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1. Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus
TASK 5: Understanding Pre-production Requirements
(Deadline w/c 22.1.16)
a) Research into sources of funding for a film giving
examples of films that have been funded by these
sources and how it has helped them to be successful –
this could be through grants or investments.
A document or presentation about funding for films with
examples.
Grading Criteria:
Unit 1 P1/M1/D1, P2/M2/D2
PLTS:
Independent Enquirers:
Investigating requirements for
production in the media
industries.
Functional Skills:
ICT:
researching materials and
resources forpre-production
English
researching the techniques
and conventions of pre-
production
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b) (Group Collaboration) Research into requirements for
film, TV or video production, giving examples of
agencies or institutions, processes involved and how
these would be organised
What is required (ie what is needed)?
What procedures, costs or activity is involved?
How do Production Managers organise and source what is
required?
A class google doc worksheet
Type of Production
Time: Schedules & deadlines; availability of equipment; availability of
personnel
Crew and Personnel: size of team & roles; skills and experience; costs
Facilities: production equipment; post-production equipment; availability &
costs
Materials: sound library materials; costs & clearances
Contributors: talent;
Locations: identification; recces; limitations and risks; location
permissions; (local council - Kent film licence)
c) Research into requirements for film, TV or video
production, giving examples of agencies or institutions,
processes involved and how these would be organised
What is required (ie what is needed)?
What procedures, costs or activity is involved?
How do Production Managers organise and source what is
required?
A report on Pre-production Requirements for your Short Film
or Webisode discussing how you will source, manage and
organise the production with examples from Industry
practice
Type of Production
Time: Schedules & deadlines; availability of equipment; availability of
personnel
Crew and Personnel: size of team & roles; skills and experience; costs
Facilities: production equipment; post-production equipment; availability &
costs
Materials: sound library materials; costs & clearances
Contributors: talent;
Locations: identification; recces; limitations and risks; location
permissions; (local council - Kent film licence)

2. d) Research what regulatory bodies your film would have
to go through for general release (such as BBFC or the
ASA if you are advertising it) and find out the rules that
you would need to comply with.
A document or presentation about regulatory bodies and the
rules that you would need to comply with.
e) Find out about the copyright issues relating to any
archive material or music that you may use and state
how you would go about getting permission to use this
(try MCPS).
A document or presentation about the copyright issues and
what you would need to do.
Key Terms that you should be using in your work:
 Type of production:eg film,television,video, radio, audio,interactive media,web,computer game,print,photo-imaging
 Finance:sources offinance;requirements,eg equipment,transport,talent,crew, materials,facility hire, clearances
 Time:eg deadlines,availabilityof equipment,availabilityof personnel,timescales for clearances
 Personnel:size of team;roles;skills and experience;resourcing;availability;costs;team or crew CVs
 Facilities:eg production equipment,post-production equipment,facility houses,outsourcing;availability;costs
 Materials: type, eg original materials,archive and library materials,photo-librarymaterials,sound librarymaterials,internet,assets,audio,script,animatics,graphics,
interviews,costumes,properties,recorded music;sources;costs;clearances
 Contributors:type, eg specialists,experts,talent, public;contributor biographies
 Codes of practice and regulation:clearances,eg Mechanical CopyrightProtection Society-Performing Rights Society Alliance (MCPS-PRS), model releases,location
permissions;legal,eg copyright, health and safety; insurance,eg public liability,completion insurance;regulatorybodies, eg Ofcom,Press Complaints Commission
(PCC), Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), British Board of Film Classification (BBFC);trade unions,eg Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT),
National Union ofJournalists (NUJ),Broadcasting Entertainment,Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU)