Short Film Production Report

Assessment Objective 1 from Unit 1, 16, 22Unit 1 AO1 – Understand the pre-production requirements for a short filmUnit 16 AO1 – Understand the development & principles of film editingUnit 22 AO1 – Understand the features of a single camera production

In this report I am going to investigate, explain and discuss the pre-production requirements for a short film, the development and principles of film editing and the features of a single camera production. Since this report will cover the AO for three different units I will split it into three different sections, each with their own sub-headings. Before I begin I will give a brief and simple definition of the three areas I am going to be covering.

Introduction

Within the media industry there are three stages to making and media product; pre-production, production and post-production. Pre-production is the planning process of making a media product, it is anything the producers to prepare for the product to be made. For example, before a camera can start to film a movie the producers have to organise the budget, the locations, the script, the storyboards, the shooting schedule, the cast, the crew, the timescales, the permissions and clearances to name just a few.

What is pre-production?

Film editing is part of the post-production process of making a movie. Once all of the scenes for the film have been shot then the director, editor and cinematographer begin the process of cutting and splicing a film together in a way that will create meaning and add to the narrative, drama or suspense of the film. For example, if I was producing a horror film there would be lots of extra special effects and sound effects that I would have to add during the editing stage in order for the film to work properly.

What is film editing?

Within the film & television sectors of the media industry there are two types of camera productions; there are films & television shows which are filmed using multiple cameras, these are called multi camera productions and there are those which are filmed using only one camera, these are called single camera productions. An example of the differences between these is that in a multi camera production the same scene would be shot from different angles at the same time, this would take a lot of preparation and planning whereas with a single camera production you would film that same shot a number of times from different angles and this would effect the continuity and editing of your production.

What is a single camera production?