Assignment Four - Task One: Sources of Information

Storyboard

In our pre-production phase we began working on a storyboard to help us in our production phase by helping us know what we generally should be filming. In our production phase we had followed our storyboard and filming scenes fairly close to the storyline of the storyboard. As this was a small scale project following fairly close to a storyboard is fine however if we were filming a large project like a movie we would have to follow a script (Storyboard) to the letter otherwise the film would be out of hand and editors won't be able to edit the film properly.

Shooting Schedule

In our pre-production we had also began work on a shooting schedule to help us in production however  because this was a small project we really didn't have to follow this schedule and we ended up filming anytime we got any free time. A shooting schedule would be very important for a large project because you would need to have the employees come in at the same rather than having many people just show up at random intervals.

Budget

In our pre-pruduction we had come up with a budget list where we would write up a list that we would've used that would have cost money, having a budget is very important so that a movie doesn't go over budget and bankrupt the company producing the film. When we created our piece we never really took the budget list seriously due to the fact that we really didn't spend any money to produce the ad piece.

Contingency Plan

In our pre-production we had come up with a contingency plan which we never really followed with our production phase due to the fact that we had usually changed our plans on the fly for filming the most convenient scenes first. This would be more important for a big budget film because it helps the production of the film not steer away from its shooting schedule and be able to finish the movie in time for release.

Risk Assessment

For our pre-production we had also come up with a risk assessment of the areas that we would film, for example if we would have to cross a rush hour road it would be a risk for the production crew. Our filming locations were fairly nearby and we wouldn't have had to write a large risk assessment because there wasn't really much risk. A risk assessment would be very important to a large production set piece because there would be a large crew and would have to have a large risk assessment for the safety of the entire film crew.

Audience Research

In advance for our advertisement we researched our target audience's wants for an advert by organising a focus group including a couple of people we chose to ask questions about the product we are going to advertise, by doing the focus group we find what the audience wants to find in an advertisement. A larger production would need a larger audience research to make the production worth while rather than making an undesired advertisement.