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I am shooting a music video in January for school and I need to put together the budget, schedule and treatment. What do I need to include in each to get a decent grade when I hand them in?

2006-12-12 05:43:45 · 2 answers · asked by Rita 3 in Entertainment & Music Other - Entertainment

I am actually shooting it, but not until January. I need to present the treatment and storyboard next week.

2006-12-12 06:24:42 · update #1

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LONG ANSWER WARNING!

Well, I don't know about the "grade" part, i.e.; what your teacher expects, but I've directed a feature film, so here's what I can tell you. (Are you actually shooting it, or is this just "pretend" so you can put a budget together for school?)

You divide the shoot into 3 categories:
Pre-production, production, & post production.

First, figure out what format you're going to shoot on; film or video, and what format of each; 35mm film, Super16 film, 16mm film, Super8 film, HD Digital, DvCAM, DigiBeta, MiniDv, etc.
From there you need to hire a DP (director of photography) and/or a camera operator (on lower budget shoots, it's the same guy)
Then either you, or your DP calls around to rental houses, and get prices on camera package rentals (lenses, etc.) lighting & grip equipment needed, etc.
Next you need to budget your film/video stock. You have to figure out your shooting ratio to do this.
Ultra-low budget is a 6-1 ratio, low budget about 10-1, and it goes up from there the more money you have, or the more FX, action sequences, etc. you have in your film.
(Shooting ratio is the amount of film you shoot, compared to the finished edited film).
There's basically no such thing as less than about 6-1 ratio, so don't even think about it. You will be screwed if you think you're going to get by on less than this, especially with an inexperienced director and/or crew.

Next, add up your above the line and below the line talent costs. (above the line is the actors/director/producer.
"Below the line" is all the other trades; camera, editor, production assistants, grips, gaffer, storyboard artist, sound recordist, etc.)
The way to do this, is you first hire production heads, who pick who works under them. You get a casting agent to find your above the line talent.
Your DP will hire his favorite gaffer, who will hire the grips, etc. You need office help, PA's, etc.
You need to find locations, & budget whether or not you have to pay for those, and all the insurance required for the production personnel and equipment.

Next, you need to budget post production. Film processing, telecine (transfer film to video) and editing.
Effects (if needed) - call FX houses to get rates. This is the hard part; if you've never done it, you don't know how long it's going to take.

There is a LOT more I could go into, but this post would be even longer than it is. This is by no means a complete list. You have to budget for all sorts of things you wouldn't think of, like for instance, I spent almost $500 in script copies during the making of my low-budget film. Not to mention feeding everyone on the shoots, gas, props... it goes on and on.
There's probably a lot on the internet you can find.
For sure, get some production budget forms. That will give you a good idea of what items there are, how to organize them, etc.
Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.

2006-12-12 06:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by dork 7 · 0 0

You have to download the video and put it directly into the psp. You do this by connecting the psp with the computer via usb cable, and hit usb mode on the psp. It'll bring up the psp's internal folders, and there should be a folder that says video. Open that, and drag the video into that folder. And thats it!

2016-05-23 00:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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