THE BARGAIN
To make a film most likely you need a few critical things. You need a cast, a crew and you need equipment to record the film. Right now we have a crew, with our group and the post apocalyptic group joining forces for this one. We have our main cast ready, because really we only need Jon for all our shots at least. But to breakdown what equipment we need is hard. Of course we need a camera, which I assume would be Tan’s DSLR, and audio equipment, which will have to be a boom mic borrowed from uni. But I’ve been analysing the script a bit more, and with such little dialogue the sound design will need to have more within it to keep people intrigued. I think this is where we will need to employ some hard work with the sound design, which would mean spending a lot of time in post to create the perfect soundscape. So that means we need to shoot principal photography as soon as possible, and that means scheduling things fast. So I have made a poll for the group to suggest times for shooting.
I’ve been previously using the website Doodle, because it is amazing with its simplicity and capabilities. It’s an amazing tool for me to use as a producer, but also to just plan things in general. I actually was introduced to the site through a friend who is currently producing a lot of shows through RMITV. As part of my own personal journey and growth in this class I asked a lot of the people I knew who had previously produced things to give me some tips and advice on all things producing. I also searched up some producers, because I didn’t realise that producing was such an under appreciated role to have in a film. I also saw that in line with the trend of under-representation in Hollywood today women don’t feature as much as men do, and especially no Asian representation was existent in my research. It’s concerning that this role can be so crucial to the creation of a project, and yet receive very little mainstream praise. But it is a job that I am willing to learn and to take on, and right now it’s definitely been eye opening. There is so much to consider, and after browsing through the links that James gave us, I have made a mini budgeting/scheduling plan sheet for the project. It still needs some fleshing out, but essentially I broke it down to 3 parts and then what goes within those individual processes.
This is just a quick breakdown of my Pre-Production:
-Script > Storyboard > Shotlist
-Casting > Costuming + Media Releases
-Location > Permits
References
https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/successful-female-producers-hollywood/
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmmaking/Budgeting/a_z.aspx