After having heard all the interpretations of the script from all the writers, both classes broke up into two more manageable groups for production. In our crew group, we discussed what we liked about the scripts, what worked and what was impractical. This was very important to discuss, as for test shoots we don’t want to bite off more than we can chew, we need a script that is manageable and do-able for our crew. Because it is just a test shoot, we will source the talent in-house (i.e the crew will play the characters), and also juggle that with our allocated crew roles. I think we are aiming for a two day shoot, both inside and outside of class. Because this is our first time working together as a production crew, it’s hard to tell how long these shoots will take, but we all have our crew roles so I think it should be ok. A test shoot is really important in defining the visual style we want for our actual production, the pacing, line delivery, and trialling various locations. Having a practice pilot, will allow us to work out the issues with it and ensure everything is polished for the actual episode/s. We will be in contact with the writers, although they won’t be on set (except for Monty- who is playing the boss for our test shoot) about how we are going, and if we have any questions about lines etc. It’ll be very interesting to see how this pilot goes.