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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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