Problem Solving

Below are the problems I may during the theoretical and practical
stages and how I will fix them if they come up.

Problem solving

Theoretical How to fix Faced Didn’t face

Eg. Narrative Would theories will you look at NO
structure / meeting What law and guidance will you
genre conventions look into
Platform issues How will you know the platform
(YouTube) regulations?
Age restrictions;
Does your work
meet EDI
standards
The music I want to If this happens then I will have to NO
use in my change the music to something
production may similar that is royalty free.
be copyrighted by
YouTube
In my production I I will have to show significance in NO
want to make the the actions of the character by
viewers think using filming and editing
about the actions techniques at the times of these
of a certain significant actions so that the
character which audience recognises this. For
may be hard to do example: Dutch angles, themed
well. music, close ups and silences.
It may be a Once I have got all of my research NO
challenge to which will need to be detailed
follow all of the enough, I will make sure when
conventions I scripting, storyboarding, filming
need to follow for and editing that it all follows these
the genre and guidelines and that I do not miss
narrative type. out necessary conventions/codes.

Practical How to fix Faced Didn’t face

Lighting / sound /
locations etc.
Website layout /
time management
I may well have I will stick to the production YES
time management schedule and get the work done
problems due to as soon aa possible to avoid falling
the amount of behind.
work and
progression of the
work through the
weeks.
One of my scenes Although this is deliberate I will NO
will likely be in a have to set the camera settings so
dark room with a that the image does not come out
screen as the only grainy, if the computer screen is
light source. The not enough light to show enough
camera may not detail in the scene then I will use
be able to cope alternate light sources with the
with the limited camera angles to then make the
light. extra light look like it is coming from
the computer.
Due to the amount I will have to make sure I plan NO
of work going into where everything is going to go so
this project, having that my website is not cluttered or
a clean and unorganised.
organised website
for all of this work
may be
challenging.
Getting actors I will either have to limit my NO
may be a problem characters or more preferably I will
and most people confirm my actors early on and I
are doing their will confirm back up actors to be in
final major projects my production as well.
and a lot of
people do not
have the time to
play a non-paying
role.
Shaky camera I will have to book out a stabiliser YES
movement from the media department, use a
stabilising editing software if the
movement is not too shaky or I will
get my own stabiliser mount for the
filming period.
Camera battery To deal with this I will have to spare YES
running out of fully charged batteries with me
power when when filming so that we have
filming backups which will in total last the
majority of the day which will be
 more than enough time for filming
scenes.
I will need to make I have already secured one NO
sure I have a cameraman however I will need a
cameraman backup cameraman in case he in
available for the not available to film my scenes or
scenes that I am in in emergency I can use a tripod
as I am going to and have still shots for the scenes
act in my own that a cameraman is not
production. available.