Time and Deadlines

Time and deadlines within logistics

Deadlines – A deadline is the time or date that you want to have a finalised product for.For a film, whether it’s a short or feature film, this involves:

·         writing your budget – Breaking down the script can link to the budget as you can translate the breakdowns into rough idea on the budget line items. Budgets will usually be checked over and over so it won’t be completed straight away.

·         creating a crew – For your crew you need to find the perfect workers if you want a successful outcome, this crew will have to stay on set for many hours in a day and will have to put their best work into it all. These great crew members take time to find so don’t settle with the first person you find because you might find someone better later on.

·         finding locations and booking them – For locations you’re not just taking notes on the scenes in the film you need to take notes on the surrounding areas as well making sure that everything is suitable for your shooting days, you need to check accessibility, electricity supply and certain facilities such as toilets.

·         creating meeting and talks – Meetings should be held very regularly to keep everyone up to date on the changes, if there is any, and seeing if anyone can add to a contingency plan if you need them because taking other people’s opinions may help as they might know people specialised in certain areas. 

·         creating a script breakdown – The script breakdown involves documenting how many characters there are in the scenes, where the scenes are, and how many scenes there are in total.

All of the objectives listed above need to have deadlines to give you a smooth operation however most of these could be dealt with by your production manager(s). To help with all these deadlines you can create a calendar, which makes everything much easier to look at so you don’t miss or forget about anything, it also makes you able to be a lot more efficient with your time.

Sources of Finance

A1 Finance: sources of finance

Public sector – the segment of a (national) economy owned by the government which engaged in the activities of providing government goods and services to the to the general public. The public sector focused on the general purpose and providing services for their citizens. Politics can have a huge impact on the public sector because the public sector is accountable to the public they produce a lot of paperwork to justify their actions. It can take some time but goods and services from the public sector are quite safe.

Private sector – the segment of a (national) economy that is owned, controlled and managed by private individuals or enterprises. The private sector is focused on making profit, it consists of multiple components like shops, offices etc. in the private sector there can be a lot of competition which can influence the prices and quality of the products.

public sector	Private sector
Taxes for funding	Revenue for funding
General purpose (citizens)	Profit
Mainly monopoly	Mainly competition
Accountable to public	Market forces
Exclusive market	Free market

Similarities:

·         Both deliver goods and services.

·         Both have to operate within framework of the law.

·         Both employ citizens.

·         Both are customer service orientated.

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Example:

*private sector starts losing money* = keep it going?! Cuts bankruptcy

*public sector starts losing money*   = keep it going!   Cuts raising taxes other funds

Not every (important) service or good is profitable/interesting for the market.

Weaker parts of society have to be protected.

Politics can cause illogical choices/actions and a shift of course every election.

Some critical services and processes have to be kept in public hands.

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·       -Charitable non-profit organisations

The welcome trust

Creative Europe desk UK

The UK charity for cinema

·       -Publicly owned/publicly funded companies

British film institutes

·       -Publicly owned/commercially funded companies

Channel 4

·      -Organisations that provide funding for feature films

BBC Films

Northern island screen

·      -Specialised in crowd funding

Indiegogo

Kickstarter

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Pre-Production initial paragraph

Pre-production initial paragraph

Pre-production is a vital part of making a film. It involves lead actors, supporting actors and background actors, which are used as extras. Another important part of this pre-production is the crew like artists, technicians and craftsman such as a cinematographer to oversee the camera department along with assistant director to make sure you are staying on schedule and on budget. To complete the pre-production you also need to establish the look of the film such as colour scheme, lighting, unique props and costumes, and where it all takes place. Actors may also need to get a dialect coach during their rehearsals of the film if their character that they are playing has an accent, they also might need a stunt coordinator to make sure every stunt performed by them is safe enough, the owner of the film will provide both of these roles. A breakdown of the script (screenplay) is also an important part of pre-production, the director or line producer can do this. Given out to every cast and crew member is a call sheet, this is a document to prepare with, it includes weather forecasts, locations of everything, and telephone numbers of other crew and cast members. Another factor is a financial list of the costs of actors, props, location, permits, and vehicles. The final piece to the pre-production is the shooting schedule, this decides what scenes are shot at what time, with who, and where making sure everything is organised correctly to utilise the time you have. 

Differences between Short and Feature Films

Differences between short and feature films

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Short films	Feature films
Short films cost less to produce so they have a much smaller budget as they do not need as many scenes, characters or pre-production.	Feature films cost a lot more to produce as it has longer scripts, more permits and more characters.
Short films usually have fewer characters.	Feature films have many characters including main and extras.
Short films do not earn a lot of profit because they have fewer views however, they also cost less to make.	Feature films earn millions as more people watch it but do take a lot of money to produce.
Short films are not usually shown in cinemas but do sometimes become viral and shown at film festivals.	Feature films are mostly always shown in cinemas for a period of time and are sold as DVD’s etc.
Short films last up to around 40 minutes including credits.	Feature films last around 75 to 210 minutes including credits.
Short films are not advertised on TV, billboards or in cinemas very often.	Feature films are advertised nearly everywhere, and have more of a social media craze.
Short films do not take as long to produce.	Feature films take a long time to produce, averaging on 2 to 3 years.

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Short film - a short film is a motion picture film usually 40 minutes or less including all the credits.

Feature film – a feature film is considered 75 to 210 minutes, this can include theatrical films.

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Overall, short films have a smaller pre-production as they have less human resources, scripts, permits, Etc. whereas feature films can cost millions more in pre-production value as it has a larger and longer base of planning.

Short films do not get the same amount of publicity compared to a feature film either as it has less advertising or views than a feature film. Feature films will be advertised everywhere such as on sides of buses, television, social media.

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