Requirements for production

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Requirements for production

The type of production I would be looking to do is a web-serial; the genre is a teen thriller/teen-drama because of the fact the audience for my production is teens. My production is a serial because the next episode continues from where the last episode finished on. It’s also a serial because it focuses on one character throughout the whole episodes

Source of finance: most film producers get their finances from either investing a particular amount of money in their productions to be paid back after producing the film, whilst other would get their finance from their personal savings, therefore after the movie makes its profit it’s going to benefit them in the long term. Others would get theirs through other financial ways such as BFI or national lottery. However for my production I would need a lot of money because the essential materials that I would be using will be provided for me by my college. The only thing I would be paying for is food and my actors which I would be funding myself through my personal savings because my college doesn’t provide that for me. My transport and actors transport would already be covered because of our free oyster bus passes. I will still need to buy some little equipment like props which would normally cost around £500 but can get it for a cheaper prize.

Budget requirements: I will be shooting my web-serial and below will show you what the costs are for what is needed and the reason why it is needed

• Cameras – the price is a range between £93.99 up to £32,549.46, in this situation I wouldn’t need to purchase one because the camera I will be using is a single camera which is provided for me by my college which is free to book.

• Lights and Microphone - the price range is £54.99 up to £183.64 for both lights and microphone. I won’t be needing this as I will be shooting my web-serial during day time and my actors voices will be recorded for a voice over on the videos, it also cost around £500 per day to hire a camera man and sometimes they come with all their equipment's but sometimes they don't.

•   Editing suites- these can be hired for £500 per day/hour but I'm going to be booking the colleges editing suite for the editing of the web series.

The reason why I will be using a single camera is because you can spend more time editing therefore you can focus on a lot of detail whilst editing, also because it allows you to plan out your shots in advance. Single cameras are cheaper but in this case I wouldn’t have to pay for one. Dramatic effects can be added in the shots we take, the camera is easier to move around, whereas if you had multi cameras it’s harder to move around because you would be capturing other cameras in the shot and it allows you to follow a story path which I want it to do.

My web-serial is a teen thriller/ teen drama, the single camera techniques creates more suspense and mystery and that’s the effect I want on my web-serial.

Talent: to hire a talent/ talents will cost like around £500-£700, however I will be using my colleagues that would be taking drama as a course, therefore they will be more professional in what they do, also because of the fact that they are my colleagues they won’t ask for any pay.

Time and scheduling in the media industry is very important because of a deadline is not met the producers start to lose money as they will spend extra money to buy more time to spend on their project. I will be mostly filming on weekends as the week is occupied for me and most of the actors because of school we should be able to do a lot of different shots in three days so ideally two - three weeks should be enough for filming and editing of my web series. Some work can also be done during week as well.

The timing and scheduling in the media is extremely important because you have to make the deadline. If they deadline is not met you would lose out on money because the film wouldn’t make any profit because it wouldn’t be published. Therefore the producers lose their money as they will be paying extra money to buy more time to spend on their project. They days I will mostly be filming on is the weekends because in the week I’m much occupied and most of my actors will be. Two – three weeks should be enough time to shoot and edit my web-series because according to our college time table we would fit a lot of different shots in the two – three days we have. However some work can be done in the week such as editing after college hours or shooting before college hours.

Clearance is paying for copyright materials to be used, e.g. photos, sounds, music tracks. Every time a copyrighted material gets shown on a different show the owner of that material would get paid, therefore the person who would want to use their material would have permission to after payment. The owner of the material gets paid a certain amount of money which usually ranges from £50 upwards depending on how much is agreed. This is a school project therefore I wouldn’t need to be paying for this, however because of my knowledge me and my group have of using Logic Pro X, I was considering to create my own sound.

Most of our shots will be filmed local that is within and around Kent therefore it’s easy for me and actors to travel there and be there on time. We will need a permit from the Kent council to be able to film in specific places, when the weather is either spitting or pouring with rain, we can either film it that way and edit it to look better or use the weather to send out a mood in the series. This is another reason why I am using a single camera, because it’s easier to carry around therefore we can film in any location. However not near roads or motorways because of health and safety.

After the filming is done our shots will be sent to the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification)  to be regulated and checked for any scene that may be extremely disturbing or in appropriate for the age group targeted audience.