Pre Production Tasks

Develop and Write a final 350-500 word Script Treatment (What is your video about?)

Final Storyboard 

·       This means you need to cross reference your Script Treatment and identify all the locations and setting in your film, and organise photo-shoots for each and every one – take more photographs than you need.

·         It also means organising colleagues and friends to agree to pose for photographs in these locations; they do not have to be the actors you would use for the filming if your idea was chosen - it is just a pre production guide as pre production changes to production are common as long as you justify the changes in your Evaluation.

·         On the storyboard, detail types of shot, camera angle and movement, types of edit, length of shot, diegetic and non diegetic sound and all aspects of the mise-en-scene (lighting, colour, weather, location and setting, dress code, objects and props, facial expression and body movement). Timings of the shot are crucial when it comes to filming – many of your shots may be only ½ second in length while lingering close ups may be 2-3 seconds in duration.

Organise a Production Schedule and share relevant documents both as hard copy and uploaded to your Blogs and via email – these include the working Storyboard and daily Call Sheets (see example below).