Unit 1- Pre-Production Techniques for the Creative Media Idnustries

What is Pre-production and why is it important?

Pre-production is the planning before the production takes place, this is important because the produce needs to know how they can create the final production, understanding what they need to do with the budget they have. This is also important as they need to know the locations they are going to use and the crew, equipment and talent needed to create their final production.


Different types of Production and how Pre-production is used.

How finance, time, facilities, materials, contributors and locations must be planned and why?


-Types of production. There are many different types of production, like film Interactive media, video games and Music Recordings. Music Recording is the one I will be using as i am recording a cover of a song.

- Finance this includes the equipment needed, for the production; the budget of the production and how much money you have to spend on the production; the cost of the talent, crew and the different locations using. This is used to know how much you are able to spend on the final production

-Time includes the availability of the talent and crew using a schedule to know when you are going to record certain parts, this is important to keep in time with the deadline given for the final production so the schedule has to be followed to meet the deadline.

-Facilities/Locations includes the different places you are going to use for the recording of the track, you need to be able to know where you are recording and if these facilities are available and when they are available to use.

-Contributors includes the people involved in the production e.g. the artists, crew and the management, this is important to know who is in what role and what they are doing in the final production.

-Materials this is what you will be using in the production of the recording e.g. list of equipment used, computers, mixing desk etc this is used in pre-production so you know all the materials needed to use in the final production.



Discuss the codes of practice and regulation associated with sound recording.

Copyright act gives certain exclusive rights to the owners of copyright works, such as the right to make copies of their works and to perform them in public. These rights may only be authorised by the copyright owner or a third party, such as a licensing body, appointed byt the copyright owner to do so on their behalf.

Without the authority or permission of the copyright owner a use would be an infringement of copyright, unless expressly permitted by the Copyright Act in its Permitted Acts section.