Unit 10: Film Production - Pre Production

Unit 10: Film production – Pre-Production

GENRE

Horror

NARRATIVE/PLOT

The story follows, a few college students walking home then they get jumped from a stranger who pulls out a knife and attempts to stab them but they get away. However, the stranger follows them and gets close to stabbing them on a few occasions

COSTUME/PROPS

I will be using some props that are lying around the college area, but if I have any that would suitable I will be using them. The costumes won’t be changing much from the clothes that the actors how up in since it won’t really matter much.

LOCATION SCOUTING/RECCE

For the filming of my short movie I will most likely use the college campus and the surrounding area, this needs to be done to make sure the areas for filming are safe. I will also look for other locations as well to see which will be the best filming space for my short.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

When scouting for locations/possible filming areas I will make sure that there aren’t any dangers in my way, by taking the correct safety precautions. I will also complete a risk assessment form so that I am fully aware of the dangers/possible hazards that could come about during the filming portion of the assignment.

STORYBOARDS

This will include a brief outline of the story in my short movie, and will also include the different types of camera shots that will/could be used. This will help me to be able to understand how my short film will be shot.

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

We will be starting to film in the next few weeks, and I think that my short movie would take a few days to get right and make sure everything is as good as it can be. This could take a while to get it the way that I want it, it will also take a while to get the recordings the way that I want them.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL LOGS

For my short film, I might use a Foley but I’m not too sure yet. However most of the sound (music and sound effects) will likely end up being copyright free, so that if my film does get published on YouTube or other video broadcasting websites (Vimeo) it won’t get taken down for copyright reasons.

I would also need to source the websites if I’m using some information that would be helpful to me, this could be in the form of a moodboard or any other information that would be used during the pre-production stages.