PreProduction

On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

Skills

• Conceive and pitch story ideas for a short film
• Write a script, taking it through several drafts
• Break down the script as to cast, locations, prop needs, etc.
• Effectively scout and negotiate use of locations
• Effectively audition talent for casting
• Effectively create a storyboard of the film
• Effectively create a production design plan for the film
• Construct realistic schedules and budgets

Knowledge

• Understand the pre-production process, including knowledge of writing, casting, locations, scheduling, budget, etc.
• Understand the importance of all element processes in pre-production
• Understand how decisions made in pre-production will impact production and post-production.
• Understand the use of pre-vis techniques to simulate the final product

General competence

• Create a viable and accomplishable plan from a concept
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in a plan
• Mitigate possible negative effects of the weaknesses
• Make a plan as a group
• Focus on details in a critical fashion
• Work in a task-specific way, yet within a larger group or dynamic