Post by magefilms on May 11, 2017 13:57:46 GMT
So I'm directing a short film and here is the premise
A ballerina-turned-thief and her bungling, ballet-trained accomplices are hired by a crooked art dealer to steal her former ballet company's prized Nutcracker costume on opening night.
Based on the story in America where $30K worth of costumes were stolen before a Nutcracker show. It got me wondering what type of person would actually steal ballet costumes?
So far I have only got a quote from Sadler's Well's and they're charging 5K - 8K just for auditorium hire including their own tech crew.
As it's a heist film, we would need a good deal of the theatre to shoot in so we'd probably need access to a lot more of the theatre than just auditiorium.
This includes entrance, backstage, auditorium and maybe few corridors in between.
However, there are a few elements we'd have to cheat or come up with an alternative otherwise the budget needed for this will start to get a bit crazy.
the live orchestra - I reckon I can get a recording of an orchestra and just never actually show one on film
costumes - I'm not too worried about this. As I know many costume places in London wouldn't mind offering them for free considering this is supported by Capezio and other backers.
the staging - I think this will be the most difficult. The Nutcracker's staging from what I've seen looks quite substantial. We would need staging up until the first reveal of the Nutcrakcer within the show. Possibly, we could just get a background or something?
ALSO, I must not forget about the audience. I have no intentions of filling out a 2,000 capacity room. So I'm thinking possibly up to 100 extras, pre recorded audience sound and never showing the audience in a wide shot should have me get away with it.
I've compiled a list of nearly 100 theatres in London but as ballet is quite high art and this is with a huge dancewear company and the story is centred around a london ballet company (who only perform at the big theatres), the theatre I do choose has to look quite grand. I think that really limits me to at least the West End theatres otherwise the film loses credibility and believability.
Could I anyone recommend how to go about this?
Ideally we're shooting for just one day.
A ballerina-turned-thief and her bungling, ballet-trained accomplices are hired by a crooked art dealer to steal her former ballet company's prized Nutcracker costume on opening night.
Based on the story in America where $30K worth of costumes were stolen before a Nutcracker show. It got me wondering what type of person would actually steal ballet costumes?
So far I have only got a quote from Sadler's Well's and they're charging 5K - 8K just for auditorium hire including their own tech crew.
As it's a heist film, we would need a good deal of the theatre to shoot in so we'd probably need access to a lot more of the theatre than just auditiorium.
This includes entrance, backstage, auditorium and maybe few corridors in between.
However, there are a few elements we'd have to cheat or come up with an alternative otherwise the budget needed for this will start to get a bit crazy.
the live orchestra - I reckon I can get a recording of an orchestra and just never actually show one on film
costumes - I'm not too worried about this. As I know many costume places in London wouldn't mind offering them for free considering this is supported by Capezio and other backers.
the staging - I think this will be the most difficult. The Nutcracker's staging from what I've seen looks quite substantial. We would need staging up until the first reveal of the Nutcrakcer within the show. Possibly, we could just get a background or something?
ALSO, I must not forget about the audience. I have no intentions of filling out a 2,000 capacity room. So I'm thinking possibly up to 100 extras, pre recorded audience sound and never showing the audience in a wide shot should have me get away with it.
I've compiled a list of nearly 100 theatres in London but as ballet is quite high art and this is with a huge dancewear company and the story is centred around a london ballet company (who only perform at the big theatres), the theatre I do choose has to look quite grand. I think that really limits me to at least the West End theatres otherwise the film loses credibility and believability.
Could I anyone recommend how to go about this?
Ideally we're shooting for just one day.
