Planning: Pre-production Paperwork - Miss Begum

What is pre-production paperwork? Why is it important?

Pre-production paperwork are the agreements and legal requirements that need to be completed when preparing for your final production stages which are:

• Clint Release form
• Location Release form
• Location Recce form
• Production Schedule
• Risk assessment

These paperwork are important to create because without them we will be in risk of getting in trouble by the authorities, especially if filming in a public area. These papers can help inform everyone about our actions as well as planning our idea. It's a requirements that will explain our work to the authorities and any other person who are concern.

Client release form:

This form was created to discuss the agreements necessary for filming for our actor. Here the actor must sign up the form before filming to make him aware  of what is expected of them as well as acknowledge them of the possible risk and the future use of the video. This form must be distributed to every member of the cast and make them sign up in order to start filming soon as possible.

Location Release Form:

This document inform the authorities of the different locations we plan to use as well as demand permission, discussing the terms and conditions that come with this product. This document also help to prove that our actions are save and approved by your supervisor. Thus, this document need to be distributed to the owners of your filming location and signed by them after they read the terms and conditions that come with this production.  

Location Recce form:

This form include the location that we are intended to use for our opening thriller. This should be distributed to every member of the film production, including the actors, in order to acknowledge them of the different locations that they need to be in. This will make us organized while filming. 

Production Schedule:

This document also works as a timetable for the filming crew as well as the actors. This also works as an outline of the production, including the times and dates of the filming with the needed equipment and actors, which makes everything less stressful and organized. 

Risk Assessment:

This form has information that provide the possible risks that could await the production while filming. It reminds everyone to take caution as well as explains how the accidents can be resolved or avoided. This will also assure others that you are ready to face the possible accidents when creating your footage and will be able to deal with the obstacles. Additionally the risk assessment allows you to calculate how likely is it for the risk to happen which yet again allows you to decide if your production is safe and take extra caution with some risks.

Advantages of creating pre-production paperwork:

• Allowed to make our production look legitimate
• Help to evaluate the risk that may occur
• Allow to prepare for these risk as well as how to deal with them
• Given us legal security
• Made us experience what is like creating a production in the industry 

Conclusion:

In closure, completing this task was beneficial because it allowed us to evaluate the possible risk that may occur and how to overcome them. Also it gave us legal security so none cannot discuss our decisions making.