Pre Production Documents

Mindmaps

Moodboards

Scripts

Storyboards

Visualisation diagrams

A selection of materials and products (images)

Physical or digital

To assist in creating ideas by collecting a range of materials that give a use of what will be needed.

Colours, images, fonts, textures, annotations

A way of organising thoughts and ideas

To quickly come up with and outline main ideas

Show links between the different parts of the project

Branches, nodes, sub-nodes, can use appropriate images on the mind map, central node with the main idea

Formats can include: .jpg and .png

Formats can include: .pub, .png, .jpg, .doc, .pdf

A start point for any project

Hand drawn but good art skills are not required

To show a client or production team what the final product will look like

To plan and layout of a static image in a visual way

Images, colour, position and style of text, fonts that will be used, annotations to say what is going on

To visually see the order of scenes and what the characters and story is

Any project that needs a movement or sequence

Videos, animations, comic books, computer games, multimedia products

Images, locations, camera shots/movement, shot length/timings, lighting, sound

File formats include: .png, .jpg, .pub, .doc, .pdf

Never use for static products

Shows a flow of scenes in a timeline

A piece of written work that can be for a movie, audio-visual product or screenplay

Identify the location

Identify who will be in the scene

Provide stage directions for actors and stage crew

Locations, scene description, camera shots/movement, actors, lighting, sound

Suitable file formats include: .doc, .pdf

Legislation

Copyright and trademarks

If it is published, it has copyright protection

Copyright protects books, movies and all the content on the internet

To use a published resource you must: Contact the owner, Ask for permission, and often pay a fee

Certification and Classification

Different countries have different laws on what can be seen and shown

Factors that effect : ratings are: Violence, bad language and scenes of sexual nature

BBFC is the British Board of Film Classification. They rate and classify films before release. The ratings are: U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18

PEGI is the Pan European Game Information. They classify all games before they can be released. Ratings are: 3, 7, 12, 16, 18

Data protection

Data protection is about keeping your personal data stored on computers which are safe and secure.

The 8 principles: Personal data must be fairly and lawfully processed, Personal data must be obtained for specified and lawful purposes, personal data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive, Personal data must be accurate and up to date, Personal data must not be kept for longer than necessary, Personal must be processed in line with our rights, Personal data must be held securely, Personal data must not be transferred to other countries outside of the European Area

First came out in 1988 - but has been updated several times

Creating pre-production documents

Moodboard

No set structure

Mindmap

Visualisation Diagram

Storyboard

Does not have to be copyright free

Used "in house" only

Everything on the mood board needs to link to the project

Title

Images

Label

Extras

Needs to look neat and tidy

Only need to draw a hand made mood board in the exam

Think about the target audience

Needs annotatrions

The content must be linked by connections (branches)

Must have some kind of logical flow

Everything on the mind map needs to be able to link to the project

Only aims to generate ideas

Needs to look neat and tidy

Leave some blank space so it is clear to read

Extras

Label

Images

Title

Add suitable sketches to fit the storyline

Add descriptions beneath the image to say what is going on

Add a timing / duration for each scene

Add some camera angles and shots

Add suitable music and sound effects

Add suitable speech

Add scene locations

Make sure it looks tidy

Target Audience

Age

Gender

Location

Ethnicity

Race

Be clear on it

Often best as a range 6-12., 18-40

Male or female

Don't forget to consider transgender or people who do not identify themselves as female or malee

Local

National

International

Religion

Language

Hardware

Computer System

Computer Peripherals

Imaging Devices

Other Equipment

Mouse

Keyboard

Monitor

Speakers

Headphones

Printer

PC

Mac

Tablet

Mobile Phone

Pens / pencils

Paper

Rulers

Rubbers

Digital Camera

Scanner

Software

Imaging Editing Software

Word Processing

Presentation Software

Web Browser

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Firewworks

Used to create mood board, visualisation diagram or storyboard

Microsoft Word, Google Docs

Used to edit a script

Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides

Used to create a visualisation diagram or mood board

Firefox, Safari, Chrome

Used to collect content to use in pre-production documents