The preparatory stage mainly includes script selection, formation of a film crew, making a shooting plan, configuring costumes, props, scenery and so on. The theme is the soul of a movie. First of all, we must determine what kind of microfilm to shoot, and have a central idea, in order to make continuous efforts towards this theme and shoot an ideal microfilm. The audience can't think until they finish reading it, and they can't be in a fog.

To record a microfilm, the producer must first choose a suitable literary script. Sometimes screenwriters need to be specially adapted into TV literature scripts to record according to novels, TV literature scripts, drama scripts, biographies of legends and other literary forms. After raising the shooting funds, the film crew can be formally established.

The film crew is mainly composed of producers, directors, actors, photographers, artists, lighting, video, sound effects, makeup, costumes, props, scenery, notes, composition, audience seating and so on. Among them, the director is responsible for the whole shooting and recording work, the producer coordinates the director to handle daily affairs, the audience is seated in charge of logistics work, and other personnel perform their duties.

The director's first task is to write a storyboard on schedule and turn the TV literature script for reading into a concrete, detailed and clear shot shooting implementation plan for shooting. Then, according to the master of the script, the director explained to the film crew the theme, background, style and tone of the script, characters and characteristics, the delay and development of the plot, and the specific requirements for makeup, scenery, props and clothing.

Before starting the machine, the director, producer and related creative personnel should write a comprehensive plan for the whole recording work. When and where to shoot interior and exterior, which shots to shoot interior and exterior, which actors to perform, what kind of scenery and props are needed, and so on. , must be specific and clear.

Shooting plans often confuse the sequence of shots in storyboards. Shooting shots using the same scene together as far as possible can improve shooting efficiency. With a thorough plan, the recording work will be carried out step by step and orderly.

In addition, the selection of scenery, the modeling design of the main actors, the costumes, props and scenery needed in the recording process should be basically prepared before shooting.