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Articles
To begin, here are some basic theories of production.
The success of any production is determined almost entirely by the success of it's pre-production. With proper
pre-production (planning), all that remains is proper execution of the event. With the right personnel, execution is
easy. It's all in the planning. If the personnel responsible for executing the motions of an event do not have the
information they need when they need it, do not have the equipment they need when they need it, do not have the
people they need when they need them, then they will be unable to execute regardless of the fact that they are ready,
willing, experienced.
More so than ever, pre-production is a matter of information. Without every piece of pertinent information, execution
becomes sluggish and disorganized. The more that is involved with a production, the more important information
becomes. It is often difficult to acquire the information, however, and therein lies one of the greatest difficulties of
production.
Here are some situations that those who have spent a lot of time in production will be all too familiar with:
- It's the day of the show and we have no lighting plot.
- t's the day of the show and we have no rider for the band
- We had a rider, but the band just showed up and told us that their secretary sent us their "old" rider and everything
is set up wrong.
- It's the day of the show and the editor is still finishing the video. He'll get here with it during dinner
- It's the day of the show and the video has arrived on SVHS, We were told Beta.
- The decorator blocked the spotbooth with his chiffon, umm, what do you want us to do with these spotlights and
spot-ops, not to mention all the cues that require a spotlight?
- We've got all these gobos we need to focus but every cook in the kitchen wants them in a different place.
- The father of the bride's brother in law keeps telling us to turn the lights down because he wants a party
atmosphere, but the video contractors keep telling us they need more light. "We can't shoot in the dark!!!"
There are solutions to all of these problems. However, the solutions must come before the problems in the planning
stages as it is often too late to solve problems during the show.
A good deal of production comes down to weighing the risk of a course of action against the cost of eliminating the
risk. It is an unfortunate and perpetual problem that persists in production, and understandably so, as very few
productions have a limitless budget. A good production company should be able to inform it's clients about these
risks and help to facilitate a creative solution that fits within the production's budget.
It is extremely important to make informed and calculated decisions based on the needs of a production in order to
minimize the risk involved. This is all done in the planning stages.
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