Pre-Production

=What does it mean if a film is "in pre-production?"=

Pre-production defined
Once a story becomes a script, pre-production can begin. During pre-production, the following things will happen:


 * 1) Students prepare storyboards and submit for approval
 * 2) Instructor approves storyboard
 * 3) Students prepare breakdown of:
 * 4) locations
 * 5) scene breakdowns
 * 6) shooting schedule
 * 7) equipment needed
 * 8) contact list (people/experts to be filmed)
 * 9) cast and crew lists
 * 10) obtains talent release forms (SEVA or EGUSD forms)
 * 11) shot list
 * 12) shooting schedule
 * 13) Students submit planning documents to instructor for approval
 * 14) Instructor approves planning documents
 * 15) Students make arrangements to use locations
 * 16) Students create props, costumes, and sets
 * 17) Students rewrite script as necessary
 * 18) Students discuss:
 * 19) lighting ideas
 * 20) camera movement ideas
 * 21) Students determine:
 * 22) sound to be recorded
 * 23) types of microphones to be used
 * 24) study noise of locations in which filming will take place
 * 25) lighting obstacles of locations
 * 26) camera movement obstacles
 * 27) Photograph and video "behind the scenes" footage of students at work in development and pre-production stages