Production Planning

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Production Planning
Institute for Creative Technologies

• Mary Jansen
• May 13, 2004

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PRODUCTION PLANNING

• An Overview for Producing Live-Action
• Training Projects

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THEMEIn Hollywood, animated films are also
made according to the live-action model of
production planning.
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3 Stages of Physical Production

• Pre-Production

Production
Post-Production
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WHAT A PRODUCR DOES A producer is basically a
story teller who is uniquely armed with a
creative, financial and logistical understanding
of how motion pictures are made in the
overview. At rock bottom, a producers job is
to help all the forces make the best picture
possible. Buck Houghton, Producer THE TWILIGHT
ZONE
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• The Key Production Staff
• The Producer
• Production Manager
• Assistant Director
• Technical Director

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Preparation is everything. It starts with the
script, out of which the budget and shooting
schedule arise. Do mountains of preparation
kill spontaneity? Ive found that its just the
opposite. When you know what youre doing, you
feel much freer to improvise. Sidney Lumet,
Director
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Pre-Production

• Lock the script
• Breakdown the script
• Schedule the shoot
• Budget
• Hire the cast and crew
• Scout the locations
• Design the sets
• Design animated sequences

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Making a film has always been about telling a
story.
Certain aspects of stories could make training
projects more powerful
All stories must have conflict.
A character who want something badly and is
having difficulty getting it gets an
audience emotionally involved.
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HOW TO BREAK DOWN THE SCRIPT
1. Read the script2. Divide the script into
scenes3. Color code the production
elements in the scene 4. Write down the
elements on a breakdown sheet
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4.14.4 Day - morning
EXT
Almost Home
1. Jogging
Tim tells Cara about the new foster kids coming
while jogging
Cara Tim
4 neighbors
1 car
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SCHEDULING PARAMETERSlocationscast
membersday/night shootinginterior/exterior
shootingshooting in/out of sequencechild
actorschanges in time periodstime of the
yearweatherspecial effects stuntsspecial
equipmentgeography of locationsmiscellany
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THE PRODUCTION BOARDthis is a cardboard paneled
chartdesigned for scheduling easy
re-arranging,composed of a head index
which details cast major production
elementsalong with a separate strip coded with
production information for each scene in
the story
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DURING PRODUCTION
The producer is the overall manager of the
filmmaking process who arranges to have every
element of production in place.The producer
supervises the day to day production efforts to
ensure that the film is on schedule and within
budgeton any given day.
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POST-PRODUCTION