1. THE ART OF FILM MAKING
Movies,orfilms,are a complete audio-visual presentationwhere astorycomestolife.But,isitreally
as simple as story-dialogue-actor?? Let’s take a look.
Simple asitmaysound,itisanythingbut.Makingafilmmeans EVERYTHINGfromchoosingthe theme
to hitting the screen. Broadly the entire process can be divided in 5 stages.
Stage 1: DEVELOPMENT
This where the idea originates. Can be a book, real life story, or an original, whatever. That idea is
elaborated into a detailed script along with dramatization, scene by scene breakup and pictorial
representation,if needed,tosetthe moodand characters. Thisscript is describedtothe distributors
to assess financial viability and also finalise the director who shall approach potential financers or
investors for the film. Copyrights and other permissions are also sought, as required.
Stage 2: PRE-PRODUCTION
Withfinancesready,it’s time toSTARTSPENDING– Office/Studioformeetingsandauditions,Actors,
Singers, Dress Designers, Set Designers, Make-up team, Cameras, Photographers, Editors and other
crew and propsare procured. Shootinglocationsandshootingschedule getfinalized,permissionsare
nowsoughtforthe shootingtobegin.Basically,one hastoprepare forwhateverrequirementsbefore
actually beginning to shoot the scenes uninterrupted.
Stage 3: PRODUCTION
Lights,Sound,Camera,ACTION...andtheACTUALSHOOTINGSTARTS!!!!!The shootingscheduletakes
the driver’sseat.The crewmovesfromlocationtolocationshootingthevariousbitsof the film. Scene
by scene, the film is canned as per the director. Once we have all the footage we require, we move
back indoors for making it a finished product. Be ready to hire further crew as you go along, by the
way.
Stage 4: POST-PRODUCTION
The Editornow getsbusy with reorderingthe scenes toshow the desiredsequence of events.Thisis
thencut to size withunnecessarybitsbeingchoppedoff.The audio-visual presentationthenisgiven
a touch of dramatization with visual and background music and sound effects. Posters and Small
trailers are readied for promotions and the finished film is copied on to film rolls, DVDs and other
media to reach various segments of the audience. Viola!! Months of hard work has now taken final
shape.
Stage 5: DISTRIBUTION
Done withall else,itistime to reach the targetaudience – basically,CinemaHallsandMultiplexes.A
launch date is decided upon for the release of the film and the marketing begins. Posters put up,
trailersadvertisedonTV andothervideomedia, starcast’spublicappearancessaying“Humaari movie
dekhne aaiye”andshare the release date,pressconferencesare organized,social mediapromotions
get underway, promotional activities organized in malls, etc.
WHOOOOFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT ALL done, now all you do is sit back, keep your fingerscrossed, and
wait for the public verdict…HIT, SUPERHIT, BLOCKBUSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!