Production Plan & Statement of Intention

Production Plan

The PDP is an essential part of the Media Production process as it provides evidence that the student has thoughtfully conceived their idea, and throughly planned all aspects of pre production prior to engaging in any production. As such the PDP is an essential component of the assessment criteria in this unit which orientates students to the requirements for their major production in Year 12. A PDP at this stage should include between 15-25 A3 pages . Read the components and process below which will guide you in completing your plan

Due Date for your Plan is Wednesday Aug 25

Pre Production

Step One

The first stage in your Media Production project is to determine the individual or collaborative production and medium you wish to work in from the list below

Select a genre and make a short film that uses conventions appropriate to that genre:

Create a documentary film

Work on a magazine, undertaking different roles such as writer, photographer, editor or graphic artist

Organise a folio of photographs on a chosen topic or theme or a photography exhibition, where students take photographs , take on the role as curators, public relations , marketing and advertising, newspaper coverage and management

Each students should download -and complete the pre production document here -

Step Two

Commence a Production Design Plan - A3 format

Chapter One Ideas Inspiration / Influences

You should list or discuss your ideas - then research - and present 4 pages that document your inspiration and influences - this could be a film director- photographer- or artist whose work inspires you - are where you may draw influence from

Ideas - document your ideas - then final preferred idea

Chapter Two: Statement of Intention

(This is a very important statement where you are indicating specifically what you will be producing for your Media production)

When writing your intention, think carefully about what you hope to achieve with your media product.

Write about the purpose and desired impact and outcome of your media product.

The more specific information you include the better. Try to convey to the reader of your statement how interesting, individual, unique and engaging your production will be

Length – One page

E.g. For my media production I intend to produce a: Video production/ documentary of 5 mins duration in the genre of ______

A 12-page magazine in the genre of _

A series of photographs specific for a photographic exhibition exploring the themes or topics of

A 10 min radio production

PURPOSE

E.g. the purpose of my production is to create an engaging and interesting __________

It is my intention to create a production that is highly (select those that apply)

Educational / entertaining / humorous/ peaceful/ engaging/ informative/ interesting / appealing/ original / ground breaking / innovative/ provocative / beautiful, evocative, series of photographs / magazine/ video production for my intended audience.

Describe how you will achieve this -

Describe your idea and what you are going to produce – e.g.

e.g For Video-explain your narrative/ story

or describe what will be in your magazine - articles – features – advertisements – competitions

or The type of photographs - compositions- techniques

Some further things you could discuss in your intention

How and where your production is designed to be consumed
The intended effects on your particular audience
How will you present your work :
How and where your production is designed to be consumed?

The intended effects on your particular audience ?

Chapter 3 Audience

When you are defining the audience for your media product it is important to avoid generalisations. It is not helpful to write that your intended audience will be ‘adults’ or ‘teenagers’. Simply referring to a particular age group does not reveal much about the people who will be engaging with your media product. You need to have a clear audience in mind.

The intended audience for my production is

(You need to think carefully of the audience that would enjoy, appreciate or be interested in your production)

Do not assume everyone will appreciate your production

You could define your audience by their age range – by their gender – by their attitudes/ values / interests / expectations and knowledge

For example your audience could be your peers – Teenagers are something you know about – what they like and don’t like. But think about other audiences that my appreciate and enjoy your production. When you visualise your finished product think broadly about a range of possible audiences

Give everyone reading your design plan every opportunity to understand your intended audience/s by describing them as much as you can. Try to describe their demographics- experience of the medium and subject matter together with their expectations of a product in the style and genre in which you are working.

When specifying your audience describes it both broadly and specifically.

Don’t use statements like- people who like art –who don’t like art?

Teenage boys?? Do you mean 13 year olds or 19 year olds and what kind of guy?

How and where your production is designed to be consumed?

The intended effects on your particular audience ?

Genre and style

Discuss the genre and style of your production

Chapter Four : Production - Written Planning documents: ( may include treatment, screenplay, shotlist, locations casting , callsheets), visual planning documents ( storyboards)