Friday 9 September 2016

You may want to re-watch the video from Thursday's lesson regarding the pre-production processes required for a short film.

Pre-production areas to consider


Learning aim A: Understand the requirements of pre-production of a digital media product

A1 Requirements for a specific media production

• Types of production: film, television, audio, digital publishing, digital games.

• Finance.

• Sources of finance: private, public, joint financing.

• Requirements of finance: for equipment, crew, transport, materials, clearances, talent, facility hire.

• Logistics.

• Time: deadlines, availability of equipment, availability of personnel, timescales.

• Facilities: production equipment, post-production equipment, facility houses, prop houses, sourcing and costs of facilities.

• Locations: identification; recces; limitations and risks, e.g. distance, access, cost, weather.

• Personnel: technical crew, actors, extras, contributors, e.g. experts, specialists.

• Materials: type, e.g. original materials, archive and library materials, photo-library materials, sound library materials, internet, assets, audio, script, animatics, graphics, interviews, costumes, properties, recorded music, sources; costs; clearances.

• Adherence to codes of practice and regulation.

• Clearances, e.g. Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS).

• Legal, e.g. copyright, health and safety.

• Regulations, e.g. Ofcom, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO),

Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

• Trade unions and professional bodies, e.g. Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (Pact), National Union of Journalists (NUJ).


A2 The formats for pre-production processes

Established industry formats for presenting pre-production work:

• templates for scripts (written/dialogue/sound)

• written or visual storyboards

• written or visual storylines

• page mock-ups.
 

A3 The functions of pre-production processes

• Revising and discounting ideas.

• Visualising content.

• Establishing feasibility (expertise, costs, timescale, logistics).


A4 The purposes of pre-production documentation

• Adherence to codes of practice and regulation.

• Administrative requirements, e.g. record keeping, sharing of information among relevant parties.

• Auditing compliance.

Pre-production presentations

What shout it include?
  • A title slide  - ‘Pre-production processes for digital media products’
  • Slides showing various digital media products i.e. audio – music / radio, websites, moving images – films / TV shows, digital gaming, digital publishing – magazines, e-books, newspapers etc. GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
  • Details of any pre-production processes carried out in order to produce the digital media products you have chosen to focus on. Make sure that you fully explain what the process entails and why it is important to the success of the product.