Sample Pre Production Book Template

A production book is a collection of documents that contain essential information for your video production project. So if a production book is the organization road map for your shoot, then a pre-production book must be the organizational roadmap that brings you up to the shoot day — it’s everything that occurs in pre-production leading to the production book roadmap.

Production templates that may be included in the pre-production book are things like your original lock script, the budget, and the script breakdown. All of these files are later used to produce details for the shoot itself.

The following items are included in a production book:

• Production title, director, and the company producing the film.
• Name of the client or agency responsible for the production.
• Shoot dates and locations.
• The production calendar which outlines pre-production, production, and post-production schedules.
• The shooting schedule which includes day-by-day details.
• The entire script and story overview.
• The essential video deliverables.
• Sample interview questions.
• The shot list and or storyboard.
• Key contacts and their respective details.