Pre-Production

Planning & Pre-Production

Contents

- Production Schedule
- Script
- Location Recce
- List Of Foley Sounds
- Equipment List
- Crew List
- Props List
- Clearances / Confirmations
- Contingency Plan

There will be no need for location recces and storyboards

because I will have no visuals with my final production
(as it is a radio drama)

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Production Schedule

Date Week Begining Plan Of Action Evaluation

12th Feb Proposal / Find my Weekly Blog
client
19th Feb Production schedule / Weekly Blog
Brief / Bibliography
26th Feb Research Weekly Blog

5th March Research Weekly Blog

12th March Pre-Production Weekly Blog

19th March Pre-production Weekly Blog

26th March Pre-Production / Weekly Blog

Recording
2nd April Record Weekly Blog

9th April Record Weekly Blog

16th April Making Foley / Editing Weekly Blog

23rd April Editing Weekly Blog

30th April Improvements / Re- Final evaluation /

Recording / Re-Editing Weekly Blog
7th May Evaluation / Submission Weekly Blog
for interim deadline
14th May FINAL Improvements

21st May FINAL HAND IN

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Script

Narrator 1:
George took an enormous saucepan out of the cupboard and
placed it onto the kitchen table.

SAUCEPANS RATTLING

Grandma 1:
GEORGE! What are you doing? (From the next room)

SAUCEPANS RATTLING

George 1:
Nothing Grandma!

SAUCEPANS RATTLING

Grandma 2:
You needn’t think I can’t hear you just because you closed the
door! You’re rattling the saucepans!

SAUCEPAN PUT DOWN

George 2:
I’m just tiding the kitchen, Grandma

Narrator 2:
George had absolutely no doubts whatsoever abut how he was
going to make his medicine. He wasn’t going to fool about
wondering whether to put in a little bit of this or a little
bit of that. Quite simply, he was going to put in EVERYTHING
he could find. There would be no messing about, no hesitating,
no wondering whether a particular thing would knock the ol’
girl sideways or not. The rule would be this: whatever he saw,
if it was runny or powdery or gooey, in it went.

Nobody had ever made a medicine like that before. If it didn’t

actually cure Grandma, then it would anyway cause some
exciting results. It would be worth watching.

George decided to work his way round the various rooms one at
a time and see what they had to offer.

FOOTSTEPS + SAUCEPAN CLINKING

He would first go to the bathroom. There are always lots of

funny things in the bathroom. So upstairs he went, carrying
the enormous two-handled saucepan before him.

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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In the bathroom, he gazed longingly at the famous and

dreaded medicine cupboard. But he didn’t go near it. It was
the only thing in the entire house he was forbidden to
touch. He had made solemn promises to his parents about this
and he wasn’t going to break them. There were things in
there, they had told him, that could actually kill a person,
and although he was out to give Grandma a pretty fiery
mouthful, he didn’t really want a dead body on his hands.
George put the saucepan on the floor and went to work.

SAUCEPAN PUT DOWN

Number one was a bottle, labelled Golden Gloss Hair Shampoo.

He emptied it into the pan.

SHAMPOO GOING INTO THE PAN

George 3:
That ought to wash her tummy nice and clean

Narrator 3:
He took a full tube of Toothpaste and squeezed out the whole
lot of it in one long worm.

TOOTHPASTE GOING INTO THE PAN

George 4:
Maybe that will brighten up those horrid brown teeth of hers

Narrator 4:
There was an aerosol can of Superfoam Shaving Soap Belonging
to his father. George loved playing with aerosols. He pressed
the button and kept his finger on it until the there was
nothing left. A wonderful mountain of white foam built up in
the giant saucepan.

FOAM SPRAYING INTO THE PAN

With his fingers, he scooped out the contents of a jar of

Vitamin Enriched Face Cream.

FINGERS SCOOPING CREAM AND GOING INTO THE PAN

In went a small bottle of scarlet Nail Varnish

GLASS SMASHING IN THE PAN

George 5:
If the toothpaste doesn’t clean her teeth then this will paint
them red as roses

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Narrator 5:
He found another jar of creamy stuff labelled Hair Remover.
Smear It On Your Legs And Allow To Remain For Five Minutes.
George tipped it all into the saucepan.

CREAMY STUFF GOING INTO THE PAN

There was a bottle with yellow stuff inside it called

Dishworth’s Famous Dandruff Cure. In it went.

DANDRUFF CURE GOING INTO THE PAN

There was something called Brillident for cleaning false

teeth. It was a white powder. In that went, too.

BRILLIDENT GOING INTO THE PAN

He found another aerosol can, Nevermore Ponking Deodorant

spray, Guaranteed, it said, to keep away unpleasant body
smells for a whole day

DEODERANT GOING INTO THE PAN

George 6:
She could use plenty of that

Narrator 6:
Liquid Paraffin, the next one was called. It was a big bottle.
He hadn’t the faintest idea what it did to you, but he poured
it in anyway.

LIGUID PARRAFIN GOING INTO THE PAN

That, he thought, looking around him, was about all from the
bathroom.

FOOTSTEPS + SAUCEPAN CLINKING (HALF FULL)

On his mother’s dressing table in the bedroom, George found

yet another lovely aerosol can. It was called Helga’s Hairset.
Hold twelve inches away from the hair and spray lightly. He
squirted the whole lot into the saucepan.

AEROSOL CAN SPRAYING

He did enjoy squirting these aerosols.

There was a bottle of perfume called Flowers of Turnips. It

smelled of old cheese. In it went.

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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PERFUME BEING SPRAYED

And in, too, went a large round box of Powder. It was called
Pink Plaster. There was a powder-puff on top and he threw
that in as well for luck.

POWDER + POWDER PUFF GOING INTO THE PAN

He found a couple of Lipsticks. He pulled the greasy red

things out of their little cases and added them to the
mixture.

LIPSTICKS BEING THROWN INTO THE PAN

The bedroom had nothing more to offer, so George carried the

enormous saucepan downstairs again and trotted into the
laundry-room where the shelves were full of all kinds of
household items.

FOOTSTEPS + SAUCEPAN CLINKING (HALF FULL)

BOXES SHUFFLING ON THE SHELF

The first one he took down was a large box of Superwhite for
automatic washing machines. Dirt, it said, Will disappear like
magic. George didn’t know whether Grandma was automatic or
not, but she was certainly a dirty old woman.

SUPERWHITE GOING INTO THE PAN

George 7:
So she’d better have it all

Narrator 7:
Then there was a big tin of Waxwell Floor Polish. It removes
filth and foul messes from your floor and leaves everything
shiny bright, it said. George scooped the orange-coloured waxy
stuff out of the tin and plonked it into the pan.

FINGERS SCOOPING OUT WAX AND **SLAPPING THE PAN **(Sloppy sound)

There was a round cardboard carton labelled Flea Powder for

dogs. Keep well away from the dog’s food, it said, because
this powder, if eaten, will make the dog explode.

George 8:
Good!

POWDER GOING INTO THE PAN

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Narrator 8:
He poured it all into the saucepan.

He found a box of Canary Seed on the shelf

George 9:
Perhaps it’ll make the old bird sing

BIRD SEED GOING INTO THE PAN

Narrator 9:
And in it went.

Next, George explored the box with shoe-cleaning materials –

brushes and tins and dusters.

ITEMS RATTLING INTO EACHOTHER

Well now, he thought, Grandma’s medicine is brown, so my

medicine must also be brown or she’ll smell a rat. The way to
colour it, he decided, would be with Brown Shoe-Polish. The
large tin he chose was labelled Dark Tan. Splendid. He scooped
it all out and with an old spoon and plopped it into the pan.
He would stir it up later.

SHOE POLISH BEING SCOOPED OUT AND SLAPPING THE PAN

On his way back to the kitchen, George saw a bottle of Gin

standing on the sideboard. Grandma was very fond of gin. She
was allowed to have a small nip of it every evening. Now he
would give her a treat.

GIN BEING PICKED UP

He would pour in the whole bottle, he did.

GIN BEING EMPTIED INTO THE PAN

Back in the kitchen, George put the huge saucepan on the table
and went over to the cupboard that served as a larder.

SAUCEPAN BEING PUT DOWN

The shelves were bulging with bottles and jars of every sort.
He chose the following and emptied them one by one into the

JARS AND BOTTLES RATTLING

INGREDIENTS BEING TAKEN OUT

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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saucepan:
A tin of curry powder
A tin of mustard powder
A bottle of ‘extra hot’ chilli sauce
A tin of black peppercorns
A bottle of horseradish sauce

HANDS WIPING TOGETHER

George 10:
There!

Grandma 3:
George! Who are you talking to?

George 11:
Nothing, Grandma, absolutely nothing

Grandma 4:
Is it time for my medicine yet?

George 12:
No, Grandma, not for about half an hour

Grandma 5:
Well, just see you don’t forget it

George 13:
I won’t Grandma, I promise I won’t.

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of locatio Type of room/area:

Kitchen

Address:
Wilfrids Wood Close,
Flackwell Heath,
High Wycombe

Nearest Train Station:

Bourne End

Nearest Bus stop:

The Green dragon

Sound Information: Solutions:

Quite a big room so lots of space for
echoes, quite a quiet road so not
many cars should be driving past
Power Information
Plenty of power sockets around the
room
If the sound seems to be echoing then
put blankets and carpets up o the
walls to reduce this. If anyone seems
to be driving past, wait for them to go
by or close the windows to get the
best of the outside noise out.
Solutions:
Use extension leads for extra ‘range’
and plugs

Hazards Solutions:
Stools around a table in the middle f Move them out of the way or be
the room careful you don’t walk into them or
the table.

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area:

Recording Studio

Address:
RG9 1UH

Nearest Train Station:

Henley On Thames

Nearest Bus stop:

Bell Street

Sound Information: Solutions:

Has thick walls and a thick door to reduce outside If anyone is in the main
noise with carpet up the walls to reduce echo studio next door, I will
have to tell them to be
quiet when recording
Power Information Solutions:
Plenty of power sockets around the room Use extension leads for
extra ‘range’ and
plugs

Hazards Solutions:
A few chairs around the room you could walk into Move them out of the
way or be careful you
don’t trip over them

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Foley Sounds

Sound Effects
Saucepan being taken out of the cupboard
Saucepan being placed on the table
Footsteps
Clunking of saucepan as George walks
Toilet flushing--
Shampoo being squeezed into the pan
Toothpaste being squeezed into the pan
Aerosol can of foam being squirted into the pan (until end)
Fingers scooping out face cream and dropping into the pan
Nail varnish bottle smashing in the pan (use a light bulb)
‘Creamy stuff’ going into the pan
‘Dandruff cure’ going into the pan
‘Teeth cleaner’ going into the pan
Deodorant being sprayed into the pan
Liquid paraffin going into the pan
Slow footsteps (wondering in a circle looking round)
Footsteps to the bedroom
Hairspray being sprayed into the pan (until end)
Perfume going into the pan
Powder + powder puff going into the pan
Lipstick being thrown into the pan
Footsteps going downstairs
Saucepan clinking as George walks
‘superwhite’ liquid going into the pan
Floor polish (waxy) going into the pan
Flea powder going into the pan
Bird seed going into the pan
Shoe polish going into the pan
Footsteps
Gin being picked up
Gin being emptied into the pan
Footsteps
Saucepan being put down
Tin opening
Curry powder being poured into the pan
Mustard powder going into the pan
A bottle of chilli sauce going into the pan
Black peppercorns going into the pan
A bottle of horseradish sauce going into the pan

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Equipment list

Item Item Description Who Uses It When is it used

AKG Condenser Small black Alex Pausey Throughout the

mic P220 microphone making of the
Foley sounds
Condenser mic Black microphone Voice actors When recording
attached to a the dialogue
stand

Crew List

Name Role Responsibilities Date/Time/Place

Needed
Alex Pausey Director In charge of all All Dates/Times
production and
recording
Charlie Voice actor Plays the roll of the 16th April
Woodward narrator in my 10:20
production R326 -
Henley College
Conor Coleman Voice actor Plays the role of 17th April
George in my 10:20
production R326 –
Henley College
Jenna Baulch Voice actor Plays the role of 17th April
Grandma in my 11:10
production R326 –
Henley College

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Props List (Foley Props)

Item

Saucepan
Ladle

Table

Shoes

Shampoo

Tooth paste tube

Shaving foam (aerosol)

Face cream

Light bulb

Small bottle with cap

Water

Deodorant

Hair spray (aerosol can)

Perfume

Flour

Cups

Porridge oats

Wine bottle

Full tin of kidney beans

Towel

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Foley Production List

Sound Effects How I Will Make The Sound

Saucepan being taken out of the Take a saucepan out of a

cupboard cupboard, make sure to hit other
saucepans as I’m taking it out
Saucepan being placed on the table Place a saucepan on a table
(spoon inside)

Footsteps Walk around near a mic on the floor

Clunking of saucepan as George Hold the saucepan by its handles

walks
Shampoo being squeezed into the
pan
Toothpaste being squeezed into the
pan
Aerosol can of foam being squirted
into the pan (until end)
Fingers scooping out face cream and
dropping into the pan
Nail varnish bottle smashing in the pan
(use a light bulb)
‘Creamy stuff’ going into the pan
with a ladle inside and the lid half
on, start shaking it and moving it up
and down to get that ‘clinking’
sound
Squeeze a mix of face cream,
shampoo and water out of a
shampoo bottle
Squeeze toothpaste (added with
some water) out of a toothpaste
tube
Empty a can of foam into the
saucepan (make sure to get the
sound of the foam dying out
towards the end.
Put some face cream into a plastic
cup and scoop it out with my fingers
right next to the mic and throw it at
the bottom of the pan to get that
sloppy slapping sound
Throw a light bulb in the bottom of
the pan
Make up some creamy stuff (mix
some face cream with water and
toothpaste) put it in a cup then
quickly flick it all into the pan
(maybe scoop out with fingers)

‘Dandruff cure’ going into the pan Pour a bottle of liquid into the pan
(small bottle with small lid)

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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‘Teeth cleaner’ going into the pan Pour some flour into a cup then pour
this cup out into the saucepan

Deodorant being sprayed into the pan Spray deodorant next to a mic until
it runs out

Liquid paraffin going into the pan Pour a bottle of runny liquid with a
thin cap into the pan (water)

Slow footsteps (wondering in a circle Walk around a mic slowly

looking round)
Footsteps to the bedroom Walk past the mic and away from it

Hairspray being sprayed into the pan Spray an aerosol can next to the
(until end) mic until it runs out
Perfume going into the pan Spray some perfume next to the mic

Powder + powder puff going into the Pour some flour into a cup and put
pan something solid on the top like a
Lego brick

Lipstick being thrown into the pan Throw lipsticks into a saucepan

Footsteps going downstairs Record myself walking down some

stairs

Saucepan clinking as George walks Hold the saucepan (with everything

(Half Full) so far in it) by the handles and move
it up and down with the ladle inside
to get a bit of a deeper clinking

‘superwhite’ liquid going into the pan Squeeze some liquid out of a little
bottle (water)

Floor polish (waxy) going into the pan Drop some floor polish (or something
waxy/creamy) into the pan

Flea powder going into the pan Pour some four into a cup with a
small amount of oats then pour this
into the saucepan

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Bird seed going into the pan Pour a bag of oats or bird seed into
the saucepan (whichever I have)

Shoe polish going into the pan Pour some shoe polish into a cup
then scoop it out next to the mic
and drop it In the pan

Footsteps Walk around the mic

Gin being picked up Place the mic on the table next to a

gin bottle (or wine bottle) then start
recording and pick it up

Gin being emptied into the pan Fill up a gin/wine bottle with water
then empty it into the pan

Footsteps Walk around the mic

Saucepan being put down Place the saucepan down next to

the mic

Tin opening Open a tin next to the mic

Curry powder being poured into the
pan
Mustard powder going into the pan
Pour some curry powder into the
saucepan
Pour some curry powder and some
flour into a cup then record pouring
the contents into the saucepan

A bottle of chilli sauce going into the
pan
Black peppercorns going into the pan
A bottle of horseradish sauce going
into the pan
George wiping his hands
Pour some type of sauce into the
saucepan (make sure it is quite
runny, mix with water if needed)
Pour some peppercorns into the
saucepan
Squeeze ketchup or mayonnaise
into the saucepan
Wipe my hands next to the mic

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Clearances/Confirmations
Jenna [GRANDMA]

Conor [GEORGE]

Charlie [NARRATOR]

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441
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Contingency plan

For my Contingency plan I have made sure that all of the actors are free to
record on each day, if for some reason they become unavailable on the day
I will wait for them to become available. If they are unavailable for a long
period of time then I will use a Backup actor. I have made sure to have
auditioned my back ups and have made sure they can come and help me if
needed.

Student Name: Alexander Pausey Radio Drama

Centre Name: The Henley College Foley Sounds
Student Number: 970769
Centre Number: 62441