Planning grade: 17/20

Excellent planning and presentation of work. Excellent time management.
EBI:
Move poster after sketches on blog
Add sketch for radio advert
Check spellings in work
VALUES means PRODUCTION VALUES i.e. look and style of the film. You could talk about budget under this. Usually the bigger the budget the better looking the film because you can afford the bext people. How did your film/the films you looked at make it look professional with limited budgets?
NARRATIVE - this is about story and story structure, you haven't always got this right

Being Bad

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Story Board

Short Film Research

Why short films?

- Experience
- Show reel
- Partnerships
- Kudos
- Testing ideas

Distribution

A distributor can help generate sales and market a film. In terms of shorts, a distributor is an individual or organisation who will represent your film at festivals and markets around the world and who will attempt to sell it to television.

Distributing companies

-Dazzle Short Film Label
- Future shorts
- Lux
- Network Ireland Television
- Onedotzero
- Shorts International

Budget

What to include in a short film budget:
- Cast & Crew - Camera & lights
- Travel - Stock
- Catering - Insurance
- Location - Marketing

Funding

UK Film Council
The main company that funds short films is UK film Council. They have funding available for both production and post-production.

National and Regional Screen Agencies
Each region has their own agency that looks after local filmmaking talent through funding, development and training initiatives.

Local Councils

Local councils will often put money towards a short filmmaking initiative, especially if it deals with social exclusion or aids the local community in some way.

Charities
Local charities may help to fund short films but they normally try to add in a charity ad.