Trainspotting pre-production (ALL LO)

 Trainspotting
  • Not following the law - larger than life characters
  • 1996 - of its time
  • Covered guns, drugs and fighting. Over the top version of what was going on in life.
  • Danny Boyle - director - £3.5 million budget
  • Screen play and screen play writer before a film can be made - John Hodge
  • Noel Gay, rights the thhe book, wanted to be co-producer. Problems, different team. 
Finance
  •  Pitch idea to investors in order to gain money. Scott Rudin - $250,000 to film anything, investor. But not enough - plus Scott from Hollywood.
  • Channel 4 step-up and fund entire film - investor. No money until the rights to the book.
  • 2% of the film budget (£30,000), not co-producers, name check in credits and share of profits from film.
  • Now team can come and pre-production starts. 
Pre-production
  • Story board
  • Costumes, casting, location scouting, art deparment - look of the film
Run up period
  • Trainspotting 7 weeks. Now 3 - 6 months
  • Producer most important component 
  • Casting first - Ewan McGregor straight on board
  • Casting director - negotiating with agents, talent scouting, setting up auditions
  • Read through - tweak script, learn about characters
  • Location scouts - find bars and resturants in areas where they can then save money
  • £500 - £1000 shotting in the bar, taken over bar - pay for days business
Filming
  • 8am - 8pm - save money where ever they can
  • Crue on set from 5am
  • Equipment leave at midnight 
  • Everything is exagerated 
  • 98% of equipment were cheap items from charity shops
  • Oxfam cast offs costums - north face leant all equipment for hiking scene
  • Plus lots of their own clothes from the 80s
  • Double pay on Saturday and Sunday, shotting only 5 days a week

Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept16 October 2017 at 15:07

    You mention props and costumes under the production heading, but this actually comes into pre-production. The run up period is actually the pre-production period - it covers all activities before the film is actually shot. It would be good to have a look at the Trainspotting Prezi again for revision.

    Mrs E

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