LO2 Evidence of Following Production Processes

There are three stages to the production process being pre-production, production and post-production. Which involves all the planning, filming and then finally editing. The first stage pre-production includes all the script writing, storyboard planning and recces and risk assessments. The production stage includes all the filming and referring to back to the pre-production process and all the planning. The post-production  involves all the editing and assessment.

Pre-Production Process

In the pre-production process which involved all the planning, we produced a script and a storyboard so we could plan out all the scenes and exactly what they would entail. The storyboards including a rough sketch of what the scene would look like as well as a brief description, any sounds and costumes that would need to be implemented as well as any GFX or dialogue. In this scene Elizabeth can be seen brushing her teeth then proceeding to get into bed. The storyboards were based off the script. 

The script was the first thing that was produced, after the treatment and the initial idea planning. The script is the final decision of what exactly will be filmed, it includes a description of the scenes, a title of each scene (being interior / exterior, the location and day/ night.) The script also includes all the aspects of a shooting script including the transitions, shot types, angles and any sound that is involved in the shot / dialogue. This is a script extract from the scene of Elizabeth brushing her teeth as seen above in the storyboard. The script being apart of the pre-production process was a vital part of the production process.

Production Process

The production process consists of the filming of the scenes, and the set up whilst using the pre-production process to plan what will be filmed. This scene whilst not the actual take of this scene, clearly shows how we have implemented the storyboards and script to produce this scene that has been filmed. Following the same angle, shot type as stated in the storyboards and script. In the production process many of the same scene will be filmed, to get just the right outtake but there will only be one final shot from each scene that will be used and then edited in the post-production process.

Post-Production Process

The post-production process consists of the editing and finalising of the film. This involves adding all the scenes into premier, then cutting the scenes to get rid of any unwanted footage, rearranging the scenes. Whilst also adding music and audio, in which we add a voiceover because that is one of the important aspects of our film. We also need to add transitions, between the different scenes. In this specific scene of Elizabeth cleaning her teeth, we edited the scene by cutting the edges of it, the beginning and end and trimming it so we only had the important footage. And then we render and produce the final film, with all the scenes edited together.