Pete's presentation to the Media mag conference

1. perfecting your
production work
how to get the most out of your practical projects

2. Key words
• research and planning
• blogging and evidence
• ideas and feedback
• logistics, equipment and production

3. Research
• really look at real examples
• keep evidence of all your research
• research every angle
• conventions, audiences, institutions

7. Planning
• plan for all eventualities- what could
possibly go wrong?
• record all your planning- visuals
• show the process of your ‘journey’

8. blogging
• a blog allows you to link to examples, ideas
and inspiration
• keeps a record of the process of your
project’s journey

9. evidence
• storyboards, animatics, recce photos
• flatplans, all your original images
• screengrabs of your manipulation of
material- digital editing, photoshop, etc

10. Ideas
• keep ideas simple
• have a workable concept with realistic
plans
• try the ‘25 word pitch’ or the ‘lift pitch’

11. get feedback
• at all stages from peers, teachers and
others
• keep records of the feedback
• take notice of it and respond to it

12. logistics
• people, places, props, costumes
• get it done early- you may need to do it all
again
• rehearse and prepare
• share contact details for all involved

13. Equipment
• practice on it
• prepare it, get to know it
• make the most of it
• are all the parts there before you use it?

14. production
• always shoot extra for coverage
• organise your material before editing
• start with the big picture
• fine tune the detail later

15. perfecting your
production work
how to get the most out of your practical projects