Unit12 Planning Booklet

Planning and Pre-Production
Unit 12: Specialism Documentary
Contents
o Production Schedule
o List of questions for each interviewee
o Script
o Props List
o Location Recces
o List of items downloaded with references
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
Production Schedule
Please include location, time of film, what you are filming and teams members
including actors
Date:
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Date:
Date:
List of Questions for Interviewees
What do you think is most important in film?
Editing
Camera operating
Lighting
Script
Script
In order to complete this correctly, you need to add stage directions for your actors
(Delete page if doing a music video)
There is a quote that I love by Francis Lost in Translation ending scene

Ford Coppola
The essence of cinema is editing. It's the Requiem for a dream drug scene
combination of what can be
extraordinary images of people during Eternal sunshine frozen lake scene
emotional moments, or images in a
general sense, put together in a kind of
alchemy.
Editing is arguably the most important

element of film or video production.
It is in the editing (the art of arranging

pictures and dialog and sounds) that a
finished film product is able to
communicate a story first envisioned by
its writer, and eventually by a director
and producer to its intended audience.
Most people outside of the film industry,

know little about post production and
the crucial part it plays in the making of
a good film.
It all started in January 1902 where

Actualities was the name for the very
first films produced. They consisted of
very short, single-shots using a stationary
camera.
In 1902 Le Voyage Dans La Lune was A trip to the moon clip (1902)
made. This was a fourteen minute
science fiction film which was ground-
breaking within its time. It included 30
separate scenes, illusionary cinematic
editing techniques which consisted of
trick photography with superimposed
images, dissolves and jump cuts.
In March 1908 the first ever animated

cartoon was made by Emile Cohl.
Composed of 700 drawings that
illuminated on a glass plate,
Fantasmagorie
Props List
Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used
Camera This is used to shoot the Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

documentary
Microphone Used to record sound for Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

documentary
Tripod Used to stabilize the Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

camera and keep it in
place
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area:
Location Address:
Henley regal cinema
2 Boroma Way
Sat Nav details (Post code):
RG9 2BZ
Nearest Train Station:
Henley Train station
Nearest Bus stop:
Bell Street
Lighting Information: Solutions:
Using natural lighting If too dark film behind a dark

background to light up the interviewees
face.
Sound Information: Solutions:
Car noises, people talking, aeroplanes Move to a quiet area
Power Information Solutions:
No access to electricity Bring additional camera battery, and

portable charger
Hazards Solutions:
Could fall over or trip Watch your step

Downloaded Footage
Provide links and descriptions of the footage you have
downloaded for your documentary.
Link Description
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3IDa0sewk&t=1s Avengers,
using green
screen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZSLrLm2i8&t=269s Using a
Moviola
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTCIJnNF9Q Transitions in
Apocalypse
Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbyEG-_FCY A Trip to the
Moon clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM9YwN_Dvv0 Film
colourisation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUVwKp6MDI Breathless
Car scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpOdAHwRnXY Lost in
translation
ending
scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkYNhZvlHv0 Drug scene
requiem for
a dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UON6hsbQp2M Eternal
sunshine of
the spotless
mind (lake
scene)
Clearances and Confirmations
You need confirmation emails from everyone that is featuring in your music
video. Please screenshot these emails including the dates and times they are
agreeing to paste them below.
If you are filming somewhere that requires permission, please obtain

permission and paste the confirmation below.
Contingency Plan
What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back up actors,
locations and equipment do you have?
Weather While we are filming, we will have to check the
weather to make sure it wont be raining on the
days we film. If it does rain on the day we film
well either film on another day, or film under
cover or with an umbrella.
Equipment If any equipment breaks or malfunctions during
filming, Ill make sure to bring an extra battery
for the camera and a portable charger or Ill just
film on another day.

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Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 12: Specialism Documentary

(Delete page if doing a music video)

There is a quote that I love by Francis Lost in Translation ending scene

Editing is arguably the most important

It is in the editing (the art of arranging

Most people outside of the film industry,

It all started in January 1902 where

In March 1908 the first ever animated

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Camera This is used to shoot the Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

Microphone Used to record sound for Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

Tripod Used to stabilize the Joe Nichols 2nd 6th

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area:

Henley regal cinema

Sat Nav details (Post code):

Nearest Train Station:

Henley Train station

Nearest Bus stop:

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Using natural lighting If too dark film behind a dark

Sound Information: Solutions:

Car noises, people talking, aeroplanes Move to a quiet area

Power Information Solutions:

No access to electricity Bring additional camera battery, and

Could fall over or trip Watch your step

If you are filming somewhere that requires permission, please obtain

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