Depict essay

Requirements for a moving image product

Pre-Production Process

 The Pre-Production is one of the most important pieces of work that must be done when making a moving image production. Without this crucial step making the product would be chaos as nothing would be done as people would not know what to do and where to go.

As well as general management, in the pre-productions exists paper work that must be done before we could start making the moving image product. we had to get location leases, so we could use certain areas around the college area along with this we had to do a risk assessment that was tied to the paper work meaning that we would have to see what could happen to us whilst filming and jot them down. We also had to do a script for the product as this is one of if the not most important part in making of a moving image product as it will include the actions that person should do in that shot.

Types of production

The types of production that me and my team produced was a 2minute short film and it was based around a news report about a string of violent murders and then turning out that the murderer was the anchor man, our short is meant to be a comedy/ edgy comedy as how the way the people deliver their lines adding a comedic timing to the scene, we then put it up on YouTube for our distribution method as it was the easiest way to get it up on the internet and not only being easy but the most effective way of uploading it as it would reach more people because the majority of this generation spend most of there time on the internet and our short film being on YouTube it will be seen by many.

The other types of moving image product are Film, TV and music videos, these will be all be distributed in their own ways. For example, films would normally be shown at cinemas and at early screenings then go to DVD, but then you’ve got some films that go straight to DVD. Just to name one this year would be “DOOM Annihilation” to name one of the many and this is normally down to it not getting enough money or attention at screenings, TV productions normally get shown on certain channels that helped produced it or the producers have paid certain channels to “Air” it if they are a more independent film companies. Music videos are usually released on albums, these albums are usually accompanied by big named publishing companies and then later are shown on music channels and then on streaming net works such as YouTube music and Spotify. Smaller music group such as YouTube music groups must rely YouTube itself to show the videos off.

Sources of finance 

In our Depict short film. We didn’t have to use any money as all our props and equipment was provided by the college itself, but we were told that we had a budget of around £20 to go towards costumes and props for our shorts. 

In the big industry. Most films are funded by big production companies giving out budgets of about $100million to big titles such as Avengers, Spider man. This is because production companies such as Warner Brothers, Paramount studios and Lions Gates are only in it for money and they give these budgets away as they know that they can make the money back. Another way some films are made is by crowd funding this is when they put the film on a website like GoDaddy or Kickstarter and then put a target up of how much they want for it and a deadline for when they need the money, they also normally put a small clip of it to try and drag people along. Self-funding films such as Blair Witch Project was self-funded as it had a small budget but has now engrossed over a million Dollars since it came out.

Requirements

In our short Depict film we didn’t have to spend any money on props or costumes mainly because the college provided all our equipment. But what you might have to spend your money on would mainly be props cameras and set design.

In the industry they would get a massive budget this is so that they can spend money on props as they would need these props to give the film character, this is seen in superhero films i.e. DC films and Marvel comics as they rely on the costumes to give the actors clear links to the hero’s they are playing, set design is also a big part in films as it sets the scene and makes the film look iconic to the film for example if you were doing a zombie or apocalypse films you’d want a decollate setting and if you wanted a happy film like Alice in wonder land you would want a nice colourful

Time 

The production time for our depict film took a week of filming and about another weak to edit the whole thing together.

In the industry time limits are crucial as they are set for a reason. They are set because when they contact filming equipment and filming locations, they have to stic to the set schedule as some areas are only leased for a certain amount of time and if they go over that time limit it can really impact that films reputation. Actors are also given to that film for a certain amount of time and going over that allocated time limit can cause problems as they may have to go and film another film making it harder or impossible to finish filming the film you are making.                                                                                                                                                                    

Personnel

In our small group of four we had 3 people acting and one person doing the sound design, this was because out camera guy felt he could handle doing most of the work.

In TV they have small crew for them as they aren’t going be a huge amount of production, this is clear in soap operas like Holly oaks, East Enders as they take a little while to make and they still have to make all the sets and sometimes have to build sets in actual area like one season finally that contained a train crash that had to happen on a set location

in movies they would have huge amount of people working one the movie all sharing the roles, the camera guys would be composed of camera operators and sound guys, these guys would oversee making sure the sound equipment was fully operational and working. One exception I could think of would be The Blair Witch Project which was all made with a small crew as they had a very small budget and that’s why they used a handheld camcorder and a public area, so they didn’t have to play anymore money for certain locations

Facilities

Materials

The materials we used in our short film was a few costumes such as my suit jacket and tie and my mask to my knife we used. We also had to use a green screen room only for the opening shot and the closing shot, we also had to use the Gorleston park as it was also an open public area and was really close in front of the college

In the mainstream media they need to rent large areas in cities to make the scene feel big important. They also need to have costumes, so they can show who is who, this is seen in big main media productions like marvel or DC films that star iconic super heroes or villains as well as that they need weapons to match them as well.

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