Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 9: Characteristics and Contexts in Creative

Media Production

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

Date: Thursday 29th

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
For my
comedy
we I will be
filming in
the rugby
studio and
the
hallways
surrounding
that.
The actors I
will need is
Lara Jones
and Aimee
Squire who
will be
playing the
main roles
in this
production.
Production
will start
being
filmed at
12:00,
Lunch time.

Date:
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Date:
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Script
In order to complete this correctly, you need to add stage directions for your actors
Props List

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Box This will be the box that Aimee Squire Throughout the
Barbs falls in love with. will be using it production.
throughout
the
production.
Piece of paper This will have Barbs Aimee Squire At the start of
address on it. when she the
picks up the production.
box.
Equipment List

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Camera My Canon 700D Myself (Lottie Throughout the

Ashley- production.
Carter)

Tri-Pod Simple tall standing tri- The camera Throughout the

pod. production.

Battery Goes into the camera The camera Throughout the

production.

Memory Card Goes into the camera The camera Throughout the
production.

Microphone Goes on top of the The top of the Throughout the

camera to enhance camera production.
sound.
Crew List

Name Role Responsibilities

Lottie Ashley- Director/Producer/Editor I will be handling every role to do

Carter with the production.

Lara Jones Actor She will be playing one of the

main roles.

Aimee Squire Main Actor She will be playing the main role.

Lottie Ashley- Voice Over Artist She will be voicing over parts of
Carter the production.
 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Insert photo of location (do not draw)
Lighting Information:
I will be relying on natural lighting for
this. Which means I won’t be needing
any batteries or other sources of
lighting. Luckily, I want my production to
be quite dark so lighting isn’t really
needed.
Sound Information:
I will be bringing my rode microphone
with me so I can make my sound as
best as possible. This simply fits on top of
my camera and records automatically
without any need for batteries, just the
power from my camera.
Power Information
My camera is operated by a battery
and my microphone is operated by my
camera.
So I can record my actual footage I will
be needing to bring a backup SD card
with me too in case the one I have fails.
Hazards
It is quite an old building so you need to
make sure that you say clear of
anything falling. There are a lot of
Type of room/area:
Rugby Building
Location Address:
The Henley College,
Rotherfield
Sat Nav details (Post code):
RG9 1UH
Nearest Train Station:
Henley Station
Nearest Bus stop:
Rotherfield Bus Station
Solutions:
If it is too dark, I could use light briefly
from my phone and I will make sure that
I film with the actors facing the light so I
get as much natural lighting as possible
to make the footage look more realistic
and gloomy.
Solutions:
This microphone does not require any
batteries, it simply plugs into my camera
so I need to make sure my camera has
batteries in order to make sure the
microphone works.
Solutions:
I will be bringing a backup battery in
case the one I have at the moment fails
because that Is going to be the power
for my microphone as well.
So nothing stops recording I will bring
three spare memory cards with me.
Solutions:
Make sure that you constantly look
around you to make sure that there is
nothing unstable and make sure you
watch where you are stepping in case
object’s lying around so make sure that you trip up over something and hurt
you don’t trip up. yourself.
Contingency Plan
What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back up actors,
locations and equipment do you have?