Production Schedule

Pre-Production

During the pre-production stage, we will have to focus on completing different tasks that will ensure that our production/filming is the most efficient and effective that it can be. We will do this through completing several tasks in a constructive order.

The pre-production tasks are:

• Creating the initial story line (1 hour)
• The narrative (1 hour)
• 60 second pitch (1 hour)
• Storyboards (1 day)
• The script (2 days)
• Pitch (2 hours)
• Mood Board (1-2 hours)
• Location Previewing and selection (1 day)
• Casting/auditions (7 hours)

The total pre-production time based just on our film will approximately be 3 days and 14 hours. However, this is excluding time for genre analysis and gathering research from other genre specific films. These additional parts of the pre-production stage can be completed as we gone along the entire production stage to constantly help to develop the ideas that we have.

Production

During production we have to ensure that we are fully prepared to film and that we have everything we need. Therefore, there is many different tasks that need to be organised before filming.

These include:

Costume (1 day)
Props (1 day)
Location (1 day)
Lighting (1 hour)
Kit preparation (4 hours)
Kit transport (2 hours)
Extras (1 hour)
Filming (1 week)

Through completing all these tasks we should have enough clips ready to put together to create the two minute film. Doing this within the allotted times that we have given to each task will enable us to have more time to complete the post-production tasks. I have given myself and partner, approximately 3 days, 1 week and 8 hours for this part of the production. Although this could differ slightly dependant on whether or not I encounter any problems.

Post-Production

After we have gathered all the clips needed and have produced the film itself, we will need to edit the film clips and put our two minute film opening together in the most effective and orderly way possible. Given that a lot of the stages included in post-production require us to be sat at a computer/laptop, we will take regular breaks. Therefore, this time must be considered as a process taken out over a larger period of time than to what is suggested.

These times include:

Cutting clips together (1 day)
Inputting transitions (5 hours)
Editing (1 day)
Colour Grading (30 mins)
Sound (1 day)
Visual FX (1 day)
Music (2 days)
Uploading & Posting (2 hours)

Creating these time scales will allow me to optomise the time that I have to create the film. Having these in order and with allocated time scales, I will be more prepared for each stage of the production. If I were to encounter any problems, then I could amend the time given for a certain task. The overall amount of time that I will spend on these post-production tasks is 6 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes.