Assignment: Short Film Project

What you have to do

Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus

TASK 5: PlanningPre-production portfolio for 5 minute film

Director (Shooting Script, Casting, Art Dept, Rehearsals),

Producer (Production Schedule, Call Sheets, Location Scout & Permissions/Risk Assessment & Budget),

D.O.P. (Shot List and Storyboard). Groups will be recruited by ability from previous 1 minute film.

Grading Criteria:Unit 1 P2/M2/D2

PLTS:Independent Enquirers:Investigating requirements for production in the media industries. Identifying resources required for a production

Self Managers:Taking responsibility for implementing a pre-production plan. Taking responsibility for tasks which are crucial to the success of a group project.

Team workers:Applying pre-production planning to a group-based media production. Taking a role within a group production

Functional Skills:ICT:Use ICT to effectively plan work

Englishwriting treatments, scripts, schedules, and reports on preproduction techniques

a) A full script needs to be written for your short film including all shots, action and dialogue

A complete shooting script using correct format

b) Identify the roles that each of you will take during the production process and write a full explanation and justification as to why each of you is taking on that role

A document justifying your choices for each crew member’s pre-production role and responsibility on set/location

c) List the actors for your film and justify why they were chosen to fill those roles

Casting research (images & document justifying your choices for each acting role)

d) From your script, produce a storyboard and shot list

A Full 5 minute Storyboard Shot List (Grouped by A Roll and B Roll –

1st/2ns Unit Shoot)e) Perform a location recce and fill in both Location

reports and risk assessments. From this a shooting schedule can be created including details of all cast, crew, equipment, costume and props for each individual shoot.

Location reports, risk assessments for each location & shooting licence

A shooting schedule with full details of all elements required (with shots grouped by set up)

Call Sheetsf) Create actor and location release forms to be

signed during filming Actor and Location release documents

Key Terms that you should be using in your work: Procedure: identify finance available; identify personnel needed; identify personnel available; identify resources needed; identify resources available; prepare budget;

contract personnel; book resources; prepare schedules; identify health and safety implications; identify legal implications; identify risks to project Documentation: production documentation, eg scripts, storyboards, mood boards, thumbnails, properties, contact lists, location recces; production schedules; budget;

clearances; plans, eg location plans, studio plans; health and safety assessments; risk assessments; contingency plans Planning: agreed production roles; job allocation; task definitions and deadlines; agreed content outline within proposal; preliminary and regular team meetings;

agendas and minutes; proposed schedules; logistics, eg personnel, equipment, locations, additional facilities, additional resources; contingency, eg resources backup, logistics backup; time frame for project maturity; risk assessments

Production management: pre-production phase; production phase; post-production phase; project management techniques, eg spreadsheet, dedicated software, agile methods, scrums; team and individual performance; contingency plans for staffing and resources; monitoring and reviewing; problem solving; prioritisation; crisis management; quality control; meeting submission dates; modifications after completion

Product: technical and aesthetic qualities; realisation of proposal; fitness for purpose, eg audience, commissioning organisation or agency, client