• How can you connect the lessons that we will take in video production to your life as a student? How can it help you?

• Why do we have to study video production and editing?

Stages and Administration of Video Production

FILMS

-also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images on a strip of plastic which, when run through a projector and shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images.

-Filmmaking is the process of making a film.

-refers to the stages (phases) required to complete a media product, from the idea to the final master copy.

PARTS

DEVELOPMENT• the producer selects a story, which

may come from a book, play, another film, a true story, original idea, etc.

• the producer works with writers to prepare a synopsis

DEVELOPMENT• Step Outline- breaks the story

down into one-paragraph scenes that concentrate on dramatic structure.

• Treatment- a 25-to-30-page description of the story, its mood, and characters.

• writing of screenplay

DEVELOPMENT• will contact the film distributor- to

assess the likely market and potential financial success of the film. 

• producer and screenwriter prepare a film pitch and present it to potential financiers.

• Green light

PRE-PRODUCTION

• Preparations are made for the shoot, in which cast and film crew are hired, locations are selected, and sets are built.

PRE-PRODUCTIONTypical Crew Positions:

• Director- responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film.

• Unit Production Manager- production budget and production schedule. They also report, on behalf of the production office, to the studio executives or financiers of the film. 

PRE-PRODUCTIONTypical Crew Positions:

• Assistant Director -manages the shooting schedule and logistics of the production, among other tasks

• Casting Director- finds actors to fill the parts in the script. This normally requires the actors audition.

PRE-PRODUCTIONTypical Crew Positions:• Director of Photography -

cinematographer who supervises the photography of the entire film.

• Director of Audiography (DA) is the audiographer who supervises the audiography of the entire film.

• Composer • Production Designer

PRE-PRODUCTIONTypical Crew Positions:

• Storyboard Artist   - cinematographer who supervises the photography of the entire film.

PRODUCTION

• the video production/film is created and shot. 

• More crew will be recruited at this stage, such as the property master, script supervisor, assistant directors, stills photographer, picture editor, and sound editors.

PRODUCTIONSome lines used:

-"picture is up!“ -AD

-"quiet, everyone!“-AD

- "roll sound“-AD-"sound speed“- Production Sound Mixer

- "roll camera“ - -AD

- "speed!“ - Camera operator 

- "marker!“ – Clapper- “action!”-AD- "cut!“ –D- "wrap“ -AD

POST PRODUCTION

• the video/film is assembled by the video/film editor.

• This is the final stage, where the film is released to cinemas or, occasionally, to consumer media (DVD, VCD, VHS, Blu-ray) or direct download from a provider. 

“There are no accidents in a film.” –Akira

Kurosawa (1910-1998)

References

• http://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/p/production-process.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking