Assignment 3 - Types of funding - PAB

Funding:

Public Funding: From National and regional funding bodies: distribution of funding through grants and contracts, monitoring the implementation of the funding.

Private funding: Funding from individuals, benefactors and or businesses.

Private -

• Match Funding - matching price - like the price promise 
• Crowdfunding - raising money as a crowd.
• Revenue - ticket sales, merchandise sales.
• Advertising
• Personal Funding/Own Contribution
• In Kind - when you are allowed to use something or somewhere of value for free or for a deal.
• Sponsorship
• JustGiving pages

Public -

• Arts Council Funding
• Local Authority 
• Lottery Funding

Private funding is always more reliable when in relation to theatre productions and companys. They are lot more direct and personal and allow you to take more control over the funding you are seeking and not just leave a council in charge of it which may get lost through motion or make some sort of catch for it, so it a lot easier to look into receiving a funding of sorts. Public funding can work but it is very un reliable the majority of the time and a lot slower as will exa part of a bigger organisation that has more things to deal with and can just push your appeal to the side, so its more efficient to work with private funding if you can as you can support yourself and even do arrangements such as In Kind or crowdfunding which makes you very independent as a company or group.


In Kind -

In kind is when payments don't always have to be made with cash payments but with good services of deals between you and the other person, usually these occur between transactions of people who know one another doing them a favour such as being able to use studio space army dance school for a discounted price and sometimes free as they know me and therefore in kind. Its very much a deal making process and a who you know situation but works very well for new businesses and companies and is an affective process for local companies and societies. So to have funding in Kind would be in a situation such as if its a local shop they will give you funding if you advertise their shop in our programme or if they're a close friend just if we put their logo up in the theatre/sell their products.

Setting up your own company - Task 1

• How it benefits other people
• what the company is about - its intentions 
• Name
• Where you will get the funding from 
• What staff you need and how your going to attain them
• Mission statement/ artistic vision
• what production you will put on - what its about, cast members, what is your role within the company, technical requirements, producing, marketing and publicity

My own Company...

Name: Murphy Productions

Mission Statement - We aim to entertain all ages through song, dance and acting a range of productions to appeal to all. As a collective we enjoy using our talents to provide entertainment that sets good examples to younger audiences as well as inspire people to let their creative sides out.

Type of Production: Musical 

Musical -

Name : Life - The Musical, an original production, 2 hours with an interval of 20 mins.

summary - Margot is just a normal girl going through the everyday struggles of life, with the goal of one day being an actress/dancer and the hurdles she has to take to get there.

Themes - teenage life, relationships, challenges, goals.

Costumes- Set in contemporary times therefore modern clothing. 

lighting - Lighting will change according to scene setting.

Number of cast members - 60 - a mixtures of both genders

My role within the company - 

I would like to be the Manager but also take on the responsibility of the Choreographer within our different productions.

I will also need to hire a team to help me produce this production such as director, artistic director and stage crew. As the manager and one of the directors of the company i will be mainly liaising with the other heads of departments and directors but will also interact with crew and cast occasionally when acting as choreographer.

Technical Requirements - 

Staging - End on - In a professional theatre, Set - Set will be required to set the scenes as well as make scenarios more believable, professional and impressionable.

Lighting - Any special lighting may be required for more dramatic or dynamic scenes.

Producing, Marketing and publicity requirements:

Who is it for?: Anyone but probably more relatable to teens and young adults.

Marketing: Social medias, Website, tv, radio and posters.

Production length - one month, five days a week with 7 shows - 2 matinees .

Task 2 -

Services :

• Costume
• unions
• merchandise
• rehearsal space 
• theatre
• cast
• lighting
• stage crew 
• make up/hair
• technical requirements - Mic's
• catering 
• box office 
• front of house
• ushers
• dressers/assistants 
• stage management

Task 3

Service	Organisation	Location	Cost	Reason	Relationship
Costume	Jane Louise Costumes	Angmering	Varies for costume demand – in midst of making a deal	Good reputation worked with them before.	Cast and crew.
Unions	-	-	-	-	-
Merchandise	Custom T-shirts	Worthing	-	Done work with them before, professional and reliable, good quality work	They may interrelate with the marketing team, as will have to discuss designs and logos.
Rehearsal Space	Glendale Theatre Arts School/studios	Worthing	£5-10 pound an hour depending on room used	Good sized space, local, nice facilities.	Will link with cast and crew.
Theatre	Assembly Hall	Worthing
Cast	Local people	West sussex	free	Gives newcomers a bigger chance and anyone is allowed who wants to perform.	They relate with the majority of the categories as they can have contacts of their own that can help as a result.
Lighting	Paul Batchelor	worthing	£50	Good reputation, been recommended	Staging, costume.
Stage Crew	Local stage crew	worthing	Made a deal	Seen work before and worked with them, very professional and efficient	They link with the cast and lighting, as they all have to work around one another.
Make up/Hair	Self-applied	anywhere	Free – will supply certain make up if needed	works with the theme and helps with costs, dat have intricate make up designs so works effectively	Cast and crew.
Technical Requirements	Technical Hire	Horsham	12 required - £5 per mic for a week -	Good recommendations, reasonable prices.	Staging and musical director.
Catering	Premier wholesale foods	local	Make a deal with them depending on what I want and the quantity.	Good products, reliable, local.
Box office / Front of house	Connaught Theatre / Worthing Theatres	worthing	Part of deal for hiring the theater.	Comes with theatre deal.
Ushers	Same as above ^^	^	^	same as above