as film production lesson

8/13/2019 AS Film Production Lesson.

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The single most important fact, perhaps, of the

entire movie industry is that nobody knows

anything... Not one person in the entire motion

picture field knows for a certainty what's going to

work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're

lucky, an educated one.

Two time Academy Award winning screen writer -

William Goldman


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1.Production: funding and making films

(includes the funding/pre/post production).

2.Distribution: marketing films and gettingthem into cinemas and out on DVD as well

as any spin offs/related media products.

3.Exhibition:people paying at the cinema,renting or buying DVDs and downloading

and purchasing related products.

WHAT ARE THE THREE

STAGES OF FILMMAKING?


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Production How films are created, the most expensive phase, labourintensive.

In Mainstream film industries, production concerns:stars, special effects, million dollar budgets.

Film, like most art forms, is essentially a creative

medium but it is also a commercial venture. Filmmakersare not providing us with a charitable entertainment.They are key players in a fast-moving, global,commercial industry.

The power of the financier is huge. The film that we finally see at the cinema is the result of

many months, often many years, of planning andbudgeting.

The most important role in the production of films isunsurprisingly, the producer

LO- TO CONSIDER PROCESSES ANDROLES WITHIN TRADITIONAL ANDCONTEMPORARY FILMPRODUCTION


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STARTER EXERCISE (5MINS)Titanic $200,000,000

Spiderman 2 $200,000,000

Waterworld $175,000,000

The,Wild,Wild West $175,000,000

Van Helsing $170,000,000

Terminator 3 $170,000,000

Troy $150,000,000With a partner, look at the above list of the biggest filmbudgets and discuss what factors do you think helped securesuch huge amounts of investment in these films?


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STAGES OFPRODUCTION:

1.DEVELOPMENTThe role of theProducer:

Finding Finance

Script development

Stars

Finding the Director andother Key Crew


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STAGES OF PRODUCTION:2.PRE-PRODUCTION

Finalising Script

Scheduling

Budgeting

Casting

Crew contracts

StoryboardingLocation scouting

Equipment hire


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STAGES OF PRODUCTION:3.PRODUCTION

Filming/CinematographyDOP and the cameracrew.

Production DesignArt direction and dressers.

Actors- Direction.


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4. POST-PRODUCTION

Editing

Special Effects

Re-shoots

Sound mixing

ADR

FoleyMusic

Laboratories


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1. THE IDEA ANDDEVELOPMENT FINANCE(INCLUDE ROLE OFPRODUCER).2. SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT

AND PACKAGING.3. FINANCING AND PRE-

RESEARCH TOPICS (4GROUPS)X2 GROUPS OF 3 PERSONSX2 GROUPS OF 4 PERSONS


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ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTIONMETHODSThe worlds largest platform for

funding creative projects. Each projectis independently created and craftedby the person behind it. Thefilmmakers, musicians, artists, anddesigners have complete control andresponsibility over their projects.

Project creator sets their project'sfunding goal and deadline.If people like the project, they canpledge money to make it happen. Ifthe project succeeds in reaching itsfunding goal, all backers' credit cards

are charged when time expires. If theproject falls short, no one is charged.Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfNcj-SaZM

Life in a Day2011Director: Kevin Macdonald.


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HOMEWORK:CHOOSE A BRITISH FILM PRODUCED IN THE LAST20 YEARS TO RESEARCH AS A CASE STUDY

CREATE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF UNDER 5MINS (EITHER NOTES/WORD/POWERPOINT/PREZI)TO FEEDBACK TO THE CLASS. WHAT WERE THE PRODUCTION

METHODS AND BUDGET? WHO

FINANCED THE FILM? RESEARCH THE NAMES OF THOSEINVOLVED IN PRODUCTION

PRODUCER? DIRECTOR? ACTOR? WHATFILMS HAD THEY WORKED ON

PREVIOUSLY? WAS THEFILM A SUCCESS? WHAT WERE

THE FIGURES? WAS THERE A PROFIT?
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