This document outlines the filmmaking process for high school classes, including development, pre-production, production, post-production, exhibition, and distribution. It recommends that students get hands-on experience by making movies with cameras and film. Common mistakes like vertical video and shaky cam are discussed. Editing apps, film festivals, and additional resources are also listed.

1. HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR
OCTOBER 27, 2015

2. PERHAPS IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT
THE BEST THING THAT YOUNG
FILMMAKERS SHOULD DO IS TO GET
HOLD OF A CAMERA AND SOME FILM AND
MAKE A MOVIE OF ANY KIND AT ALL.
Stanley Kubrick
“Self-portrait of Stanley Kubrick with a Leica III camera”
by Stanley Kubrick is public domain

3. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
ANTONIO MANRIQUEZ
Video Production Teacher
Hollywood High School
New Media Academy
Apple Distinguished Educator
Apple Certified Trainer
Avid Certified Instructor
ajmanx

4. WHO ARE YOU?

5. TEN-SHOT
SELF-PORTRAIT
THE PROJECT
page 60

6. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
WORKFLOW
1. Development
2. Preproduction
3. Production
4. Postproduction
5. Exhibition
6. Marketing and Distribution

7. DEVELOPMENT
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Newsroom of the New York Times newspaper” by Marjory Collins is public domain

8. LIST 10 THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF
IN COUNTDOWN ORDER
FROM IMPORTANT TO MOST IMPORTANT
Development
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

9. PREPRODUCTION
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Fritz Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou in their Berlin apartment, in 1923 or 1924” by Waldemar Titzenthaler is public domain

10. ADD A SHOT DESCRIPTION
AND A SHOT SIZE
TO YOUR LIST OF 10 THINGS
Preproduction
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

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12. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
PRODUCTION NOTEBOOK
▸ Treatment
▸ Script
▸ Floor plan / Overhead schematic / Shot sheet
▸ Storyboards
▸ Production schedule
▸ Budget
▸ Releases, Permits, and Licenses
▸ Production logs

13. PRODUCTION
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova” by Bain News Service is public domain

14. WHAT DO YOU NEED?

15. WHAT D’YA GOT?
WHAT DO YOU NEED?

16. THE TWO MOST COMMON MISTAKES
HIGH SCHOOL FILMMAKERS MAKE

17. Vertical Video Syndrome - A PSA
Dir. Damien Eckhardt-Jacobi and Vincent Bova
YouTube: Glove and Boots
Published June 5, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA

18. #1 VERTICAL VIDEO

19. Shaky Cam: The Movie Trailer (Parody)
Dir. Bryce Edward Brown
YouTube: BryceMakesFilms
Published July 30, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZyl40ehBWw

20. #2 SHAKY CAM

21. THE IOGRAPHER
Stabilization

22. FILMIC PRO
Camera Control

23. GO SHOOT

24. NOW!

25. POSTPRODUCTION
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Students in class 4 (movies) Naval School of Photography editing their films” by Harry Kidd is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

26. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
EDITING APPS
▸ iMovie for iOS
▸ TouchEdit
▸ Clips Video Editor
▸ Magisto - Magical Video Editor
▸ Pinnacle Studio

27. EXHIBITION
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Auditorium Theatre at 382 Queen Street West” by William James is public domain

28. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
STUDENT CONTESTS AND FESTIVALS
▸ The White House Student Film Festival (www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival)
▸ California Student Media Festival (www.mediafestival.org)
▸ International Youth Media Summit (www.iyms-usa.org)
▸ Adobe Youth Voices (www.youthvoices.adobe.com)
▸ The YoungCuts Film Festival (www.youngcuts.com)
▸ National Film Festival for Talented Youth (www.nffty.org)
▸ South Bay Student Video Festival (www.mcmediaarts.org)
▸ Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Student Contest (www.latinofilm.org)
▸ Bay Area Youth Media Network BAYMN FEST (www.baymn.org)
▸ Original iPhone Film Festival (www.iphonefilmmaker.com)

29. MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
“Facade of the Lumberjack” by D. Wiberg at English Wikipedia is public domain

30. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
WORKFLOW
1. Development
2. Preproduction
3. Production
4. Postproduction
5. Exhibition
6. Marketing and Distribution

31. Q&A

32. FILMMAKING LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
▸ mediaeducatorsla.org
▸ moviola.com
▸ rippletraining.com
▸ handheldhollywood.com
▸ incompetech.com
▸ lafcpug.org
▸ nofilmschool.com
▸ theblackandblue.com
▸ safaribooksonline.com
▸ lynda.com
▸ finaldraft.com
▸ junglesoftware.com