T3 - Research for Production

For the development of the advert:

•       Locations for filming (and permissions required to film there)

•       Props

•       Equipment (camera and accessories – tripod, monopod – wires, etc)

The camera we chose for the production is the “Sony DCR-TRV480E”, because it expresses ‘digital quality on affordable analogue tapes’. It is also the cheapest camera available for hire for 5 days for; £80 p/week, or £42 p/day, which works out at £220 for 5 days hire, plus a £50 deposit. This camera comes with a manual to aid set-up, a composite lead, a mains lead, a main adaptor, a cleaning cassette, a strap, and a lens cap.

To upload the footage obtained, we will hire a 4-4 pin Firewire cable, for £4 p/week, plus a £4 deposit. The prices for these stay the same.

A tripod to hire for a week is £41 or £10p/day (£50 for 5 days). As well as a £45 deposit. Again this works out cheaper than hiring day by day, and is compatible with the tripod.

The location we’ll be filming is in Central Park or at The Chase Nature Reserve, both of which are public ground. Which allows the freedom to film what we want there, within reason. However, this location is open to change, and could at any point. We hope to do the majority of our filming at central park but at the moment they are doing some work along the majority of it, and have dug it up as a result, so if this location is unavailable we will move across to the The Chase Nature Reserve.