3. How is making a film like building a house?
The biggest similarities between making a film
and building a house is the amount of research
and planning that you have to do before you
even lay a brick or shoot a scene. Also, there
are different kinds of research and planning
that you have to do for both and this is what we
are going to focus our research on today as this
is what AO1 for Unit 1 is asking you to discuss
in this section of your report
4. Basically this means that in your first
section of your report you will need to
show that you fully understand the different
processes or steps that you have to
undertake in order to fully prepare for the
making of a short film.
5. Learning Objectives
Outline the pre-production requirements and
sources of requirements for a short film
(PASS)
Explain in some detail and competently
present the pre-production requirements and
sources of requirements for a short film
(MERIT)
Comprehensively explain and present to a
quality that reflects near-professional
standards fully detailed pre-production
requirements and sources of requirements for
a short film (DISTINCTION)
Literacy Focus
Present complex information clearly
6. Look at the words I have underlined from
each criteria – use these to help to explain
the different between work which would be
a PASS, MERIT & DISTINCTION.
Work with the person next to you to write
the objectives again in more student
friendly language.
7. Let’s go back to our analogy from the
beginning of the lesson – making a film
and building a house
Work with the person next to you to draw
two flow maps
One which goes through ALL the steps of
building a house
The other which goes through ALL the
steps of making a film
8. Get into a group of four with another pair and look
at your set of flow maps
Compare what is similar and what is different?
Work as a team, using your two flow maps about
making a film to build a finalised flow map on the
A3 paper for the processes of film making
Now take a look at the handout I have given you
Use this to draw a matching flow map which shows
the planning or research tasks you might have to
undertake at each step of the filmmaking process
9. We should start to have some sort of list
coming together which shows the pre-
production requirements for a short film
Here is mine;
Project, finance, time, facilities, personnel,
materials, contributors, locations, clearanc
es and legalities
Do you think there are any you would add
based on all your flow maps?
10. If you look at our lists then you should
realise that this section of your report
should itself be split into different parts –
you could use sub-headings to help you.
Each sub-heading could cover a step or
process in the pre-production of a short
film
