2. How Films Are Made
A screenwriter writes a script, which is the story of the movie with words that the actors will say. Then a
producer hires people to work on the movie and gets all of the money that will be needed to pay for the
actors and the equipment. Producers usually get the money by borrowing it from a bank or by getting
investors to lend money to the movie production
Actors and directors read scripts to find out what to say and what to do. The actors memorize the words
from the script that they will say in the movie, and learn the actions that the script tells them to do. Then
the director tells the actors what to do and a cameraman takes motion pictures of them with a
motion picture camera.
When filming has finished, an editor puts the moving pictures together in a way that tells the whole story
within a set amount of time. Audio engineers and sound engineers record music and singing and join it
with the moving pictures. When the movie is done, many copies of the movie are made by movie labs and
put onto movie reels. Then the movie reels are sent to cinemas. An electric machine called a projector
shines a very bright light through the movie, and people sitting in a dark room see it on a big screen.
3. Film Procedures
Development
In this stage, the project's producer selects a story, which may come from a book, play,
another film, a true story, original idea, etc. After identifying a theme or underlying
message, the producer works with writers to prepare a synopsis. Next they produce a step
outline, which breaks the story down into one-paragraph scenes that concentrate on
dramatic structure. Then, they prepare a treatment, a 25-to-30-page description of the
story, its mood, and characters. This usually has little dialogue and stage direction, but
often contains drawings that help visualize key points. Another way is to produce a
scriptment once a synopsis is produced.
Pre-production
In pre-production, every step of actually creating the film is carefully designed and planned.
The production company is created and a production office established. The production is
storyboarded and visualized with the help of illustrators and concept artists. A production
budget is drawn up to plan expenditures for the film. For major productions, insurance is
procured to protect against accidents.
Production
A director performing dual roles as director and camera operator gives instructions during
the filming of a scene. In production, the video production/film is created and shot. More
crew will be recruited at this stage, such as the property master, script supervisor,
assistant directors, stills photographer, picture editor, and sound editors.
Post-production
Here the video/film is assembled by the video/film editor. The modern use of video in the filmmaking process has
resulted in two workflow variants which are one using entirely film, and the other using a mixture of film and video.
Distribution
Film distributors usually release a film with a launch party, press releases, interviews with the press, press preview
screenings, film festival screenings, and more. Most films have a website. The film plays at selected cinemas and the
DVD typically is released a few months later. The distribution rights for the film and DVD are also usually sold for
worldwide distribution. The distributor and the production company share profits.
4. How Films Are Distributed
Director & Producers
Generally, when it comes to making films the producer
hires the director to shoot. The director is responsible for
overseeing the creative aspects of a film and also seeing it
from their perspective.
Without a film crew, it would be
near to impossible to try and
get a professional look. All film
crew have a specific duty for
which they have to follow. For
example, a Gaffer is the
lighting technician. They also
work closely with the DOP
(Director Of Photography) and
is responsible for the execution
(and sometimes the design) of
the lighting plan for
Above is how films are distributed. productions.
5. Shorts
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists
as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or
less, including all credits". The term featurette originally applied to a film longer than a short
subject, but shorter than a standard feature film.
Examples of Short Films
6. About Shorts
Short films are often a way to tell a short story without going into too much detail (feature
films). A lot of the times, great directors and great movies often come from short films that
the director, producer or writer had created years ago, or in some cases – recently.
They then develop the idea and create a feature film.
The famous “Saw” movie was once a short film.
The director liked the concept of the short film
and therefore remade it into a hit-selling
franchise that the audience now adore.
HOW SHORTS ARE FUNDED TECHNOLOGIES
Shorts are often funded by local Depending on how much money
filming councils. They can also be a short film is being funded for
funded by the lottery, banks, can restrict or enable possibilities
competitions and exhibitions and for a filmmaker regarding the
other ways. Sometimes TV equipment. For example, they
channels fund short films to get could purchase a crane for their
their channel noticed more & also short if they have the right funds.
have the right to air it.
7. Studio Films
Due to rising real-estate and upkeep costs, as well as the decreasing cost of CG and visual effects, many studios sold
large chunks of their once massive studio spaces or backlots to private real-estate developers.
Century City in Los Angeles was once part of the 20th Century Fox backlot, which was amount the largest and most
famous of the studio lots. In most cases portions of the backlots were retained and are available for rental by various
film and television productions. Some studios offer tours of their backlots, while Universal Pictures allows visitors to its
adjacent Universal Studios Hollywood theme park to take a tram tour of the backlot where films such as Psycho and
Back to the Future were once shot.
