The Production Flow of Movies
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The Production Flow of Movies
The Idea
Where / Who does it come from?
1)Original Idea
2)Adapted Idea
Original
• Film treatment• Short summary of idea and major plot points• Trying to sell the movie!
Existing Material
• Adaptation– Taking the book, short story, play and making it
into a film– New genre
Financing the Project
• Production Companies– Studios
• Independent– Studios– Private financing
Budget Examples
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - $300 Million
• Avatar - $270 Million
• The Dark Knight Rises - $250 Million
• Super-Size Me - $65,000
• Saw - $1.2 Million
• Napoleon Dynamite - $400,000
“Most Profitable”?
• Paranormal Activity– Made for $15,000
– Made $197 Million
Script Development
• Draft• Revisions• Final draft
• Blue Valentine – 12 years
Pre-Production• Casting
– Who would fit the role?– Who do you want?– Who can you afford?– Who is able?
• Storyboarding– Visualizing the script
• Planning!– Lighting– Special effects– Shooting schedule– Weather? Availability?
Production
• Filming the movie– What order?
• Characters have to age or gain weight or vice versa– Availability of actors– Availability of sets
• Dailies– All the scenes shot in a day reviewed
• Good enough?• What to redo?
Post-Production
• Editing– Rough cut
• Digital effects– Avatar!
• Final cut
Selling the Film
• Trailers
• Marketing / Media
• Screenings– Festivals– Limited release– Mass release
• When to release?– Award season
Spiderman?
Mass Premier
• Premier
• Reviews– Formal / informal– Word of mouth
Additional
• DVD production– This is often THE goal
– Extras
– Unrated editions
– Director’s cut
Cross-Marketing
• Video game
• Toys / Happy Meals
• Sequels