1. Assessment Objective 1 from Unit 1, 16, 22
Unit 1 AO1 – Understand the pre-production
requirements for a short film
Unit 16 AO1 – Understand the development &
principles of film editing
Unit 22 AO1 – Understand the features of a
single camera production

2. In this report I am going to investigate, explain
and discuss the pre-production requirements
for a short film, the development and principles
of film editing and the features of a single
camera production. Since this report will cover
the AO for three different units I will split it into
three different sections, each with their own
sub-headings. Before I begin I will give a brief
and simple definition of the three areas I am
going to be covering.

3. Within the media industry there are three stages to
making and media product; pre-production,
production and post-production. Pre-production is
the planning process of making a media product, it
is anything the producers to prepare for the
product to be made. For example, before a camera
can start to film a movie the producers have to
organise the budget, the locations, the script, the
storyboards, the shooting schedule, the cast, the
crew, the timescales, the permissions and
clearances to name just a few.

4. Film editing is part of the post-production process
of making a movie. Once all of the scenes for the
film have been shot then the director, editor and
cinematographer begin the process of cutting and
splicing a film together in a way that will create
meaning and add to the narrative, drama or
suspense of the film. For example, if I was
producing a horror film there would be lots of extra
special effects and sound effects that I would have
to add during the editing stage in order for the film
to work properly.

5. Within the film & television sectors of the media
industry there are two types of camera productions;
there are films & television shows which are filmed
using multiple cameras, these are called multi camera
productions and there are those which are filmed using
only one camera, these are called single camera
productions. An example of the differences between
these is that in a multi camera production the same
scene would be shot from different angles at the same
time, this would take a lot of preparation and planning
whereas with a single camera production you would film
that same shot a number of times from different angles
and this would effect the continuity and editing of your
production.