Thoughts on Pre-Production

Thoughts on Pre-Production:

Pre-Production is the most vital part of the film, just imagine going straight into Production on a film which has a budget of £300m, it just wouldn't work. You wouldn't even know where to begin. Pre-Production is the longest part of the whole production of a film. Films can take up to 12 months to film, now figure how long it would take to plan each and every month, and then break that down into days and hours...

Without the process of Pre-Production, nothing else after it would happen. It’s just fact.

I'm not sure how well I'd be able to cope with pre-production without any help, on a massive scaled film, there is a huge crew involved to bring all the pre-production elements together. But even on a small scale I'd still struggle, there is just too much to think about and keep on top of. I'm better at following instructions rather than making them, of that makes sense.

When you understand how much work goes into the film before it has even been filmed and then think about everything else to follow, you start to appreciate film more. That’s what happened with me anyway.