Thursday 15 November 2012

Pre-production task list

Introduction

This blog post will contain all of the guidelines we must follow to create a efficient one minute single camera production. This task list will be consistently edited, by highlighting the tasks completed in green. The tasks that are in motion will be highlighted purple.

Tasks to complete

  • Production team name and logo
  • Identify audience
  • Determine what your trying to tell (Moral)
  • The story needs to be imaginative and creative
  • Clear objective
  • Come up with a proposal/treatment (overall idea)
  • Come up with a storyboard
  • Script (only for the five minute production)
  • Distinct beginning, middle and end (clear equilibrium)
  • Think about genre/mood
  •   - Overall genre
  •   - Feeling it conveys
  •   - How will the acting be used to convey this?
  •   - Mood board
  • Mise en scene (props, setting, style, costumes)
  • Narrative structure (linear/non-linear/etc)
  • Shot list (time and shot) - camera angles
  • Location list (get permission)
  • Shooting schedule (date, when, where)
  • Equipment list (sound and lighting required)
  • Risk assessment
  • Budget (imagine it is a real film/estimate)
  • Timeline (start today till competed product)
  • KEEP A DIARY LOG - EVERY SINGLE LESSON!

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