Unit 2-Pre-production and planning

Investing in films script   Hello, we are going to talk to you today about the different ways a product can be funded. The question that people often ask is, why invest in films? You could get 25 years with huge uplift potential, Appear as a film extra and attend VIP events and get named in the film credits. The BFI is the lead agency for film in the UK. The BFI Film Fund has a number of funding strands, investing over £26m of Lottery funds per year to support film development, production and distribution activity in the UK. Film4 is Channel 4’s film production arm invests £15 million annually in developing and financing films for theatrical release in cinemas, working collaboratively with filmmakers and usually in partnership with other funders. Pinewood pictures funds film and TV productions, on behalf of the Isle of Man Media Development Fund (£25m) and The Welsh Government's Media Investment Budget (£30m). Pinewood Pictures has a range of funding...

Why invest in films? Get 25 years of royalty payments with huge uplift potential. Appear as film extra and attend VIP events. Get named in the film credits. The BFI is the lead agency for film in the UK. The BFI Film Fund has a number of funding strands, investing over £26m of Lottery funds per year to support film development, production and distribution activity in the UK. Film4 is Channel 4’s film production arm invests £15 million annually in developing and financing films for theatrical release in cinemas, working collaboratively with filmmakers and usually in partnership with other funders. Due to the large number of submissions Film4 receives, it can only accept proposals via production companies or agents. Pinewood pictures  funds film and TV productions, on behalf of the Isle of Man Media Development Fund (£25m) and The Welsh Government's Media Investment Budget (£30m). Pinewood Pictures has a range of funding options available to UK film and TV productio...

Sponsorship can happen through product placement or through a whole product such as the Premier League. Rizzle Kicks music video (Skip to the good bit) Beats headphones by Dr Dre. Mini by BMW displayed for a total of 10 seconds to gain £30,000 sponsorship. OK/GO Video 1. What is the purpose of the music video?- To advertise the Silver Chevrolet Sonic. 2. Who is it sponsored by?-  The music video is sponsored by Chevrolet to advertise their new product. 3. Why did OK GO agree to this? What is their view on music videos?- They agreed to it so they can show visual art and increase awareness to online presences who may enjoy there music. Their view on music videos is that it should only be created if it is new, innovative, creative and quirky. 4. Which companies have sponsored OK GO's work so far?- Land Rover, Samsung and State Farm Insurance. 5. How much sponsorship did they receive from the company?- £350,000-£800,000 6. What did the sponsorship ...

1. How much money were they asking for?- $250,000 2. How much did they get?- $255,564 3. How many backers were there?- 2712 4. Who is the director and why is it important?- Vincent Regan (First time director) 5. How else is the project being funded?- Selling merchandise, Donations, Crowdfunding 6. What was the funding for?- Equipment, paying the cast, filming, lighting, editing etc... 7. What has happened since it was funded?- Everything has been filmed and is now in the editing and post production phase This task has taught me how some films get funding from starting up campaigns in order to create the best possible film. Most of this type of funding comes from pledges offered to the target audience of the film. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vincentregan/enemy-of-man-feature-film I had to research into a film that is currently in the editing phase called Enemy of Man because they were part of a crowdfunding campaign through kick starter where they offer...

1. What is the film called?- Unsound 2. What was the kickstarter project for?- Attorney fees, professional sound, colour correction, travel and film festival submission fee. 3.How long did they spend developing the concept?- Three weeks 4. How many days do the most successful campaigns run for?- 30 days 5. What figure did they decide on?- $15,000 6. How did they promote the project?- Posted it on social media outlets such as Facebook. 7. What is the pyramid market structure?- 90% of people are lurkers, 9% will engage but only 1% will actually donate to the cause. This task was to watch a video where someone with a low budget created his own film by starting a kickstarter project to fund all his expenditure fees. I learnt how long one person spent developing a concept and how long it ran for as well as all the things that contribute to the expenditure and made me think more about when to spend and when to save or cut costs.

1. What is the name of the Act that requires the BBC to issue TV licences and collect a licence fee?- The Communication Act of 2003 2. Who approves the amount each year?- The Government/Parliament 3. How much is the current fee?- £147 for colour and £49.50 for Black and White 4. How many households watch TV without a valid TV licence ?-  TV Licensing caught more than 338,000 people watching TV without a licence over the first ten months of 2010. 5. How much in licence fee revenue is lost because of evasion?-  The BBC lost at least £250 million to licence fee evasion in 2015-16 6. How many people are imprisoned for licence fee evasion? - More than 180,000 people are charged with not paying their license fees each year. More than 99 percent of all those convicted receive a fine of up to £1000 which nets the governmental most £30 million a year. Figures show that around 70 people charged with custodial sentences in recent year. 

Cast All cast memebers were paid equal wages. All of the main cast were paid $20,000 a week. Tim Roth Uma Thurman Samuel L Jackson John Travolta (Paid $140,000 to play Vincet Vega) Bruce Willis  Christopher Walken Locations Hawthorne Grill, California (Coffee shop) 5800 Harold Way, Los Angeles ( Jules and Vincent assassinate Brett and Roger) 1435 Flower Street, Glendale, California  20933 Roscoe Blvd, Los Angeles (Zed's Pawn Shop) 11813 Runnymede Street, North Hollywood (Butch's apartment) Budget and Gross income The budget is estimated to be $8,000,000 Opening weekend Gross in the US-  $9,311,882 (14th October 1994) Opening weekend Gross in the UK-  £4,243,233 (11th November 1994) The worldwide Gross for the film worldwide  was  $213,928,762 Crew Director- Quentin Tarantino Writing Credits- Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Producer- Lawrence Bender Cinematography-  Andrzej Sekuła Editor- Sally Menke Pro...

Budget-£3.5 Million Director- Danny Boyle Writer- Andrew MacDonald Producer- John Hodge Synopsis This is a film of Irvine Welsh's cult Scottish novel trainspotting a series of interlinked stories concentrating on heroin-hooked anti-hero Mark Renton. The rights to the screenplay If you translate a novel into a movie, the author has to get the screen rights. Red Dwarf stole the rights to Trainspotting from Danny Boyle so he wouldn't direct it as they wanted to co-produce it because they knew in the future it may be worth a lot of money. The film making threesome were badgered by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin who offered £250,00 to film whatever they desired. A deal for two per cent of the films budget was agreed for Danny Boyle to give Red Dwarf. This was as long as Noel Gay stepped back from his duties in exchange for a share of the profits and a name on the credits. One issue is that Boyle found it difficult to turn down the money offered because he wanted to sta...

Use pre-existing resources that are available and working with what you've got so you work round the resources you have. Work out locations with easy access and availability that are free or cheap. Use the people you know who may have an interest in acting as your actors if you don't have a budget to hire and pay fixed wages for real actors. Make a list of equipment, props and costumes you own and find cheap places to buy or rent to film and allow easy access. Incorporate local events that seem like it may be good footage. Minimise the amount of main characters with a few supporting roles And don't include ensemble scenes. Avoid exterior night scenes because it requires good lighting which is expensive to buy or rent. CGI and special effects are expensive, time consuming and hard to conquer.  This task was to watch a short video and make notes about key features of what to do and what not do when making a low budget film with limited funds available.  I ha...

Hollywood blockbusters and the progression of TV drama series are putting strains on low budget smaller films.   UK films costing from £500,000 to about £30m to make, fell from 77 to 60 between 2014 and 2015. This is the lowest number made since 2006, according to annual figures published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Hollywood blockbusters made in the UK, such as Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Alien: Covenant, which account for the lion’s share of the £1.6bn feature film market with just under 20 films produced in 2015. Films from the major studios take more than 90% of the box office. This leaves about 650 films in the US chasing 9% of the box office. Pressure is being ramped on big-budget drama flooding TV, typified by shows such as Netflix’s £100m co-production The Crown. In the US the number of scripted shows being made annually has more than doubled since 2010 to more than 500 this year; Netflix recently revealed it has 90 original productions u...

https://www.text2mindmap.com This mind map shows that there are many types of media that have different features within them that need to be done in the pre-production stage before coming to fruition in the production stage. The task was to produce a mind map outline different media products and the jobs that need to be completed during their pre-production phase. This task has taught me that before thinking about the finished product,  there is so much that needs to be done before the production stage and before anything is presented to the public.

Film Industry For a small video company, pre-production may refer to everything that happens before shooting begins, for example, meeting with the client, research, storyboarding, location planning, etc. For feature films, pre-production is more specific and only begins when other milestones have been met such as financing, screenplay, casting and major staffing. In this case pre-production includes: Location Scouting- The act of visiting and assessing the suitability of potential filming locations. Prop and wardrobe identification and preparation- Choosing the right clothing and props for the period and place in which a film is set. Special effects identification and preparation- Using the correct technology and effects that is suitable to the type of film that is made. Production schedule- Planning when the film is going to be shot, which locations will be used, who needs to be involved and when. Set Construction- Building the sets and scenery for all of the location sho...

My name is Ryan Gould and this is the start of unit 2: Pre-production and planning. Pre-production and planning are key aspects of any digital media production. If time is spent well leading up to production, time and money will be saved. By completing this unit, i will understand the pre-production process that the digital media industry follows when creating a product.