Pre-production elements are aspects of media production that are planned before full production starts. This includes budgeting, casting, locations, equipment, and creating storyboards, shot lists, and production schedules. Pre-production establishes the framework for a coherent final product that comes in on time and on budget through teamwork and planning elements like budgets, locations, health and safety, and acquiring necessary production equipment and facilities. It is an essential part of creating a successful final product.

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Unit 4: Pre-Production Portfolio
Pre-Production elements are aspects of the production of a form of media, usually filmor TV,
that work begins on before full-scale production starts to take place. Preproduction is what
provides the teamwork necessary for a project to come in both on time and in budget, it is so
important because it provides the ideas you need to create a coherent final product that
everyone in both production units can be proud of. This is the reasoning behind it being an
essential part in creating a successful final product, which not everyone seems to establish
themselves. Some of the elements that must be considered during pre-production include:
1. Budget
2. Business
3. Storyboard
4. Locations
5. Casting
6. Art Department
7. Shooting Schedule
8. Shot list
9. Equipment and Gear
Specific budgets are given to different examples of media depending on various factors, this
is usually an issue when trying to create an authentic experience for the audience in your
piece. Certain individuals in the team will be given the job of managing the budget to ensure
that all goes smoothly. In the case of smaller projects with little to no assistance fromoutside
sources, crowd funding is an option and could prove incredibly resourceful if operated in the
correct manner. People who are unfamiliar with your work and don’t properly understand
what pledging money towards the project implies are obviously less likely to do so. The
process therefore requires a relationship to be established between the creator and
audience. The better this is solidified and widespread, the better chance there is of the
process being a success and helping a great deal towards the production of the media
product.
The logistics of the pre-production process involves the establishing of locations and crew,
whilst also considering the health and safety measures that must be put in place to obstruct
those that could potentially arise during any point in production. Regarding locations, these
must be decided upon, before going into the logistics of taking the crew and equipment to
whatever location is necessary. Health and safety applies differently when on location
depending on where it is and what the surroundings are, so must be dealt with differently in
comparison to the standard process of doing so. Regarding the crew, an appropriate example

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of such should be brought together for the project to go into full production. If all of this is
done correctly then the media product should have a much higher chance of succeeding and
accomplishing its overall goal in the industry.
Production equipment such as cameras, tripods, mics amongst many must be acquired for
use during production due to their essential nature to the outcome of the final product.
Facilities that could also be required during production includes a green screen room, along
with the appropriate lighting and noise level depending on the needs of the footage that is
required to be shot there. Such a facility would obviously be needed if a subject is required to
be placed in a custom setting, which would be made possible through use of the green screen
in post-production. A location to store various props that are required within the production
is also a possible facility requirement. Of course, all the previously mentioned facilities evoke
a cost, so this must be managed correctly throughout by specific members of production as
stated earlier.
Codes of practise that are involved during the pre-production process include a shot list, as
the name implies, this lists all necessary shots for each scene to notify crew members and
simplifies the shooting process itself due to the orderly fashion of the shot list. The Story
board is essential to the pre-production of any video media and forms the basis of what the
scenes should play out and look like. Making sure that all of the events that take place
regarding the product are scheduled is amajor factor and vitalto asuccessfulcreationprocess
and final outcome.