Introduction:
I will be producing a one minute short film which will be called The Box. The synopsis is a group of friends find a weird looking box on their travels and take it to one of the friends house. When they get to the house they go up to the attic and look at what is inside of it. (Things such as hair, bones, antique jewelry, etc are in the box.) They find some weird sweets and one by one they eat it. Once they all finish eating the sweets, they all become possessed. I have been given the role as a Production Manager so i will be in charge of funding, sourcing, scheduling, and organizing. For funding, I will have to find ways to raise money for location hire, props, make-up and costume. For scheduling, I will have to find availability for hiring equipment to shoot. Lastly, for organizing, I will make sure everything is prepared before shooting, so when it is time to go and film we will not have to rush to get the last bits of equipment.
Type of Production:
I have been required to produce a short film in the horror genre, it will require a small crew, a script, a storyboard, certain locations, DSLR cameras, and LED lights.
Finance:
For my short film, I have decided on a budget which will be £50. There are many sources to raise money, such as KickStarter, applications to National Lottery, Pitches to investors and bank loans. I have chosen to use KickStarter because it is built around creative projects. They help filmmakers, artists, designers, etc. to make their ideas come to life. Many different people from around the world are able to donate money to people so their projects can be achievable. For my budget requirements, I will use the money for travel, food, equipment (if needed), crew, talent, materials, and facility hire. Production Managers organize
Time:
There are consequences of missing deadlines, such as if the short film is not uploaded or given in at a certain time, that will result into failure of the course. We will need to spare enough time to book out equipment so we do not have to rush when it is too close to filming time. I will need to create a production schedule, book equipment using the booking sheet, have enough time to edit footage in the Mac Suite, shoot before the given deadline, complete the rough cut before the given deadline and lastly, submit the final submission before the given deadline. Failure to submit any one of these result into a NYA mark. There are many procedures involved such as breaking down the shoot into locations, set-up days and time, breaking down the editing time to hit the final deadline. Production Managers organize what is required by having schedules and deadlines, availability of equipment and availability of personnel. By having schedules and deadlines, it is important as when creating the pre-production report, we are able to move forward on what we will need to do for the Production; without the pre-production report, we will not know about the finance, timescale, crew and personnel, facilities, contributors, locations, etc. In order to book out equipment, I will have to use the booking system in college by going to the media equipment room and booking out equipment such as a camera, tripod, lights, etc. Also, with availability of personnel, I will create a call sheet to plan how to organize my crew and cast, and to also decide which actors deserve what role in the short film. The call sheets have the number of scenes there will be and what the scene names are. It also shows the location of where each scene will be filmed.
Crew and Personnel:
In total, there will be four Production roles that is needed, which are;
The director will need to think strategically
The director of photography will need to be creative
The production manager will need to have good production skills
The production assistant will need to be able to provide support and help when needed.
Facilities:
We will need shooting equipment, and a editing suite. I will need shooting equipment such as a camera, tripod, lights to use to shoot my short film. Without any equipment, there will be no short film. I will need an editing suite which has Final Cut X to put my short film footage together in order to hand it in before the deadline. The procedures, costs, and activity involved is that I will have to go to a media technician to book out the editing suite and to book out the equipment. The media technician will also do an equipment safety check to make sure none of the media materials are broken. An advantage of this is that it will not cost to book out any equipment because they are college resources. I will need kit list cams, lights, gels, reflectors, lenses tripods, dolly stabilizers, etc.
Materials:
I will be producing a one minute short film which will be called The Box. The synopsis is a group of friends find a weird looking box on their travels and take it to one of the friends house. When they get to the house they go up to the attic and look at what is inside of it. (Things such as hair, bones, antique jewelry, etc are in the box.) They find some weird sweets and one by one they eat it. Once they all finish eating the sweets, they all become possessed. I have been given the role as a Production Manager so i will be in charge of funding, sourcing, scheduling, and organizing. For funding, I will have to find ways to raise money for location hire, props, make-up and costume. For scheduling, I will have to find availability for hiring equipment to shoot. Lastly, for organizing, I will make sure everything is prepared before shooting, so when it is time to go and film we will not have to rush to get the last bits of equipment.
Type of Production:
I have been required to produce a short film in the horror genre, it will require a small crew, a script, a storyboard, certain locations, DSLR cameras, and LED lights.
Finance:
For my short film, I have decided on a budget which will be £50. There are many sources to raise money, such as KickStarter, applications to National Lottery, Pitches to investors and bank loans. I have chosen to use KickStarter because it is built around creative projects. They help filmmakers, artists, designers, etc. to make their ideas come to life. Many different people from around the world are able to donate money to people so their projects can be achievable. For my budget requirements, I will use the money for travel, food, equipment (if needed), crew, talent, materials, and facility hire. Production Managers organize
Time:
There are consequences of missing deadlines, such as if the short film is not uploaded or given in at a certain time, that will result into failure of the course. We will need to spare enough time to book out equipment so we do not have to rush when it is too close to filming time. I will need to create a production schedule, book equipment using the booking sheet, have enough time to edit footage in the Mac Suite, shoot before the given deadline, complete the rough cut before the given deadline and lastly, submit the final submission before the given deadline. Failure to submit any one of these result into a NYA mark. There are many procedures involved such as breaking down the shoot into locations, set-up days and time, breaking down the editing time to hit the final deadline. Production Managers organize what is required by having schedules and deadlines, availability of equipment and availability of personnel. By having schedules and deadlines, it is important as when creating the pre-production report, we are able to move forward on what we will need to do for the Production; without the pre-production report, we will not know about the finance, timescale, crew and personnel, facilities, contributors, locations, etc. In order to book out equipment, I will have to use the booking system in college by going to the media equipment room and booking out equipment such as a camera, tripod, lights, etc. Also, with availability of personnel, I will create a call sheet to plan how to organize my crew and cast, and to also decide which actors deserve what role in the short film. The call sheets have the number of scenes there will be and what the scene names are. It also shows the location of where each scene will be filmed.
Crew and Personnel:
In total, there will be four Production roles that is needed, which are;
- Director
- Director of Photography (Camera Operator)
- Production Manager
- Production Assistant
The director will need to think strategically
The director of photography will need to be creative
The production manager will need to have good production skills
The production assistant will need to be able to provide support and help when needed.
Facilities:
We will need shooting equipment, and a editing suite. I will need shooting equipment such as a camera, tripod, lights to use to shoot my short film. Without any equipment, there will be no short film. I will need an editing suite which has Final Cut X to put my short film footage together in order to hand it in before the deadline. The procedures, costs, and activity involved is that I will have to go to a media technician to book out the editing suite and to book out the equipment. The media technician will also do an equipment safety check to make sure none of the media materials are broken. An advantage of this is that it will not cost to book out any equipment because they are college resources. I will need kit list cams, lights, gels, reflectors, lenses tripods, dolly stabilizers, etc.
Materials:
Copyright free music, also known as Royalty Free Music, allows the purchaser (us) to pay for the music license only once and to use the music for as long as we want to. I will also use stock footage if I am not able to shoot in a certain location. I would use Shutterstock to get my stock footage. All clips range in prices; If I was to get a SD quality video, it would cost me £54, for SD quality £34, and for web it would be £14.
Paying for clearances is a good thing because it allows us to use and pay for footage, actors, radio stations (that are heard in backgrounds). It ranges from £50 upwards, so it will not cost much to use in the short film.
Contributors:
In order to book extras (if I need them), I would search online for them. I would pick a few extras I like, then fill out the casting brief where I will have to provide all information and also how much I would pay them, as we are free to choose how much we would pay. For talent, I will look for them myself as I know many people that are good at acting. In a worse case scenario, if I had no actors, I would have to go to an agency to get one or two actors. RKA Talent would be a good website to scout for actors because as I was searching through the website, I found a few actors that were on TV.
Locations:
The location I have chosen for my short film will be shot in an attic, as it is suitable for my genre, which is a horror genre. It will be easy to access, because it will be shot in my house. I will need the attic for when the group of friends open the weird looking box, and become possessed. This is because it will give the audience a feeling of suspense. The procedures I will have to take in organizing this is that I will have to take a risk assessment in order to make sure everything runs smoothly in order to make my short film a success. For recces, I will have to take pictures of the attic so I am able to justify and prove that I have a location to shoot. There are no costs and agencies involved because it will be filmed in my house.
Codes of Practice and Regulation:
Conclusion:
Bibliography:
http://www.rkatalent.com/
http://compasspartnership.co.uk/knowledge/leadership/5-skills-for-effective-directors/
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/759_director_of_photography
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/3068_production_manager
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/3084_producers_assistant
https://www.kickstarter.com/about
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-3450053-stock-footage-thunderstorms-energy-series-fact-very-similar-series-version-from-to-p.html?src=search/IK_AO26ltkNnWClB_o_Zhg:1:0/3p
Contributors:
In order to book extras (if I need them), I would search online for them. I would pick a few extras I like, then fill out the casting brief where I will have to provide all information and also how much I would pay them, as we are free to choose how much we would pay. For talent, I will look for them myself as I know many people that are good at acting. In a worse case scenario, if I had no actors, I would have to go to an agency to get one or two actors. RKA Talent would be a good website to scout for actors because as I was searching through the website, I found a few actors that were on TV.
Locations:
The location I have chosen for my short film will be shot in an attic, as it is suitable for my genre, which is a horror genre. It will be easy to access, because it will be shot in my house. I will need the attic for when the group of friends open the weird looking box, and become possessed. This is because it will give the audience a feeling of suspense. The procedures I will have to take in organizing this is that I will have to take a risk assessment in order to make sure everything runs smoothly in order to make my short film a success. For recces, I will have to take pictures of the attic so I am able to justify and prove that I have a location to shoot. There are no costs and agencies involved because it will be filmed in my house.
Codes of Practice and Regulation:
Conclusion:
Bibliography:
http://www.rkatalent.com/
http://compasspartnership.co.uk/knowledge/leadership/5-skills-for-effective-directors/
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/759_director_of_photography
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/3068_production_manager
http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/3084_producers_assistant
https://www.kickstarter.com/about
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-3450053-stock-footage-thunderstorms-energy-series-fact-very-similar-series-version-from-to-p.html?src=search/IK_AO26ltkNnWClB_o_Zhg:1:0/3p
NYA WT M/D - incomplete there is no coverage of the Codes of practice criteria
ReplyDeleteTo Pass:
You need to cover Codes of Practice referring to any of:
*BBFC
*Film Licences from Film Council websites to get permission to shoot on location & *Public Liability Insurance/Risk Assessments
*Copyright clearances
For M:
*refer to 2 or 3 and in detail or how, why and who?
*complete your explanation of the responsibilities that each of your crew would have on a shoot and what they do.
For D:
*Equipment costs and Final Cut studio hire
*Rate card charges for your crew?
*What agencies would you get to find your locations and actors for you? What websites?
*Add in costs of the crew roles you have priced up using the Rate Cards you were given access to during September