Bajkowa Siódemka
A film for the opening of a PLN 22 million preschool, shot in a single day
About the project
The Municipality of Dzierżoniów opened a PLN 22 million passive-house kindergarten, with PLN 18 million from European Funds. The film had one shoot day and no backup day. We planned it to the minute and delivered the finished film and reels five days after shooting.
(Challenge)
The kindergarten sits in a courtyard surrounded by six-storey blocks of flats, so the sun only reaches the entrance just before nine. The classrooms were available from 13:00, and most of the children had no consent to show their faces. Every minute of the day had to be planned in advance.
01 / 03(Scope)
- Production brief and a pre-shoot meeting with the kindergarten
- A 35-page shot schedule with shadow maps, sun times, the drone and FPV flight plan and camera positions
- Teleprompter interviews with the mayor, the head teacher, the contractor and the installer
- Drone footage and FPV fly-throughs of the classrooms
- Editing, voice-over, subtitles and graphics with the investment figures
- A 16:9 version and vertical 9:16 reels for social media
(Result)
The main film runs 8 minutes. On top of that, a short cut and reels with the mayor and the head teacher. Five days passed from the shoot to delivery.
03 / 03shoot day
pages in the shot schedule
days from shoot to delivery
minutes of main film
Planned
to the minute
Before the crew arrived, we had shadow maps for every hour, an orthophoto map with drone entry points and a diagram of every scene. On set, nobody had to wonder what came next.
Brief and pre-shoot meeting
With the municipality and the kindergarten’s management we agreed what to show, who speaks and which rooms are free at what time.
Sun and shadows
We worked out when the sun clears the blocks. The entrance is in sunlight from 8:55 to 14:40, and golden hour works only from a drone flying high.
Flight plan
Drone routes over the housing estate and FPV fly-throughs of the classrooms, drawn on the building’s floor plans with entry and exit times.
Shoot day
From 5:45 to 16:00. A camera, two drones and teleprompter interviews, all following the shot schedule.
Edited in five days
Voice-over, graphics with the investment figures, a 16:9 version and vertical reels.
The finished
film
The short cut of the film. The main film runs 8 minutes, plus a vertical reel with the mayor.
