This document outlines key aspects of research and planning for film production. It discusses primary and secondary research methods, as well as qualitative and quantitative research. It also covers codes and conventions, location scouting, script/storyboards, equipment needs, risk assessments, release forms, timetables, and having a Plan B to account for potential issues.

1. Research And Planning
By Rylan Hollingworth

2. Primary Research / Secondary Research
• Primary research is where you go out and get the
research yourself, for example making questionnaires
and Interviews
• Secondary research is where you receive information
but from another source, for example reading a book
or looking on the internet.

3. Qualitative and Quantitative Research
• Qualitative research is text based research.
For example, books and all things you read
would be qualitative.
• Quantitative research is numerical based
research, for example questionnaires and
graphs.

4. Codes And Conventions
• These are the main things you would relate to
a specific genre of which ever product you are
researching. For example, with Sci-fi you may
relate it to aliens and spaceships etc.

5. Planning – Location Recce
• Location recces are used as a base for where
the crew and actors will need to meet for
filming purposes.

6. Script/ Storyboard
• A script is a for actors to learn. It directs them
of what actions and lines they will have to do.
• A storyboard is a summary of each scene in
the film with an illustration to represent the
scene.

7. Equipment
• You need make note off all the equipment
used for your filming so that you know what
you need and incase `anything goes missing it
helps to know what you’ve lost.

8. Risk Assessment
• A risk assessment is there to tell you what
risks you MAY come across when filming. It
also tell you the solutions to these problems
that may occur.

9. Release Forms
• Release forms are required for everyone who
has been filmed so that they can give you
there consent to go ahead with publishing the
film to the public.

10. Timetable
• Timetables are used so that crew and actors
know all the days and what times they need to
meet for filming.

11. Plan B
• A Plan B is always needed when filming, just
incase something goes wrong, for example, an
actor is sick or the place you wanted to film is
not available.