Below I have posted my costing write-up.
Equipment Hire
Looking through the Hire rate card for digital film camera’s we established that the best plan would be to hire a fairly decent model for a fixed rate. We are strongly considering the Sony Z5E HDV High Definition camcorder, as this is the improved version of the Sony Z1E. It shoots 1080 HDV progressive or interlaced modes with 16.9 shooting modes. The recording duration is 63 minutes, and our games trailer/short film will only be 20 minutes long. The camcorder has improved 4x resolution viewfinder and is capable of shooting simultaneously on HDV tape and flash memory using optional HVR-MRC1K. It also shoots DV/DVCAM & HDV PAL. It costs £95 per day to hire, so two camcorders over the course of 2 weeks would come to £2660. If the shoot runs over by 4 days it could end up costing £3610. It is quite pricey, but the team feel that the camcorder and lighting are two of the most important aspects of the film and should be prioritised. If we do need to cut the budget on this item slightly, we could always hire the older model of this camcorder, the Sony Z1E which only costs £65 per day, which would mean a total of £1820, for the two weeks and £2470 if shooting commenced 4 days post schedule. This could potentially save £840.
For the tripods we are looking at the Sachtler Video 18, with carbon-fibre 3x stage legs for £28 per day, totalling £784 for the two pieces.
We are interested in hiring the SQN 4S audio mixer with 4 input dual output analogue, which is supplied with headphones for £28 per day, totalling £392 for two weeks use.
For the recording kit we are looking at the Panasonic AJ HD1400A, Varicam/DVCPRO 100 HD VTR, which is a player and recorder for direct playback or ON speed 24fps or 25fps varicam recordings. It is HD, SD and fire ware supported and compatible with FCP HD systems. It records 1080/60i, 1080/50i, 720/60P.Along with this we have chosen the Sennhesier K6/ME88 gun microphone, which includes an on-camera mount. The Player costs £140 per day, totalling £1960, and the Microphone is £10 per day totalling £140. For the lighting kit, we want to hire 1 single blonde kit and an ARRI Double 800W Redhead Kit. The Redhead kit costs £25 per day and the blonde kit slightly less at £15 per day but we need two of them. This comes to a total £770.
For our dolly cart we would like to hire the Key West Magic dolly, which comes complete with centre boss and column plus 1x seat with pneumatic and track wheels. It is compatible with Moy or Speed Track for £75 per day, £1050 for two weeks hire.
We have decided to hire the Astro WM3014 7” HD LCD high quality HD display monitor with Waveform/vector functions and universal camera-top arm for £100 per day, totalling £2,800 for two monitors.
We have finalised a decision on the vision mixer, we will hire the video distribution amplifier for £20 per day, totalling £280.
Because of the brilliant 4 and a half stars review on the Argos website, we have decided to purchase our DV tapes online. They come in bundles of 5, so we will need to purchase 5 at the cost £15.99 each, this will allow one spare left over. The total comes to £79.95.
After reviewing the above prices we can conclude that the cost of the equipment will come to a total of £10,705.95p, this is without allowing adding extra time to the schedule. If the filming was to run 4 days post schedule the total would then increase to £ 14,785.95p.
Camcorder x2 - £2660 £3610
Tripodsx2 - £784 £1064
Audio mixer/sound mixer - £392 £532
Recording kit/player - £1960 £2660
Microphone - £140 £190
Lighting Kit - £770 £1,045
Dolly Cart - £1050 £1,425
HD Monitors - £2,800 £3,800
Vision Mixer - £280 £380
DV Tapes - £79.95 £79.95
Total: £10,915.15p £14,785,95p
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