TGJ2O_Audiovisual_preproduction

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=Preproduction (planning stage)=

PreProduction is planning. Before you start "SHOOTING" a video or animation, you must:
 * Define your Concept, Identify your target audience
 * Write a Script
 * Draw up a Storyboard identifying locations, special effects, titles, sound effects and voiceovers

PreProduction work that you do can serve several purposes
 * Describe the project and convince "Investors" that your production is worth committing to
 * Coordinate the efforts of those involved in the production



Storyboards
__The storyboard is__
 * A “Visual Script” for your production, looking very much like a comic strip version of the story.
 * A production “Blueprint” for your crew to follow.
 * A detailed list of the assets you need to create: graphics, video, dialogue, sound effects, text etc.

__The storyboard is intended for__
 * The “studio” for approval before production is started
 * The production crew, to assemble the assets

Process

 * BRAINSTORM the original story idea or “Concept”
 * WRITE a script or outline for the story
 * STORYBOARD the script
 * REVISE

Purposes

 * To work out and discuss your ideas, and to fix bad stories before they get made
 * To visualize how your production will look, and get creative with shots and action
 * To describe how your production is sequenced, and act as a step by step guide to making and shooting your film
 * To plan where and what type of additional sound effects or dialogue will be included

Tips
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 * Put your shots and scenes of your storyboard in an order that tells your story clearly.
 * Plan your story so that the visual images and the script can be clearly understood by reading your storyboard.
 * Plan your production in the most interesting and appealing way possible for the audience.
 * Plan not only what happens in each shot, but also how fast or how slow you want it to happen.
 * Eliminate unnecessary or repetitive shots and add missing shots. Cut long boring shots and break them down into shorter more interesting shots.
 * Ensure that there is a smooth, clear, logical flow from shot to shot and scene to scene.

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== =Finished storyboard example:= Use the ideas from =Link to blank storyboards=



Useful Links:
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