Production for film is a long process and it takes a lot of planning, preparation and organisation, otherwise there is a lot of essential steps that could be forgotten about. In my past experience when working on a project, communication is vital because there are usually many opinions and ideas being played with and its important that everyone is on the same page. I wanted to research ways to make the pre-production process smoother and easier, and I came across a pre-production checklist video blog, created by a video production company called Lambda Films. The video is very useful, it discusses ways to make the pre-production process more manageable.
Scripting and storyboarding are crucial in the pre-production of a project, they make sure that there in a vision and plan for when it comes to the filming. They both undertake fundamental features of the filming process. Scripting is important to guarantee that all the required content is covered, whether it is a well formed script leaving no room of improvisation or bullet pointed topics of conversation. Scripting is not only used for speech but could as be used for movement, to convey a particular message through the gestures of the actor or actress. Scripting and storyboarding are fairly similar, one working with the people/person being filmed and the other dealing with those behind the camera, capturing the action. Storyboarding provides a visual for the various shots which will be used throughout filming, making sure that everyone involved has a definite idea of precisely what the final product will look like shot by shot, and also so that filming on the day operates efficiently.
Looking back at when I first started learning about filming and production I did not understand the importance of storyboarding until it was far to late - on the day of filming when things got very intense and stressful with the deadline fast approaching. Without a planned storyboard the day was very unorganised and unenjoyable. I have however, learnt from past mistakes and since then have made sure that a well thought through storyboard always features in the pre-production process. Making sure that it continues to grow and progress throughout the whole planning stage to ensure that we are all happy with the final product.
As the LAMBDA video says, another important part of pre-production is to create a treatment outlining the aim of the project and intentions so that everyone involved knows what the final goal is. As I have previously said and cannot stress enough how vital it is to have everyone on the team on the same page and working together.
The video blog was very useful in outlining ways to ease the pre-production, all of which are very important. At the time they may seem tedious because all you want to do it get out and start filming, however this will be very unenjoyable is everything goes wrong because you have not organised what needs to be filmed for the project.
Scripting and storyboarding are crucial in the pre-production of a project, they make sure that there in a vision and plan for when it comes to the filming. They both undertake fundamental features of the filming process. Scripting is important to guarantee that all the required content is covered, whether it is a well formed script leaving no room of improvisation or bullet pointed topics of conversation. Scripting is not only used for speech but could as be used for movement, to convey a particular message through the gestures of the actor or actress. Scripting and storyboarding are fairly similar, one working with the people/person being filmed and the other dealing with those behind the camera, capturing the action. Storyboarding provides a visual for the various shots which will be used throughout filming, making sure that everyone involved has a definite idea of precisely what the final product will look like shot by shot, and also so that filming on the day operates efficiently.
Looking back at when I first started learning about filming and production I did not understand the importance of storyboarding until it was far to late - on the day of filming when things got very intense and stressful with the deadline fast approaching. Without a planned storyboard the day was very unorganised and unenjoyable. I have however, learnt from past mistakes and since then have made sure that a well thought through storyboard always features in the pre-production process. Making sure that it continues to grow and progress throughout the whole planning stage to ensure that we are all happy with the final product.
As the LAMBDA video says, another important part of pre-production is to create a treatment outlining the aim of the project and intentions so that everyone involved knows what the final goal is. As I have previously said and cannot stress enough how vital it is to have everyone on the team on the same page and working together.
The video blog was very useful in outlining ways to ease the pre-production, all of which are very important. At the time they may seem tedious because all you want to do it get out and start filming, however this will be very unenjoyable is everything goes wrong because you have not organised what needs to be filmed for the project.
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Want to find out more about Pre Production Checklist then check out the video blog, and take a look a Lambda Films, a video production Norwich company, who have created loads of video blogs discussing a variety of marketing and production tips.
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