This document provides details on pre-production planning for a short film, including: - Potential locations that are low or no cost such as a local college, homes, parks, and abandoned buildings. - Available equipment like cameras, costumes, phones for additional footage. - Editing will be done in class and at home on the filmmaker's laptop. - A small crew of 3 people will film and act, with availability only an issue outside of college hours. - Standard clothing for the main character and darker colors for the antagonist. - Storyboards outline scenes of a student investigating a killer and being chased. - A production schedule over 2 weeks allocates time for

1. Pre-Production

2. Pre-production Assessment

3. Locations
• College- York : Cost of ticket (train plus bus return) £8 for 1 day, 18 miles (30 mins),
No potential weather issues.
• Home- Knaresborough : No cost, No travelling, No weather issues.
• Abandoned House- Knaresborough : No cost, small travel, potential weather issues
but sufficient inside space.
• Park square – Knaresbrough, No travelling, no cost, potential weather issues but
sufficient inside space (it’s the road outside my house)
• Cheapside - Knaresborough, Small travel time (5 mins), no cost, no weather issues.

4. Equipment
• Camera + tripod – loan Alex's and film with him.
• Mask for killer - have at home (not like that)
• Toy knife – will buy from toy shop
• Costume – casual clothes for protagonist and a darker black outfit for the
antagonist – all should be available at home.
• Phones to be used as secondary cameras or lighting from the torch (if needs be) –
all free is cast members have phones.
• Laptop to review footage – I have and will take with me in a bag that also included
props and other equiptment

5. Facilities
• Everything will be done in class and at home, no other facilities will be needed to
edit my short film. Class is where I’ll do most of my editing etc. and parts will be
done at home when needed.

6. Personnel
Crew: There is a small group of us consisting of myself, Alex Elsworth and
Jamie Brown. We will each take in in turn to operate the camera and act
when needed. Availability will not be an issue during college hours as the only
exception would be illness. Out of college hours and during the holidays
would prove more difficult as Alex is away, and people have work. The
strengths we have as a group is that we work well in a team but individually
Jamie is a great actor and Alex is a good camera operator. External performers
won't be necessary as I only need the people listed above. Costs won't be a
matter as the places we are going to film are free but, in the event, we must
pay money to go somewhere or do something I will cover the costs for the
group.

7. Props/Costume/etc.
• Props and costume will remain loose due to the amount of moving and running I
want to involve in my project. Clothing choice should be standard for the
protagonist as I want to create a feeling of normality. Items of clothing such as
hoodies and cargos should be standard with a comfy pair of trainers to suggest
that this character is as simple and face value as possible. The antagonist on the
other hand should wear standard clothing but significantly darker colors so a
distinct difference can be seen between the sets of characters. Items of clothing
such as dark coats or hoodies would be perfect for the top half. As for the bottom
half some black trainers and some black jeans or joggers would suit perfectly The
clash in colors shows the distinct difference of intentions between the characters.
Robber/killer
costume for
antagonist.
Protagonist standard
clothing

8. Visual Planning

9. Storyboarding
Sad school student wanting to go home Time lapse of student wanting to go
home
Low shot of student getting on bus
Time lapse of student on bus going
home
Student getting into bed ready to
give up (high angle shot)
Student loads up laptop to see
news of killer in town

10. Storyboarding
Student finds house where killer
may be
Student searches house to find
killer
Killer finds out student is nearby
(close)
Killer finds student and chases him
out of building
Student trying to run away and
getting stopped by gate
Killer stops student and kills him
(security camera type shot)

11. Shot List

12. Experiments
My experiments didn’t consist of many
video style pieces. A lot of the
experiments I completed where to do
with gaining an idea of what I wanted to
produce in the first place with mainly
aesthetics rather than technical aspects.
I created the poster shown bellow when
we first went to the location to see if it
was good enough. I used the filters on
Photoshop to develop a chalk effect on
me and the surrounding area. While
simplistic, I feel it displays a lot of what
the film might consist of with the main
features being a boarded-up house and
an innocent looking character gazing
upon it. As for the behind the bar shot
above, this was also filmed when we
went and scouted out the first time. The
area we found was very nice but wasn’t
suitable for our needs due to reasons
such as lighting and overall quality of
shots.

13. Organisational Planning

14. Production Group Info
Name: Jamie
Number: 07539 509576
Role: Casted as Protagonist
Name: Alex
Number:
Role: Camera Operator
Name: Flynn
Number: 07484 123118
Role: Camera Operator / Antagonist

15. Location information
College – College has all the facilities I need to film the first part of my story. It
has both indoor and outdoor spaces if I needed to film in either. Toilets and
food are also available for other crew members.
Home – Once again all facilities are available and free to use for all cast
members where necessary.
Bilton House – This area for filming is outside and has minimal inside area. Its
easily accessible by all cast/crew members via bus and or train.

16. locations
• Home: 5 Park Square, Knaresborough
• Bilton Hall Lane, Knaresborough
• York College

17. Production Schedule
My in-college time will be utilized by doing most of my editing and filming
audio snippets for my story. A small portion of video will be filmed in college
and that will be done and edited in the first week. After our first 3 days in
college, I will utilize the outside off college time too film a large majority of
my footage and edit it the following week in college. With the bank holiday
the week after that is gives me a lot of time to film and edit the final parts of
my video. If I'm not finished by then, I will use the final week of production
but if all goes to plan then I will tweak the final parts and brush up the other
parts of my project.

18. Schedule
25/4 College Myself
jamie
Audio/video Recording audio and
video and exporting it
into premier pro
26/4 college “ Audio Recording audio and
exporting it into premier
pro
27/4 college “ Edit/audio Take footage I have and
edit it together.
3/5 college “ edit Edit footage and audio
gathered over time off
and edit together
4/5 college “ edit Edit footage and audio
gathered over time off
and edit together
9/5 college “ edit Edit footage and audio
gathered over time off
and edit together
10/5 college “ edit Edit footage and audio
gathered over time off
and edit together
11/5 college “ edit Edit footage and audio
gathered over time off
and edit together
16/5 college “ edit Refine and final tweeks
17/5 college “ Contingency
time for final
Anything not done
before gets finished
here

19. Clearance and Permissions
For Filming outside of college, I won't need any permission from
anyone due to all the areas I selected being free to access. If I
chose to film in college, I will need permission to leave lessons
and ( if needed ) go into the studio which if not available may
have to be booked.

20. Health and Safety
With Filming my short film there is a little that can go wrong. The biggest risk will most
likely be to cast members or equipment. With my film containing a lot of movement
and running, potential to cause injuries is high. To prevent this, we will film in safe and
easily accessible places. Stretching before filming scenes is also an option to prevent
pulling of muscles and other injuries. Damage to equipment may also be a risk with
replacement machinery costing a lot. Water damage is one of the main reasons of
equipment damage on sets so to prevent this from happening I will bring covers for all
the cameras and other equipment I need. They will also be placed off the floor to
insure they don’t get damp/dirty etc. When filming inside the last points won't be an
issue but during outside filming, we will have to be careful. The places we film outside
will remain unchanged after we leave out of respect.