My company have planned out what we need for my short film, the
facilities, the equipment, the location, the crew roles and the finance and we
are producing a report to explain everything that is needed for our short film,
which is going to be entered for the film festivals. The short film I am
going to be producing is called 'The devil within'. This film is going to be 1
minute long. My role is the pre-production manager. Because my short film
isn't public company I will be funding it myself and the source I will be using
is Kickstarter. I will be talking about how I am going to fund my short
film and the scheduling times and what I need to do for my short film to be a
success.
A type of production: The type of production is a short film which
has the genre of a horror. This production requires a crew, a script, a
storyboard, specific locations, props such as; make up blood, cameras and
lights.
Finance: Film producers get their finance through different ways. One of
the ways is through their own savings; this benefits them in the long term if
their film makes profit successfully. Another way is through investors
investigating on a certain part of the money that needs to be paid back after
being helpful to produce their movie. For my production I wouldn't need to
provide a big amount of money because most of the materials that I will be
using will be provided by my college. My only input in money wise would be to
provide food for my actors and that will be paid with my personal savings. The
transport is already established because I and my actors all have free travel
oyster cards. Another way I’m going to be financing my short film is through Kickstarter.
Kickstarter is a company that help people with their film ideas and gives them
a starter to invest on. The reason why I am using Kickstarter is because it's
the quickest and easiest way to earn money for producers like myself on their
short films. The other way I could raise money for my short film is through
charity, also I could earn money through the government. The way to do this is
that I would need to sign up for a grant, which is money that you can receive
from the government for your business. He advantages to this is that I would
have to pay grant back and I would lose control over my business however I
would have to find a specific gran ha suits my business well and also there is
a lot of competition. However the ways I am choosing to finance my short film
is from my own personal savings and through Kickstarter because these are two
easiest ways to earn money. As I am production manager I would have to organise
and know how much things cost but the cameras and lighting will be for free
because that would be provided by my college. However in the real world this is
what they would cost.
Budget Requirements: the costs to everything I will
be needing for my short film will be below
Cameras - Are from £93.99 up to £32,549.46. I would
have to purchase one camera as I’m using a single camera to shoot my short
film. However in this case I will be booking a camera from my college for
free.
Lights and microphone - £54.99-£183.64 for both
lights and microphone. It would cost £500 per day to hire a camera man who
would sometimes bring their equipment and sometimes not. In this case I
wouldn't need to hire anyone because I will be shooting my short film myself
and with members from my production team, also there will be voice overs of my
actors voices being recorded over the videos and I will be filming in daylight
for parts of my film and for the dark scenes we will use lighting and also a
flash light for props to create more suspense.
Editing Suites - These suits can cost £500 per
day/hour but in this case I will be using the editing suite that is provided in
college.
Talent - to hire talent/talents will cost £500-700,
however I will be using my colleagues who take drama as a course, because they
will be more professional and they won't ask for any pay.
Crew - In order to hire a crew for a short film it
would usually cost more than £5, 100. For my short film we will be in a group
of 4 and we will split the jobs between us.
Facility hire - the experience to rent an edit suit
to have videos edited will cost around £550 per day. In this case I will be
using the schools editing suit for free.
Materials: Clearance is paying for copyrighted materials to be used e.g. Music
tracks/sounds. Every time a copyrighted material is shown on another shoe the
owner of the material gets paid a certain amount of money in order for them to
use their material, which ranges from £50 upwards depends on how much was
negotiated. Because of the fact this is a college project we won't have to pay
for the use of other sound tracks, however for my short film my plan was to
create my own original sounds due to the fact myself and the people in my group
know how to use Logic Pro X. Also we have access to non-copyrighted sound
tracks from YouTube which is free to download. Because getting a non-copyrighted
sound track from YouTube is easier and quicker that is what I’m going to do.
The scripts and storyboards will be already provided for us as template we can
download and use to fill in.
Equipment/Facilities: Equipment such as cameras, lights and
other things can be booked for free form the college. But in a real life
situation it will cost around £1000 to get a camera man alone cost around 500
pounds that's half of the money gone already therefore it's not cheap. Post-
production equipment: edit suite can be booked for £550 a day and this
suites will contain macs which will run the software Final cut x which is the
software that will be used to edit our shots. I will be using the editing
suites in school as they have free access. Clearance is paying for
copyrighted materials to used e.g. music tracks/ sounds. For every time a
copyrighted material is shown on another show the owner of the material gets
paid a certain amount of money in order for them to use their
material, which ranges from £50 upwards depends on how much was negotiated.
Because of the fact this is a college project we won't have to pay for the use
of other sound track, however for my web serial my plan is to create my own
original sounds due to the fact I and most people know how to use Logic Pro X.
Also we have access to non-copyrighted sound from YouTube which is a free
download and example of this will be below.
Location: The majority of our shots will be filmed in a local area, so
around Sidcup/Kent and we will need a permit from the Kent council in order to
film in particular places, in order to do this I will need to collect a
location release form from the local council to fill out and sign and that
would be my evidence to show that I have permission to film on certain grounds.
My short film is a horror therefore the director will need to find me an
isolated location in the forest where the scenery is good to intense scenes.
Then the director will give his research to the producer and then the producer
will decide if the scenery is suitable for the short film that is being made.
When the weather is not suitable we have two options, we can either use the
weather to set a mood in the series or film it in that condition or edit the
footage to make it look better and clearer. The location of where we are going
to shoot the footage won't be far from the crew member’s houses. Most
materials will be provided by my college but the rest will be coming out of my
personal savings and will be booked of a booking company for a certain period
of time.
Crew roles and Personnel: The availability of personnel I'm
going to be doing this project with 2 or 3 other people so the roles of the
production will be split amongst us, for actors we will be gathering
talents from our college and outside our college that take a drama course.
However in the real world auditions will be taken place to act in my short film
and this will cost the production crew money as they will have to rent out a
location in order for the auditions to take place. The people I will be
hiring will be listed below:
A camera man who will be in
charge of the camera and responsible for the filming
Editor who will edit and put
shot in order from the camera in to a story
Sound Engineer who will be
in charge of the sound from the ambient sound to non-ambient sound
Director who will direct the
whole plot and I will be the producer
Camera operator which will
be in charge of the storyboard of the short film.
To hire a camera man it starts from £250 for half a day.
A director costs from £100
A producer is £100
Here's an image of how much a shot film would cost.
However for a full featured film it would cost a lot more and here is an
example of a slide show someone has made to show the prices.
I've been put in a group of 4 and we have our own roles that we
have to follow. My role is the production manager and camera operator which
creates the storyboard. I was given this job because I am the most talented and
I know how to use the rule of thirds. My job is to read over the script, go to
the location and take pictures of how the story would go. Within this I would
have to use long shots, close ups, extreme close ups and other camera
techniques. The person that was chosen to be the producer is because that
person is the most organised therefore he will be calling up our locations that
we want and asking if we can film there, he also needs to organise our crew
roles, risk assessment, budget, call sheet, release forms and permissions and
clearances. He was also given this job because he get things done on time.
The person that was chosen to have to role of a director was given that role
because he is the most creative in the group therefore his role is too write
the script and line the script. Also he has to do the location recee, get the
props, costume and masks, the shooting schedule. As a production manager I will
make sure everything is up to quality standards.
Contributors: As well as having my production team I would still
need other roles contribute. The roles I already have and that are going to
contribute are the producer, the director and the camera operator. Also the
other contributes will be my actors that we be selected carefully also they
would be already taking a drama course therefore my film will look more
professional because my actors study drama. Before they act in my short film I
will need them to sign a release and consent agreement form to say that I have
permission to film them and to have their face on camera. If they get filmed and
then decide they don't want their image in on camera it would have a big effect
on us because certain scenes would have to be taken out or be re-shot or faces
would have to be blurred out and this would mean that our film is no longer
going to be able to be broadcast.
Codes of practice and regulation: In order for my short film to become
successful we would have to have regulations such as in the location area I
would need to have evidence therefore I would need the release permission form
to be filmed in and signed by the owner of that location to show that I can
film on their grounds; that form would also have to be on their site, also I
would need to take pictures and videos of the location I am filming at. I would
also the documents and forms from my actors to have their permission to film
them. I would need to show evidence that I know about the health and safety
rules before I begin anything. Public liability is also another thing to look
into because as our production starts members of the public may be captured in
our shots, however because this is a college project my college already has
public liability insurance for my production work. Because of the fact some
scenes are filmed in a public area, no fake weapons will be allowed such as
guns and knives, also no brutal horrific fight scenes will be allowed because
we will be in a public environment. Unless we have at least two police officers
watching us shoot the scene but then they would have to block off the whole
road in order for us to film that scene therefore we would need permission to
do this as well. If the council would allow us to do this the BBFC would rate
my film to be an 18, however if we are not allowed then certain violent scenes
would have to be cut out therefore the film wouldn't be as violent then that
would affect our rating; the BBFC would then rate my film as a 15 because it
has less brutal and gory scenes. Also rate cards is how much they pay. Below will be an image of a rate card. The image below shows how much each person gets paid for their job.
Time: This part of the media industry is very important, time and
scheduling is everything in the media world. It's all important because you
have deadlines to meet and if you don't meet the deadlines you would have to
spend more money, For an example if you have booked a editing suit for 2 days
which is £1,000 and your deadline was to finish editing the videos within those
2 days given but you haven't finished and you need an extra day you have to pay
another £500 and then everything else will have to be pushed forward; different
deadlines will have to be made and it will waste a good amount of time and
money. The most time I will be filming is on weekends as I am occupied
within the week and so are my actors because we have college. One week would be
a good amount of filming time and editing time considering we can get some done
within our spare hours. The extra props my college wouldn't supply for us, it
will be coming out of my personal savings but they will be at a cheap price.
The first day we will be focusing on getting the props ready and the actors
ready; making sure everyone knows their role and what everyone is doing. Also
we will be deciding on our location. Then this will lead on to the second day
where will be getting our equipment ready such as our cameras and lighting in
order for us to start filming on the third and fourth day. Then the fifth day
will be us editing our footage and once that is done we can release our film
allowing us to reach our deadline on time. The days we are filming would start
at 9:00am and finish at 4:00pm which is not too early because it will still be
too dark and it's not too late because we won't have as much energy as we would
have in the morning and for the editing we will need a whole day to edit our
short film. As production manager I will make sure everything is up to
standards and make sure all deadlines are met.
Conclusion
In conclusion considering we only have 1-2 to shoot our film I’m going
to make sure everything is organised and ready in time such as the equipment;
the main thing we need is a camera therefore we will book our camera a couple
days before we start shoot considering our media class is big and most of us
want to shoot on the same day. I'm also going to get all documents done as
well, therefore everything will be ready so we can hit the deadline.
The purpose of this report is to self-off my pitch and to express the
idea to producers to get the film made. From my research I can see horror short
films don't the amount of views thriller short films receives. I also know that
females watch horror/thriller movies more than men because they like the
suspense and the build-up more than men do.
My short film idea
The name of my short film is called 'The demon within' and the genre of
it is a horror.
It will be set up in the middle of the forest, where a man called Adrian
killed his wife Shantelle and their child Nicholas and he buried them in the
forest. The hook of my short film is the image in an unknown house. The twist
at the end is that the neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his family because
the neighbour was obsessed with Shantelle and their baby. Shantelle rejected
the neighbour therefore the neighbour thought if he can't have her no one can,
therefore he possessed Adrian to kill his family. Hook: The image of the family
Twist: The neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his wife and child
My idea was mainly influenced by SAW, however there are a few other movies that inspired me into doing my idea such as Final destination and Nightmare on Elm Street.
Influences
SAW influenced my idea because in the middle of this clip two men both wake up in place they don't know with their feet chained to and at the beginning of my short film the wife and her child have been tied back to back. The whole idea of the characters waking up in an unknown place is creepy within itself and being trapped by being chained to poles is intense, therefore I thought for my idea they could all be tied up not by chains but by ropes and they wake up in the middle of the forest. Also because it’s an open ending therefore it always leaves the audience in shock and with a cliff hanger. This also shows that my short film will have a twist at the end that surprises the audience.
- The reason why I highlighted this is because it’s important that I add a twist to my short film because it's the trends and it's a good to leave the audience shock by a surprise. Because of this the short film will be more interesting because of the fact it will engage the audience's attention.
The nightmare Elm Street inspired me as well at 3.25 because Freddie Kruger killed people for his revenge and the demon in my short film kills the teenagers to get revenge on them killing him. Also the fact that you can't actually see him killing her gives off a possessed effect which I added into my short film to add more suspense. This also proves that I will be having flashbacks of the teenagers killing the man before he became a demon. -The reason why I highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non-linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting. Final destination also influenced me because it had one person that could see what was going to happen a couple min into the future and that everyone is going to die. In my short film the wife has this ability and that will allow me to have flash forwards in my short film. - The reason why I highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non-linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Unique selling point
My unique selling point is that my idea is based on
a real life situation. It's
based on an article about a woman called Sian Blake her partner, Arthur Simpson
killed her and her their two children, Zachary and Amon. The family was
reported missing on 16th December 2015. Another unique selling point
is that I have a possessed and an obsessed ability in one character.
To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film. Also to show that my short film will have a twist at the end and
a hook
To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film and also to show that my short film will have flashbacks to show
them killing the man before
To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film and also to show that my short film will be having flash forwards
Trends
I've noticed that the trends with a horror film is a twist at the end a
good hook and a strong beginning. The reason why it has to have a strong
beginning is because you have to capture the audience attention therefore they
won't be bored and they will carry on watching. Also a twist at the end is to
capture the audience and attention and surprise the audience therefore I’m
putting a twist at the end of my short film.
Box office and reviews
This shows the box
office of SAW. The reason why I picked this film is because it fits well with
my idea to do with torture and to also show what will be expected in the box
office if I was to show this in the cinema
This will be the original price for my short film
if I was going to pay for everything I needed in order to create my short film.
In this case I wouldn't be needing to hire an editing room, or pay
for my actors. I will only need to pay for transport and food which will cost
around £25 and I would have to pay for props and make up which will also cost
around £25. The cameras I will be needing will be provided by my college, the
equipment I need to set up the lighting will be provided by my college and
the facilities I will need such as, a mac to edit my short film, will
be provided by my college. Therefore my short film will actually cost around
£50.
Funding
Budget: The cost of my film will
be approximately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost
£25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras I will need will be provides by my
college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by
my college
•The facilities I will need to use such as; a mac
to edit my short film, will be provided by my college
Examples of what Kickstarter has funded
This is another
example of what Kickstarter funded. The short film is called love stinks and
it's a comedy which has been shot in Canada and they
funded 85% of it with $5,106. 46 backers and it has 24 days left.
This is an example of
a short film that Kickstarter funded. The short film is called 'MNSTR'. The
location is in New York and they funded 119% into it with $16,176 with 54
backers and only 3 days left.
And these are a few more examples. This proves that Kickstarter would
help me with my short film
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Distribution
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and
it can also be shown on Netflix and YouTube.
The way I can get my
movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not
possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask.
However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix
database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from
for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the
the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the
important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On
the other hand it is possible to do. There is a distributors company which is
owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but
not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is
$1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it
all and still have all your rights to your movie.
If you make it to the Netflix database you need to
show that your independent movie is worthy therefore you need to create an
army. The public need to queue in your movie by requesting it which is called
queue demand. Therefore you would need to ask everyone to do this so your movie
receives the most amount of requests. It depends on the amount of demands you
get, the bigger the amount the more of a chance your film will be considered
streaming through Netflix. Also to better your chances of getting your film on
Netflix you need to have a wide press coverage and a good IMDB listing.
Also I could stream my short film onto YouTube. To do this you would have to
make a YouTube account and be registered to YouTube. Then you would have to go
on YouTube itself and click upload. Your movie has to be MPEG for you to upload
it, therefore after filming and editing your movie you would have to save it as
an MPEG file. To find out if the file is an MPEG you would have to check
through properties and it should say if it is or isn't. After clicking upload
you would click upload video, then browse your movie and upload it and your
film will be online for everyone in the public to see, watch, like and comment
about it.
A short film festival is
where distributes go to watch short films and see which is the best
one. The short film that they are impressed with will get promoted in a particular area in the world and
because of this the maker of that short film will achieve some reputation and
praise and how creative they are.
The film festivals that my short horror film will be presented on are:
Manchester film festival, can film festival, London film festival, Raindance
film festival, Encounters international short film festival, Leeds
international film festival, Aesthetics film festivalat all these film festivals there will be distributes
that will hopefully be impressed and then they would promote it for it to be
seen.
Raindance film festival
Raindance film festival is a film festival that show short films
for distributors to choose. To submit my film to them I would
have to call in to place an entry.
Raindance Film Festival is officially recognized by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and
Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts
will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA nominations. British short films that play in competition and all
British features that play in 2016 will be eligible for entry for the 2016
British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
Categories
The Festival accepts feature films (over 45 min.), short films (under 45 min.), music videos
(under 6 min) VR films (under 45min) and web series [Raindance Web Fest] of all lengths and
genres and is committed to showing the boldest and most innovative work, and
films that challenge the boundaries of filmmaking.
Feature Films must be at
least UK Premieres: they must not have been released in the UK on any
format, nor screened publicly online.
There is
no Premiere policy for short films and music videos, they may have
screened at other Festivals and/or online.
Raindance
accepts work-in-progress cuts but we will not accept subsequent cuts of
more complete versions. Please send your film in the most complete and
finished form possible to be reviewed.
To be eligible to Raindance 2016 your film must
have been completed after 1 January 2015.
Submission deadlines and fees
Date
Deadline
Feature Fee
Shorts Fee
Music Video Fee
22 April 2016
Early Deadline
£55
£25
£25
20 May 2016
Regular Deadline
£70
£35
£35
10 June 2016
Late Deadline
£100
£50
£50
17 June 2016
WAB Extended Deadline
£150
£80
£80
All Withoutabox submissions for Raindance Film
Festival are to be paid by credit card. The submission fee is non-refundable.
Raindance Members
RAINDANCE MEMBERS CAN SUBMIT ONE SHORT FOR FREE OR
A FEATURE AT HALF PRICE.
Raindance members can submit one short/music video for free, or a
feature at half price. If you are a member
emailfestival@raindance.co.uk to receive your unique waiver code. Please
include your membership number and expiry date. To join Raindance please go
to: http://www.raindance.org/premium/
Selection
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the
following criteria:
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.
Notification
Raindance endeavours to complete all selection procedures by 31 August
2016 and inform all submitting parties, in writing, if their film has been
successful or not after that time. Successful
submissions will receive a Filmmaker Festival Pack that will include important
information on shipping the DCP to the Festival, press and publicity, guest
accreditation, contact information and how to make the most of participating in
the Festival.
Screening
Selected films MUST provide a Digital Cinema
Package (DCP) in order to be screened at the Raindance Film Festival, as well
as a back-up Blu-ray. (Except VR films)
Festival Prizes
– Best Film
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video
Here are other film festivals that I could enter my short film into.
The BBFC won't
regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18). The
reason why the BBFC will rate my short film and 15 - 18 is because the short film includes Strong violence, and strong
language. The reason my short film will be allowed to be rated as a
15 is because there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no
sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. The
reason my short film can also be aged 18 is because it contains strong horror,
strong blood and gore and sustain threat. From my research I’ve
noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the
intensity will be to for young children because it could cause nightmares.
Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they
love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of
men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of
women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people
who are 18-35.
What does the 15 symbol mean?
No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the
cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for
children under 15 years of age.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work
can have at 15?
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15
year olds.
What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?
Any
of the following:
· strong
violence
· Frequent
strong language (e.g. 'f***').
· portrayals
of sexual activity
· strong
verbal references to sex
· sexual
nudity
· brief scenes
of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
·
discriminatory language or behaviour
· drug taking
What does the 18 symbol mean?
Films
rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema
or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work
can have at 18?
No theme is prohibited at 18. Adults are free to choose their own
entertainment provided the material is not illegal or potentially harmful, so
it is possible some themes tackled at 18 may be offensive even to some adult
viewers.
What sort of issues might I find in an 18 film or
video?
18
works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:
· very strong
violence
· frequent
strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’)
· strong
portrayals of sexual activity
· scenes of
sexual violence
· strong
horror
· strong blood
and gore
· real sex (in
some circumstances)
· discriminatory
language and behaviour
The BBFC would regulate my film a 15 or an 18
because my film reaches that standard. The reason why my movie will be rated a
15 or an 18 is because it contains everything you need for it. My film will
contain blood and gore, it will also include strong violence and strong horror.
This is the reason why it wouldn't be regulated at any regulation under 15
because it wouldn't be suitable for that type of crowd such as U or 12. However
some horror films can be shown at a 12 or a 12a but the horror sequence can’t
be frequent and the short film can't be disturbing. In a U and PG filming
violence would be very mild.
My film rating would be age 15 because it will contain very strong
violence while their being tortured, strong horror, very bloody and gory
throughout and only a little amount of strong language.
As you can see to the left is a short horror film from my research
called 'The black hole', which was a thriller received 19,606,627 views with 110,964 and 'Jack' which is a horror
received 349,255 and 1,585 likes. This proves thriller is more
liked then horror because thriller create more suspense and mystery with
numerous of jump scares whereas horror has more violence.
From my research I’ve noticed that the audience that mostly watch
thrillers is 18+ because the intensity will be to for young children because it
could cause nightmares. Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more
than men is because they love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of
women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web
serial is aimed at people who are 18-35.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they
would give it a (15)-(18)
Also as I was watching the thriller short films I saw what the viewers
liked to see more in thrillers therefore I took them into to consider to put
into my short film. What I saw in the thrillers were some use of montage to not
make it boring therefore it could make the audience think a bit. A lot of flash
forwards and flashbacks to tell the story and to show what is going on in the
movie.
I also saw that the trends were the Twists at the end because it
surprises the audience and leaves the audience shocked, therefore I added a
twist in my short horror film to shock the audience.
Because of the fact that my short film
is based on the movie SAW I highly guarantee that it will receive a good amount
of views considering on box office it had
247.7 million USD. SAW is one of the best horror films containing a twist and a
hook.
Finance: Film producers get their finance through different ways. One of the
ways is through their own savings; this benefits them in the long term if their
film makes profit successfully. Another way is through investors investigating
on a certain part of the money that needs to be paid back after being helpful
to produce their movie. For my production I wouldn't need to provide a big
amount of money because most of the materials that I will be using will be
provided by my college. My only input in money wise would be to provide food
for my actors and that will be paid with my personal savings. The transport is
already established because I and my actors all have free travel oyster cards.
The gender who watches horror the most is women because they like the intense
moments within the film and they like the jump scares.
Budget Requirements: the costs to everything I will be needing for my
web-serial will be below
Cameras - Are from £93.99 up to £32,549.46. I would have to purchase one
camera as I’m using a single camera to shoot my web-serial. However in this
case I will be booking a camera from my college for free.
Lights and microphone - £54.99-£183.64 for both lights and microphone.
It would cost £500 per day to hire a camera man who would sometimes bring their
equipment and sometimes not. In this case I wouldn't need to hire anyone
because I will be shooting my web-serial myself, also there will be voice overs
of my actors voices being recorded over the videos and I will be filming in
daylight for most of my film and for the dark scenes will use a flash light to
create more suspense.
Editing Suites - These suits can cost £500 per day/hour but in this case
I will be using the editing suite that is provided in college.
Talent - to hire talent/talents will cost £500-700, however I will be
using my colleagues who take drama as a course, because they will be more
professional and they won't ask for any pay.
Crew - In order to hire a crew for a web series would usually cost more
than £5, 100. For my web series we will be in a group of 6 and we will split
the jobs between us.
Facility hire - the experience to rent an edit suit to have videos
edited will cost around £550 per day. In this case I will be using the schools
editing suit for free.
Budget: The cost of my film will be approximately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost £25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras I will need will be provides by my college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by my college
•The facilities I will need to use such as; a mac to edit my short film,
will be provided by my college
Time
This part of the media industry is very important, time and scheduling
is everything in the media world. It's all important because you have deadlines
to meet and if you don't meet the deadlines you would have to spend more money,
For an example if you have booked a editing suit for 2 days which is £1,000 and
your deadline was to finish editing the videos within those 2 days given but
you haven't finished and you need an extra day you have to pay another £500 and
then everything else will have to be pushed forward; different deadlines will
have to be made and it will waste a good amount of time and money.
The most time I will be filming is on weekends as I am occupied within
the week and so are my actors because we have college. Two - three weeks would
be a good amount of filming and editing time considering we can get some done
within the week in spare hours. The extra props my college wouldn't supply will
be coming out of my personal savings but they will be at a cheap price.
Materials
Clearance is paying for copyrighted materials to used e.g. music tracks/
sounds. For every time a copyrighted material is shown on another show the
owner of the material gets paid a certain amount of money in
order for them to use their material, which ranges from £50 upwards
depends on how much was negotiated. Because of the fact this is a
college project we won't have to pay for the use of other sound track, however for
my web serial my plan is to create my own original sounds due to the fact I and
most people know how to use Logic Pro X. Also we have access to non-copyrighted
sound from YouTube which is a free download and example of this will be
below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrxwqvfD2E
In order that I have my equipment on time and to make sure I will get it
I will book from advance.
Crew and personnel
The availability of personals I'm going to be doing this project with 2
or 3 other people so the roles of the production will split amongst us, for
actors we will be gathering talents from our college and outside our college
that also take a drama course. However in the real world auditions will be
taken place to get actors and this will cost the production crew money as they
will have to rent out a location in order for the auditions to take
place.
The people I will be hiring will be listed below:
A camera man who will be in charge of the camera and responsible for the
filming
Editor who will edit and put shot in order from the camera in to a
story
Sound Engineer who will be in charge of the sound from the ambient sound
to non-ambient sound
Director who will direct the whole plot and I will be the producer
Location
The majority of our shots will be filmed in a local area, so around
Sidcup/Kent and we will need a permit from the Kent council in order to film in
particular places, when the weather is not suitable we have two options, we can
either use the weather to set a mood in the series or film it in that condition
and edit the footage to make it look better and clearer. The location of where
we are going to shoot the footage won't be far from the crew member’s
houses.
Most materials will be provided by my college but the rest will be
coming out of my personal savings and will be booked of a booking company for a
certain period of time. The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only
regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
The location I will be shooting my short film is I’m the middle of the
woods.
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and
it can also be shown on Netflix.
A short film festival is where distributers go to watch short films and
see which the best one is. The short film that they are impressed with will get
promoted I’m a particular area I’m the world and because of this the maker of
that short film will achieve some reputation and praise on how creative they
are.
Facilities
Production Equipment: equipment such as cameras, lights and other things
can be booked for free form the college. But in a real life situation it
will cost around £1000 to get a camera man alone cost around 500 pounds that's
half of the money gone already therefore it's not cheap.
Post- production equipment: edit suite can be booked for £550 a day and
this suites will contain macs which will run the software Final cut x which is
the software that will be used to edit our shots. I will be using the editing
suites in school as they have free access.
This is another
example of what Kickstarter funded. The short film is called love stinks and
it's a comedy which has been shot in Canada and they
funded 85% of it with $5,106. 46 backers and it has 24 days left. 
This is an example of
a short film that Kickstarter funded. The short film is called 'MNSTR'. The
location is in New York and they funded 119% into it with $16,176 with 54
backers and only 3 days left. 
The way I can get my
movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not
possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask.
However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix
database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from
for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the
the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the
important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On
the other hand it is possible to do. There is a distributors company which is
owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but
not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is
$1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it
all and still have all your rights to your movie.
The BBFC won't
regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18). The
reason why the BBFC will rate my short film and 15 - 18 is because the short film includes Strong violence, and strong
language. The reason my short film will be allowed to be rated as a
15 is because there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no
sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. The
reason my short film can also be aged 18 is because it contains strong horror,
strong blood and gore and sustain threat. From my research I’ve
noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the
intensity will be to for young children because it could cause nightmares.
Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they
love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of
men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of
women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people
who are 18-35. 
Because of the fact that my short film
is based on the movie SAW I highly guarantee that it will receive a good amount
of views considering on box office it had
247.7 million USD. SAW is one of the best horror films containing a twist and a
hook.
