Pre-production documents

 The treatment is an outline of what happens in each scene, describing what type of sounds are involved and what is captured

The Set Design was planned and created by James Forbes; our set/costume designer. They show what the rooms will need to look like in order to give the right idea to the audience.

The Risk Assessment is a document showing the different scenes and potential dangers involved. This was required for safety reasons and solutions must be provided for all risks included.

 The Prop List is simply a list of all props to be used in our short film and who is providing them.

The Location Recce shows a panoramic view of each room and includes various details regarding power and lighting sources as well as suitable times for filming.

The costume designs simply show what each character will be wearing in their scenes during the film. Once again this was created by James Forbes.

The shot list is a list of every scene and each shot within each scene set out in scene order. The information includes what happens in the shot as well as the shot size.

The shooting schedule is almost identical to the shot list, however it is not in scene order, it is in order of the date they will be filmed. Locations that are close to each other are placed during the same day if possible.

The script contains the scene number, its location and the characters and all their dialogue. This is one of the most important elements of pre-production.
The call sheet shows a description of the scene, set, along with times and a small prediction of weather.

Research

I carried out some research and searched for any topics related to the ideas in our short film.

By and large, the challenges for single fathers and single mothers are similar and include the difficulties of combining parenting responsibilities and employment, and economic disadvantage.
On average, single fathers have higher standards of living than do single mothers, which decreases potential stresses within the family.

Yet single mothers have been reported to have warmer and more structured relationships with their children than do single fathers.

The article also states that fathers are more likely to have custody of older rather than younger children and boys instead of girls. This was something that was used in our script. We mentioned that Izzy could be taken from Paul’s custody.

Source: http://social.jrank.org/pages/581/Single-Parent-Families-Single-Fathers-Compared-Single-Mothers.html