Planning: Media Consent

For us to gain full permission to have our actors filmed on camera, we have used a media consent form that we need to get our actors parents to sign. As 2 of our actors are under the age of 18, we will need signature permission from both of their parents in order to film them and post the trailer on the internet for our media coursework. Jack Addis, playing the stalker is over 18 therefore needs no permission consent forms as he is an adult.

The consent form will include the date that we plan to film on and locations of filming so that they will easily be able to find us incase of emergency. As well as this, we will give the numbers of each of us, therefore can put the parents at ease incase of an emergency. If for any reason we aren't able to collect a permission signature from either of our actors parents then we would need to postpone our filming days until we have found a replacement actor. We have been provided with a consent form by the school which our actor Nicole will need to sign as she goes to the same school that we do; this consent is required by the school. This is because we plan to edit the trailer during school time so we will need to have permission from her parents to do this on the premises.

One of our actors, Christian, is Diabetic. Therefore we have left the equipment he needs to keep his blood sugars at the correct level in a suitable yet easy to get to place in the house. Therefore incase of an emergency, the help is there when in need. We have given this information to his parents, so they are informed that Christian will be safe when performing in our short film. Even though Jack Addis (stalker actor) is 18, we have still informed them that Jack will be filming on the Film day in need of him. This is so incase of any emergency with Jack, we have his parents to call us as they have our phone numbers too. Jack still lives with his parents, therefore we thought this was important information for them to put them at ease as well as the actors under 18.

For myself, the location of the filming will be mostly done where I am living currently. Therefore I am close to my parents incase of any emergency with me. However I am over 18 so therefore not a requirement as well. But the slight problem, one of the other actors can quickly and easy retrieve the help within seconds.