Rhys Painter proposes a short film to be filmed at the Beacon School. The film will follow a well-known comedian who throws a wet substance at loud teenagers outside the school. This angers the teenagers, who follow the comedian and sabotage his live performance on stage at the Beacon School. The film will star Varsh Lautner, Rhys Mikaelson and Kay Mac. It will target an audience aged 15-25. Filming will use the school's equipment and facilities over one week in May/June.

1. Proposal
Rhys Painter

2. CONTENT OUTLINE
My idea for my short film my first scene will
be shot outside when a highly well known
comedian throws a wet substance at a
couple of loud teenagers. This will take
place inside the Beacon School. This doesn’t
end well for the comedian as the teenagers
end up following him and finding out who
he is. When the comedian is on stage on a
life show, somehow the teenagers have
managed to sneak on set and sabotage the
comedian on live TV. The stage is located
within the Beacon School.
Starring; Varsh Lautner, Rhys Mikaelson and
Kay Mac.

3. TARGET AUDIENCE
The age range in which I am prioritising to show my project to are
between the age of 15-25. This shows that my main target audience is
teenagers and young adults.

4. RESOURCES – PART ONE
Location:
- The place in which I feel I will be recording my short film will be in
the school as it offers a stage in which I see suitable to the idea of my
short film. A comedians habitat is usually up on a stage.
Props:
- Props wise I wouldn’t need much as the action would be set on
stage. The props we would need are a microphone, also a wet paper
towel of some sort which will be supposedly thrown.

5. RESOURCES – PART TWO
Equipment:
- Most equipment which will be used will be borrowed
from the school. The school offers a wide range of
equipment such as; Sony-DCR-VX2100E which is the
camera in which I have chose to use, Tascam DR-40 Linear
PCM Recorder, Boom Poles, Apple MacBook's which I am
using to help with the editing stage, Libec-650. I feel that
all this equipment will help with the overall production of
my short film.
Editing:
- There are two methods in which are available for me to
be able to edit. These two methods are iMovie and Avid.
These are two very upgraded editing software's which will
allow me to edit my work at a fast pace.

6. PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
Crew:
- My crew will be a Skeleton Crew which consists of 5 people which are also my peers.
Each peer will have their own role.
These roles include;
- Production assistant
- Lighting operator
- Director of photography also known as DOP
- Sound recordist
- Assistant cinematographer.
I feel these 5 roles are the most important with the production of my short drama
production.
Cast:
- As for cast I have chosen to use my friends Kundai and Varshini, these will take the role
of the two teenagers Kay and Varsh causing havoc towards the Comedian.

7. BUDGET – PART ONE
Due to not receiving a budget for my production idea has come to me
100% free as The Beacon School offers me everything I need, from a
stage to a camera. This allows me to not need to spend any money on
the production, therefore I feel this will be a good short film to make
as it will benefit my media skills and also not cost a penny to
advertise, as I would be able to distribute it for free through
YouTube.

8. BUDGET – PART TWO
I recognise in the real world if I were to distribute a short film it would cost
money. If this were to happen I would have to distribute money towards the
following equipment; (for weekly hire) Total: £2948.37
- Canon EOS C300 Mark II £193 per day x 7 = £1351
- Telescope boom pole £15 per day x 7 = £105
- Mac Pro 12 Core 16GB/22 £99 per day x 7 = £693 (iMovie, will be free on
the macbook, meaning no additional costs will be needed for the editing
stage).
- Manfrotto 057 Carbon fibre tripod kit with ball head Q5 £14 per day x 7 =
£98
- Arri 5 piece lighting kit £45 per day x 7 = £315
- 9 Passenger mini bus for hire for 1 week - £386.37
- Free distribution through the use of YouTube

9. PROJECT SCHEDULE
I have scheduled to record this Short Film within the dates of 20th
May and 7th June, I feel this allows me enough time to gather any
additional information in which I will need in order to complete
my short film and make it a success.
Their will be a full week in which the production will take place
both Varshini and Kundai have informed that they will be available
for this week after 3 o’clock, so shooting will take place from 4
o’clock till 8 o’clock Monday to Sunday.
However, if was to be filming in the real world, and peers weren’t
available to be filmed for no cost. I would use peopleperhour.com
to find my cast members in which would be required.
-Pennie G. Actor and Voiceover Artist – Charges £560 per week
-Jess B. Actor and Voiceover Artist – Charges £430 per week
For these two actors it would be an overall cost of £990 for the
whole week.

10. THANK YOU, FOR LISTENING.