Thursday, 21 November 2013

ASFF - Note Taking


York Visit to - Film Festival

Talk Given By Barry Ryan

12-13 people work for warp (small company) 
southcliff - released august 2013 
warp x - made short films of 1 minute and under using digital material.
short films are used to demonstrate to financial personnel their skills
famous people used in marketing to promote films
warp's first feature film was Dead Mans Shoes (Shane Meadows,2004) - had 4 weeks to make a film and made it in 22 days 

17 films 
1 world record - most zombies used 
7 tv shows 
7 baftas 
shane meadows - most prolific short film maker - stone roses documentary 2013 

plans for next year:

'71 (Yann Demange 2014)  about a soldier separated from unit in a riot
Jessy Armstrong - wrote 4 lions, tracy beaker, peep show

why?

showreel
practice - shane meadows made many shorts for this
is it a story that has to be told 
fun/experimental purposes 
social aspect
building a showreel - shows skills 


budget
schedule 
negotiating deals and contracts 
project , technical manger 
human resources 
health and safety 
cashflow 
tax credit 
legals for closing film and tv 

things not used in indie films 

high budgets - indie films are on a tight budget
no night shots - due to lighting needed - expensive - exterior and natural light used 
no film set used surroundings only 


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