Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 9: Characteristics and Contexts in Creative Media Production

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Contents

o Production Schedule

o List of questions for interviewees

o Script

o Equipment List

o Props List

o Location Recces

o Storyboard

o Clearances and Confirmations

o Contingency Plan
Production Schedule

Please include location, time of film, what you are filming and teams members including
actors

Horror production

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Finishing Start filming Filming Filming Editing

Pre-
production

10:10-2:35 8:45-10:30 12:45-2:30 9:55-11:20 8:45-

12:45

Henley Henley Henley Henley Editing

College rugby club. rugby club. rugby club. I the 2
I will be I will be will be minute
filming filming finishing off Horror
cinematic cinematic filming the 2 producti
shots of Joe shots of the minute on at the
digging. scenery horror Henley
and Joe production. college
walking This includes
with a body cinematic
bag. shots and
the ending.

Action porduction

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Filming Initial Filming Editing Finishing

editing and filming
filming and
editing

10:10-11:25 8:45-10:10 10:10-12:45 10:10-2:35 8:45-

12:00
 Henley At 8:45 we Joes house. Editing the 2 At 8:45, I
rugby club. will carry on I will be minute will finish
We will start filming our filming Joe drama all of the
filming for drama at his house production filming
our 2 production and this will at The for the
minute which will include Henley drama
action be the multiply college. producti
production. digging shots of Joe on at the
This will scene. At zipping up Henley
include 10:10 Joe the body rugby
cinematic and I will be bag. field and
shots and editing the Joe will
chase first part of finish
scene the drama editing.
production.

Drama Production

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Filming Finish Evaluation Final Editing Deadline

filming and
Feedback

8:45-12:45 8:45-10:10 8:45-10:10 10:10- 2:45 8:45-4:00

Start filming Henley Start Finish editing Final

the drama rugby field. evaluation all of the deadline
production I will be and productions. for unit 9
at the finishing the feedback
Henley filming for
rugby field the drama
production.
Script

In order to complete this correctly, you need to add stage directions for your actors
 Drama Script
EXT. FIELD – Dusk

A man from afar is digging a hole, crying while drinking on his

half-finished gin.
A closer shot of him digging with a dead relative in a bag next to
him with flowers.
JOE
Why? Why did you have to die today.
He mumbles….
It’s my entire fault. IT’S ALL MY FAULT!
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. FIELD – NIGHT
The man is standing in front of the grave. He clenches his hands in
anger.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
 The man (now drunk) approaches his friend’s killer who was pleaded
not guilty.
Joe
How could you do this to me?
The killer looks at him smugly
Killer
It’s not my fault. It’s yours. If you weren’t so drunk you would
have saved your best friend.
The man looks at him astonished almost to the point that he knows it
was him.
The killer then walks off.

Prop List

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Shovel This is used when Joe is Joseph Nichols While filming the 2
digging. A short montage of minute horror
him digging. production

Bloody t-shirt When Joe walks off a bloody Joseph Nichols The ending of the
(horror) t-shirt can be seen coming out 2 minute horror
of the ground. production.

Bin bag This is to give the impression of Joseph Nichols The ending of the
a body bag. This is used at the 2 minute horror
end of the production. production.

Equipment List
 Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Camera Used to film all three of the Eddie Hearn During the filming
productions process

Tripod Used to keep the camera Eddie Hearn During the filming
steady process

Microphone Used to capture the audio of Eddie Hearn During the filming
the actors process
Crew List

Name Role Responsibilities

Joseph Nichols Editing and acting While filming these productions, Joe will
be editing and acting.

Eddie Hearn Cameraman I will be filming all of the three

productions plus acting in the 2 minute
drama production.
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Lighting Information: Only natural light
available. Some parts of the productions will
be filmed in a woods and therefore the shot
will appear to look quite dark.
Sound Information: Dog walkers, trees and
wildlife.
Power Information: No power sockets
available
Hazards: Falling over, dogs, trees, weather.
Type of room/area: Outdoors
in a field
Location Address: Dry Leas
Marlow road
Sat Nav details (Post code):
RG9 2JA
Nearest Train Station: Henley
train station
Nearest Bus stop: Henley bus
station (Bell Street)
Solutions: Film during the brightest time of
the day so the shots look appropriate. We
want some shots to look dark and dull
anyway so the field and woods will be
suitable for our productions.
Solutions: Film when pedestrians are not in
the area. Edit audio
Solutions: Charge batteries the day before.
Bring spare batteries
Solutions:
Storyboard
Clearances and Confirmations

You need confirmation emails from everyone that is featuring in your music video. Please
screenshot these emails including the dates and times they are agreeing to paste them
below.

Our productions do not require any actors apart from me and Joe. Joe and I are working
together in this unit and therefore Joe will be acting in all of the production
Contingency Plan

What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back up actors, locations and
equipment do you have?

Information Solution

Equipment If any equipment breaks or malfunctions

during the filming process. I will make sure to
bring spare equipment and extra batteries.
As I won’t have spare for all of my
equipment, I will borrow some equipment
from my friends or the equipment the
college provides.

Weather During the filming process, we will need to

check the weather a couple days before
the days we want to film. This is so the
weather is suitable on the day we have
chosen to film. If it does happen to rain we
may have to film another day. We want to
weather to be suitable enough for the 2
minute horror production and therefore
want it to look dull and foggy.