For this week’s tasks, we were asked to create our Pre-Production Documents in preparation for filming our short, 1 minute film. Firstly, I created a mood board to help me gain a better vision of what I might want my short film to look like. I compiled a selection of images that represented the genre of my film, which helped me to visualise what I want to capture through my film. After this, I wrote a short, five-line outline of the basis of my film. This helped me to clearly put my film into words and helped me to fully understand the basic points of my story and the main parts that I would like to convey. In order to allow me to understand my film in some more detail, I created a Synopsis of my film. This allowed me to go into more depth about the key elements of my film. I then used Treatment by breaking my film down further into a scene-by-scene description. I found this task helpful as it allowed me to think of additional moments or actions to include in my film to build on the elements of comedy throughout. I then created project timetables for the Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production stages of creating my film. I clearly listed the date it needed to be completed by the activity that needed to be completed, who would complete the activity, and what I would need to complete it. I did this for each stage, and I felt that it organised my work into a clearer structure to understand. Furthermore, I then needed to complete a Location Recce to find some possible problems that may arise when filming on location. By finding these problems early, it will allow me to prevent any incidents happening during filming. In addition to this, I also completed a Health and Safety report to further prevent any incidents when filming my short film. I also created a Shot List, a Props List, and a Contingency Plan. Finally, I created a storyboard with simple sketches as to how I would like my film to look. This will be very beneficial to use during the production stage of filming.
Overall, I found the Pre-Production Documents very useful and think that they will prove helpful during the next stage of the project.
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