Pre Production
Film Production is generally broken down into these 5 stages
Development
Pre Production
Production
Post Production
Distribution
The following links provide some good tips and examples for your production folders including development and pre production
Pitch
When pitching your ideas for film projects, the most important thing is that we can follow/ understand, visualise and get excited about and your idea.
For Pitch * generally good to have:
Logline - the story of your script in a sentence, not a tagline
Synopsis
Treatment
Script (if available)
Concept Board/ Mood Board / Photos / Art work
Character ideas
Location ideas
Crew outline
You might also want to consider
Look book
Sizzle reel
A good pitch needs
A ‘sticky’ story.
You want to engage people and for them to be able to recount it to others. Therefore keep it simple and find the core of the idea.
Emotion
You need to generate an emotion. That's what will ultimately make them want to be involved. Comedy? - make your pitch funny. Tragedy? - make it sad.
Your passion (Why you?)
Why do you have to tell this story? How can they know that you will see this through to the end?
Urgency
This is the hardest part and the most often left out. You have to create a sense of urgency around the project. It has to happen and it has to happen now because...
* the list above is a generic overview for first year Film project pitches, obviously you will need to adapt depending on who you are pitching to and what for … Ross will do a more in depth version ahead of Year 2 - Short Film pitch.
See example from previous year here.
TREATMENT
Storyboards
PRE PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION
For your course work, each of your production files must contain:
Your Name, Title of Project: i.e. Style & Meaning and Title of Film
Synopsis/ Logline
Treatment
Idea Research
Contextual analysis
Pre-Vis (Could include Moodboards, animatics, or storyboards, Thumbnails, Sketches)
Production Schedules/ Diary, Call Sheets, Location Reccee
Critical Evaluation
Your Production file should contain most (but not necessarily all) of the following:
Logline
Synopsis
Script, Script Breakdown
Pre-Vis (Could include Moodboards, animatics, or storyboards)
Casting notes
Budget
Production research e.g Location research, ideas for props, costume, make-up, cast, equipment etc
Schedule
Call Sheets
Shot list
Kit List
Crew Sheet
Location recces
Permission forms
Clearances
Camera/shot log
Production Diary
Communication Log
Evaluation of production
Any post production paperwork or research
Production stills are also an excellent way to document and demonstrate your understanding of production process.