2. Benefits of this working
arrangement includes:
An in-house staff or directors, videographers, technicians,
researchers, editors, production secretaries and production
assistants, and
Access to office space as well as production and
postproduction equipment and facilities.
3. Whereas an independent producer
would have to:
Assemble the production personnel,
Set up some sort of office to facilitate
administrative and clerical matters, and
Choose a production house to supply the
equipment and facilities for production and
postproduction.
4. Requirements:
– Formulating the budget
– Selecting and/or hiring the crew
– Putting together the equipment list
– Determining the production schedule
5. THE LOGISTICS
– You will have a more accurate estimate of the number
of preproduction, production and postproduction days
after you take the following requirements into
consideration:
6. The subject matter
The approach
The visual style
The number of subjects to be interviewed
The locations for the live-action shooting
The creative and technical personnel
The equipment and materials
7. SCHEDULING
– Formulating the work plan according to the
requirements of your project makes scheduling easier to
manage when it comes to planning how much time is
needed to film a subject, how many scenes can be
in a particular location, and how many travel days
required.
8. BUDGETING
Some helpful suggestions when preparing the budget:
When contacting the potential vendors, be as specific as possible as to the
nature of the services you require.
Survey the venues where you need to shoot and secure information
regarding fees.
In the Philippines where you will more than likely to work with nonunion
crews, check out the standard crew rates with other producers.
9. – In the production entails travel, get actual quotes
from airlines and hotels
– Food for the crew-catered in a restaurant-should be
allocated. Remember that a well-fed crew is always
easier to work with