Jamie Smith unit 2 prep

Slug line needs to have -  int/ext dashes to separate  things  location  time of day must be in caps lock Time of days:  day  night  evening  early evening dusk  morning  dawn  moments later continuous  some include camera movements and edits in the script but not needed to  Characters first introduction need to be done in capitals every other time can be done in non capitals  Beat - A brief pause in a line of dialogue  (V.O.) - Voice over  (O.S.) - Off screen  (O.C.) - Off camera Intercut - a series of shots cutting rapidly between one another Write in 'courier new' MINE AND ALEX'S SCRIPT FOR INVESTORS AND GRANTS

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/31/hollywood-and-tv-put-the-squeeze-on-uks-low-budget-film-makers This article is about how the smaller movies in media aren't getting as much coverage in Hollywood and on television. Although at film events the films that are being shown the most are the films that are smaller and not as big because it gives them a chance to be spotted by producers and directors so that their movies can possibly be put into cinemas and make money. Although it also specifies Netflix and how it has had a rapid increase in movies and Tv shows in recent times and how that its helping the company to grow even more. Using all this information i think that as big companies such as Netflix grow other smaller producers and business' which don't have the finances to make big money films will progressively lose their possible clients and eventually go out of business all together. 

Ok Go - Chevrolet product placement   The purpose of the music video is to show off the car as well as making the music video  Its sponsored by chevrolet    OK GO agreed to this because it means they will earn more money from it  S7 airlines, samsung, syyn labs and honda.  The cost of the video for OK GO was $4,950 The sponsorship bought the car which they lent as well as funded for the instruments It was filmed between LA and the Mojave desert in a private space of land. It took 4 days to film  Investors and grants notes Appear as an extra in a film Get 25 years of royalty payments with huge uplift potential  Get named in film credits  contact SEIS because they can help get investments  could be a private investor if they wanted Use kickstarters to help get investments to give people rewards one example is cyanide and happiness which raised €250,309 over its needed and got over 14,000 backers ...

An intro to film budgeting  - A budget is something used to help finance something - For the budget you need to know the story for the actors, costumes, make up etc. - You need to know how much departments need for production. - Sometimes certain areas in a film set need to lose money to help another area which may need the finances to help develop that area. For example, the finance department would need more money to spend on wages for better actors. - Pre production is when the film producer is focused on budgeting, because they need to know how much each department needs before they start filming. - Don't need a big budget to improve the quality of the film, because there are other ways of producing it, such as instead of using expensive tools, you can find a cheaper alternative. - Focus on each department and the funding they need. Crowd funding  - When you get the public to help finance something 1. What is film called - Unsoudn 2. what was the kickstar...

Cool runnings from smithjamie081

Low budget film making advice  - Use pre existing resources to make it  - Establish budget  - Find location  - Make a list of actors/friends/family for people who will help - List of equipment - List of interesting probs or objects - Any local events - Minimise locations  - Minimise characters - Write to actors strengths  - Avoid scenes with extras  - Avoid exterior night scenes  - Avoid cgi or special effects  - Location scout / location recce - Actor and equipment timings  - Plan in advance Trainspotting  - Budget - £3.5 million - Made in 1996 - Director - Danny Boyle - Writer - Andrew MacDonald - Producer - John Hodge - Based on a book by Irvine welsh - About a heroine-hooked anti-hero Mark Renton and his attempt to kick the habit, despite a lack of co-operation from his similarly-inclined friends.  Screen play - You have to get the rights to produce it - Only production ...