AS Media Studies

1. AS Media Studies
Pre Production
Nikoleta

2. What's Pre Production?
Pre-production is the process of planning some of the elements
involved in a film, play, or other performance. There are three parts in a
production: pre-production, production, and post-production. Pre-
production ends when the planning ends and the content starts being
produced.

3. Pre Production Research
• Most film workers consider pre-production to be the most important step in
film production. It is essential for money and time to be spared in this process.
• The two main personnel of a film production are the producer and the
director.
• The producer is responsible for assembling the production team which
consists of individuals who will participate in the pre-production.
• The director is in charge of the creative aspect of the project which leads to
most of the pre-production elements revolving around him/her. In addition,
his/her role acts as the manager of the pre-production by determining the
quality and impact of the film. There producer hires the director, most often,
as one of the first people in the process of finance raising, including:
production manager, writer, designer and frequently director of photography.

4. Personnel involved in pre production
•Production manager: responsible for the overall organization of the film which includes hiring personnel, transport,
scheduling, co-operation with suppliers of services and equipment, payment.etc.
•Location scout: role is to find locations which are appropriate for a variety of scenes in the script.
•Transport manager: provides transport for crew, cast and equipment from location to location.
•Production accountant: keeps constant track of film's budget.
•Unit and location managers: responsible for obtaining location permission and access, making arrangements with
police for closing roads, handling the public.etc.
•Production runners and assistants: assistants to the production manager
•Cinematographer (director of photography): plans shots and supervises camera operators to enable to pass on the
directors vision into digital form.
•Production designer: responsible for the realism of the film's scenery and sets. Works closely with art director and
set director to make the mise-en-scene and setting of the film more accurate to the vision trying to be portrayed.
• Actors: aid to bring the story to realization for the public to view.

5. Stages in script preparation
The script could be formed
• In a form of outline or synopsis
•A "treatment"-a description of a proposed film pretending that it has
just been viewed. In a form of a screen play A scene-by-scene
description of the events happening which are accompanied by
dialogue
• By storyboards-a drawing of each shot which planned and associated
with a description of the action present and the dialogue for that
particular segment.