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The Importance of Pre-production
In filmmaking, pre-production begins once a project has been given the green light. This is quite possibly the most important part of the whole process. At this stage, preparations for production to begin. All the logistical and creative parts of the production are planned, and any possible problems are underlined and dealt with in advance.
Planning the schedule is a major part of pre-production, especially when working with a large production company where lots of money is involved. It is important to try to estimate how many days of production you’re going to need in order to get all the necessary film and audio clips and plan everything in the most cost-effective way possible. It is the only way to get an exact timeline of when you’re going to shoot and for how long. It is a good way to make sure that the entire cast and crew will be able to make the shoot.
Budget should also be taken into account when planning the production and it’s important to keep track on costs at all times. Also no one will want to give you funding if you frivolously waste it away, so it is important to prove that you can handle your money.
Risk Assessments are an essential requirement for production. If you don’t know where the risks are, you are putting yourself, your employees and your company in danger. It is important to highlight any potential risks and what actions will need to be taken to prevent them, to ensure safety of both the cast and crew and to cover the production company as it is their responsibility to keep everyone under their instruction safe.
The health and safety work act states that ‘The contractor and their sub-contractors must create a suitable risk assessment for any hazards they will encounter and may create, which must be presented prior to work commencing. This risk assessment is a living document and must be updated immediately whenever circumstances change, developments occur or incidents happen.’
The risk assessment also covers 'Public Liability', when the employer is responsible for any injury the employee may suffer. Risk assessments are important to cover your back and ensure everyone’s safety.
The reconnaissance sheet is also important, as it provided you with all of the relevant detail relating to sound, lighting, acoustics and camera and power issues. It also included the permissions required. This allows you to deal with any problems that could occur and how to work around them.
Call sheets are very important to ensure that every person working on the shoot knows exactly where they need to be and when. If these are done poorly, or not at all you could be seen as unreliable and people would be less inclined to want to work.
Talent release forms can be very important as they provide written permission for actor’s footage to be to be used and published. This way there can be no complications if an actor decided they don’t want footage with them to be used.
The story board helps to a visual idea determine what the film will look like on paper before it goes into production.
Davis, A (2014) Health & Safety Policy for Locations Hosting Film Production Companies, Available at: http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/assets/Uploads/AED-Health-Safety-for-Film-Production-Companies.pdf (Accessed: 22nd March 2015).
In filmmaking, pre-production begins once a project has been given the green light. This is quite possibly the most important part of the whole process. At this stage, preparations for production to begin. All the logistical and creative parts of the production are planned, and any possible problems are underlined and dealt with in advance.
Planning the schedule is a major part of pre-production, especially when working with a large production company where lots of money is involved. It is important to try to estimate how many days of production you’re going to need in order to get all the necessary film and audio clips and plan everything in the most cost-effective way possible. It is the only way to get an exact timeline of when you’re going to shoot and for how long. It is a good way to make sure that the entire cast and crew will be able to make the shoot.
Budget should also be taken into account when planning the production and it’s important to keep track on costs at all times. Also no one will want to give you funding if you frivolously waste it away, so it is important to prove that you can handle your money.
Risk Assessments are an essential requirement for production. If you don’t know where the risks are, you are putting yourself, your employees and your company in danger. It is important to highlight any potential risks and what actions will need to be taken to prevent them, to ensure safety of both the cast and crew and to cover the production company as it is their responsibility to keep everyone under their instruction safe.
The health and safety work act states that ‘The contractor and their sub-contractors must create a suitable risk assessment for any hazards they will encounter and may create, which must be presented prior to work commencing. This risk assessment is a living document and must be updated immediately whenever circumstances change, developments occur or incidents happen.’
The risk assessment also covers 'Public Liability', when the employer is responsible for any injury the employee may suffer. Risk assessments are important to cover your back and ensure everyone’s safety.
The reconnaissance sheet is also important, as it provided you with all of the relevant detail relating to sound, lighting, acoustics and camera and power issues. It also included the permissions required. This allows you to deal with any problems that could occur and how to work around them.
Call sheets are very important to ensure that every person working on the shoot knows exactly where they need to be and when. If these are done poorly, or not at all you could be seen as unreliable and people would be less inclined to want to work.
Talent release forms can be very important as they provide written permission for actor’s footage to be to be used and published. This way there can be no complications if an actor decided they don’t want footage with them to be used.
The story board helps to a visual idea determine what the film will look like on paper before it goes into production.
Davis, A (2014) Health & Safety Policy for Locations Hosting Film Production Companies, Available at: http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/assets/Uploads/AED-Health-Safety-for-Film-Production-Companies.pdf (Accessed: 22nd March 2015).