Thursday, 1 October 2015

Web serial Production

the type of production I am making is a web series which will be focused on a teen drama. pre production involves a lot of examples for example, it requires operators of equipment and location hire and many more. here is a list of the crew needed to film the webisode:

  • Actors

  • Camera operators

  • Sound man

  • Runner

  • Director

  • Lighting Man

  • Creator

  • Script Writer

  • Production workers

The pay scale of film crew can be very expensive.  First of all, we have our production workers, Earn £250.00 per day.  Then we have our lighting crew, Earn £500.00 per day.  At this stage we have to decide whether it is a single camera or multi camera production.  This can affect how many camera operators we have on set.  With every good visual in a movie, it provides good sound. so a sound crew would be on £450.00 per day. 

Finance 

When wanting to create movies and you realise you need money they're certain methods for example

  • Kick-starter - is the world's largest website which help people fund ideas and projects over the world.

  • BFI - this stands for the British Film Institute which helps smaller companies get promoted.

  •  Private Finance - is a loan company which is used for specific specifications.

  • Investors - will venture into your projects and support you financial for either the whole of the cost or part of it with a group of other investors.

  • National lottery - offers funding on a charitable basis to charities who work on projects.

companies such as these invest money into small content creators.


Time

When trying to film your first webisode, this will require us to be organised when hiring equipment from our college.  With this we will have to consider how many days we spend shooting and how long we will spend editing.  A reason to consider this is that it will give you the option to reduce costs and may leave a small budget for eventualities.    In order to keep the crew organised I would have call sheets which will keep my crew in order and prepared for any situations that they may face.

Crew and Personnel

In my crew it would consist of 8 members.   There will be 4 Actors and there will be 1 Director, 1 Camera Operator, 1 Editor and 1 Runner.  I find these roles suitable for my crew as they will keep production in time with no issues.  Our Director will make big decisions to control the flow of the production. 

Facilities

When filming my production I will need obvious things such as lighting which will affect how professional my film looks.  Also I will require a tripod to hold the camera still.  For post production I will need an editing suite with programmes such as Final cut pro, Photoshop to add various special effects.  Due to me being in college I will not have to pay to use resources, but if I was not a member of the college to dry hire an editing suite would cost £250.00 a day.

Material

When trying to find when certain material can be used when trying to avoid the Copyright Act.  Companies such as Apple would be paid for product placement.  If a payment was avoided, this could result in Copyright strikes or even being sued by the company itself.

Contributors

When casting actors you would have to go through certain agencies in the result for publicity.   With me being in college, I will not have to pay actors and they will be my fellow classmates or friends.  This results in a low budget which allows you to spend in other areas of the production.

Locations

When finding locations to shoot, it can be very difficult if you do not have permission and often payment is required for the use of their location.  As I am a student I would have to ask for permission from the property owner or organisation to where I can shoot my webisode.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety would be paramount when making my webisode as in today society, people or staff will sue if an accident and their safety in put in danger.  This to consider:

location -  Are there sufficient to say filming is taking place, also tape to highlight area when the production crew are situated.

Equipment - has all equipment been PAC Tested to ensure that the crew do not have any electric shocks.

Props - Are all the props in good working order.

 

1 comment:

  1. Pass

    To improve you will need to give greater detail to demonstrate your knowledge of preproduction requirements as you did at the start with costs.

    Expand on the crew roles and experience and responsibilities

    Expand on the requirements for permissions and risk assessments

    Expand on the procedures involved such as Recces and schedules of preproduction production and post

    Good effort pot for Merit

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