Equipment list

THE CAMERAS
https://www.hireacamera.com/en-gb/motion/cameras/

In our project, he choosing of the camera equipment would fall on the Director of Photography/ the Cinematographer, however in my research of equipment I found websites to help me estimate the price ranges.

When looking for cameras I first looked at cinematic video cameras and 4K cameras, and found the best camera to be the Sony PXW-FX9K, said to be the perfect camera for a minimal crew (1), however as for my production I would like to use 2 cameras, It would be more efficient to look for camera package deals instead.

Looking at the camera packages, the estimate daily hire goes up to £508, and considering the shooting time would be 2 days, we are looking at an estimate of £1016 for 1 camera and if we use these package deals and hire 2 cameras, the overall cost would be £2032 for the 2 days of shooting.











Looking at the light equipment the highest price per hire per day is £65 for a single light, however there are options such as the F&V K4000S Bi-Colour 2 Light Kit, which costs £51 a day for 2 lights, which would take the prices down.

 As none of the kits include boom pole or shotgun microphone, I have looked at the overall pricing- a boom pole costs roughly £150 and a shotgun microphone costs roughly £250.

When estimating all the costs added together we are looking at £2562 including the camera hire+ bough equipment for 2 days of shooting (£508 x2 x2= £2032 +£65 x2 =£2162 +£150 +£250 =£2562), therefore when leaving the job of camera equipment to the DP, I would expect them to find everything needed for no more than the budget of £3000-£3500 with room for unexpected costs.

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=hddQD1biK3E&feature=emb_title



Bibliography
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=hddQD1biK3E&feature=emb_title
https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/video-production-equipment.html