Finance Equipment

 
            Capturing the image

·         Camera

·         Tripod-

Fluid Head, it’s a hydraulic mechanism results smooth movement produced by the tripod.

·         Lighting (Optional) 3 point lighting kit

·         Slider/Glidecam equipment

·         Jib/Crane

       Finance Equipment

      Capturing the image

·         Camera

·         HD, Full HD and Sensor Size

STANDARD DEFINITIOIN: 720x576

720P HD: 1280x720

1080HD: 1920x1080

(HD- Amount of visual information)

The bigger the sensor size, the better definition produced by the camera.  

Red Epic MX-

·         Sensor: 14 Megapixel

·         Day Rate: £300

·         5 Day Shoot: £1500

Arri Alexa XT Plus-

·         Sensor: 35 format ALEV III CMOS sensor with Bayer pattern colour filter array.

·         Day Rate: £900

·         5 Day Shoot: £4,500

Sony DCR-VX1000-

·         Sensor: 410,000 pixels

·         Day Rate: £65

·         5 Day Shoot: £325

Recording Sound

·         Sound Recorder (With an XLR connection- Better quality) Stereo Jack connection can lead to distortion. On board and stand alone. On board: Omni directional, deep into everything.

·         Boom pole

·         Wind Shield

·         3 point lighting kit

       Tascam DR-40 Portable Audio Recorder-

·         Day rate: £12

·         5 Day Shoot: £60

      Sennheiser shot gun mike-

·         Day Rate: £17.22

·         5 Day Shoot: £86.10

             Finance Transport

      Crew:

·         Minibus:

       Travel Expenses

      Talent:
      Taxi

      Equipment
      Equipment Van

      
     

      Finance Talent

·         The BBC and equity (the actor’s union) have a television agreement that states an actor’s minimum engagement fee should be £603.

·         On the off chance that the engagement is for one week that speaks to 68 work days. Every work day being 8 hours in length of time.

·         If the engagement is for two week this speaks to 5 x work days. Every work day being 8 hours in length of time

·         In reality, numerous autonomous and low budget film creation venture battle.

       Finance Crew

·         BECTU stands for Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union and is a trade union functioning in the United Kingdom.

·         BECTU is the UK’s media and entertainment trade union.

·         BECTU signify staff, contract and freelance workers based mainly in the UK.

·         BECTU discusses pay, conditions and contracts with employers.

·         BECTU advises on suggested rates for crew.

·         A BECTU crew rate card will usually indicate maximum and minimum rates of pay for 10 hours of work.

      Crew

      Director/ Producer

·         Director-

Going rate for a 48 hour week: £1200-£1345

·         Producer-

Going rate for a 48 hour week: £925-£1,037

      Camera Operator

·         Going rate for a 10 hour day: £276-£309

·         Going rate for a 12 hour day: £381-£473

·         Going rate for a 5- Day 50 hour week: £1492

       Editor

·         Going rate for a 8 hour day: £213

·         Going rate for a 60 hour week: £1,366

·         Going rate for a 50 hour week: £1,087

·         Going rate for a 40 hour week: £854

       Hair and Make-Up Artist

·         Going rate for a 10 hour day: £560

      Electrician/Sound Recordist

·         Electrician: Going rate for a 50 hour week: £1,200

·         Sound Recordist: Going rate for a 10 hour day: £320

Facility Hire:

Outfits that hire out production. For example, if you need a particular equipment for your production, offering any assistance based on their expertise. One of the most useful facility hire website is Procam. They offer everything that you would need in order to get through your production.

Here are examples of some shows they have provided with kit and crew:

•      E4's Made in Chelsea
•      The Island with Bear Grylls
•      Robson Green’s Extreme Fishing
•      Channel 4's Derren Brown
•      Watch's Dynamo: Magician Impossible

Procam:

http://www.procam.tv/

Electra Film & TV LTD:

http://www.electra-tv.com/

Slvision:

http://www.slvision.co.uk/

Talent

Talent and Talent Agency from Varshini1999

Finance

A pivotal segment of the pre-production formula is to evaluate the financial reasonability of the proposed production.

·        Potential sources of finance

·        Requirements- Expenditure

Sources of Funding

Funding

TV Channels

·        BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 all back up short filmmaking.

·        Sometimes financing can be an immediate procedure.

·        Sometimes funding is "in kind" (you won't have a whole load of cash, however get some other sort of assistance to really decipher some cash).

Commissions (singular amount to make the film with) (e.g. BBC2 Original          shorts, "It's My Shout").

·        Development (e.g. Channel 4 executive improvement program).

·        Screen support (e.g. ITV and Odeon anti-bullying shorts).

·        Competitions (e.g. BBC3 The Fear).

Government funding.

·        National.

·        British Film Institute directly fund feature length projects.

·        BFI does not fund directly.

Governments who supply funds for shorts are coming progressively greater through the UK Film Council, yet there are extra sources that is quite a challenge and to work your film around the motivation. Numerous sources hope to subsidise advanced shorts as contradict to ventures that need to shoot on film, taking into account the contention some directors had proposing they adhere to a less expensive medium, for example, short film. This was to diminish the shot of insolvency if it somehow managed to happen.

Regional

Film Institute Funding Partners

·        Creative England

·        Creative Scotland

·        Film Agency for Wales

·        Northern Ireland Screen

·        Film London

Local Government Funding

London Borough film funds (e.g. Wands worth, Croydon, Camden)

Private funding

Cinema Companies

·        Odeon

·        Curzon

Media Companies

·        SONY

·        VIRGIN MEDIA

Other

·        BMW

Short Film Movie Analysis Homework

• Less scenes but still illustrates the purpose of the film as well as any feature length film story.
• Has to be very concise and direct.
• Smaller budget (Micro budget £1000, other borough like wands worth ranging about £1- 5K, digital short budget 5-10K.
• Much more experimental in their form, generally they are aimed at niche audiences.
• Most short follow the beginning, middle and end tradition.
• Short film are very compacted and compressed.
• No A-list celebrities in short films.
• Less well known talents.
• Far simpler setups.
• Short film contains an internal logic. It can push the envelope/boundaries. Happens in short before feature.
• More risk is taken in short films when compared to a feature film.
• Not many characters needed or even none. Graphics can be used the whole way.
• Importance of the title.      

Man With The Beautiful Eyes (Video)

Notes on “The Man with the Beautiful Eyes”

The man with the beautiful eyes

Made in 1999 (Initial release: 2000)

Director: Jonathan Hodgsom

• Poetry use on film.
• Very unique compared to other short films. It is visually portrayed with the use of paint, ink, and collage.
• Begins dreamlike and turns out to be more like a bad dream as the grown-ups fears and prejudices transform a residential community safe house of innocence into some place awful and frightening.
• The overall film is based on discrimination/prejudice.

About A Girl (Video)

Notes on “About a girl”

About a girl

Made in 2001

Director: Brian Percival

• This short film raise our regard for distinctive ideologies.
• It is a fusion of a physical and a metaphorical journey.
• The short film likewise displays the topic, appearance vs reality.
• This movie gives out a sense of realism; linking to the genre social-realism.

Soft (Video)

Notes on “Soft”

Soft

Made in 2006

Simon Ellis

• A story that tells a hard story of viciousness and reprisal.
• Different in a way that it is against the norm; usually parents help children, in this case it happens vice versa.
• Relevant in a modern society.
• This film was not just about roughness but rather about something more profound, darker, more unsayable: a trepidation of our children, and older individual's  apprehension and hate of the youthful.

Transport

What is Short Film?

Short filmmaking is an artistic expression deserving of celebration. It's not just a spot for artists to get their work remarked , yet for a few, it is an approach to have a great time and challenge the artistic medium. These movies regularly handle subjects and stories of a socio-social and political context, which shape and impact how we encounter ourselves, and our general surroundings, by means of film. Often, short filmmaking also has a group viewpoint among artist and movie makers. In adding to this personality, new ways are built up to get producers perceived for the positive parts of their art.

Making a short film is regularly a vital stepping-stone for any first-time filmmaker. Various notable directors, for example, "Tim Burton (Frankenweenie), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Coffee and Cigarettes)", got their begins at an opportune time making short movies. Regularly created on a limited budget by the growing filmmakers, the specialty of short film can change and rise above conventional filmmaking and narrating.

With a duration that is under 40 minutes (which is the business standard), short movies appear in different styles and creativity. Animation or live action, horror, documentary and even drama, nothing is forbidden. This opportunity is positively an alluring viewpoint to directors, who utilize these attempts to acquire experience/or to demonstrate their ability, keeping in mind the end goal to obtain funding for future endeavours.

Reference: http://thetfs.ca/article/love-short-film/

Short Film

Based on your experience of the short film text Flea, screened in yesterday’s lesson, write down what you would consider to be the key differences between a short film and a feature length film?

·         Less scenes but still illustrates the purpose of the film as well as any feature length film story.

·         Has to be very concise and direct.

·         Smaller budget (Micro budget 100, other borough like wands worth ranging about 1- 5,000, digital short budget 5-10,000

·         Much more experimental in their form, generally they are aimed at niche audiences.

·         Most short in the same feature film do follow the beginning, middle and end. Compacted and compressed.

·         No A-list celebrities in short films. Less well known talents.

·         Far simpler setups

·         Should have internal logic. Can push the envelope/boundaries. Happens in short before feature. Take risks than feature films.

·         Not many characters needed or even none. Graphics can be used the whole way.

·         Importance of the title.

The Man With The Beautiful Eyes

Made in 1999

Director: Jonathan Hodgsom

About A Girl

Director: Brian Percival

Made in 2001

Soft

Simon Ellis

Made in 2006