Week 7 & Production Meeting 6 - November 11th, 2011

In class both groups did block production in TV studio. While we were waiting on the other group we took this time to have our production meeting. We talked about the auditions that were taken place on November 9^th, 2011which was partially a success, and seeing that the turn out was pretty good but we did not have a complete cast. We made another date where all actors needed to be cast by November 18^th, 2011. During this meeting the floor plan was also drawn up. I brought my laptop so that all group members could see the 6 actors that were auditioned on during the casting call. We discussed the update on permission to use sofa and chair found in hub during filming of Dead Serious. We contacted Facilities Management and the woman said to call back for a response for our request if we haven’t heard from her by Monday. Director wanted actors to be regionally placed, rather than being generally British. Everything that we discussed needed to be completed by next Friday. As a group collectively we decided to confirm actors, Robert Walsh (Malcolm), Natalie Smith (Angela), and Emma Davies (Elaine). During this meeting Tamara and myself immediately contacted the actors to congratulate them on their roles. At this time we had to find out about their availability, traveling arrangements, and dietary requirements. We made sure that they were available dates November 17^th, 24^th and/or 25^th, 2011. The things that set design members had needed were a psychology bust, Newton’s cradle, psychology books, statue and a knitted doll (two different color); one black one white. We then went online to eBay.com, amazon.com and preloved.com to see how much some of these props would cost. Also it was suggested that they could also search charity shops as well. The director wanted the cast to provide their own costumes based on his recommendations. Since Malcolm’s role needed a suit we had to verify if Robert had a suit and if not get his size so that we could find him a suit. After our meeting Tamar, Kate and myself went on a casting search in the hub where we were able to cast Colin and Peter using some of my mates from my halls. At this moment it was an emergency that we find anyone and just work around the description of the characters. The reading for the class was Chapters 16 and 17, pp. 401-446.  Millerson, Gewrald. (2005) “Television Production”, Focal Press.

The next meeting was then scheduled for Friday, November 18^th, 2011 at 12pm in the Library.