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RTV 322 Crew. Above the line positions Below the line positions. 5 stages of moviemaking. Filmmaking vs. moviemaking Development Pre-production Production Post-Production Distribution and exhibition. Development. Who can pitch, to whom do you pitch, optioning a script / step deal
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RTV 322 Crew Above the line positions Below the line positions
5 stages of moviemaking • Filmmaking vs. moviemaking • Development • Pre-production • Production • Post-Production • Distribution and exhibition
Development • Who can pitch, to whom do you pitch, optioning a script / step deal • The script is written and drafted into a workable blueprint for a film • Decisions made about stars (‘packaging’) and initial casting, location, budgets • Who is calling the shots?
Pre-production • The production company is created and a production office established. • The production is storyboarded and visualized with the help of illustrators and concept artists. • A production budget is drawn up to plan expenditures for the film.
Production • Actual shooting of the raw elements • Crew members sharing the ‘Director’s Vision’ • Call sheets etc. made from the breakdown meeting • Studio stages, Locations, department heads, principle photgraphy, 2nd units
Post-Production • Transfer to digital, then editing • Dialogue editing / including ADR • Music tracks (and songs) composed, performed, recorded • Scenes are scored • Sound effects are designed and recorded • Computer-graphic 'visual' effects are digitally added, • All sound elements are mixed into "stems," then the stems are mixed, then married to picture • The film is fully completed ("locked")
Once Locked... • The film is passed into the hands of the postproduction supervising sound editor to layer the sound track. • Voice recordings are synchronized • The final sound mix is created by the re-recording mixer. • The sound mix combines dialogue, sound effects, ADR, walla, Foleys and music.
Sales and distribution • The film is screened for potential buyers (distributors) • It is picked up by a distributor and reaches its cinema and/or home media audience. • Promotion and marketing -- advertising, actor appearances, etc. $$$ • ‘Straight to DVD’ ?
Major Positions • Above the line -- $$ • Residuals / owners • Producer, Director, Writer, Actors • Producer • Hires a crew • The nature of the film and the budget, determine the size and type of crew used during filmmaking • Many Hollywood blockbusters employ a cast and crew of hundreds • A low-budget, independent film may be made by a skeleton crew of eight or nine (or fewer).
Director • Primarily responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film. • Established versus emerging directors • Film school graduates • Tomaric DP note • ‘Author’ of a movie, while the Producer is ‘author’ of a TV show • ‘Director’s cuts’ of movies
Other major roles • Line Producer: On the set making sure everything stays on budget • Script superviser: watches for continuity issues—’are we following the script?’
Famous TV Producers / Movie Directors • Dick Clark, Gene Roddenberry, Norman Lear, Aaron Spelling, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chuck Lorre, Dick Wolf, Marta Kauffman... • Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, James Cameron, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Tim Burton, JJ Abrams...
Other major roles • Director of Photography (DP) • The cinematographer who supervises the photography of the entire film • A chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film • Responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image • Some professionals insist that the term cinematographer only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person
Unit Production Manager (UPM) • Responsible for watching all the costs--to deliver the project on budget at the end of principal photography. • Lead dept. managers, script breakdown. • Producers responsible for cost-related decisions on above-the-line (primarily, casting) issues; UPM responsible for below-the-line (primarily, production period) costs. • The film’s director has the final say on the cinematographer, costume designer, production designer, and film editor; UPM makes the deals and hires the remaining crew.
Production Coordinator • May be Line Producer. • Serves under the UPM to coordinate the various groups and personnel that come together to make a movie or TV show. • Requires organizational skills and the ability to handle a multitude of tasks simultaneously under often high-pressure situations. • Duties are often undefined and extremely varied ranging from office manager, to human resources, to controller, to accountant.
Other major positions • Casting Director • Location Manager • Production Designer • Sound Designer • Art Director • Editor • See textbook for others
Getting started • Internships • Part time jobs • Texas Film Commission • Texas Association of Broadcasters • Mandy.com • JournalismJobs.com
Other production jobs • PA / runner / gopher • Editor / assistant editor • No ‘fake it until you make it’ • Master control operator • Freeland videographer • Independent filmmaker
Other production jobs • Wedding videographer • Dustin Stelly • Video depositions, others on course outline…