Study Notes
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture
is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete
stages, including an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues
through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound
recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an
audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition.
Film production consists of five major stages:
Development: The first stage in which the ideas for the film are created,
rights to books/plays are bought, etc., and the screenplay is written.
Financing for the project has to be sought and obtained.
Pre-production: Arrangements and preparations are made for the shoot,
such as hiring cast and film crew, selecting locations and constructing
sets.
Production: The raw footage and other elements of the film are
recorded during the film shoot, including principal photography.
Post-production: The images, sound, and visual effects of the recorded
film are edited and combined into a finished product.
Distribution: The completed film is distributed, marketed, and screened
in cinemas and/or released to home video.
, 11 Tips To Improve Your Filmmaking Skills
1. Be Your Own Worst Critic
Much like solving a problem, the first step to improving upon your skills
is to realize that there’s room for improvement.
Gather up all of your films, get a notepad, and sit there for a couple of
hours just jotting down everything that you think could be better.
Once you define the key problems of your filmography, you can start
fixing them.
2. Work On Each Skill Separately
Instead, what you should do, having narrowed down the skills which
you’d like to sharpen, is to create targeted short films in which you only
focus on a specific area of filmmaking.
Some things you could try:
a 3 minute thriller without cutting,
or a romantic scene with no sound,
or a fight scene shot on a tripod.
No matter how you do it, it is important that you spend enough time on
each skill, before trying to combine them all into one project. By the
time that’s needed, it should be entirely intuitive.
3. Get A Feedback Logbook For Your Filmmaking Skills
One of the cheapest and best purchases you can make is a small lined
notebook.
As similar comments start coming in, simply add a symbol next to the
original note. This will allow you to measure what viewers notice in
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture
is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete
stages, including an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues
through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound
recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an
audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition.
Film production consists of five major stages:
Development: The first stage in which the ideas for the film are created,
rights to books/plays are bought, etc., and the screenplay is written.
Financing for the project has to be sought and obtained.
Pre-production: Arrangements and preparations are made for the shoot,
such as hiring cast and film crew, selecting locations and constructing
sets.
Production: The raw footage and other elements of the film are
recorded during the film shoot, including principal photography.
Post-production: The images, sound, and visual effects of the recorded
film are edited and combined into a finished product.
Distribution: The completed film is distributed, marketed, and screened
in cinemas and/or released to home video.
, 11 Tips To Improve Your Filmmaking Skills
1. Be Your Own Worst Critic
Much like solving a problem, the first step to improving upon your skills
is to realize that there’s room for improvement.
Gather up all of your films, get a notepad, and sit there for a couple of
hours just jotting down everything that you think could be better.
Once you define the key problems of your filmography, you can start
fixing them.
2. Work On Each Skill Separately
Instead, what you should do, having narrowed down the skills which
you’d like to sharpen, is to create targeted short films in which you only
focus on a specific area of filmmaking.
Some things you could try:
a 3 minute thriller without cutting,
or a romantic scene with no sound,
or a fight scene shot on a tripod.
No matter how you do it, it is important that you spend enough time on
each skill, before trying to combine them all into one project. By the
time that’s needed, it should be entirely intuitive.
3. Get A Feedback Logbook For Your Filmmaking Skills
One of the cheapest and best purchases you can make is a small lined
notebook.
As similar comments start coming in, simply add a symbol next to the
original note. This will allow you to measure what viewers notice in
