Post Fourteen: Pre-Production Work

TECHNICAL RECCES

Technical recces consist of an aerial drawing of each location at which filming is taking place at within the production stage. These drawings consist of all furniture within the rooms/area in which filming takes place, the lighting sources (both natural and artificial). Once the detailing has been added into the drawings the next things to be added are the camera positions, these are labelled with the shot numbers for that specific camera position within the scene that is being filmed. Lighting details e.g. gels that are being added to the lights must be noted on the technical recce as well as the positioning of the actors within the shots. Technical recces helped us establish where problems may be encountered in terms of the furniture positioning, light sources, risks that need to be assessed as well as helping us visualise how the scene will pan out enabling any necessary changes to be made before the day of filming.

 

STORYBOARD

A Storyboard is part of pre-production documentation and is a document which places an image to each shot within your product - as well as the image, shot and scene numbers are mentioned and importantly the camera and character movement. There are two columns on a storyboard, the left hand contains the image and the right contains the necessary information. The detailing surrounding the images - the arrows surrounding the outside of the box containing the image indicate camera movement e.g. panning, tracking, general movement and the arrows inside the box imply the character movement within the shot. This detailing works to our advantage due to the fact that simiarly to technical recces it enables us to get a clear idea of how the shot should look with details such as the proximity of the camera and actors e.g. long shot, medium shot, extreme close up, 3/4 shot etc.

 

 

LOCATION RECCES

Location recces as part of pre-production documentation are the process in which a scout visits numerous locations and takes photos, these photos would then be shown to the director who selects the locations that would be used to film at - Due to a time restraint we decided where would be be filming and have then created a location recce for every area in which we are filming. Within our location recces we have analysed and annotated them for power sources within the area, the lighting (both natural and artifical) as well as permission for using the area. 

 

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

A shot list is the part of pre-production documentation in which the location is stated with the scene and shot numbers by it as well as a description, this involves camera and character movement as well as any other relevant details for the shots.

CHARACTER PROFILES

Character profiles are designed to establish elements of the characters within the media product you are creating, they include necessary information on the characters as well as examples of costume - the information character profiles establish includes details about their appearance, certain character traits they have and even possibly their background. These enable to character preperation to run smoothly e.g. costume and the actors understanding of their characters - (Due to reliability, Ryan was later changed to Martin Pridgeon to play Grace's Father).

CAST PROFILES

Similarly to character profiles cast profiles are designed to establish necessary facts about people, however the aim of the cast profiles are establish information about the cast members rather than the fictional characters within the media product - cast profiles can include information such as eye colour, height, clothing sizes and personal interests. The aim of these are to enable yet again the character preperation to run smoothly e.g. costume and the actors understanding of their characters as well as acting as an aid to make sure the cast member is correct for the character role - (Due to reliability, Ryan was later changed to Martin Pridgeon to play Grace's Father).

SCRIPT

A script is a written version of a play or other dramatic composition and is used in preparing for a performance - in this specific task we had to write scripts for a short film. This challenged me due to the fact that when creating a script there are many things to consider e.g. creating convincing dialgoue, creating action that was produceable, creating characters that had the desired affect upon the audience, having workable destinations in mind and generally having a realistic story line. However, once considering and planning idea I successfully managed to create a script that we then followed through to the production stage to create.

 

RISK ASSESSMENT

 A risk assessment is a vital part of the pre-production documentation - it is essential that a film has a risk assessment for each filming location before the production process begins. The risk assessment allows a film crew to both acknowledge risks present in an area as well as taking action to eliminate or minise the risk noticed. The usual format for a risk assessment is stating the location, the risk, the action being taken towards eliminating the risk and then the risk after action has been taken.

COSTUME LIST

A costume list as part of pre-production documentation is essentially a list that consists of all of items involved with costumes needed within the media product - it consists of detail descriptions of the items of clothing, the cast member name/the character name as well as the scenes the clothing is needed for. will need for each scene that requires it.

PROP LIST

Much like a costume list a prop list entails a list of props are needed within the filming of a media product - the list consists of the props that are required as well as the scene in which they are needed.

CALL SHEET

PRODUCTION LOGO

 

CAMERA TEST

SOUND TEST

CHILD ABUSE RESEARCH

MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH