DON'T FORGET TO USE THE CHECKLIST BELOW (IN YOUR BOOKLET):
Pre-Production
Checklist – tick off tasks as you complete them
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Allocate pre-production roles in the group: location
scout; prop ‘buyer’; storyboard artist/s; animatics director; sound designer;
lighting designer; screenwriter; camera operator/s; costume, hair and make-up
designer and ‘buyer’; posting synopsis and shot list to blog.
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Done
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Group writes synopsis – about 200 words posted to
blog
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5 Key
Concepts: Genre and style decisions – single
genre? Hybrid? Or resist genre category? Will you use established film styles
– eg Social Realism or ‘Noir’? Decisions to blog with justification and links
to similar real texts if possible (these may be feature length films)
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5 Key
Concepts: representation – initial
ideas about representation of social groups, places and ideas or issues
covered by your story, posted to blog
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5 Key
Concepts: audience – initial
ideas about your expected audience – by age, gender and social class. Link to
expected viewing platforms for your film (where would it be screened
ideally?). Post to blog.
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Concepts: narrative – initial
ideas about the structure of the story – linear? Non-linear? Circular? Use
narrative theory here – Todorov; Levi-Strauss; Vogler..Post to blog.
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Concepts: media language – initial
ideas about film techniques you’d like to use and examples or suggestions
posted to blog
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Location decisions and photos of selected and
rejected locations
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Written permission granted for privately owned
locations
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Storyboard
for all shots, carefully timed to ensure that film lasts 5 mins
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Animatic with voice-over commentary
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Acting decisions
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Health and Safety considerations – recorded and
posted to blog
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Sound design – initial ideas about sound –
soundtrack, foleys, ambient etc and likely issues in locations.
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Shooting schedule – plans for the shoot
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