Cheyenne Joseph // UCA Television blog

What the meeting consisted of;  This part of the unit was really important as it required me to take my directing skills to the next step. the official definition for a 'Table Read" is described as " A table read is when actors sit around tables in a large room (or sometimes your living room!) and read through the script aloud.  " - Backstage.com (2014) I knew it would really require me to know exactly how I wanted my actors to portray their characters.  This table read consisted of me arriving at my actress Sigourney's house and Moses would meet me there. Both actors where able to meet each other for the first time so that was really good. We then sat around the table and read through the script but most importantly we focussed on scenes that needed to evoke the most emotion or scenes that required a certain emphasis. I took some recordings to allow me to listen back if I ever wanted  I had to make sure I was listening carefully to ...

The importance of costume I thought it would be a good idea to do some research into costume and the impact it can have on the overall product. I first came across a senior student thesis :  The Art of Costuming:  Interpreting the Character through the Costume Designer’s Eyes by  Brianne Crist (2014). In this thesis she speaks mostly about the role a costume designer would play when part of a big production team. Although I do not have a big production team and therefore I am required to multi skill and also act as a costume designer in a sense because  I must source the correct clothing myself. It is important for me to understand what that would entail on a wider scale so I can  adapt  it into my production role.  The first point Crist makes is that how the costume designer will have plenty things to consider when making the choices. " These components include the script, the theme, the time period, the character, the sketches, the tool...

What is a shooting schedule?   "A  shooting schedule  is a project plan of each day's shooting for a film production"   - Wikipedia, 201 I knew it was extremely important for me to be organised and be fully prepared for the shoot. My actors needed to know the exact start times and wrap times. The rest of my crew needed to know as well so I wanted to take the time to create a document that was as clear as possible and easy for everyone to understand. I was looking online to see examples and noticed there was a trend for using Excel to create a shooting schedule document but I did not like the layout of the ones I saw because there was something a  little messy about them. (example below)  It was important for me to know what information is needed for the shooting schedule as well so I got some tips online. It became evident to me the importance of knowing HOW you want to shoot your film BEFORE creating a shooting schedule because you n...