Unit 1 Assignment 1
Time
A shooting schedule is a project plan of each and every day's shooting for a film production. It is also a list of bookings that the studio has made to shoot their film, here are the following things they include cameras, settings, props and most important when they are going to shoot during the time they have. So it is important to have a shooting plans because it makes the film more organised and all the crew know what they are doing on the set and off the set.
Here is an example of what a shooting schedule look like and as you can see the schedule includes what each cast are doing in different scene, the date when they have to shoot, what kind of scene they have to do in the film, the camera shot in each scene, different props etc. So if the film is more organised then the film will turn out better than an unorganised film which does not follow a shooting schedule.To use music in any film you have you have to get clearance to allow the music into a film this could take a very long time or a short time depending on the complex of the music you want in your film which also means that you have to do a lot of negotiating. You will also have to find out who is the rightful owner of the music and who are they?
Finance
If you want to make a good documentary you will need to have a good budget to make the documentary or film, but firstly they need to get the money for making arrangement and they need to hire some crews, actors/actress and the settings. Morgan spurlock himself did something incredible and that was Morgan Spurlock has funded the documentary 'super size me' with his own left over money from a TV series called MTV and Morgan Spurlock decided to begin making that documentary using his own left over money. To use a clip or a music from any other film it is roughly about $800 for up to 30 minutes of footage or the music or they could pay $10 for a 30 second clip or music, but to make a documentary you need the money so most of the producers can ask the channel or the studio for the correct fund to make it.
Personnel
The digital artist in the documentary 'Super Size Me' Johan Tobias has worked with some other TV series and documentary which has gave him benefit of the doubt to appear on the crew as he knows what he is doing on what he does.It is very good to get the right crew because the crew are experience so that means that there will be no mistake by the crew because there are professional and the production can be quicker than a bunch of crew with no experience in what they are doing. This will also benefit to the documentary becoming a success, getting the right crew means that not only it will be a great documentary it also means that the crew member can get along with the people who do the setting, camera operation, lighting etc. they can make the documentary with no issue.
location
In a documentary, film or a TV show you obviously need to be set in a right certain location also you need to have permission foe where ever you want to film in that location but sometimes in the public as well. In the documentary 'super size me' Morgan Spurlock has have to book the certain place to film here is an example for some interviews, or from the public and the main location McDonald he has to visit a lot of states in America just to see the massive amount of over weight people that are living in the US and to also find out if that if it is the fattest country. It is also important to get permission as the public is being film , if they do not have permission from the people it will be uncomfortable and they also have the right not to be film without permission.
facilities
A good documentary need to have the right and specialized equipment here are some example of the right equipment Camera, Sound, Sound mixers etc. The documentary 'super size me' needed a Sony DSR-PD150 camera but the documentary was mainly handheld, That certain camera cost up to £700-£800 to buy, to hire the camera it will cost about £50 a day and it will cost about £300 a week, it is important to have the exact right equipment because if a crew member does not have the right equipment like camera then the documentaries will be poor and the quality of the documentary will be bad also this may effect the rating of the documentary. Getting these equipment are very vital when making your documentary as you want the documentary to look good.
materials/copyright
In the documentary 'super size me' Morgan Spurlock uses an advert from the McDonald which shows a cartoon and the McDonald character 'Ronald McDonald' which he is use for entertaining the children at McDonald and on TV. To use this footage they would have asked permission to view the clip how ever long it is, they could use it for 10 second, 30 second or a minute it does not matter, you research the what studio made this clip and ask them for permission to use it in the documentary. Studio often ask for the producer to pay for what they are showing, because of copyright there are step by step instruction on how to get clearance to view the music and the clip.
- Determine permission requirement. copy right law allows for fair use of the copyright material without permission. Two widely accepted areas of fair use are comment (educational purpose) and parody. small portions of a long work can be expected for these uses. Any use that is similar to the intended use of the author.
- .Identify the copyright holder. In some cases, the copyright holder will be authors, artists, musician and peet or whoever created the work. But for money the publish works, the publisher holds the copy right. If the copyright is not clearly marked on the work the U.S. Copyright office maintain as online search function that allows users to browse through registered copyrights.
- Make preliminary contact. The process for getting permission will vary depending on the copyright holder. Here is an example a self employed photographer will probably have a less process than a major publishing form. The first contact can be informal by phone calls, email and letter.
- Send the written request after the initial contact there might be some negotiation over the terms. The request might not be granted at all, or there might be cost involved. Professional publisher will most likely to send a form and that must be filled out and submitted. Final permission should come in a written form to protect the right to use the copyrighted property.
If this or any other documentary needed music or any other popular music they would have to contact the artist and ask them to use the song for the film/documentary, but this can be sometimes hard as the artist may take time to reply or not reply at all if this is a low budgeted documentary or that the artist is more interested in fame and success than giving producer.
Materials and the contribution
Super size me needed many different people to be interviewed for the documentary to make it more interesting here is an example he went to many doctors in America, he went to health adviser and many more during in the documentary which he then interviewed about his health and how he was doing what he did could benefit his life later in a couple of weeks, months or could of years. He would have booked these appointment months before the movie was shot which contributes why on why they need needed them to make the documentary, but this was not more importantly he trusted some of the American public to speak on his documentary, but this was not planned at all relying on the public. He also ask the audience and the audience gave different opinion about it and they can express them and there feeling in the interview.
2 Crew members(editor and camera)
it says that to become a film editor you will need to have a mixture of creative and practical skills, A good sense of timing and visual awareness, A high level of attention to detail, excellent communication skills, The ability to work as part of a team, TRo work long hour if necessary, To work under pressure and to meet tight deadline, patience and concentration and to have good computer skills.
Camera person- According to this website (
http://education-portal.com/cameraman_career.html) it says that to become a cameraman you need a bachelor degree and if you do want a bachelor degree you will have to do it for 2-4 years depending on the level you want to become a cameraman.
If you want to be a cameraman you will have to do some field production, lighting, video manipulation, camera operation, basic editing and sound for video and production management. You will also need to pass english with a grade of C-A and you need to be good handling/ operating a camera.
