Category Categories Description Estimate Budget Actual
Cost 001 Scripts and As I am both writing, directing as well as £450 £500 £0 Pre-Production
rights editing the music video, it means that the
script itself won’t cost anything to write. However, the rights to the song that I am using in the music video isn’t owned by me meaning that I am might have to pay to use it. 002 Producer As I am producing this music video £0 £0 £0 myself it will cost nothing but a lot of time. 003 Director As I am directing the entire project £0 £0 £0 myself it will cost me nothing 004 Cast The cast in my music video are friends £10 £20 £0 of mine and are willing to do this for free. Pre-Production Total £520 £0 005 Travel My music video will be filmed in front £0 £0 £0 Production
of a green screen in the garage in my
house. My house is in walking distance for all my actors meaning that I won’t have to pay to transport them. 006 Hotel and The music video will only be approx. 2 £0 £0 £0 Lodging minutes long and therefore won’t take that long to film taking around an hour to film. This means that I won’t need to hire accommodation. 007 Food The food that I will be providing will be £10 £10 £2 light snacks to keep them going during the short period of filming. 008 Camera For the camera I will either be £0 £0 £0 borrowing one from the school or using a mate camera. This is because its much cheaper than buying/ renting one and is much better quality compared to a mobile phone 009 Lighting The lighting that I will be using won’t £0 £0 £0 cost anything as it will mainly be lighting from lights in the ceiling. This is because I don’t want to have bright lights in the shot of a rundown apartment 010 Sound As this is a music video none of the £0 £0 £0 sounds from the shot will be used instead the song will be edited in in the post-production stage. 011 Locations The location that I will be using is the £0 £0 £0 garage of my parent’s house. This won’t cost anything as I have asked for their permission to film there 012 Art I have had to create my stunt props £40 £50 £30 Department myself to do this I have to create a mould for the stunt glass bottle as well as creating the sugar glass itself. 013 Office This included the internet which I will £3 £5 £0 expenses have to use in the post production stages, the internet I’m using is free as it is the house Wi-Fi. Other office expenses include print outs of the script and storyboard, which won’t cost anything because I’m using the school’s printer. 014 Petty cash Petty cash is usually laying around a £0 £0 £0 film set as signing cheques are seen inconvenient. As my music video has a very low budget it means that I am unlikely 015 Film or tape I won’t be filming onto film or stock £0 £0 £0 stock tape instead I will be filming digitally using a digital camera and a SD card. 016 Hair and For my music video, special effects £5 £10 £4 Make-up make up will be used to create the effect of a black eye as well as the scar wound. 017 Insurance The house that I am filming at already £0 £0 £0 has insurance 018 Editing I will be doing the editing myself and £0 £0 £0 therefore won’t need to hire anybody 019 Shipping N/A £0 £0 £0 020 Still photos I will be using still photos of a rundown £50 £250 £0 apartment for my backdrop which I will key in. I will have to ask for permission to use the image. 021 Contingency This is 10% of the production costs £0 £0 £3.60 Production Total £325 £36 022 Final Post I will be using a free software to do this £0 £0 £0 Online 023 Final Post I won’t be mixing any sound for my £0 £0 £0 Mix music video 024 Marketing I will not be marketing my final £0 £0 £0 product. Post-Production Total £0 £0 £0