Pre-production and Planning
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This Pre-production and Planning page on GoConqr gathers community-made mind maps and flashcards on film and video preparation, from mood boards, storyboards and scripts to location recces, risk assessments and health and safety. It's built for school students practising planning skills for a film project, and for teachers after ready-made material. There are over 70 resources here, including more than 60 mind maps and over 5 flashcard decks, made by over 70 contributors. Pick a map, test yourself with the flashcards, then build your own.
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Mind map Body Language & Facial Expressions body lang & facial expressions -
Mind map RO81 Pre-Production Mind Map on RO81 Pre-Production, created by Jess Dance Pro on 23/05/2018.
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Mind map Energy Matters Plan ideas for a film called 'Energy matters'
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About Pre-production and Planning
GoConqr OriginalWhat this unit covers
This unit is about the work that happens before any filming starts. The listed resources are mostly mind maps, written by GoConqr users rather than by GoConqr. They look at planning documents, location checks, safety and the creative choices a film team makes early on.
Where to start
Begin with the maps that explain the documents themselves. Pre-Production Skills describes mood boards as something like a collage, used to gather ideas, images, words, symbols and colour schemes. Pre-production documents goes through mind maps, mood boards, storyboards, visualisation diagrams and scripts, with the purpose and contents of each. L02-Making Pre Production compares making a mood board, storyboard or spider diagram digitally and by hand.
Location recces and safety
A large share of the page is about the recce. The map called Recce lists things to check, such as trip hazards like wires, fire risks, traffic hazards, weather, electricity points and lighting. Several other maps, including Location Recce and Location Recce Assessment, cover what to assess and what to put in your own recce. Read a few side by side and notice what they share. Then look at HEALTH AND SAFETY and the map on RO81 Pre-Production, which also touches on risk assessments, research methods and file formats.
Worked examples
Some resources show planning applied to a real project. Body Language & Facial Expressions looks at how a main character's performance can build tension. Using New Media Technologies-Planning describes taking photographs of locations with a camera on recces. The Props analysis flashcards explain how a crowbar makes robbers look threatening. Resources mention GCSE Media Studies, so these examples suit that kind of coursework.
Using the pieces together
Read a map, then cover it and try to recall the headings. Use the Storyboards flashcard decks to check your terms. There are no quizzes on this page yet, so a good test is to explain a recce aloud, from memory, to a classmate. Teachers can set a map as a starting point for a planning task.
Open a map that suits your project, and when you are ready, make a map or flashcard deck of your own.
Frequently asked questions
Where should I start on this page?
Start with Pre-Production Skills or the Pre-production documents map. They explain what mood boards, storyboards, scripts and similar documents are for. After that, move to the recce maps and the health and safety map, then look at the worked examples such as Props analysis.
What do the recce mind maps cover?
Many of the maps are about location recces. They list what to check at a site, including trip hazards like wires, fire risks, traffic hazards, weather, electricity points and lighting. Reading several shows which points keep coming up, which helps when you write your own recce.
Are there quizzes on this page?
No, this page has no quizzes at the moment. It has over 60 mind maps and a few flashcard decks, including the Storyboards decks. You can turn a map into your own self-test by covering the headings and recalling them, or by making flashcards from it.
Which levels and exams do these resources suit?
They are almost all secondary level, so they suit school students working on film and media projects. At least one resource mentions GCSE Media Studies. Teachers can use the maps as ready-made starting points for planning lessons or project work.
Are the resources free, and who made them?
Every resource listed here is free to open and study, with no account needed. They were made by GoConqr users, not by GoConqr. A free account lets you save quiz scores and make your own quizzes, mind maps, flashcards and notes.
What if the topic I need is missing?
Try the related maps first, such as Research & Planning or PLANNING: Script, which may cover part of it. If a gap remains, you can build your own mind map or flashcards on it and use that for revision or in class.