Meeting with Director

This project requires me, as the producer, to work very closely with the director to ensure that the piece we produce is of high quality. To make sure that we are well organised before shooting, we have regular meetings so that we can stay on top of all of our work and get ahead of the planning.

In todays meeting we discussed many different aspects of the planning for the film including; a schedule for meeting between the director and myself, costume ideas for the actors, a props list and a budget. Although we originally thought that we would not have a budget due to the fact that we cannot pay actors, we realised that to get actresses on board we would have to pay for their transport and food etc.
We also started to get in contact with possible actors for our film and also contacted the owners of some possible locations.

Below are the notes we made in our meeting for each of the following:

MEETING SCHEDULE
During this meeting we also came up with a schedule/agenda for our meetings that we were planning to have throughout this week.
WEDNESDAY 2ND APRIL
9am - 12pm - Meet at university,
                    - Call Asda and Tesco for possible locations,
                    - Scan in meeting notes and print out files needed for the meeting with actress tonight.
6.30pm - 8.30pm - Meet at train station and travel to Chesterfield,
                           - Meet with Jess to take us to her drama group,
                           - Watch drama group for any potential actresses,
                           - Speak with actress that Jess had suggested and also fill out any neccessary forms.

FRIDAY 4TH APRIL
12pm - Meet at university,
          - Props shopping,
          - Additional casting,
          - Search for more possible locations.

WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL
2pm - Meet at university to discuss each members progress so far/bring up any problems they are having.


COSTUME IDEAS
The director and I went through what costumes we want each of the characters to wear in each scene. Below are scanned images of the notes we made.

PROPS LIST
We also made a list of any props we may need for the production of our film. Each of the items with a star next to them are items that we already own and therefore do not need to buy.

BUDGET
We thought it was important to set a budget so that each member knows how much they need to contribute to make it equal.

TRANSPORT (ACTORS ONLY) - max £40

CATERING (2 x SANDWICH PLATTER, CRISPS, DRINKS) - £15

PROPS - £65