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Flow Chart
The production flowchart is a visual representation of the sequence of the content of your product. It shows what comes first, second, third, etc. as well as what your audience will do, if anything, and what will happen when they've done it. A completed flowchart organizes your topics, strategies, treatments, and options into a plan from which you can work out the details of what each screen, page, frame, or shot will look like.

Essentially, it is a working map of your final product. The flowchart is not created in stone. It will probably change as you work through all of the details of your final product.

Below are some symbols commonly used in flowcharts and a checksheet for you to use as a guideline. We also have an example of a flowchart for you to examine as well as a final version

oval symbol Start and End
This symbol is used to indicate both the beginning and the end of your program.
rect symbol Graphic/Text
This symbol indicates individual content for screens, pages, or frames.
decision symbol Decision
This symbol is used when there is interactivity between your audience and the program. It is usually in the form of a yes/no question, with branching flow lines depending upon the answer.
marker 1

marker 2

 Place Marker
This is a place marker. If you have to go to another line or page with your flowchart, this symbol is numbered and put at the end of the line or page.

It is then used at the beginning of the next line or page with the same number so a reader of the chart can follow the path.



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Production Flowchart Checklist

    __ All major elements of the project are indicated.

    __ The elements are clearly labeled.

    __ Sequence of elements is clear and there are no gaps or dead ends.

    __ Sequence of elements is logical from user's point of view.

    __ Flowchart symbols are used correctly.
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S tudio 1151 Guidebook by Karen McNally and Alan Levine
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)
Maricopa Community Colleges

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