Week 5

Editing and basics of production management


This week we learnt about the different stages of production and the basics of planning.

Below are the stages of pre-production:

Planning

•       Making sure your idea responds to the brief

•       Researching the ide a

•       Writing a proposal

•       Contact possible collaborators

•       Recce

•       What crew/equipment is needed

•       Treatment

•       Schedule

•       Budget

•       Storyboards, shotlists

•       Location agreements, risk assessment, release forms

Proposal

•       Major themes of the film

•       A brief historical background

•       Short synopsis of the film

•       Style and approach and why they’re appropriate

•       Target audience

•       Access issues and how to solve them

•       Archive footage and permissions to use

Treatment

•       Written in present tense and usually written after proposal and research

•       More detail on story and characters

•       Describe what the viewer will see on screen, also include audio, what they will hear.

Shotlist

•       Describe what shots – closeup/mid/high angle etc

•       B-roll

Storyboards

·  Rough sketches of what the shots will look like

Schedule/Budget

•       Timings

•       Who needs to be there

•       Equipment needed and who’s responsible

We then started to think of our idea and how to start the planning process. 
Our idea for the 4 min documentary - 
- A poetic study of East Slope. Interviews with current students as well as Sussex alumni. getting their opinion on living in East Slope before it gets knocked down. Touch on the importance of affordable student accommodation.