Unit 4 Pre-Production
Pre-Production
The reason why pre-production is important when making a movie is because the director and producers need to have a base idea set out, so they can have a vision of the movie that they'll be making. Using a storyboard is the best way for a director to have a general idea of what the movie would look like from a structured standpoint.
Other important parts of pre-production are location scouting, props, cast & crew, costumes etc. Location scouting is a major part of any movie production, this means that a movie needs to have locations to film in so that the movie will have a realistic feel to it.
Props are another important and vital part of film production, literally every movie ever created has used props of some sort. These are important because it helps the audience understand the "story" of the movie and the surroundings of the set will look familiar. Cast & crew are the most crucial part of the whole movie making process because without them there would be no movie at all. The crew ranges from cameraman to script writer and everything else in between, without a script writer there would be no movie and the director wouldn't get an "image" of what the movie would be like the same goes for a cameraman if they aren't there nobody will be shooting the movie.
Finance products
Zombie Hunter raised a total of $46,254 for additional funds that were needed after the budget set in place ($1,000,000) was not enough for the visual effects. These funds were raised through a kickstarter campaign to help improve the production team's desired budget. The film had its official premiere at the 2013 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, it was then released on home media on October 8th, 2013.
Logistics
When creating a short movie it's very important to know how much it will cost because you will need to think of this as a proper business and would want to cut costs so that you can have a better movie for cheaper. This is one of the most important parts of the pre-production of a movie because it could all go wrong if there isn't any money behind it. There are two important aspects of the costs for creating a short movie, the first is potential sources of finance (such as advertising, sponsorship, subscription fees, cover price, sales, rental charge). The second of these is the expenditure (covering such elements as equipment, materials, transport, costs, crew, personal, facility hire, clearances and legal costs).
Facilities
Any creative media production will involve the use of production equipment and facilities to capture, record, edit and manipulate the raw materials into the finished product. Moving image, audio and photographic products will need equipment and perhaps studios to record and capture the sounds and images that you require. Computer hardware and software is now at the heart of the production and post-production processes that are 8sed to create all digital media products. Professional production companies will either use their own equipment and facilities or hire what they need for a specific production from facility houses. They might even outsource some of the work, such as post-production special effects, to a specialist company.
Codes of Practice
When looking over separate products it's important to include codes of practices so that people know the guidelines when making a short movie product so that the message isn't being taken the wrong way. For a short movie the codes and practices would be health and safety forms, for example a risk assessment. These are forms that get filled out before and after a movie has been filmed so that possible dangers of the workplace/filming locations are identified and taken care of so nothing goes wrong in terms of injuries. If these forms aren't filled out the actors might not want to work on the movie because they won't be protected by insurance if anything goes wrong.
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