Unit 4 - Pre-Production Portfolio Report

Unit 4 – Pre-Production Portfolio Report

There are a number of stages during pre-production. When planning a short film; it is key to have scriptwriters and storyboards. This way you can have a grasp on how to proceed in the initial production stage. This is how a commissioning process works in the pre-production stage, and every given role is assigned their task: to the producers, directors, editors, researchers, script writers and agents. All who contribute to the making of a film or television series.

You may need people involved in the production to sign a release forms should any incidents happen during production; to ensure health and safety. If you desire to film in a certain location, you will require permission to use locations wherever you are shooting. The importance of health and safety assessments is vital to filmmaking, to warn people beforehand of any possible risks in filming schedules; this ranges to all employers. 

Time and deadlines are factors that influence the course of a film or TV production. In order to meet a deadline; certain things might change the way a project proceeds. Rewriting the script will alter the progression, to adapt to the timescale given to work. You have to be sure you can meet a deadline; that you can finish your production in the time you have. The cast and crew are major components for a production. If you have the right people to work with and they’re able to be available when needed, then the production is well coordinated with the people involved. 

A shot list is important to how you manage your camera crew and that they’re given documents and material to work with. A shot list determines the principal photography of a movie and how well it is established. This way it is clear as to how you want your scenes to be visualized.

The financing is one of the specific resources you need when producing something. A film production is given a budget for the director and producers to invest into their production to fund several aspects for implementation to a film. The money can be used for digital effects studios, costumes and prop designs; paying for transport and equipment. In post-production you will have to pay for a soundtrack composition for whoever composes the music you wish to use. The cast and crew require payment for their contribution to the entire film project.

In pre-production, many factors are vital to how you manage every aspect for creating a film, however short or long it can be. All either financed independently or crowd funding and loans. An example of a crowdfunded film being, ‘Kung Fury’; a short film produced in Sweden, which gained a budget of $630,019. That is my summary of the stages involved in pre-production. In regulations for advertisement, it is a strict code of conduct to not falsely advertise anything to consumers that mislead or deceive them of your intentions.

By Aidan Stephenson