Proposal - Budget

 As we are making a short film, our budget needs to be looked at ASAP, and we need to make sure we have enough money for all the materials we need, otherwise we won't be able to make a good short film.

For equipment, we will need a Canon Camera, which tends to cost around £500 - ish. A tripod will also be necessary, but these are much cheaper, being around £15. An SD card is a key necessity, these are around £8. An Apple Mac will be required for our editing, and these cost around £150 for a model from late 2012. We will be using Final Cut Pro as our editing software, due to its multiple beneficial features for our editing. This would cost around £250. Alongside this equipment, we would also likely need a keyboard of some kind which costs typically £20+ same with a mouse which is around the same price.

We will of course purchase our own props for the film. For example, for one of the scenes, we will need a notepad where we would write things down. This won't be a major issue in terms of budget as we originally have this item at home and we can bring it for filming, however, we would probably want a specific one for our film, so we would need to buy one from the shops, which would cost around £1 or a little more. There are other props, such as a school bag, which would cost around £11+ and a coat too which normally cost upward of £10. A packet of crisps is required in our film, so we would need to buy some in the shops, costing us from 60pence to £1 as we would aim to get the larger packets. 

As for the locations that we will be using in our film, some scenes will be outside in the park, which could cost us as we are using a public location. This would be around £425. As for our school location, we would get permission to film here for free, however, if this is not possible and we would need to pay to use the locations, this would cost around £150 per hour. We would have an estimate to film the school scenes in two days, giving a total of £300 just for that. 

Travel won't however be an issue as the locations that we will film in are not far apart and is only a couple of minutes walk so if we were to change to different locations on the same day, we could just simply walk there. However, in the case that we are behind schedule or that we would want to get filming done quicker, we would take the bus. This won't be an issue in terms of budget as we have zip cards for 16+, meaning that we can use our cards on the bus for free. But as an adult, a normal Oyster card would be required, and it would cost £1.50 for each time we use the bus. Considering our journey to the location and back and on the days that we will be filming in, we would probably need an estimate of £21 to cover the overall cost. 

During filming, there would be times in which the cast and crew members will need a lunch break or a set amount of time to have food, so we would order some food for each day that we do filming, which would cost around £70. There would be some healthy snacks, which would cost around £15 and there would also be some times where we would have catering for some hot meals, which would cost around £200. Also, as there won't be a lot of people, this would be a suitable price.