Pre - production paperwork

Pre production was a very important part of making our film. Without it we would have had no structure or order when making the film

The pre production we undertook included storyboards, resarch and shot lists.

Research was one of the first things we did. We looked at past neo noirs and contemporary noirs to get the sort of feel of the film we had to make. As none of us had made an opening sequence before, let alone one which was of a contemporary noir nature. We did surveys to get information of what sort of thing people of our age group would want to watch. So we could get our idea perfect for our film.

We had to write a quick synopsis of our film, this was about 150 words just so we had our idea on paper. We then wrote wrote a more detailed synopsis, which was more helpful in a sense because as it had more detail, thus it was easier than having to remember every little idea.

Then again, this is what the storyboard was for. We had the type of shots, the duration and what kind of sound would be on it, followed by a quick description of what the scene was all about. This was important mainly to know what sort of sound we would have under the scenes we were shooting, and the duration of the shot.

The shot list was probably the most important of our pre-production work. This is because it had all the shots we needed and the description written down. We did it for every shot we needed. So if we forgot anything we could go back to it everytime and it would be perfect because we'd look at the shot type, what was happening in the scene and where it was being filmed.

I never realised at first how important pre production could be. I thought it might just be extra hassle. But without it, we would have had no idea as a group where to start. It gave a lot more structure to our filming and deffinitly saved us in times of trouble.

credited to Kira Knight