Year 13 : Pre production Blog Checklist

So your pre production should be well and truly finished as we all need to be out filming now, but just as a final check if you blog has any hope of reaching the top level range of marks then as a general rule you need to have included:

Target audience profile
Target audience interviews and primary research
Genre History and conventions analysis
Secondary research of Genre : CD covers / moodboard etc
Mise en scene analysis of real music videos
Inspirations : analysis of real music videos
Band Design work (sketches of fonts and band names, along with group props and costumes)
Location research
Health and Safety of locations
Email record label to ask permission
The pitch
Video of the pitch
Annotated Lyrics with storyline and ideas
Narrative outline / map
Casting decisions - photos of actors and character information
Props and costume research
Storyboards and Animatics
Shot lists explaining the plan for the first few days of filming

Phew! Thats it...


...But remember the posts need to be detailed, show real insight and use technical terminology throughout.
Good luck