. He is renowned for his Physic powers and has received many accolades from numerous respected spiritual and physic groups alike. So he is the perfect man for the job when it came to finding a "Physic Medium" within the local area to aid Billy in his investigations. However, not even Jimmy was prepared for what a certain location had in store for him, something he wont forget in a hurry and neither likely will the viewers of the documentary... 

Costumes

When it came to costumes, I felt that there needed to be a sophisticated edge to the way I dressed in order for the documentary to be taken seriously from the start. So for this reason I felt that I needed to dress as if i really were conducting a paranormal investigation live on TV. So I took inspiration in the way I dressed from TV "Physic Medium"  Derek Acorah. Due to this I felt it best that I would wear, a smart shirt, a jumper, black jeans/smart trousers and smart black polish-able shoes. However this attire varied from day to day and if there was a lot of movement, such as running involved I decided that Nike trainers would be a better suited form of footwear. Dependant also on the weather I would wear a Harrington jacket or not, but this was a suitable jacket as it still helped maintain the professional look i was going for.

Jimmy, who played the "Physic Medium" in my documentary, was required to dress likewise. He went for a more casual look with a Harrington jacket, grey jeans and Vans footwear, but still looked professional enough but did so that i was at the same time practical, in order to fit in with the attire of a TV Physic Medium other than Derek Acorah.

Locations for filming

There will be 4 main locations of where I will be filming the core of my documentary. There will be various other locations where filming will take place but these will take a minor role within  the documentary as a whole and will be decided as of and when appropriate. The main locations will be where the majority of filming takes place and the "Paranormal Investigations" occur. With the exception of my bedroom where the majority of the behind the scenes footage filming will take place.

 My Bedroom

Thundridge (Cold Christmas Church)

Ware (Presdale Woods)

Ware (A10 Monastery and Woodlands)

Ware (Farmers Fields)

Filming: Day 3 (16/10/13)

Today's filming took place in my bedroom. I had various voice over files to record for the numeros video montages I am going to record in the next few days for my production. These are montages of the local area, dependant on where I am investigating at the time in the production. I did this in my room as it is a quiet location, perfect for filming so that there was no background interference. Along with the voice over recordings, I filmed a few hand held shots of me in my bed giving a "video diary" type shot sumary of the days filming events, a type of beind the scenes video diary. This will add a touch of comical value to the production, as it shows Billy scared of the days events, a contrast to the attitude he initially sets out with at the beginning of the documentary. I had to film these shots at the end of the day to make them look authentic to the time of night it is set to be in the documentary. Yet it will also help add authenticity to the documentary as a whole.These shots have been filmed in advance of the completion of my project and will be put in the documentary at the end of every "documentary day" of filming.

Filming: Day 2 (08/10/13)

On the second day of filming, i went down to the local woods, located near the A10. This was the perfect location as it is in the middle of no where and a fairly derelict location. It has a spooky feeling about it and is situated next to a monastery and church which just adds to the paranormal feel. I was originally going to film a few shots outside the monastery itself, with a good shot with the monastery in the background and over hanging trees, it was a perfectly framed shot. However we had to abort the idea on the day due to the poor lighting, a result of poor unpredictable weather. So due to this I took the decision to postpone the filming of this shot until the weather conditions were more appropriate for the shots on hand. So i moved onto the next shots of the day. Which consisted of reporting on a "Haunted Tree" known as the "Hanging Branch" due to its history, where many of the local monks from the monastery were hanged for sins towards to monastery. I did a 20 second report with the tree clearly set in the background of the medium shot. Once this was filmed I had planned on filming in the woods but due to the weather again, this had to be postponed until the next filming day, where I will film both the monastery shots and the woodland shots that I had planned on filming today.