- The Cleveland Fire Brigade is updating its presentations on preventing drug and alcohol addiction in young people. They have approached the student to generate new video content. - The student must create a presentation explaining the pre-production requirements for the video, including type of production, finances, personnel, locations, and codes of practice. - The student must then develop detailed pre-production documentation, including ideas, storyboards, scripts, budgets, schedules, and clearances. - Finally, the student will be placed in a group to produce the chosen video. They must define their role and evidence their work through a production diary and written evaluation.

1. Access Diploma title: Access to HE Diploma (Media Studies)
Unit Title and Code: Pre-production Planning Techniques for
the Creative Media Industries
KJ2/3/AA/09G
Assignment title (and
number if used):
Assignment 1
Pre-production Planning
Assignment briefing and mapping to unit:
Scenario:
In 2009, Cleveland Fire Brigade started a tour of schools and colleges in the Teesside area
to increase awareness of the effects of drug addiction with their hard hitting presentations.
Each presentation aims to increase awareness of targeted high risk groups such as young
people, those close to other users and the homeless.
They are looking to update their presentation videos and have approached you to generate
ideas and produce new video content to help prevent drug and alcohol addiction in young
people.
Task 1 (AC 1.1, AC 1.2)
You are required to present an explanation of the requirements of your production,
identifying the sources of information, support and data for the development of your video
production through a Powerpoint, Prezi or KeyNote presentation. This presentation will be
recorded and sent to the client.
You should include information on:
• Type of production
• Finance
• Time
• Personnel
• Facilities
• Locations
• Materials
• Contributors
• Codes of Practise

2. Task 2 (AC 2.1)
You are required to develop a pre-production file containing detailed documentation for your
video production piece.
Your pre-production documentation will need to be organised and can be evidenced online
or paper based and should include:
• Development of ideas; mind maps, notes, research, draft documents, pitch
• Storyboard or floor plans
• Script (shooting script with shot list)
• Script Breakdown
• Budget
• Call sheet
• Risk Assessments
• Clearances for locations and actors
• Production Log
Task 3 (AC 3.1)
Following your pre-production planning you are required to produce your video production.
You will be placed in groups and a film will be chosen to be put into production. You should
then define your roles, for example:
• Director
• Producer
• Camera
• Sound
• Editor
Your work within these roles should be evidenced through your detailed individual
Production Diary which can be submitted online or paper based.
You will then need to produce a written evaluation explaining how you used your pre-
production to enable you to produce your video.
Your written evaluation should include:
• Pre-production planning
• Production stages
• Post production stages
• Completed film
• Improvements for next time

3. Assignment hand out date: 2/10/17
Assignment submission deadline date: 22/12/17
Draft(s) permitted: Yes/No
If yes, include deadline date(s) for draft(s)
No
Mapping to Unit
This assignment covers the following learning outcomes & assessment criteria.
LO1 Understand requirements for a specific media production
AC 1.1 Explain the detailed requirements of a specific media production.
AC 1.2 Explain sources of information, support and data for the development of the media
production
LO2 Be able to prepare pre-production documentation for a specific media production.
AC 2.1. Develop pre-production documentation for an individual media production.
LO3 Be able to apply pre-production planning for a specific media production documentation for a
specific media production
AC 3.1. Develop the pre-production plan into an individual media production.

4. Grading information for this assignment
(Add/delete sections below if this assignment uses more than two grade descriptors)
Grade descriptor: 4f: Use of Information
For a pass you
should:
Meet the assessment criteria to achieve the learning outcomes for the
unit
For a merit you
should:
f: The student’s work is informed by research that draws on a range of
sources and resources that goes beyond the minimum required for the
work.
Contextualisation: The research into; locations, audiences or any other
requirements should feed your paperwork and eventually your on set
approach.
For a distinction
you should:
f: The student’s work is informed by research that draws on an
extensive range of sources and resources that goes beyond the
minimum required for the work.
Contextualisation: The research into; locations, audiences or any other
requirements should feed your production as a whole.
Additional
Guidance notes
- Read and respond to the brief appropriately
- Use Adobe pre-production templates to ensure you are
using the correct documentation
Grade descriptor: 6e: Autonomy and/or Independence
For a pass you
should:
Meet the assessment criteria to achieve the learning outcomes for the
unit
For a merit you
should:
e: The student demonstrates verygood time management.
Contextualisation: Spread time as required throughout each stage,
allowing for problems as well.
For a distinction
you should:
e: The student demonstrates excellent time management.
Contextualisation: Decisions are made during preproduction that dictate
much of the decision making faced later in production. Time is allocated
but fluid when required with realistic time frames.
Additional
Guidance notes
- Read and respond to the brief appropriately
- Allow enough time for production hold ups.
- Allow enough time for postproduction, it will take longer
than you think!
- Spend time throughout preproduction putting items in place
to minimise time spent elsewhere.

5. Grade descriptor: 7c: Quality
For a pass you
should:
Meet the assessment criteria to achieve the learning outcomes for the
unit
For a merit you
should:
c: Taken as a whole, demonstrates a verygood response to the
demands of the brief/assignment
c: Contextualisation: Preproduction paperwork should be fully complete
and relevant to your work.
For a distinction
you should:
Taken as a whole, demonstrates an excellent response to the
demands of the brief/assignment
Contextualisation: Preproduction paperwork should be fully informative
and allow crew to comprehend the production as a whole.
Additional
Guidance notes
- Don’t forget to regularly update your Production Log
throughout the project
- Proof read all of your work before submission
- Don’t forget to organise your pre-production
documentation
Declaration: I confirm that this assignment is all my own work and that it conforms to the
course policy on plagiarism as stated in the course handbook.
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