Film Pre-Production Package
10 weeks · 0 milestones
Professional pre-production package for a short film or motion project demonstrating production planning to industry standard. Triad: concept/ideation artifact (treatment document: project concept, tone and genre, visual style reference, target audience, and intended distribution — the document that pitches the film before a frame is shot), technical execution artifact (full pre-production package: shooting script or detailed shot list with scene descriptions and technical notes, storyboard for minimum 5 key sequences, production schedule showing all shoot days and call times, and location breakdown or production design reference document), documentation/critique artifact (production rationale: written justification of key pre-production decisions — why this location, what the visual language references, how the schedule reflects real production constraints and contingency planning). Studio critique: professional film director, producer, or film school tutor reviews the pre-production package for production viability and creative coherence. Proof: treatment, shooting script or shot list, storyboard, production schedule, rationale document, critique notes. Verifier: professional film director, producer, or film school tutor — no peer-only verification.
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Develop a screenplay or documentary treatment to a shootable draft. For fiction: a full-scene shooting script with scene headings, action lines, and dialogue. For documentary: a treatment (600–1000 words) plus interview question set and proposed visual sequences. The script must be locked before production design begins.
Proof required
Submit your locked shooting script (fiction: formatted to industry standard; documentary: treatment + interview questions) as a PDF, annotated with any significant changes from the development draft and why they were made.
What gets checked
- Shooting script is formatted to industry standard (Courier 12pt, correct scene heading format)
- All major story beats are locked — no scenes marked 'TBD' or 'improvised'
- Annotations explain structural decisions made in the final draft, not just surface changes