Pre-Production

Pre-Production

1. Moodboards

   • Pro moodboards
     • Cheap
     • Fast
       • Can be changed quickly
     • Creates a talking point
     • Communicates ideas
   • Whats in them?
     • images associated with the theme
     • colours
     • words associated with theme
   • what are they?
     • Quick way of presenting ideas
     • Uses images, colous and words to communicate ideas

2. storyboards

   • Usually used for animation or films
   • include camera angles as well as lighting
     • wide angle
     • two shot
     • close up
     • medium close up
     • low angle
     • extreme wide angle
     • extreme close up
     • wide shot
     • high angle
     • over the shoulder conversation
   • can be used as a talking point
   • created before hiring actors and props saving money
   • usually hand drawn

3. visualisation diagrams

   • hand drawn
   • usually to give an idea of what a charcter will look like
   • often used for front covers of magazines etc
   • quick and cheap
   • often black and white
   • colours will be labelled
   • the background will be labelled
   • boxes and labels will identify where certain things should go e.g barcodes
   • used to plan the layout
   • used to plan the layouts of web page, multi-media display, character designs, games, comic book model etc.

4. scripts

   • include lines and sound ques
   • Radios use them
   • given to actors and voice actors so they can learn the lines
   • will include camera angles
   • stage directions if needed
     • usually written in brackets

5. Mind maps

   • good for developing ideas and understanding complex topics
   • uses key words and images
   • usually hand drawn
   • show links and associations between different things
   • main subject will be in the middle usually done in large words
   • helps you remember key information

Bilder und Dateien der Mindmap