Production: Consent Forms for extras

On the 14th March, I had around 10 extras turning up to perform in our opening scene.  In order to ensure we didn't have any confusion with how the extras would be involved and what they would receive, I created a consent form for them which I emailed to them before the shoot day to ensure they were fully aware of what was expected of them and what they expected from us.

 After researching into what should go in a consent form I was able to construct a professional and clear form for me to use with my extras.  The many types of consent forms I had seen through researching, consisted of the main points: 
  • They consent to the university having the rights to film them
  • Where their footage may be sent to
  • That the 'talent' does not own the footage
  • The owner may have the 'talent's' contact details for future reference
When working on a placement last year with Twenty Twenty, I dealt with their release forms which are the equivalent to our consent forms.  Unfortunately I don't have a copy to show on here as all of the information on a release form is strictly confidential.  On their release forms they ask the 'talent' to describe what they are wearing on the form so that they can pick them out from all of the other extras in case they need to contact a specific individual.  I decided to do the same on my consent forms as this was a clever way to distinctly recognise each extra.  

The bullet pointed list above was through my research into how other university's run their consent forms.  Their layout is slightly different to UCA's layout, however they represent the same or similar attributes.  The one I have created uses the same layout as UCA's however, I have added extra information that is relevant to our production.

Please see below for the consent form that I have constructed for our production of Young & Famous: 


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