2. Primary Research / Secondary Research
• Primary research is where you go out and get the
research yourself, for example making questionnaires
and Interviews
• Secondary research is where you receive information
but from another source, for example reading a book
or looking on the internet.
3. Qualitative and Quantitative Research
• Qualitative research is text based research.
For example, books and all things you read
would be qualitative.
• Quantitative research is numerical based
research, for example questionnaires and
graphs.
4. Codes And Conventions
• These are the main things you would relate to
a specific genre of which ever product you are
researching. For example, with Sci-fi you may
relate it to aliens and spaceships etc.
5. Planning – Location Recce
• Location recces are used as a base for where
the crew and actors will need to meet for
filming purposes.
6. Script/ Storyboard
• A script is a for actors to learn. It directs them
of what actions and lines they will have to do.
• A storyboard is a summary of each scene in
the film with an illustration to represent the
scene.
7. Equipment
• You need make note off all the equipment
used for your filming so that you know what
you need and incase `anything goes missing it
helps to know what you’ve lost.
8. Risk Assessment
• A risk assessment is there to tell you what
risks you MAY come across when filming. It
also tell you the solutions to these problems
that may occur.
9. Release Forms
• Release forms are required for everyone who
has been filmed so that they can give you
there consent to go ahead with publishing the
film to the public.
10. Timetable
• Timetables are used so that crew and actors
know all the days and what times they need to
meet for filming.
11. Plan B
• A Plan B is always needed when filming, just
incase something goes wrong, for example, an
actor is sick or the place you wanted to film is
not available.
