University Assignment: Festival and Events Management Report Analysis

This report examines festival and events management, focusing on a movie production scenario at the Harbour Bridge in Sydney. It analyzes the sponsorship opportunity with Captain Cook Cruises, a prominent cruise operator, highlighting the benefits for both the production house and the cruise company in terms of increased visibility and client base growth. The report further delves into the logistical aspects of movie making, including equipment procurement, permissions, legal agreements, and the roles of the assistant director and the logistics department. It also outlines the staging processes involved, from recce to pre-production, detailing the key stages of movie development, financing, and crew arrangements. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the practical considerations in event management and movie production.

Running head: FESTIVAL AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT
FESTIVAL AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Question 6............................................................................................................................2
Question 7............................................................................................................................3
References............................................................................................................................5

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Question 6
Captain Cook Cruises, Australia is one of the famous cruise operator that is operational in
the country. The company was founded in the year 1970 at Port Jackson, Sydney and ever since
has been associated with the ferry services within the country. The company is known to have
been providing the concerned clientele with the cruises to the various ferry services that might or
might not have an active contract with the government of the country. The cruise operator is also
known for offering the cruise vessels for the various tourist purposes like sightseeing, the
luxurious events like dining as well as give away the cruise vessels that are used as the charter
cruises. The concerned cruise company operates the ferry services that are active in and around
Sydney (Captaincook.com.au 2018). This has helped the cruise company to have a huge client
base. The huge client base might help the concerned production house to gain a huge promotion
of the movie that is being shot at the given location, the Harbour Bridge. The sponsorship from
the concerned cruise company might help the production house to attract the attention of the
various members of the client base of the cruise company. The concerned cruise company was
chosen on the basis of the fact that the choice of the cruise company might help in the impact the
number of the people who might be visiting the theatres to watch the movie. This might also help
in the increase of the social media impressions that are created by the concerned movie. The
cruise company might also benefit from the concerned sponsorship in the process of
experiencing the growth in the client base of the concerned cruise company in discussion,
Captain Cook Cruises. The concerned production house might also benefit from the huge amount
of the advertisement channels that might be availed by Captain Cook Cruises thereby helping in
the creation of awareness within the target audience of the movie that is being shot at the
mentioned location, the Harbour Bridge, Sydney.

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Question 7
The logistics that is related to the movie making might refer to the procurement of the
various equipment and the props and the gears that are used by the concerned production house
during the filming of the concerned movie. The logistic elements that are involved within the
concerned movie shoot might refer to the various matters that pertain to the various factors that
pertain to the shoot of the movie and the various props and the gears that are needed to complete
the shoot of the concerned sequence within the movie. The logistic requirements of the movie
shoot might include the procurement of the permissions that are needed for shooting at the
various locations and the various legal agreements that need to be signed in order to continue
with the processes of shooting in the concerned area (Escoffier and McKelvey 2015). The
production house in the concerned case, might need to deal with the various legalities that are
involved in the movie shoots that need to be conducted in the concerned place that has been
selected by the production house, the Harbour Bridge, Sydney. The assistant director of the
movie who has been assigned the department of the logistics of the concerned movie might also
need to look into the matters that deal with the matters that pertain to the selection of the
concerned area that is best suited for the concerned shot of the movie. The concerned assistant
director might also need to look into the matters that deal with the access of the location, options
that are available to the crew, the location of the concerned shoot and the other special needs for
the concerned sequence that need to be shot within the movie. The logistics department of the
concerned movie is further observed to be in charge of the various props and the gears that are
used in the shooting of concerned sequence of the movie as well as the various maters that
pertain to the bathrooms, the changing rooms, the food, the lodgings and the travel requirements
of the actors as well as the crew of the concerned movie.

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The staging processes that might be undertaken in the shooting of the movie might refer
to the various stages that are involved in the production of the movie. The first stage in the movie
making process is the recce. The recce refers to the visit to the selected location of the shooting
prior to the commencement of the shooting in order to determine the suitability of the concerned
area of the shooting as well as includes the various accesses that are necessary for the facilities
that are necessary for the shooting of the concerned sequence of the movie (Warren 2013). This
stage also ensures the inclusion of the assessment of the potential sound and lighting issues that
might be included in the shoot of the sequences. The most important stages that are involved in
the film making revolve round the development of the idea behind the concerned movie, the
buying of the rights of the various books and the plays that might be needed to have been bought,
the composition of the screenplay of the movie. The developmental stage of the movie might
also feature the steps and activities that need to be undertaken in order to collect the finances that
are needed to initiate the shooting of the movie. In the given scenario, it might be said that the
concerned production house must complete the processes that are involved in the developmental
stages of the movie making in order to initiate the shooting process of the concerned movie. The
following stage includes the pre-production stages of the concerned movie. These stages include
the various arrangements and the procedures that need to be maintained in order to commence
the shoot of the movie. The arrangements of the movie shoot might include the hiring of the
locals as well as the other members of the crew that might be responsible for the actualization of
the idea on which the concerned movie is based (Hirsch 2018). This stage brings together the
creative head, the producer, the director as well as the artists who have been chosen for the
concerned movie.

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References
Captaincook.com.au 2018. Sydney Harbour Cruises - Captain Cook Cruises. [online]
Captaincook.com.au. Available at: https://www.captaincook.com.au/sydney-harbour-cruises/
[Accessed 15 May 2018].
Escoffier, N. and McKelvey, B., 2015. The wisdom of crowds in the movie industry: Towards
new solutions to reduce uncertainties. International Journal of Arts Management, 17(2), p.52.
Hirsch, J.A., 2018. Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Movie. Chicago Review
Press.
Warren, J.S., 2013. Borrowing and stealing: Alyx Duncan talks about making'The red
house'. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine, (178), p.56.