Pre-production involves planning and preparation before principal photography begins on a film or video project. It includes finalizing the script, creating storyboards and shot lists, securing locations and permits, assembling a crew, and rehearsing. Key personnel in pre-production are the production manager who oversees planning, location scouts who find filming locations, and production accountants who track budgets. Thorough pre-production is crucial to the success of the production stage by ensuring the crew understands the vision and is well organized.

1. AS MEDIA STUDIES
FOUNDATION PORTOFOLIO
FILM OPENING SEQUENCE
PRE-PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Mila Habek

2. PRE-PRODUCTION
 Pre-production is an early stage of any
project, including commercials, music
videos, short films, and feature films. This
crucial step defines how efficient,
organized and, ultimately, how successful
the production stage will be.
There are three parts in production:
• Pre-production
• Production
• Post-production

3. 9 STAGES OF PRE-PRODUCTION
 Finalize a Shooting Script
 Storyboards & Shot Lists
 Find the Right Crew
 Location Scouting
 Create a Proper Budget
 Choose Your Gear
 Clear That Red Tape
 Find the Right Cast
 Rehearse

4. PRE-PRODUCTION IN FILM
 Once the director complited story and research stage film starts with the pre-
production. At this stage, finalizing preparation for production go into effect.
Financing will generally be confirmed and many of the key elements such as
principal cast members, director and cinemography are set. By the end of pre-
production, the screenplay is usually finalized and satisfactory to all the
financiers and other stakeholders.

5. Personnel involved in pre-production
The production manager:
Responsible for the overall
organization of the film.
The location scout:
Finding location that is
appropriate for different scenes
in the script.
The transpot manager:
Provide transport for crew,
cast and equipment.
The production
accountant:
Keep a track of a films
spending, so producers know
when something is wrong.
The unit and location
managers:
Responsible for securing
location, premission and
access.
Production runners
and assistants:
Assistants to the
production manager.

6. Stages in script preperation
The screenplay
Is of limited use in practical
film-making, as it only
includes dialogueand
general scene descriptions-
it does not include specific
shot instructions.
The storyboard
Is a drawing of each shot
as planned, accompanied
by a description of the
action and the dialogue for
that part of the sequence.

7. Why is pre-production important?
 Pre-production is vital to all members of the crew. It ensures that the entire
crew knows exactly what’s going on. If they need to know why we’re
shooting in a certain way, or why we’re shooting in a certain place, they
can see the entire process that we’ve gone through in order to get to
where we are. Pre-Production is also very important if you are working for
a client. When working for a client it is important to show them exactly
where you are in your work and where you are heading in order to give
them feedback. Pre-production will help with the overall quality of the
production by organising it.