Pre-Production Unit: Finished Product

Here it is: The Cockleshell Raid 2012

Pre-Prodution Unit/Dissertation: The Final Flourish

This week has been making the final adjustemtns to both Pre-Production and Dissertation I feel the old adage of the 7 P's has been the way in which we've succeeded in this porject:

Proper preparation prevents p***-poor performance

Here our (almost) final designs for the pre-produtcion unit The Pre-production package (PPP) book design made at Hollingworth & Moss

and the PPP's DVD made at Cyclone

Pre-Production Unit: Script Writing

Spent yesterday working through the introduction part of my Shooting Script. This was a quite a hard task but managed to finish the first section. Today I decided to tackle the bulk of the script in a different manner. First I found the outline for Act One which I created in the Presentation stage:

Through archive and face-to-face interview we meet the crew, led by Historian Dan Snow. Interweaved with historical footage we are taken through the History of the raid which includes stylistic montage of the next generation team training at relevant land mark Eastney in Portsmouth, reflecting that of the ‘Canoe Commanodes’. Dan then takes us through the ‘Cockle Mk II’ cutting to sequence of the canoes being crafted by experts, The Historic Canoe and Kayak Associtation, with our crew helping the Kayaks take shape. Preperation concludes with a visit from presenter of Bullets, Boots and Bandadges, Military historian Saul David. Saul kits out the team in orignial uniform. The Frankton Four can now undertake:

- I took this as a base and then used post-it notes to formulate a succinct order separating out the individual components. - I then took the notes and put them on our production board and played with the order with the help of Chloe:

Here is the short hand version of the notes we made: Script Order

Media World: The Cinematographer/Treatment/Screenwriting

Pre-Production Unit: Scripting

Inbetween editing my final rough cut I have been working on the Commentary script for Peter Williams, according to Rabigers 'Directing the Documentary' the script should be

- Double spaced typed script - Set Blocks of narration apart on the page and number them for easy location - Put pages inside plastic wallets to avoid rattling.

The Cockleshell Raid 2012 on this I wrote Timecodes and approx. duration... Had a quick conversation with Hans Petch this morning and he had some great advice in terms of scrtipting a feature length documentary (he has recently worked on a 60 minute BBC 2 doc fronted by Terry Wogan) He suggests:

Breaking the script down to chapters - Intro & 9 x 10 minutes - Write intro & Chapter 1/2 - Do a chapter Summary for 3-9

Here is a rough edit:

Pre-Production Unit: Edit/Comm

Today, teaming up with Chloe successfully, we were able to unite our research in archive to put into our rough cut which i have been putting together today. Slotting in relevant archive has been tricky, finding quality footage is going to prove difficult but Chloe has obtained the sources from a recent History Channel Documentary, so by next week I expect we will have a strong set of high quality, relvant cutaway footage to match the words. Keeping Rabiger's "Directing the Documentary" at hand I have been writing the Guide Comm. script along side the edit today: learning the 'Power of the first word' making sure I am aware that The first word to fall on a new new image influences how the audience interprets it I am, at the moment struggling, as with each review changes will be made so my comm will always be subject to change, but once the edit comes together I will have enough words to cover the images, come the final edit. Thinking ahead to the Delivery Process which starts next Wednesday 2nd May having consulted specialist binders, Hollingworth & Moss in an email I ascertained that I'd like to see if they have a mock-up or a previous example? Plus we'd want the 'top secret' stamp with our Title: The Cockleshell Raid 2012 A New Generation Tackles the Impossible (all in our chosen font) inside we'd want a bound document on thick, quality glossed paper if possible... I envisaged the document to be encased (as suggested in a correspondence from Hollingworth & Moss) in a clamshell presentation box

with our title and a 'top secret' stamp

DVD casement within the box? We will start delivery package next week (2nd May) The completed package will be done by (11th May) Estimate that it will be between 50-75 pages Detailed schedule coming soon General theme is aged secret document traditional red stamp on the front with the font embossed inside cover maintains the war time document feel

Pre-Priduction Unit: Schedule

Scheduling