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1. Unit 1: Pre-Production report
Introduction
My production is called ‘Absent Minded.’ It is about a girl who wakes up after being attacked
the night before, shown by flashbacks. After gaining her consciousness she sees someone
walking down the stairs and begins to run up them, after them. She asks the person for help
only to find that they do not respond and cannot see to hear her. The person then reacts to
something behind her which leads to her turning around and seeing her dead body on the
floor.
Type of Production
My production is a short Thriller film which will be about one minute long. It requires a small
crew, a script, a storyboard, one location, make up, equipment and artificial lighting. The
film will need around £25 to £30 for the budget which will be spread out between costumes,
props and catering. Props will include a metalpole which will be used as the murder weapon;
make up will include blood and other make up used to make a dead body look; and catering
will be needed on the day in order to keep the cast and crew happy. A number of facilities
will also be needed, including, shooting equipment and an editing suit and there will have
to be three actors. Finally, there are also a number of permissions in which I will need to
get.
Finance
My production will need make up, props, food and equipment which will all need to be put
into my budget. My budget is quite small and only comes to about £25-£30. About £5 will be
used for makeup. This includes fake blood and general make up which will be used to make
the dead body look real. The metal bar will be free from my house and about £20 pound
will be used to feed the cast and crew. Feeding the cast and crew will be important as this
will ensure that they work for free and therefore I will not have to add them to my budget.
Equipment will also be needed. This includes things such as cameras, tripods, boom
microphones and editing suits. This, however, will be free to use from the school so none of
the budget needs to go towards it. The school will also provide public liability insurance
which will be needed before shooting on any location. Locations are another requirement
but I will be shooting on free locations and they therefore do not need to be added to my
budget.
If I was to raise money one of the places in which I could go to would be Kickstarter, who
help people sell their ideas to investors in order to fund their project. My budget, however,
it quite small so I will probably just pay for the short film out of my own pocket. This will
mean that I will not have to undergo any procedures, such as bank loans and pitching to
investors, in order to fund my project.
Time
Another thing which will be important when filming and editing my production is time. If
deadlines are missed the whole production will take longer and everything will be pushed
along. This means that everything will cost more and the budget will be raised as it means
more time booking locations and editing suits and more money will have to be spent on
actors. To ensure this is kept there will be a very tight production schedule and all of the
equipment will be booked in advance to fit this schedule and so will the facilities. Call
sheets will have to be given out, everything will have to be done in advance and nobody will
be able to miss days as it will take a lot of time and deadlines cannot be missed. To ensure

2. everything goes smoothly I will have lots of deadlines to ensure deadlines are met. This will
include a shoot deadline which will ensure there will be more than enough time for editing
after the filming is done. There will also be a rough cut deadline so that the rough cut is
done in time and there will be more than enough time to properly edit and a final submission
deadline which will be the cut off deadline. Lots of soft deadlines will also be put in place
in order to keep deadlines. This will ensure that if we go over a deadline, we will still have
time before the actual deadline.
Many procedures will so be involved to break down the time. The schedules will have to be
broken down for filming days. For example, different locations will have to be slit up and
deadlines will have to be given for all of them. This, however, will not apply to me as there
is only one location in my short film. Days and times will have to be set up in advance.
Crew and personnel
The crew and personnel will be quite small. In terms of crew, my production will need a
camera operator, lighting technician, producer, editor and director. Some of these jobs can
be doubled up with different people. The camera operator and lighting technician are very
similar and will have the same sort of skills. The camera man will need to take control of
the camera while the lighting technician will have to light the area. They will both need to
imitate what it happening in the storyboard. They will have to have a good eye to ensure
that all of the camera shots are at their best. They must also be able to have an advanced
knowledge when it comes to a camera so that they will be able to make all of the in camera
editing to a high standard.
The producer will need to make sure all of the organization is handled when it comes to the
production. This will include organising the locations, transportation, schedules Etc. They
will need to make sure everything is done by certain deadlines to ensure that the movie
does not over run and that everything goes to plan. The person who takes this job will need
to be very organised. They are important as if everything is not organised actors may not
show up which means that time will be wasted out of the shooting schedule leading to the
movie over running which will then mean having to spend more money.
The director will have to direct the actors in the movie to ensure to get the best
performance out of them. This will mean that they will have to be tough and not setting for
less than expected. This is important as acting in a movie either makes or break it.
Finally, the editor will need to edit the movie, ensuring that everything follows continuity
as well as following the storyboard. They will need to create a movie that flows and in a
movie such as this creates suspense and mystery.
Then in terms of actors two actors will be needed within the movie. This will include a
women and a man. Both of these actors will need a high level of skills. They will need to be
able to make the audience feel as if the scene is real and as if it has all happened in real
time while putting on a good performance.
Facilities
There will be lots of facilities needed if this production is to be a success. This will include
shooting equipment such as a camera, a boom microphone, a tripod and artificial lighting
and post production facilities such as editing suits. The shooting equipment will all be
needed to catch the scene and make it realistic. camera will catch all the action; the boom
microphone will catch all of the sound; a tripod will keep the camera steady and the

3. artificial lighting will be used to create mood and meaning to the film. The editing suit will
be used to access final cut x and cut all of the footage together.
All of this equipment will be provided by the school for free, however, I will use the schools
booking system to book the equipment in advance.
Materials
When editing my movie, music will be needed in order to create mood in the movie.
However, this is a low budget movie and music cost’s royalties to use in movie. Instead of
paying royalties and adding to my budget I will use copy right free music in my movie which
costs no money to use and can still create just as much mood within a movie.
Another option is to create my own music with the use of logic pro which means I can create
an original score which fits my movie but cost nothing to put on my movie.
Contributions
Talent will also need to be considered when producing my movie as acting can either make
or break a movie. Although, the acting will have to be good, the production is very limited
as there will be limited money to spend on actors as this is a low budget production. This
will mean I will have to find actors will a certain extent of talent but willing to work for
nothing. To solve this problem, I will aim to get acting students that are just looking for the
experience and willing to work for free. The fact that they are acting students will mean
that they will also have some talent.
Locations
My movie will only use one location as it is only a minute long. The location will need to be
quite dim as my movie is a thriller as has a quite dark tone. It will also have to have a stair
as that is one of the key aspects of my movie. It will hopefully need to be away from any
roads so that the traffic does not interferes with the sound of the movie. The location will
also have to be easy to access so that all of the cast and crew can get there easily. Finally,
there will have to be a lot of space so that the equipment can easily fit without making the
location look to small.
To ensure that my location is ideal I will undergo procedures before shooting on the location.
First I will go about scouting many locations that fit my description and out of these I will
pick to go ahead with at least two of the locations. One in which I will shoot on and one
which will be used as a back-up encase something goes wrong. Then for each of the location
I will need to contact the local council to seek permission and see if any costs will be
involved in using the location.
I will then go on to visit the locations to make sure that they follow all of my requirements
for my movie. I will do this by making a location recce detailing the positive and negative
points of the visual aspect of the location. That way if there are any negative points I can
either find another location or combat the things wrong with the original location. While
I’m there I will have to make a list of all of the risks on that location. This way I can plan
how to limit the risks when on set.
Codes of practice and regulation
There are many things that need to be taken into consideration when organising my
production as there are many procedures that will need to be taken care of beforehand. For
example, things such as music, explicit violence, imitable behaviour, discrimination,

4. sexually provocative content, union rules, working with children and insurances that need
to be considered.
To begin with, no copy righted music will be used in my one minute short film and therefore
I will not need to go to lengths in order to get permission to use this music. When rating my
movie there will also need to be some consideration. My movie probably be rated a 12 so
guidelines on age ratings will need to be looked at for my production. For example, although
there is violence used within’ my movie, it is not very explicit and barely imitable. It also
has no discrimination or sexually provocative content. Therefore, my movie follows the
guidelines of a 12 movie.
Another thing which will need to be considered is union rules for my staff and minimum
payments required. As my movie is for school and very little or no money will be made from
it, none of the actors will be paid.
Children in my movie will also have to be taken into consideration as children under the age
of 13 in this type of sector will have to have a performance licence. They can also only work
a maximum of 40 hours a week. This will not be a problem as there are no children within’
my production and therefore the hours is much higher and no performance licence is
needed.
One final thing that may be needed to be taken into consideration is public liability
insurance which needs to be taken out in any kind of production encase someone gets hurt.
Fortunately for me, Christ the king pay liability insurance and therefore I do not have to.
Conclusion
To conclude, my priorities when it comes to requirements for my production considering the
fact that all of my equipment include; a good location which fits all of my requirements at
a minimal cost; a good cast that are going to improve the quality of my movie for the
audience; a strict time schedules that get everything done on time; make up, props and
costumes to create mood within’ the movie and catering to keep the actors happy.