film - film industry - film making steps

Film Industry


film making steps & Oscar categories 🔺 :
pre-production
- studio / investor / producer buys the rights to the source (e.g. idea / book / story)
🔺 screenwriter converts idea → script (original / adapted screenplay)
- script is edited & finalised by the same screenwriter(s) (script doctors)
- director, producer, editor, production designer, art director meet to make sure they're on the same page
- script is storyboarded by illustrators to help directors, cinematographers visualize the scenes
🔺 costume designers create garments & accessories to help tell the story
- casting directors audition / negotiate w/ actors' agents & decide on cast
- location scouting, hiring crew, many statistics
shooting
🔺 director oversees everything, works w/ producer, turns storyboard into series of shoots
🔺 production design team create the overall visual feel & aesthetics (costume, makeup, set design)
🔺 cinematographer oversees everything related to camera & lights & help w/ artistic decisions
🔺 makeup artists work w/ costume designer & director to make actor / actresses fit their role better
🔺 actors & actresses show their talent, hope for nomination in leading role / supporting role
post-production
🔺 music editor works w/ songwriter to write the original song & composer for original score
🔺 sound editors prepare what will go into the final mixing (dialogue & sound effect editors)
🔺 sound mixers combine dialogue, sound effects & music tracks to create final soundtrack
🔺 film editors cut & paste to make 2hr cohesive movie out of miles of film, adding in visual effects


🔺 producer is involved in every step, have expertise in directing, screen writing, etc... (gets the best picture)