Finance equipment

Essentials for filming

The censor size will increase the cost and it improves the quality of the image.

although there is much better quality in a better camera, there are a range of specific things that make it more costly 

finance equipment
capturing the image-

• camera
• triopd- fluid head
• lighting- 3 point lighting
• slider/ glidecam equipment
• jjb/ crane

Recording sound-

• sound recorder
• mircophone
• boom pole
• windshield

Finance transport

crew-

• minibus
• travel expenses
• coach 

talent-

• taxi
• Share a car 

eqipment-

• equipment van
• minibus

• The BBC and equity ( the actors union) have a television agreement wherein it is stated that an actors minimum engagement fee should be £603

• If the engagement is for one week, this represents 6x work days. each work day being 8 hours in duration (9hours with 1 hour meal break)
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• If the engagement is for two weeks this represents 5x work days. each work day being 8 hours in duration (9hours with 1 hour meal break).

Finance

A key part of the pre-production process is to asses and analyse the financial viability of the specific proposed production.

Potential sources of finance.

Requirements – expenditure.

Sources of funding

Funding

TV channels,

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all supporters of short filmmaking.

Funding may sometimes be direct.

Sometimes funding is “in kind”

Commission (e.g. BBC3 Original shorts, it’s my shout)

Development (e.g. Channel 4 director development programme)

Screening support (e.g. ITV and Odeon anti – bullying shorts)

Competitions (e.g. BBC3 The fear)

Government funding

National:

British Film Institute directly funds feature length projects.

BFI (British film institute) does not fund stand- alone shorts directly.

Regionally

British 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. Wandsworth, Croydon, and Camden)

Private funding

Cinema companies:

·         Odeon

·         Curzon

Media companies:

·         Sony

·         VIRGIN MEDIA

Other:

·         BMW

BECTU stands for broadcasting, entertainment, cinematography and theatre(BECTU) and is a trade union operating in the United Kingdom. 

BECTU represents staff ,contract and freelance workers based primarily in the UK.

BECTU negotiates pay, conditions and contracts with employers.

BECTU advises on recommended rates for crew.

A BECTU crew rate card will typically indicates maximum and minimum rates of pay for 10 hours of work in sociable hours. 

5 crew members, go on bectu then search theirr rates the work out what it will come to as a total

1. camera operator

2.lighting

3.sound

4.dubbing

5.costume designer 

Camera examples with censor sizes and day rates

source ~ http://thecamerahirecompany.com/video-camera-hire-rental/canon-5d-mk-3-body-only/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA2b20BRDj4buduIG-y9EBEiQAhgMGFWRIHHQpwbYKrhxW-lJeBDpGBDm07nDFmqlUeOJ8bkAaAjzR8P8HAQ

 

Day rates-

£118 for the canon legria HF R706
I could use this for approximately for 6-10 days to ensure i have taken enough shots and filmed enough scenes 

xlr sound and not standart sterio jack, as it can lead to distortion 

on board and stand alone