Purposes of Media products

1- To inform

2- To entertain

3- To educate

4- To promote 

5- To advertise

Financial Constraints

Financial Constraints- limit of your budget

Tips and advertise:

- Ensure that the planning is 100% accurate.
- Make sure that you have all the budget you need.
- Make a story board so everyone knows what is going to happen next.
- The talents are in the correct place.
- Get a casting producer.
- All the equipment is in place.
- A shot list is available .
- All the crew is in position
- Have a call sheet.
- Create a contingencies plan.
- Make sure all the gear is there (cameras).
- Budget money for food for the cast.



- Have to get the rights to the screen play.

Train spotting case study

- Budget £3.5 million
- Pre production usually takes 4-7 weeks.
- Pre production includes deciding what actors to use.
- To save money use public locations.

Location Recce

- Look at multiple places that you want to shoot a scene at.

- Positives and negatives about the location

- Private or Public land to see if it is able to be built on.

- See if there is enough room for cameras and crew.

- Set designer tries to recreate the drawn image to build it in another place.

- Have suitable props.

- Use your own props if low budget.

Unit 2 brainstorm task

Pre Production steps: Tv Ad

Think of an idea
Shot by shot list
Write a script
Script treatment
Find a Cast
Hair stylists
Makeup artists
Film
Edit and add sound